Conor Wright
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3 men with distinctive accents, a polesaw and two stolen ladders strapped together with lidl bungie ties?
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If you do cut it down, don't forget to plant three more poplars in its place. The next generation will need work too.
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Around a grand, maybe 1100 considering it does look clean and has a couple of bars and chains coming with it. You'll probably do better selling in Europe than the UK the way things are at the moment.
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Looking for a tracked MEWP and operator/cutter near Havant
Conor Wright replied to doobin's topic in General chat
At 1.6 wide the outriggers might be less than 1.9 high. My hinowa 1470 has been through a similar sized gap and that's how we got it in. You can undo the pads too, takes a few cm off overall height. -
Go 550 or 261. He'll learn to respect the saw a lot more than if you get a pos entry level saw, He'll also be able to keep up with what he is being taught. Good luck chasing that hinge with a ms170, theyre just not up to it. On the other hand, you could go for the ultimate entry level saw, the silky, in which case he may never speak to you again.
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Obviously it's for deadwood only
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I tried this. It was a disaster, did damage to the bags, squeezed logs out, deformed the bags making it harder to stack them etc. Literally gave up after half a dozen bags. Now I just put them on pallets, helps airflow too. Maybe if you had solid sides on the grab instead of fingers it would work better. It wasn't my grab (friendly farmer nextdoor) so couldn't get the welder out.
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Is there a UK version of the fallen families fund or other similar organisations which may be able to help?
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https://www.screwfix.ie/p/oregon-yukon-safety-chainsaw-boots-black-size-5/183jh
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Cant help regarding the breatheflex but my better half recently got herself a battery chainsaw for the garden and got oregon boots (size5) and oregon saw pants along with it. The pants are OK, don't think they'd hold up to daily use but the boots were better quality than I expected and she says they're comfortable. Can ask her for a link to them and post it here if it's of any use to you.
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That's rough. Hope you heal well. Stark reminder to us all how easily it can happen.
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I can imagine where someone shoved it.
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Manitou MRT 3050 MS Specifications | CraneMarket CRANEMARKET.COM Here you go
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Just reread your post, if you're planning on getting ready made trusses into position id assume you're going to need the outriggers down due to the amount of boom extension required.
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It'll lift and drive to a point but you won't be able use the slew function or extend the boom upwards or outwards to its full capacity. There should be a load range sticker in the cab with the weight capacities and extension ranges in mobile and crane function. Check that and find out the weight of your materials. That'll answer your question.
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It's not clever, it's cotoneaster.
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Sometimes I like to say **************** it and not work for a few weeks, instead doing unpaid jobs at home. Not having finance means I don't have to worry about cash flow if I take a notion and decide to spend 6 weeks building a greenhouse or just jumping in the camper and not caring when I get back. I can see why most people go down the finance route. I find having a target like a bigger chipper or whatever a good motivator to get jobs done and money in the bank. There is definitely a cut off where machines become too expensive and the work they do too tight in terms of % to not go the finance route. Smaller kit a man can use alone is the best combination of value for money and profitability in my opinion.
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I like to hear things like that. A man after my own heart! Never bought new when it comes to larger equipment but never went down the finance route either. It does mean you're working with sub optimal kit for longer but also, I think, you value the kit more when you do buy it. In your position it makes a bit more sense to splash out. Less so imo if you're stretched to make repayments.
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Change it, stay in debt and keep working for the banks
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I remember that. A friend of mine runs a few trucks and he confirmed that mile for mile trucks have become harder on fuel, yet cannot (legally) tow any more. Not gonna get any of the older drivers back into a manual with pas and no air con now anyway, no matter how nostalgic they may be! The mechanics on the other hand... so sick of daft problems they'd happily go back to the 90s machines.
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All he wanted was a white Christmas.
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Both dry quickly. Anywhere with a cover over them, dry floor or elevated on pallets etc and plenty of airflow. Downside of sitka is it burns fast.
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1 degree above freezing here now, sleety drizzle coming in. Gonna be slushy soon. It was nice while it lasted.
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More likely the planetary gears and/or bearings than the motor itself. If its just the idler wheel then a bearing will probably do. If its the gears it's easier to exchange the unit and replace it with a new or rebuilt one, unless you're handy and like the smell of gear oil! There is a chance that your track is loose and its skipping on the drive sprocket, may just need a few pumps of grease into the track expander. That's where I'd start anyway, cheapest fix and work up from there!
