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20" should do it. Even if there is no flare on the butt you could still round it up,tapering it in. As already said bore the gob,job done.
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Probably be worth giving David Norman,..Longtown a call. He has lorries down your way most days and looking for backloads. He will buy soft and hard, and oversize.
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Perhaps, Ellis or Thompson Norwich... other one is Wallers which is possibly nearer to you.
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1174 onwards ,in the six cylinder , and i think 974 in the four cylinder were flat deck cabs , which meant a rotating seat could be fitted.
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Some of the roofmounts had stabiliser rams fitted to the front axle to help with sway when loading. I suppose it depends who did the build. I ran them for a lot of years, mostly as skidders, and tbh you could turn them pretty tight on the independent brakes. Water in the wheels helped a lot to keep wheels on the ground. If i could find a tidy one at the right money i would buy it.
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Personally i think you should be proud of what you have achieved . Good job, and looking at it now, worth the effort.
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Not replaced one on a chipper, but we just get self assembly ones from hydraulic hose supplier for forestry kit. You could use section of old one and fitting for a pattern.
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If i was to hazard a guess i would say sunflower/veg oil could be the culprit. I have never had that happen to a bar and have never swapped sprockets/ chains out when fitting new bars. I would have said overheating would be more likely at the nose of the bar with a worn sprocket or damaged chain.
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I tend to agree.
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Lowther forestry perhaps. Not sure what their rates are like, but worth a phone call.
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Peter Johnson, the son in law.
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Aye, Peter J. Joe Gardner is a very pleasant chap, presuming he is still alive. I have not seen him for around 8 years, so who knows? Clever bloke too. The idea for the trailers stemmed from someone wanting a driven tanker built. They went on to build a couple of purpose built forwarders, one of which is now in Scotland. Traction on it is brilliant. They also built a skidder, that was sold on to i think CAT , a factory was built somewhere abroad for assembling them.
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They were built by J Gardner, ...of Bay Horse near Lancaster...he may help you out.
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If you preferred Stihl for that size of timber i would go 660/ 661
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We used to heat the track links to get them out, then a heavy drift with a sledgehammer.
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You still see them worn by a few farmers in the north . I was at a local steam fair a few years ago, a guy there making them .his were £75 at the time, wish i had ordered some now. Looked online a while back and they had shot up in price.
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We have actually lost a family member to covid, had precautions been taken earlier perhaps they would still be here, who knows. 5 people at the crem . was a pretty sad affair, funeral cars were passing each other on the drive, one in , one out. There are a lot of scared people out there , and rightly so. Is it such a big deal ?
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I was still wearing them in the 90s, and would still be wearing them now if i could get away with it. They were very comfortable once you had broken them in. Irons like horse shoes on the sole and heel. There were only a handful of clogmakers left locally by that time, and they tended to buy the soles in and build the tops on. £27 a pair at that time. Still one or two makers around , but they are nearer £200 a pair now .
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I was just about to post something similar....For well over 20 years i felled timber in jeans , clogs and no helmet, then PPE came along and i hated it, however. The ironical thing is that were some of those that are objecting to a mask for a few minutes to see a pic of someone cutting without PPE they would be on it in an instant.
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Might be worth messaging Gand on here. The company he works for used to keep boxes of useful bits for older saws.
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Lot of hoops to jump through for FC contracts. Good luck with it.
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There was grant aid for landowners at one time, not sure if that still exists though. Perhaps it would be worth contacting Tilhill and Scottish woodlands , both companies have a strong hold in Argyll , and both use sub contract. Might get your foot in the door.
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There is potential . I have seen contracts offered in the past, and companies looking for cutters for clearance on the west coast. After our last sortie up there cutting i swore i would never cut in n.w Scotland again in summer.
