aspenarb
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Seems to be a common occurrence.It should be less of a ballache for farmers/landowners to reroute these "rights of way" and we would see a lot less of this. We were involved in some clearance work to divert one a few years ago, the old one had to stay in place for about two years with diversion signs showing the new route. Bob
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These pneumatic grease guns are worth a mention. Grease works out way cheaper than cartridges and you don't have keep stopping to change the feckers.
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I made a few oil dispensers out of old gas cylinders.
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Not really worth the grief of assembling the thing and it not working if the 200t one fits, I measured the bore and spud is right they are the same. I you are struggling to get one I have one here.
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Timberwolf rollers went limp. Its the second one of these pressure relief valve seats has come undone from the valve block. Only tell tale is seeing a bit of the oring sticking out from under the seat down in the hole. Attacked a 12mm deep socket with a grinder and made a castleated tool for tightening up the valve seat. If it does it again I will strip it out and loctite the fecker in.
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I was really only pointing out the best way to max out on payload, not a what's best for any particular setup comment. A friend of mine had an IW trailer fitted with a crane, they ballasted the rear of the trailer to bring the nose weight in line, the ballast is taking away payload. That said he found it really useful.
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I think with cranes the best way to max out on the non hgv route is to strap the crane to a 4x4 or towbarge that can legally pull a 3.5 ton trailer. Just use the tow vehicle as a toolbox and crane.Cant think of another way of legally carrying a two and a half ton plus payload. Bob
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An 880 with a nipped up piston And a 201tcm with a tear in the inlet tube caused by a broken off rear mount, handle full of bits, fiddly little feckers 👎
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I am going to chuck Sapele into the mix. Bob
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Still going strong
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Long trailers are not a problem if towed by a short wheelbase 4wd vehicle with a good turning circle.A long tow truck and trailer are a ballache. Bob
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So its on the floor, makes you wonder how they moved or milled stuff like that back then. Bob
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As above or go with a pneumatic barrel pump. https://www.manutan.co.uk/en/key/air-operated-pumps-trigger-operated-a350795?shopping=true&gclid=CjwKCAiArOqOBhBmEiwAsgeLmcqJtj3mx4TD46g1_6mYARmnpCIJecYTiYMAL25BVlceQW388sO4BRoCrecQAvD_BwE Bob
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We start them young, he`s showing promise Bob
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You say Berlingo so I assume you are not looking for rear seats, plenty of decent 4wd two door commercial versions of things like Discoveries, Troopers and Shoguns, any of them would do the job. Just need to take a fitter with you so you dont buy a pup. Bob
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My guys are getting lazy, had to get the arb trolley out again yesterday.
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We built a large grinder with a direct drive motor for a big excavator and it was uncontrollable because slewing was far too erratic, on a small machine using the offset slew I would have thought it entirely feasible and workable. There is an old Rayco in the corner of the yard that would make a good donor for the bits so I may get in the workshop and cobble one together for our small Kubota. Thinking third service to operate a clutch. Bob
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Portsmouths ̶c̶a̶s̶h̶ ̶m̶a̶c̶h̶i̶n̶e̶ clean air zone is now active, funny thing is the air quality in Pompey was already very good. Mick Dundee lives there and he reckons it's made traffic worse because of the miles folk will drive to circumnavigate the charges. Bob
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What kills most bearing replacements on the small timberwolfs is the unwitting axial loading of the bearings, the small bearing at the rollerbox end with the shims/nut gets mullered when running if the big bearing in the engine compartment was pulled up the shaft using the bolts, the rotor housing acts like a huge spring applying a constant axial load.That big bearing/housing in the engine bay needs gently tapping towards the rotor box so it just touches and then bolt it up, I use threaded bar as studs as a locator and then swap over to the bolts.Also worth remembering if you are going non timberwolf on the bearings that you need deep groove bearings, bearing shops will sell you the cheapest alternative that fits and they wont last. Bob
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Its not big on HP but at a very useable and calm 1800rpm knocks out about the same torque as four of those 25/30hp Kholers do at 3000rpm, add in the huge weight of all the pulleys,flywheel,engine mass and it takes some stopping. Bob
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Its a four cylinder Deutz Mick. Bob
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On domestics our small grinder gets thrown in the back of the transit whether there are chips/chogs in there or not, chipper is up the back of the transit and that's it. If our four wheeled rayco or a hired in tracked mid sized grinder are taken to a job its another truck/trailer involved, true costs of that grinder/grinding start to rack up. The big rayco up the chuff of the mog eats nothing other than a bit of maintenance and that's still doing battle 30 years on.
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I don’t think you need a calculator to justify a small grinder or even the big ones if you are into clearance work. It’s the mid range grinders I am not sure about, currently hire in medium sized tracked grinders. I am not convinced you would get a decent return on investment when you look at the cost of maintenance and resale/trade in unless the thing was out every day. Bob
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The councils "The answer is no now what is the question" policy is the reason a lot of folk just pay a hole in the road gang working in the same street to drop a kerb for them. Bob
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Would you fit a biomass boiler without the RHI?
aspenarb replied to Woodworks's topic in Log burning stoves and fireplaces
Sounds like it would be an unsustainable financial disaster without the subsidies. Bob
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