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    Logging in Australia

    The guys did say that any tree that is cut gets a stump number in order, so if I ever want to check things then I can follow the stump numbers against the log numbers, good thing is with the way the block is laid out i'll be able to see exactly where they have and haven't been and there are no...
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    Logging in Australia

    Thanks guys I'll mention these things to him. I'm not trying to doge tax, it's just everything youo do and everytime you try and get ahead the tax man has his hand out over here, the harder you work, the more often the tax man sticks his hand out:Banghead:Banghead
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    Logging in Australia

    Thanks for the reply, no we aren't registered as primary producers as the block was purchased as a life style/ recreational use block/ long term investment sort of thing it's about 1000 acres, with the spin off being some decent timber to mill. I'll ask him about the primary producer and land...
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    Logging in Australia

    Just after some info if anybody knows the ins and outs of how the logging industry and Aust tax laws work over here. I am soon to have commmercial loggers onto my land in Qld here to log what I estimate will be around the $50,000 worth of timber off it. There is some fairly substantial road...
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    Track tension

    As a general guide is there a certain amount of track tension, slack that there should be on a machine. Somebody said to me the other day 2" of movement in the track if you lift it up, in front of the top idler. Obviously on a big machine your not going to be able to lift the track.:Banghead...
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    Wind farm crane

    bugga, and I only thought we had greenies like that over here.:Banghead:Banghead The local mums and dads will complain that little johnny can't fly his kite any more as it keeps getting caught in the blades and flings him into the air.:D
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    MF 200B Drott

    Hi Jim thanks for the reply, yes it does have a bit of hydraulic creep, but nothing to serious, I am more concerned about the rear oil leak, do you know what that might be. It does steer a bit lazy on 1 side, so this sounds like a major job to get it turning tightly as well is it. I've sent...
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    MF 200B Drott

    Thanks guys, it was pretty well dark when I looked at it, but I'll go and have a good look at it in the daylight and quiz the owner about the track adjustment. He was supposed to be getting the oil leak checked out over the weekend so i'll see what he has to say.
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    Wheel-dozers

    91,000 hrs, :eek::eek: has it ever been turned off.:beatsme
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    Largest dozer?

    holy crap there is some big machines pictured here, you'd want to hope no body parked a ute in front of you, bit of a bump and out the back comes 1 compacted ute.:eek::eek:
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    Knocked down an old house with a K.

    would make a good bonfire.
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    MF 200B Drott

    Hi HD I thought that as well myself, but not really knowing how tight they should be made me curious. I guess they could be backed off a bit in tension or could the owner possibly be trying to cover up excessively worn chains:bash
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    Hi from another Aussie

    G'day all, great looking forum. Only new to all this earth moving game, have just bought myself a big block of dirt near Bundaberg Qld, so am looking for a Drott or something to play around with. So no doubt I'll have plenty of questions.:)
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    MF 200B Drott

    Hi guys, Just new here and looking for some info if you can help me out. I am looking to buy a small Drott at present and have come across a MF 200B, 4 in 1, rippers, winch, pto, it's a pretty clean little machine for it's age and looks to be in good shape. What are these units like, the only...
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    Norway pics

    some amazing gear in there, but those snow pics are mad, that's too cold to be out working.:Banghead
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    Cat Haul Trucks with Bottom Dumps

    how much increase in carrying capacity does it give have the trailer
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    Harvesting In South Australia

    top looking setup your neighbours have got, was only reading the other day how hit and miss the crops have been all over the place, some farmers don't have enough storage capacity from bumper crops, other only a couple of hundred km's away, have nothing and face financial ruin..... again. It's...
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    Track Loader or Dozer?????

    I have been lookin g down the same path, loader or dozer, think a drott will suit me better for now.
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