GB Groundworks

[Monkeybusiness]

Just buy a pair of rubber tracks - I’d imagine the steels would sell easily?…

 

[Giles]

because its easier and less hassle to just look out for the one I want with rubbers rather than adding work and expense

id did the enquire thing about that machine but no contact yet from them 2 days later

 

[Furniss]

Never had anything to do with city pads but somehow don't fancy them and don't fancy hassle with steels ...even if it's customers perception about damage to drives etc.

Dobsons would swop it onto rubber I suppose ...as long as idlers and sprockets don't need changing at same time

Did you enquire Giles ?

EDIT : I see you did and got no response ....I'm guessing 37k

 

[V8Druid]

Never had anything to do with city pads but somehow don't fancy them and don't fancy hassle with steels ...even if it's customers perception about damage to drives etc.

Dobsons would swop it onto rubber I suppose ...as long as idlers and sprockets don't need changing at same time

Did you enquire Giles ?

EDIT : I see you did and got no response ....I'm guessing 37k

new avatar Kev ... what's the siccle?

 

[Furniss]

It's a TRS 250 ....hop hop ouch

 

[V8Druid]

It's a TRS 250 ....hop hop ouch

all I have left from my comp stable is a 320 SWM/Gori .. twin shock, Rotax disc valve ... lovely engine

 

[BillybobLockwood]

some photos of most recent barn we've been fixing for the trust in the Peak District

Bloody beatifull there! I often fancy moving to the Uk, scotland or ireland!

 

[Thomas7740]

Never had anything to do with city pads but somehow don't fancy them and don't fancy hassle with steels ...even if it's customers perception about damage to drives etc.

Dobsons would swop it onto rubber I suppose ...as long as idlers and sprockets don't need changing at same time

Did you enquire Giles ?

EDIT : I see you did and got no response ....I'm guessing 37k

City pads are crap imo, useless off tar and on tar and concrete etc they seem to grip well and create lots of drag when turning

 

[Lancs Lad]

Bloody beatifull there! I often fancy moving to the Uk, scotland or ireland!

It wouldn't take us 10 minutes to enlighten you...

 

[Storrsy]

Never had anything to do with city pads but somehow don't fancy them and don't fancy hassle with steels ...even if it's customers perception about damage to drives etc.

Dobsons would swop it onto rubber I suppose ...as long as idlers and sprockets don't need changing at same time

Did you enquire Giles ?

EDIT : I see you did and got no response ....I'm guessing 37k

Think that's a factory fit machine like my old 161 was. They widen the blade at the same time to match the wider tracks. So rubbers the blade would be wider.
IMO the tracks were the best thing about the machine. Can float over boggy ground- leaves a carpet like finish everywhere you go and come in handy tracking in bits of ground etc. Here's mine- just staying afloat on peat bog.

 

[Furniss]

Yes they have there advantages like you say ... I drove an ex100 hitachi that was on wide ish steels and it was great for tracking a tidy finish etc .... I've not had anything on steels for 20 years though

 

[Giles]

Mines on 550mm steels floats on anything

 

[Giles]

 

[V8Druid]

we used to get 'em over here like that, but not seen one that low for a while .... or the Herc.s ..... reckon they used to use our place as a land mark ... have had Herc.s so low they make the slates rattle

 

[Giles]

Herc come along as low as the chinooks in that video bloody impressive apparently according to old boy neighbour who walks by job they do it in the dark as well

 

[V8Druid]

Herc come along as low as the chinooks in that video bloody impressive apparently according to old boy neighbour who walks by job they do it in the dark as well

yep ..... lowest Herc we've ever had was about 11 at night ..... thought he was landing on the ridge line of the roof .... unbelievable noise

 

[Lancs Lad]

Awesome lil clip .

This stuff reminds me of the guy down in the nose in the Lancaster's when caught the tree tops on low test flights in the film .. "this is bloody dangerous"

 

[Giles]

Think they are merlins actually we had apache other day, often their gone before you noticed if in digger it’s only when at lunch you hear them coming and can film them

 

[Giles]

They seemed to have made £20-£27k in euro auctions I thought Dobsons where a bit covid prices will see if they hold out. Appreciate difference between auction and dealer machines.

 

[V8Druid]

Think they are merlins actually we had apache other day, often their gone before you noticed if in digger it’s only when at lunch you hear them coming and can film them

we have the SAS training camp a few miles away and their choppers of all shapes and sizes are buzzing around here 24/7, even more so after dark. As said, by the time you hear them here, they're overhead and gone, when low.