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I have a trail cam..........

Knickers! A hedge full of them! Near a lay-by at the edge of one of our fields. You would have thought that it has been plenty cold enough. There were a number of those little shiny cylinders also on the ground which I am told are NO2 or laughing gas.

Only just realised how appropriate this video is in the current climate ” Yorkshire Airlines takes off from Leeds International Airstrip, touches down twenty minutes later at Leeds International Airstrip , cos if it’s outside Yorkshire it’s not worth bloody visiting!”

I know , you’ve probably seen it before but I can watch it again and again

It seems to easily pull above its weight on some steep grassy slopes with a load and trolley. on the road it should easily cope and as Toad says its registered as agricultural and will not go faster than 25mph.

I don't know about money's worth, for if you added up all the money I have spent on woodworking equipment on one side and the savings from using gas and oil and sales on the other hand, I think I would still be in negative equity. It is just that I enjoy the work and do it for free as it is out doors and healthy. But if you start to charge my labour £15/hour then it becomes really expensive. On the other hand these labour saving tools might help me to stay healthier longer and prevent bad back ,hips, joints which may take a lot of time and money to sort in the future as well a causing a lot of pain.

Slight modification today to improve the turning lock by extending the drawbar on the Arb Trolley. The Mule tow all is so close to the axle that the handles on the Trolley foul on the tail door of the Mule even in a moderate turn. This mod also means that I can put longer lengths on the trolley Another problem surfaced going down this steep and bumpy hill. The narrow track of the trolley combined with the weight of the logs stacked high made it unstable and it tipped sideways twice. I intend to solve it by fitting a bar at right angles to the trolley possibly with a couple of small wheels, just like a child’s bicycle stabiliser . Just needs to be easy to fit and remove

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The Matbro has enough room in the battery compartment for another similar sized one ( 960 If I remember) so I now like the split charge relay idea ( thank you Openspaceman) as I am generally doing a lot of work with the Matbro, carrying logs, pushing brash, supporting hung trees and releasing trapped saws. The Matbro has quite a big alternator as well.

My poor bloody arthritic wrists cannot manage the pull start

Great advice again, many thanks Just You

Good thinking, that is what Arbtalk is all about!

Well the Kawasaki generator which I thought was 800 watts turned out to be only 550 watts and the charger needed 570 watts so it kept tripping I bought the 1100 watt inverter from Krieger, against good advice, thinking that German may be better than Chinese, (but it is probably made for the Germans in China!) I have a good tractor battery and connected it to the inverter and it worked the Stihl charger and charged the Stihl battery without any apparent problems. I will see how many charges I can have out of one full tractor battery. If it does drain more than I anticipate, I can always jump lead it to a running motor.

" Has the train arrived in Paddington yet? " "No, I'm afraid it's in Colchester, Ouch!" Classic!

Don't think I will be using the Matbro battery with an inverter if the Kawasaki generator has enough guts to work the Stihl charger Will report my findings.

I was going to connect it to the Matbro heavy duty battery and if it turns out that it flattens it in a short time I will leave it running, obviously having a spare battery nearby while testing. It is a long way to the nearest mains when down in the woods, and unnecessary to make extra ruts and lose a lot of time going back and forth. If it all works out ok I will use the heavy duty leads bolted to the spare battery which can be taken to different machines so even the little Mule may be able to keep it going it may work out cheaper just to run a Little Kawasaki 800watt generator which I have now I think about it, in fact I will try that first and if it is not man enough, will look at an inverter.

I have the Stihl 220 cordless and the AL500 mains charger. Need it to be charged from a 12 volt inverter when in the woods The AL 500 and batteries are very expensive and the charger sounds very sophisticated when running so there seems to be a choice between sine wave and square wave inverters. I assume that sine wave is what is needed if there are delicate components and I was looking at a Krieger 1100 watt on Amazon for £90 i see the power consumption is 570 watts on the AL500 Has anyone had any issues doing this?

Are those Gimmer Choos?!

Perhaps some of these firms have started to go to China like everyone else, oops what have I said, will go and wash my mouth out with something strong!

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Bonser LS55SL Rough terrain forklift starts & runs excellent ideal export NO VAT | in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire | Gumtree WWW.GUMTREE.COM Emails from scammers or just asking if its still available and interested will NOT be replied to. Too many timewasters!. If the ad is live - its for sale no need to ask! - also ask a question... Forestry equipment | Palax wood splitters and cutters for sale - Mascus UK WWW.MASCUS.CO.UK Are you searching for used forestry equipment, wood splitters and cutters Palax for sale? Contact directly the seller of the Palax wood splitters and cutters. Click on an image or brand... Duun ST2440 Log Deck. 4 Years Old, Hydraulic Feed | FarmAds WWW.FARMADS.CO.UK I bought a Palax Combi 600 off Jas Wilson in 1996 for £2500, this has been a brilliant simple machine and has cost me nothing in all these years. Circular saw I think is much better than a chainsaw and the splitter and conveyor make the job easy. It also deals with awkward shaped logs up to 10 inches diameter which a fully automated one would struggle with. Good exercise as well! Better than twiddling levers and sitting on your backside and becoming cold! The Palax in the advert I see is still £2500 I bought an electric motor to drive it but it still has the tractor pto . I would fit a motor rather than have a noisy tractor but you may not have electric nearby in which case any old second hand tractor for a couple of grand I do not know where I would be without my Matbro Telehandler which I bought for £7000 in 2010 but I see a Bonser advertised for £1995 which would be a godsend for many tasks. A log deck would be handy but you can always use the Forklift as a log deck but £1400 is not too bad So Palax £2500, Forklift £2000, log deck 1£1400, Tractor £2000 say £8000 but leave out the log deck and use the forklift and £6500 may sound better