IVECOKID

Don't be put off by the Chinese GTS 1300 chippers etc , 4 years down the line and my gts1300 and it Ding Dang Dong engine going well . 

I have battered it and only just replaced the 3 drive belts and a new set of blades. 

Ste

6 minutes ago, arboriculturist said:

Regularly change the oil and the final drives would outlast the machine - don't, and you know the rest.

 

Same goes for your truck diff.

I have regularly changed oil but Seals went and soil entered, my fault I should of got seals done straight away , machine is 18 years old but very clean for its age .I have owned it for 10 years .

Ste 

5 minutes ago, IVECOKID said:

Hi , that name has been thrown in the hat by a fitter I know  , I will give him a ring ?

Only a 20 min drive away too

 

Thanks 

 

Ste

Just now, sjs5060 said:

Try m j lavin on the Wirral, I'm sure Martin will fix you up.

 

ste

Hi , that name has been thrown in the hat by a fitter I know  , I will give him a ring ?

Thanks 

Ste

We have a few Big Hydraulic outlets here but they won't touch Track motors , I have Phoned  half dozen Specialists  up and the  cheapest is £1400 up to 2k .

My Kobelco is only a 2 ton machine .

Ste

Evening Folks , has anyone attempted to repair or Rebuild a Track or Final drive motor on a mini digger  .

My Kobelco has decided to spew the Drive  making Hell of a racket, sounds like the half shaft stripping. 

Drive motor is off and on bench at the moment, have removed the  pump and there is needle bearings floating about too ! 

Looking fairly terminal at moment and have priced a New unit up @ £1400 .?

Ste

A lot of the Tractor log splitters on the Market have the Relief valve turned  down, just tweak it a Wee touch and Bingo ! 

Split anything. 

Ste

3 hours ago, HuntingHicap said:

Whats the secret to getting Beech to spalt like that? I have a decent size stick of it wondered how long I need to leave it.

Has Stephen said above , this Tree was in Decline and parted company from the main Trunk .

I have milled other Healthier parts of the Tree and hardly any Spalt showing .

Ste

A few more Beech  slabs milled  today, that's my last Trunk that's been hanging about for 18 montvs

6ft long and 21 inches wide , lovely markings .

Ste

Time on my hands at the moment and needed a  more powerful splitter , having seen others and tried I was disapointed with there power and prices.

So I gathered all  my scrap metal and hey ho .

£60 for Ram

£35 for valve and 100 notes for the pipes and fitting I had .

I fitted it to my Saw bench and some will say ....should be  on the other side , not for me has I mainly splitting rings and no Cord lengths. 

Secondly nothing strong enough on the right side. 

Works a treat and I reckon 15t all day .

Sorry to hear this Lads , will keep my ears and eyes wide open.

Ste

I have met quite a few Home oweners or Log Goblins last year with missing fingers etc through splitting loģs . Amazingly most are not put off by there injuries and still hunting for wood to save pennies .

Ste

On 24/12/2017 at 20:09, Brackley Firewood said:

Hello all,

 

Your help would be appreciated!!

 

Me and my mate are going to sell firewood. We have a small yard where we are allowed to store a container. We could buy in a lose loads of kiln dried firewood and we could buy a small loader or skid steer and put it into the container and then we could by a tipping trailer and load them into the trailer when we sell them. This means we could tip on the persons drive etc. 

The other option is we could buy in creates and using a pallet truck we could put them into the container. My Dad has a truck with a tail lift on and when the customer places an order we could put it into the truck and then unload it using a pallet truck. With this method the customer would have to have a solid drive. 

Another option is to buy it lose and then load it into tonne bags and unload by dragging off a normal trailer. 

 

I Hope this all makes seance and please comment on it.

 

Many thanks.

There is a lot of misconception about selling firewood , if you are thinking about starting up and with a Business Partner then you will both be Busking at the weekend to make ends meet .

Ste

1 hour ago, se7enthdevil said:

 

i was going to offer you something for that if it didn't sell. looks a nice bit of wood and we don't get too much elm down this way.

Don't get much ourselves here , that tree was a council job and I asked my Garden customer to ask there Tree lads to leave the Trunk behind which they Gladly done .

Ste

Well my  piece of Dead elm sold on  Flea bay for £59 , a bit better than a bulk bag of logs and gone to a good cause while it's sister is already  sat above a Stove drying out .

Ste

Hi, common problem and the clamp is useless on mine and just broke it this morning again .

I had to rope the battery end to me tow bar and pull it out ..clean it up and a tiny touch of WD .

My has has warranty work over the stupid clamp but that was 3 years ago  and clamp is not worth a toss , great machine let down by a bad design .

Ste

I have a piece of Elm similar size on flea bay at moment , starting bid at £30 .

If I don't get that at least it's not worth the hassle .

I Am very disappointed with milling responses and think it's a very limited market .

Ste

Far those thinking of grabbing a old school  461 before they introduce the new ms462 then hurry up , last month there was only 68 ms461 held in UK Stihl .

Ste

Ste

20 hours ago, daddyola50 said:

had the new echo 501 a week now and up until today was not impressed although i am an echo fan . the saw felt really sluggish so after 4 fills turned the high and low setting in a bit but still no real gains . i had already took the screen off the exhaust so then took the silly tube out of exhaust and opened the outer exhaust cover up a bit . went  back to standard settings and what a difference . instant pickup and lots more revs and power .this saw is strangled by the exhaust settup from new .if you own one and have not done this you are not getting this saw at its best . why would echo make a cracker and then strangle it so much . the difference after spending 5 mins on it is simply amazing

4 fills !!! Mine is Great but not till after 10 plus tanks at least . Great saw and very responsive. 

Ste

I have been using a 22hp Yanmar and a 6ft flemmig finishing mower on Turf tyres for over 7 years now on large area ie footy pitch, Housing estate greens and paddocks . 

Simple setup and cheap to run and easily  paid for itself in no time at all and great results cutting fortnightly religiously. 

Prices are vary and would not dream of investing large amounts for grass .

Example these 2 pictures I cut on a Residents housing estate  and take hour and half and little plot to one side.  £35 hour 

Ste 

Most of the wee chippers out there have a 5 degree sharpen on the back of the blades which for most Lawnmower dealers cant accommodate. 

Ste

2 hours ago, Steve Bullman said:

That looks great, what you got planned for it?

I got two  4" planks from it , a good friend is taking one for a Mantle piece built into the wall .

The other i shall sit on while . 

I hate seeing trunks cut up for firewood and would rather mill them just for the experience and seeing the lovely grain .

Am doing more milling over the Christmas hols and will be planing some others that have dried out .

Ste

A bit of free time today . A chunk of Elm that I milled in a garden .

http://www.icyclone.com/

Fair play to that young Lad ..... makes a change that he was not on his phone or Kev would not be writing this thread .

Quick thinking on your behalf Kev

I am a big fan of age  restrictions  with these big tractors .. ...madness I have to mess around with medicals and Cpc etc for my Class 1.

Ste