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aspenarb

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  1. Nothing wrong with an hourly rate as long as it includes £x per mile travelling, allows for a bit of wear and tear on the saws, starts when you leave the yard and stops when you get back. Bob
  2. I think the right direction for getting help for old folk these days would be to put them in a dingy and beach them somewhere along the Kent coast, they will be in five star luxury within the hour. Bob
  3. Guild of master craftsmen, Checkatrade and motorway maintenance stickers are a pretty good pointer. Bob
  4. Kin bang on Rubens, I will be upgrading to a tandem and taking on a labourer later in the year .
  5. A small hydraulic winch is a better job,more reliable and easier to fit/connect up.On the 190 tracked chippers you only need interrupt the flow to the tracking motors with a six way valve (about £65) and control the winch with a separate spool valve or solenoids. I have some pics of one I did somewhere. Bob
  6. I will leave this here. 626 × 626
  7. Its quite laughable that the ones most against these changes only use these rights of way for recreational use or dog walking, you would have thought they would relish the thought of extending it a tad.It would take forever to generate RAMS and implement H&S to safeguard a walker strolling around farmland, no doubt more mind numbing legislation will be winging its way towards landowners in an attempt to add another tier of misery to their lives. Bob
  8. 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
  9. 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.
  10. I made a few oil dispensers out of old gas cylinders.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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
  15. 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 👎
  16. I am going to chuck Sapele into the mix. Bob
  17. Still going strong
  18. 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
  19. So its on the floor, makes you wonder how they moved or milled stuff like that back then. Bob
  20. 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
  21. We start them young, he`s showing promise Bob
  22. 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
  23. My guys are getting lazy, had to get the arb trolley out again yesterday.
  24. 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
  25. 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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