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Well done, good work on website, content is ace too, think you are going to have one very lucky and well trained apprentice.

What about a Badnam ex MOD generator, super silent and reliable, unfortunately they are only about 1kVA and petrol, ah well.

I am very impressed, cracking job. Gives an element of comedy value to the mud kitchen unit I made 3 weeks ago for the local kids nursery out of 4 pallets. Yours is in the Premier league mine is in the Sunday pub league. I will try and find a pic for a laugh. Found it

Washing machine drums make good braziers, they are made of stainless steel 3 or legs bolted onto it, jobs a good in. Can be a little bit of a pain extracting them from the rest of the machine.

Get yourself a motorbike front tyre for keeping the wire rope in, much easier than the tirfor rope cages. Give the rope a wipe with an oily rag when you are storeing it in the tyre, jobs a good un. Also buy yourself a wee selection of different size nylon slings and a couple of shackles.

I would go for the the 1.6t, not too heavy but still nice and versatile, I use mine a fair bit, (last week it was used for pulling out a bogged down Nissan Navara them Nissans are heavy) you will certainaly give yourself a good work out pulling out 80 of the bleeders out.

No probs, interesting side line, is there much off grid stuff down your way?

If you want, send me the damaged bits of wire with the crimps on it and I will make you some nice new ones FOC. If interested I will PM you my address.

The reason for that damage may be and likely to be due to poor crimping. Re crimping the insulation should be inside the crimp and ratchet crimpers used to ensure full compression of the crimp on the bare copper and insulation, which the one in the pic isn't. If using the cheap non ratchet type crimpers then you have to ensure the handles are fully squeezed together fully twice, once on the copper once on the insulation. Sorry if I'm teaching my granny to crimp

Steve is it just my rubbish fat fingered computing skills, but I have listed some of my kit but I can't upload any pics, it just goes to a blank screen on Arbsafe when I press the upload button?

Now got the mower stripped down to its component parts, there appears to be a bit missing as one of the Bowden cables attaches to nothing but fresh air. Casing going away to get shot blasted and painted, I will now get a new set of belts and some Bowden cables. Anyone got one of these mowers? as I need a pic of under the cover to see what is missing, the exploded diagram on line is not very helpful. Cheers The mower is an : Alko Farmer BM5001R Finger Bar Mower.

Cheers that's it ordered.

That looks nippy, it does go well with your user name as well.

What is the best blade to get, when I looked there was 2 or 3 pointed and one said 3x300mm and the other said 4 X 300mm I would be using it on a Stihl FS350 and currently use a flat 3 pointed blade but would give one these blades a try to see how it compares.

In, well done Steve

Old joke alert !!!! I cover my hedge in cheap whisky so that it comes up half cut.

Looks fine now, a lot better.

The trees store it up, because it is the trees that cause the wind, as in when the trees move its windy:001_smile:

How do seedless grapes reproduce?

Photo was taken from a slide. To get it into the computer a slide reader was used and the slide was put in the wrong way, maybe!!!!!

Right that's it, Monday's job is get serial numbers of my kit and get it logged on Arbsafe, it makes total sense so why haven't I done it yet, cos I'm a donkey!!!

Wonder what they use the green building for?

The official word from the manual: The machine should be inspected, cleaned and lubricated at regular intervals, at least annually, by an approved TRACTEL® repairer. Never use grease or oil containing graphite additives or molybdenum disulphide. To clean the machine, allow the machine to soak in a bath of some proprietary cleansing fluid but not acetone and derivatives or ethylene trichloride and derivatives. Then shake the machine vigorously to loosen foreign matter and turn it upside down to allow the dirt to come out through the openings for the operating levers. Allow the mechanism to drain and become dry. After this treatment, ensure that the machine is well lubricated by applying a quantity of oil (type SAE 90-120) onto the internal mechanism through the openings for the operating levers, and for the models TU-8 and TU-16, through the special lubrication holes. To carry out this procedure, it is best for the machine to be not under load and in the released position. Alternatively operate the forward and reverse operating levers to allow the lubricant to penetrate all parts of the mechanism. N.B. Excess lubrication cannot cause the machine or wire rope to slip. Any machine where the side cases show signs of dents....etc, etc etc.

Most oils work fine in tirfor, don't think they are too fussy. I have poured some engine oil into mine, I have also used hydraulic oil.

Looking good