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If it's really light pruning, Makita 18v could be an option, it's certainly weight saving. Personally, I find my 36V Makita light enough for me. Can't fault the logic. Might prefer convenience over physical effort myself, but I'm just lazy.

I've had alot of mates run entecs , timberwolfs ,gravely ,tp lindana ,jensen, pezzolato, greenmech , kwickchip .. alot of the tw machines have alloy fans to eject the chip.. The are alot of decent refurbished machines for under that budget ..its knowing what your looking for ...would nt buy tw probably not nor would I buy green mech. I'd only buy European, better built like ts,lindana ...the pezzolato I have is alot better built than the current machines . And like it or not where I didnt come into the career later on in life ive seen machines come and go , all you want is a basic machine that's lightweight,that also you can unjam should it get jammed up...and basic so easy worked on. Only reason the isn't more European machines is due to a price ..id need to look at what ever I purchase next ..ie spares But alot of machines are built down to a price now.....

And you may well have been right. 😉 I'm coping. It may have helped that I came to it from a Makita battery saw, which instilled a Pavlovian reaction every time I picked it up, ie press the button to wake it up. My son is unimpressed with the system too. There was a cunning plan behind the MSA300 purchase, and if a couple of ducks had been in the right row a while back I'd have had a short hedgetrimmer on the AP system now, instead of petrol. The next step in the cunning plan was the KMA200 Kombi, and the switching on that is excellent. The machine itself is marvellous, love it to bits.

Need training , try lbs training Wellington.... he's ex forces,served in Afghanistan and teaches , really good teacher ...and whilst i was updating the were 3 service personel on the same course ...

My first chipper was a TW 125 when I was doing a combination of my own work and sub contract climbing. The 125 was a brilliant machine that coped with 95% of my work and was easy to maintain and move around driveways or sometimes to the bottom of people's gardens.The only time it struggled was on the larger jobs, especially conifer in the wet!!. I've recently upgraded to a TW230 due to going full time on my own and taking on bigger jobs

Yup, it feels like on the tri act that it's binding on something inside, as it can't be pushed beyond the point on the image. I have emailed petzl so we will see how they go. Will have to go back to Ali crab on climbline, which is a bugger as I like the steels extra weight beeing easier to throw accurate

Hindsight is a wonderful thing 🙂

I wouldn't. I've always been underwhelmed with infeed and throughput. The vertical roller ones are particularly shit.

I live in Norway mate,most people's gardens are pretty wild on the west coast. Plus the cost of dumping chip is pretty high

Have you given it a little spray though? I find that absolutely squeaky clean doesn't work well, makes the motion sticky.

I'd buy a GreenMech!

I wouldn't blame either of these, rather a combination of cutting back too far in the past and branches being shaded by the tree that was removed. What is dead, is dead. Conifer like that has no buds on old wood, it won't sprout back from the bottom so they will always grow like lollipops. I'd take them out, surprised whoever took the other tree out didn't recommend it. As above laurels not a bad shout, otherwise Thuja, maybe yew. There's no magic, fast growing to cover the windows sooner means more work maintaining in future.

If you can find a TW 150 that's been looked after would be my choice, but if need machine to move around easy would go for 125 but needs to have braked chassis, not fun being dragged down a slope by one. Everything is so easy to maintain and blade change is quick. The major question is how much tree work do you do and how much are you going to do in years to come, then buy best and biggest you can.

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That would be my choice for a small tow behind , would not go back to Timberwolf… I dragged out our old tw 150 the other week that we kept as a back up , we have owned since new in 2002… would let it go for £2800 very tough paint wise but had a new chassis in 2016, no stress works but clocks stopped , it had 1200 hours on before I leant it to an ex employer to get on his feet for a year with his new business … clock came back broken but I doubt he put more than 400hrs on it and it had just had a full rebuild before it went by one of the best TW mechanics in the north east .. saying that I would say 150’s need new bearings every 400-600 hrs.

doing well, considering its been so dry

Fubar'd, well at least that is a definitive position. Thanks guys. I do want to cover that window (it's a commercial premise) so I guess I can buy something and let it grow. I'll have a look at these laurels you mentioned 👍🏽

Probably in part by me. How are you getting on with the switching?

I believe the technical term for those pictured is "fubar"

Six months. I was advised on here not to buy it, and I can fully understand why. However, I got two spare batteries free under the BOGOF scheme, which means that with five, the run time can be reasonable. The saw? Numbest piece of kit I have ever picked up. I can understand why one chap said he had one sitting near the chipper, and nobody ever used it! It does however have two saving graces. When using it in the yard at home for firewood, I'm often on my own, and I now don't have a cable to trip over. Secondly, it has in my very humble opinion, comparable power to a petrol. It is serving my purposes well, but I'm not sure I'd recommend it to anyone. The funniest part of the handbook is where it recommends using the lowest power setting for light pruning. I'd pick up either a bow saw or my 36v Makita before I attempted to prune anything with the 300. Now here we may disagree. I love .325 on my 261, and think it turns the saw into an absolute animal. Others may disagree.

How is that you get to leave chip onsite, is it working commercial jobs in woodlands/railways etc? Can't imagine domestic customer would take it much?

Looking at taking a jump into Arb/Forestry work. I’ve been out the Royal Engineers for 3.5 years now and work in manufacturing. I'm looking at someone taking a punt on me to train me up and take me on. I understand this is a risk and a hefty investment. But I thought I’d try anyway. If you know anyone in the County Durham area willing to take me on or you are that person wanting to take someone on then please let me know. Thanks

Leylandii are a law unto themselves. They can turn their toes up on a whim, or return to greenery over a long, long period. I agree with you about those ones, I wouldn't rate their chances, and even if they did recover , they're not particularly impressive things anyway. I can think of a lot better replacements, Laurel would work if you just wanted evergreen cover that can be controlled.

Well, given it a bloody good clean, and I think it's mechanical. Weird, as never had an issue with Ali crabs