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A hydraulic press. I have one and probably use it to do as much bending back and straightening as I do bearings on it. But you'd probably be able to do that by hand carefully levering on a hardpoint of your choice. Obviously need to bend it further to allow for spring back. Key here is little and often.

Thanks everyone for these responses! I’ve carefully considered whats been said and didnt want to bombard the thread with replies as i think a lot of folks will find this a useful thread in future. Hopefully its not finished either! These points you raise probably aren’t what i wanted to hear😛 I suppose thats why i put it to you chaps, always give stuff a good looking at and have benefits of experience. Sounds like getting the 25ton has been turned off across the board unless there a near free place to work from! Yes 200 per month on a yard isn't sustainable(never was). Be cheaper just to buy wood even split and season myself. I didn't think 100sq/m would be enough anyway and certainly wouldn't allow storage. I think i can see now that there is no middle ground for firewood, either its a sideline which works on small scale if you have yard, arb waste etc or you need to go big with yard, processor marketing and delivery. 1)I have considered asking the supplier chap if i can buy about 5ton and just trail it home and see how splitting goes. The nearby job starts April so will look into that. 2)Also will look at the local tree surgeon supplying timber(which i have done previously although there was a lot of waste in it-still worked out cheap). Or splitting it for them at they’re yard. 3) Also will look at a splitter to make any incoming timber less of a hit on my time and meaning i can be ready for next load sooner when based from the garden. Did have a quote from Riko about Profi 15 splitter so considering options like that. I’m interested to hear thoughts on how much can be split a day etc because that time needed really is the next part of the plan. cheers

That’s a good shout i had never thought of that, cheers

What sort of percentage would you say for an arrangement like that? What about splitting time? Most i’ve done was arb waste oak massive thing took about a week to get it all done by hand. I’d be hoping ‘processor grade’ would be fairly straightforward by hand?

Hi folks, mostly a lurker but been turning this idea over for an age so id like to hear your thoughts and/or ideas and experiences. normally sort my own firewood from odd tree jobs or bought from local tree surgeons and split stacked and seasoned in garden. Due to high use as stove does our hot water and heating(3 bed semi) i have recently fell behind due to kids, diy and life, so this year had to buy some. I bought 2 cube apparently kiln dried for £240 delivered. It was the worst timber i’ve ever burnt. This was also quite a big supplier in the Lincoln area. I dont want to be caught out again. it just made me think should i buy in large scale 25ton for future use and sort some mates firewood as a dozen people have said they’ll have it if i do it. Some where to put it? Only price ive had to have it put yard wise is £195 per month for 100sq/m. Seems steep to me so probably wont go with that. Question is to you; what size space would i need to give it a go? And how long would it take me to split all that hours wise. An option is to trailer home and split in garden. Normally split by hand. Is a proper splitter a must? i’ve found a supplier who can deliver process grade 2.5m lengths if i choose to do it. this has been a 5-6 year thought for me, what are you thoughts? thanks.

I had a job on today and chipper loads so easy its down to minutes. I have cut down a ratchet strap and when not strapped down i just hook it around the battery box no worrying about threading things through. Saves a good bit of messing. i just need to get rid of my monster tank ramps, they weigh far too much. Anybody know of a light weight option that fits in the ifor ramp holders? Only need to be rated to 500kg. Don’t fancy buying ifor alloy ones they’ve shot up. cheers.

This winch drops in the leg socket where wheels slot in at the moment. Will test out tmrw

Hey up folks, i thought this is worth a share. Ive always found it difficult to secure loads within the trailer, without butting up against the headboard or ladder rack. Particularly with an IW LM106 @6ft 6 If theres no gap under the dropside it gets a bit tricky and at best it’s a juggling act. My old ifor eurolight was great as your could close the dropside with a strap hook under the edge of the bed. That annoying lip on Ifors is a serious pain. Got an IforWill TIpper105 as my ‘forever trailer’😀so been thinking about this for while, a beam or bracket which locks in to the shape of the bed without any adjustment which would affect resale value. I also wanted something which speeded up loading as strapping the cs100 can be a nightmare with no load loops and its a crying shame if the powder coat gets scratched. I only do a few jobs so chipper cant stay loaded. Options were either a bracket the chipper rolls/slots into or a custom set of hold downs for a single strap. Finally got a bit of time to make this beam and its mostly geared towards a wee chipper in my case Greenmech CS100. So basic principle is fitting the beam ends into the dropside midway posts. Channel section i used is 2mm folded from an industrial greenhouse scrap i picked up years ago. Then an 8mm hole though the trailer post drilled through to retain the beam against the floor so it doesn’t skip out over the 50x30 section which goes into the bed pocket. Took off galvanising with distilled vinegar from tesco 29p a pint, took two days. Welding galv is terrible and harmful so well worth this step on thin sections to avoid grinding and losing material. Using material which has enough depth to act as a solid wheel chock then a single strap holds it rock solid against the chock and tyres take up the tightening straps nicely. Only area i’ll have to watch is the belt cover which the strap rides against. May think about domething to deflect that? Your probably be best using 50/50box as 50mm is the dimension of the trailer post so easy to pick up with side plates welded or bolted to make an easier task for DIY, I used channel as i needed access to back of it and before adding the flatbar the 50/50 option seemed like over kill. I struggled for a while to come up with the tie down points method as this channel is 80mm wide but floor cargo loops don't fit. In the end i drilled some 4mm thick by 40mm flat bar with 12mm holes to accept M12 eye bolts and picked these up against the channel after transfering pilot holes. Eventually i’ll weld on nuts to the mild steel bar but not sure its finalised yet and worried about holes if i galvanise it. Currently just fixed in with M12 nuts which works but adjustment is a little awkward. This beam will also be a future anchor point for a load/chip partition able to be adjusted so i put a load of holes in to allow different sizes which will match a bar i add to the ladder rack if i go that far. Future points will be a winch as tipper bed is quite high and 8ft ramps is a struggle pushing, so i can use shorter homemade ramps as current ones are an absolute ton (60-65 kg each). Getting hollow plank extended sides sorted as money comes in😮‍💨 Btw, cost so far is zero bought as had all this kicking round but eye bolts are literally a couple of quid if you’ve got steel kicking round its a cheap build. And with 50 box it’d probably be fine with tech screws if you’ve no welder. this is a great forum so more than happy to share and pointers and thoughts welcome. ciao for now Mikey

Sorted boys. After checking plugs and other basics, i took top off carb to find it bone dry. I though it must be fuel as no smoke from exhaust. Ended up being a blockage where the last pipe meets the carb on the metal elbow pipe Bllew out with airline and float chamber filled right up, and started fine. got all my conifer chipped down no issues.

Bad news boys, I went out and started removing my own front conifer hedge and thought it a good opportunity to really test the wee chipper under load after all the work. I'd changed the fuel pump and it all started very sweetly. So on the day of reckoning I had a mate from work round to see how good it was and sure enough the thing started fine for one min then cut out only at idle! In then end he had to go and I still couldn't get it going. In the end I took off the tank and drained the lot and the lines until dry. There was some white stuff floating in the bottom of the tank so i ditched the 2.5lits of fuel and stuck a gallon in from petrol station and still just continued turning over but not catching. The only other which im not sure of is the throttle spring. Maybe the cable had slipped when I was bagging it up for the nights. Other than that I've had a good look round. This morning I check the plugs etc and battery has been charging over night. Just totally confused at the easy start then nothing. I'll keep it on this thread as it'll make a decent rundown of faults for other people eventually! Have a nice weekend, and thanks for continued support.

Just to feed back here boys; I replaced the fuel pump and now starts really easy on the key in conparision to 15-20 second turn over time to catch. Well worth doing if a carb sorts out other issues. i’ll probably price up some of the fuel pipe work next as its looking a bit shabby in places under the tank. Plus get some little jubilee clips on instead of those fiddly spring clips. Does anybody have a good link to tyres? Obviously a lot wider than standard tyre in that size? Plenty of cracks in this pair and i’m not sure they’ll last the winter.

Yes the main jet hole was closed in 30% of its area and the jet that the float works had some loose debris in. Carb cleaner squirt soon sorted it. i just seem to go the long way round on every job. I could’ve been done and dusted with in the hour. Pretty crazy odds of dropping that main jet and it finding the only hole were the engine bolts down. job was off today anyway as i felt rotten most of the day. next job is a winch to get it on/off trailer

Yep no more hunting, smooth as silk now. Not sure id took in some carb cleaner or caught something from the nipper cos something gave me a bad belly. So only just got it fired up. it has cut out twice but i presume its just clearing some debris through. will try under load too i also got the fuel pump to change, as this one is weeping fuel and not sure if thats normal. been running 15 mins now no issue. i do appreciate the ‘at elbow’ support from this forum. Many thanks!

I’m shattered all back together now.

Will do cheers chaps! Everything looks in order. Found my main jet at 2200 ha ha,dropped out of engine and before trying to get flywheel off i thought i’d drop the drum, there it was sat right in the middle when i tilted the chassis back! Lucky there. My own fault for tackling the carb clean while nippers were running round so not giving it the full attention req’d. nice to have give it a good once over mind-So rebuilding now!! Late one. When your having morning cuppa check in and i’ll tell you if it’s fixed😂