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40 minutes ago, gdh said:

A video I made of our tractors at work: 

 

One man went to mow, went to mow a meadow........

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Timberwolf do a shredder, tow, tracks or pto.

Rust in the back of the seals, tightens the grip on the ram.

22 minutes ago, Ratman said:

You ever get that engine sorted / running yet?

No, never had time, it's been one f up or break down after another.

I will get round to it, was going to get a new radiator made for it.

On 20/01/2019 at 21:47, Dan Maynard said:

Let me know if you need more help/advice.

Well, it turned out the AC motor was actually a DC motor, and it didn't take very kindly being wired straight into the generator............

I had another motor on an old defunct conveyor, so managed to swap it over without to much trouble.

Lesson learnt the hard way ?

Thanks for sharing 

Thanks for all your replies. 

All I could find on Google was cheap Chinese tat.

I've bought a conveyor with a 3 phase 16 amp ac motor on it.

All I have is a cable sticking out of the motor, no switch or control gear.

Where do I find, or what do I need, to make the belt variable speed?

Any help much appreciated 

On 11/01/2019 at 18:46, GlossopFirewood said:

Hi,

 

We have a large stock of kiln dried hardwood in net bags. We’re located in Derbyshire and do a lot of wholesale with this product. We can have them transported to you no problem, that’s if they’re of interest to you? I’ve attached some photos for you. 

 

Many Thanks

Glossop Firewood 

Netted by hand?

On 02/04/2018 at 20:56, Tom D said:

Has anyone used one of these? I’m still considering one but i’d really like to know the real world performance ..

 

 

 

Did you buy one Tom?

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https://www.amazon.co.uk/P1PE-2-Stroke-Chainsaw-20-inch-P6220C/dp/B07BVBXNC3/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1541711304&sr=8-1-spons&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=hyundai+chainsaw&psc=1

That's a lot of saw for £100 

Palax do a tipper for bags, may work for ibcs?

22 hours ago, openspaceman said:

Thanks Gavin, I take it you did one and only the seals needed replacing or were other bits worn and needed replacing as well?

 

I've two rams to reseal as well so will be ordering bits. The thing is a replacement rotator is £600 so if the bits cost more than 1/3 of new I may as well get new.

Seals only. Everything else seemed to be ok. 

Phone Clark's at Dumfries, they're a helpful bunch.

Seal kits are quite expensive, but it's an easy enough job.

Jim Wilmer and Sons were taking on guys to train

On 08/09/2018 at 10:50, Ratman said:

You find the problem yet briqette-seller?

Nope, not had time

She's parked up in the corner of the shed

1 hour ago, SbTVF said:

Finally set up how I want it. Just need a sawdust extractor and I’m happy. Oh and the side of the shed sheeted of course

Looks good. 

How comes the log deck is on an axle? Do you go out contracting?

On 27/08/2018 at 11:33, Ratman said:

Any joy briquette_seller?

New thermostat fitted, made no difference. 

Pressure test was fine, so taking the radiator off to get a new core

Larch log, Looks dry, sounds dry, but......

Moisture reading around the outside of the log is zero.

Split the log in half and taken moisture reading throughout, excluding the very centre, generally at 10% moisture, highest reading was 18%, this was taken less than an inch off centre.

Very centre of the log reads 28%.

Thoughts/opinions?

5 hours ago, Ratman said:

Any joy briquette_seller?

No not yet.

I don't have the kit to do the pressure test myself, and iam waiting to hear back from a local ag engineer. 

5 hours ago, Ratman said:

Pressurise the system manually using a tester, cold to start with, if pressure drops over a short period of time then your in to the obvious..... theres a leak, check visually first for any external signs i.e hoses, head gasket area, water pump gland, water temp sensor body, the usual etc.....
If no signs then you could be looking at an internal leak, possibly on inlet/exhaust side through a fractured head as husk king suggested earlier. If no pressure drop when cold then it would suggest that you have a internal fault once hot.
So run engine up to temperature, watch your exhaust for signs of grey/white smoke whilst doing this which would also suggest water/coolant loss, and repeat pressure check again?
But if you are having to get to this point then chances are your looking at fractured head or porous liners.
Did you see any pitting on top of block or fretting marks around top of cylinders near where fire ring sits on head gasket? Did you have head faced/skimmed and pressure tested whilst you were changing head gasket?

No pitting or fretting.

Head was not skimmed nor pressure tested.

I'll try a pressure test on Monday 

Just now, openspaceman said:

Then I suspect the radiator needs a more thorough clean especially if  it has had any radweld type gunk or a mixture of blue and pink antifreeze.

No radweld, but could have had a mix of antifreeze. 

I'll clean again, but the first time was pretty clean, not gunky at all.........