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"Look at the rear on that!"....

Ken Tyrell was a tree bloke, as was John Surtess if my memory is correct? Keith Barrowcliff was an Uncle and he had a few Ruddington trucks and converted them to Cranes, tractor units and drugs. He died after an incident after trying to get under a rail bridge with the jib up. Some 30 years later, I brought it from the brambles in a yard unaware of the history then cut it up and took it to Makyntyres in Nottingham as scrap.

Thanks very much, I’ll have a look 👍

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sounds familiar, was it yellow?

Well spotted, white and rust, They wernt bad pickups to be fair

P100??

Freddie Gear and his dad were converting ex army matadors for timber work over by Ripley, I think I worked alongside three of them. Cawley sawmill's purple one, Dalrymples black one, Ted Bakers and the last one was Huggy's about 1990. Freddie had the yard next to Ken Tyrell's racing team, incredible what he could do with only one arm.

Is that a ford Cortina pick-up in the back ground?

Fag in mouth,top lad!

Religion of the Left. Self righteous mob of filth.

Flails direct are across the Trent from me and had stock of the walk-about Aebi I used to have!

And don’t skimp on the hard-facing (particularly at either end of the rotor). Great machines, I’ve done a lot of work with the exact-same mulcher.

It just keeps on giving!

Any hire chipper is likely going to be abused. As with all machines good operators and mechanical sympathy go a long way. One of the worst chippers I've ever seej was a ST6p. It had done 50 hours, blades were nacketed, rollers chipped no oil in the engine and the prop shaft to the pump was baked in hazard tape and fencing wire. Same as the flywheel bearings. I think one of the best chippers I've used was the vari track ST8. The Greenmech really makes the most of the smaller engine. The Schlising,and Bandits even the vermeers are in a different league.

BCS Vulcan with a little fixed tooth will get anywhere, just at the expense of operator comfort.

i’ve snuck that little tractor into a few places i’d never have even of though of taking either of my others. ive also got the same berti (well the 2.5m cut) on my t234 and it’s deadly. swinging hammers are a bit more forgiving on any contaminated sites you might find yourself on

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Aren't they just. Great for brash management on felling sites. Often now I'll mulch racks before starting then mulch as I go rather than leaving it all to the end.

Fixed tooth is great but replacement teeth are a killer and you only cut one way. Big fan of swinging hammer as you can push down and cut then drive back over what you did for a finer mulch. One thing I would put high up the priority list is a hydraulic push bar.if your are going to find yourself doing a mix of material heights. Other things to consider you can never have enough guarding and never enough power. That's a 3m Berti on a T174 at 1000rpm. Does around 10-15 litres of fuel an hour sitting in crawler gears A snd B

yeah it’s great, bought it for a particular contract that hasn’t materialised yet but has turned out to be bloody useful on other jobs. it’s a serrat with swimming hammers, the rotor has hollow pockets