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Ben went to the trouble of sticking his 6.5 tonner on the weighbridge and its very borderline when full of chip. http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/arb-trucks/29792-iveco-6-5-a-3.html Bob

I like your wolf Chris. Bob

Overloading is a percentage game Ian, 400kg over on a transit would be the best part of 50% overloaded.Thats a lot when the books being thrown at you, they would cite the braking efficiency , tyre capacity and designed vehicle weights to bolster or beef up their case. The same amount weight (400kg)over on an artic would probably just get you a warning. Vosa around here have transit days but the locals start the tomtoms beating and most give the area a wide berth. Have a squint at this https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/211970/overloading-the-basics.pdf Bob

Aside of the benefits of signwritten vehicles there is a downside. Here are some and they do come in on a regular basis, they never give the reg number so its solely on the sign writing. 1. One of your transit vans and chipper have just gone past me on the A3 and I was doing 70mph. ( customer) 2. One of you vans is parked with two wheels on the pavement and causing an obstruction. 3. Why is your van always parked outside the Parrot (pub) on a weekend? 4. There were chips flying out of your van while it was driving down the road. 5. Loads of calls when the artic gets backed into residential street quizzing on whats going on. 6. Saw your guys asleep in the van at lunchtime. And on, so with it come a responsibility Bob

I found a 25ltr tub of green 2t in the shed that I bought from Jon ( Rye oils) yonks ago , nothing wrong with the oil but our lads cant tell if the fuels been dosed or not and were double dosing on occasions to be sure. I think you need the red dye to avoid confusion. Its ok if you batch 50 gallons at a time and everyone knows whats what. Bob

Was this work set out by the parole board Aitch? Looks like interesting work. Bob

A spade https://www.cromwell.co.uk/shop/hand-tools/shovels/grafting-spade-54-tubular-steel-handle/p/RTL5228320K?gclid=CJ-imcj-jswCFRSeGwod9kYOsg Bob

Nothing wrong with a step cut if your pulling them over [ame] [/ame]

Its not that bad really, things like the timberwolf are flogged to death. Its just come back from a job where it was screaming its nuts off for eight weeks running all day every day, two hired in chippers expired ( Jenson) on the same job and had to be swapped over so the timberwolf did well. The digger is partly my fault for allowing someone that can drive a digger in there rather than using a digger driver. Big difference. Bob

Dont know Mick, can only assume it was in among a load of ivy clad trees they were stuffing through it the other day. Bob

The tracked timberwolf`was screaming its nuts off the other day so i thought it was bearing time again so pulled it apart only to find a lump of steel bar had managed to wind its way tight into the gap where the bearing run against the casing. Anyway it was in bits so while at it I converted it to greaseable All the normal malarkey , drop the belts of , mark up the caps ,drive hub and pull it out of the machine. The seal carrier with the offending lump of steel that jammed it up Ferking great socket on the 1" nut gun to get the big nut off the shaft. Press the old bearings off. One was bone dry and the other burnt looking Drilled and tapped the rotor 1/8bsp to take a grease nipple. Pressed the new bearings on the shaft after removing the inner seals. Next to no grease in them anyway Stuck it back together and pumped the rotor hub full of grease until it just started to ooze past the outer seals of the bearing. Took the nipple out and fitted a blanking plug, it can have a few pumps of fresh grease when the blades get changed All back together with new belts, put a smear of silicone sealer on the hub face just to stop any grease escaping into the engine bay .

One of the benefits of a rear mounted grab Bob

She did say Pweeeze . Bob

I dont know whether we are playing fair or not. We expect our guys to be in the yard at seven, drive to the job and work on site until four. They can normally drive straight home from the job if they dont have to bring kit back but if they did they would be travelling back to the yard in their own time. Bob

A truly recycled landrover part, a broken halfshaft replacing a chocolate drop bolt on the yard gates

And this one stating the obvious Ladies-are-slippery-when-wet_o_91895.jpg

This made me laugh, a warning to the bus drivers that their 14`6" buses may hit a tree and probably decapitate their passengers. Sod the 16 feet high artics. how about just trimming the feckers?

The government really does believe the pen is mightier than the idiot. Nothing will stop contractors backing into it or service layers knocking out a panel to gain access. A thousand and one things can compromise the structural integrity of something like hoarding. Then take a look at what is considered an acceptable temporary alternative to hoarding " Hera's fencing ". What a joke, sneeze on that stuff and it falls over. I have seen nets tied to it in a poor attempt at dust suppression only to see a gust of wind take the whole lot across a field. There cant be many folk that have not seen that gear laying flat on the floor:thumbdown: Bob

Watching with interest and keen to know how it compares with the Filthy Socks Stihl. It would be a handy little gadget to keep behind the seat of the truck to give the timber trailer the odd haircut. My day improved when my niece`s came to stay. Unkill wobbit can you pump up my tyre ?

Had the same on the Mog for the timber trailer Gray, you just need to keep an eye on the tether. It gets interesting if they break loose Bob

Sadly Mark Twas a fundraising venue I attended in Scotland. Very poor turnout by the locals, cant for the life of me think why Going back to my room now:sneaky2: Bob

We have done a fair bit of this, its normally asked for as a follow on when we clear trees and scrub around sites. We normally use 6x6 posts @ 3mtr spacing`s dug in about a meter and secured with a weak concrete mix, add rear braces on every other post where you can .Two 6x2 rails with 18mm cheap shuttering ply on the front of them , add a continuous 3x2 batten to the very top and bottom face of the ply to stop them warping, this also hides the top of the sheet if you need to step up or down. All gets screwed so it can be retrieved and reused , the posts when pulled out later will clean up as the weak mix breaks of the posts. We are doing one at the moment , I will post up some pics. Bob

Cant see this working out, what were the government thinking 461357063baea9fb5.jpg

Well done eGg, at least you never let the side down:001_cool: Slippery feckers those barristers, good at getting folk to say things they dont mean and twisting things. A friend of mine had a good one (10k a day ) dealing with a complicated planning appeal, the other sides barrister did his thing and when my friend returned to his seat he quietly said to his barrister " I am glad he is not on our side" my friends barrister looked at him over the top of his glasses and with a wry smile said " dear boy I do believe he is". They won the day Bob

Nice work John, lucky no one got hurt when that one crashed down. Reminded me of this http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/picture-forum/67260-crane-beast.html Bob