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  1. Ratman
    Anyone had dealings with “buffalo trailers” from yeovil? Been offered a 18month old used 8’x5’ at reasonable money, electric tip.
  2. Ratman
    [emoji33][emoji33][emoji33] oooohh bmp01 you animal you! ??
  3. Ratman
    Yeah thats the one [emoji106] i have occasional use of one at mo, but i dont like borrowing stuff on the while, always worries me if damage anything etc, not that i’m rough with anything mind, quite the opposite, i’m a bit anal with stuff if anything, dont like abusing stuff and like stuff to be clean and straight. After all, if you look after your kit then it’ll look after you! (Hmmm...... [emoji848]i wonder if thats why the mrs sodded off last year!) ???
  4. Ratman
    I know exactly where ya coming from, but i just want it for personal use not business/commercial use. I had contemplated the 10’ but i’m sticking to my guns and gona have an 8’x5’ [emoji106]
  5. Ratman
    We do at work with bits of kit to be honest, keeps ya going and gets job done, albeit a bit slow sometimes if there is a underlying issue, but heyho! [emoji106]
  6. Ratman
    The batteries on your tip trailers aren’t designed for jump starting other things. The batteries on a tip trailer are a deep cycle, slow and steady release to provide constant power for a long period, hence to tip your ram top to bottom, and best replenished using a trickle charge. A car battery is designed to give a big release of power in a short time, hence the initial whapp to turn your engine over till it fires, then the alternator tops it back up again at a fairly quick rate.
  7. Ratman
    I’m looking for a 8’x5’ tipper, havent really decided on a brand as such, but i’m contemplating going for the manual hydraulic setup then fitting a flowfit electric kit to run along side of it. Will just fit a switchable spool valve for in the event of the electric side going flat or giving issues away from home.
  8. Ratman

    550xp clutch

    Ratman replied to gary112's topic in Chainsaws

    Indeed it would [emoji6] i’ll do it with my 026 no bother, dad mullered it about 10yrs ago, i bet it’s not 15’ in height now and limbs start at about 8’ off ground, i can get to everything from standing at that point, shouldnt take too long. Worst thing about it is its all pretty much rotten rubbish, only fit for bonfire so will have to gather it up and take it to farm to get shut [emoji849][emoji849]
  9. Ratman

    550xp clutch

    Ratman replied to gary112's topic in Chainsaws

    Long as no ones hurt Gary [emoji106] My dads just asked me to drop his canadian maple in his garden, i’ve been dreading him asking me, its rotten as a cabbage and means i’ll have a load of useless crap to get shut of, but on the plus side i get to give the toys a run up! [emoji12]
  10. Ratman

    550xp clutch

    Ratman replied to gary112's topic in Chainsaws

    Nope, not had that on any of my ‘Stihl’ chainsaws Gary. [emoji4]
  11. Ratman
    Heres a link for ya [emoji106] i cut mine with a sharp stanley knife on a dust free clean surface, its fiddly tacky stuff but does its job no bother once you get the hang of it. DOUBLE SIDED WATERPROOF MEMBRANE JOINTING BUTYL TAPE DPM 50MM WIDE 1.5MM THICK WWW.EBAY.CO.UK Lapping & Jointing construction seals. For best results - Clean all surfaces and make sure they are clean, dry, free of grease, dust, mortar and any other debris.Warming of product may be required if jointing under 10°C.
  12. Ratman
    This is my garage/workshop slab, i insulated it but if you dont do yours then fair enough, but the corners etc are all cut neat and stuck back with waterproof butyl tape. I then just tamped off and floated by hand, everything finished up ticketyboo![emoji108] I highly recommend you use a visqueen as a minimum, and also insulation if you can, makes a huge difference in my opinion.
  13. Ratman

    Jokes???

    Ratman replied to brownie1964's topic in The Lounge

  14. Ratman
    You can use fireboard to cover areas to comply to regs, same as you need 2 1/2 times size of your flue in distance (i think it is but not 100% sure) away from say a wooden lintel, hence the reason i modified an old stone gate post to become my lintel. Two reasons, i didnt have the space to achieve it and retain a inset stove, and also because it would of looked shite having to cover a wooden lintel in fire board to achieve it.
  15. Ratman
    Building regs stipulate you only need 300mm (12 inches) in front of your stove. The deciding factor for you will be to decide how far the door opens out? Obviously you dont want ash/embers falling from your door out on to the floor. I’ll measure my hearth when i get home but it defo aint anywhere near 1000mm deep front to back, and my stove is inset to the fireplace, signed off and certified so obviously conforms to the regs or i wouldn’t of received the cert.
  16. Ratman
    That floor is ACE, fair play [emoji106]
  17. Ratman
    I’d be putting 100mm insulation in that slab personally, and 180cm-200cm of concrete in the slab itself. You could even build a cavity in to your slab and timberframe with insulation off that, be spot on and toasty enough for a games room [emoji106] Any form of heating going in there or not?
  18. Ratman
    Me for the 026’s [emoji106] and possibly the 044’s [emoji6]
  19. Ratman
    You got any pics of your setup and the filter you’ve played with? May help to get you some ideas.
  20. Ratman
    Whats your budget on towable processor Andy?
  21. Ratman
    Ya rotten sods!!! [emoji23]
  22. Ratman

    Jokes???

    Ratman replied to brownie1964's topic in The Lounge

  23. Ratman
    Yeah i’ve not seen it?
  24. Ratman
    So you started it all off did ya! [emoji6][emoji16]
  25. Ratman
    Visqueen then slab as above, if your bothered about your corners that you mentioned, which i’m guessing is because you dont want creases etc, then cut your visqueen square in to the corners and stick them together with some butyl tape. Its sticky as hell and waterproof/non permeable, i swear by it, used it on all my slab jobs [emoji106]

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