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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

6650 is a nice little nibble tractor isn't it. Berti swinging hammer flail?

I would buy a Jensen. Its what först copied but just did it badly.

Cheers John

Behave It's been years since it has caused me grief, probably since I retired, I'm just generally grumpy now.

Course it’s a race, first there’s a bang, then everyone starts running.

It's an awful place to be, I wouldn't wish it on Dempsey. I've not suffered alot but it seems to come with no warning, no reason to be down yet the whole world just collapses, then it disappears as if it was never there.

I think it has become fashionable to be " offended " .

Yeah, at the time there is no hope, you can't go forwards, backwards or sideways, you're stuck but you get out the other side and can't see a reason for feeling so down.

The reason you don't see many is they rotted well. Remember see a fabricator / welder repairing cab on one, he said was costing more then truck was worth. Think taxing one was a bit of a grey area, most got away with agri or multi use. Last arb one I saw for sale was taxed agri had turboed perkins engine fitted.

All good here, you'll be sound bud. Try to get out, keep to a routine, don't sit and do nothing, you'll fry yourself for no reason. When this passes you'll look back and ask yourself wtf was that all about. If you ever do find the answer let me know.

I was in my early twenties and already worried in crowded places then. Not to mention Grenfell, some things don't change when there is money to be made.

Just read the wikkipedia, the original design sounds like a masterclass in building a deadly building! Asbestos coated in bitumen, acrylic roof, fire alarm system that was vulnerable to fire, locked fire escapes... Still get warnings about locked and blocked fire escapes 50+ years later

Ive hired a st8 twice and both times it went wrong and the hire company had to come out to fix it! id go for schliesing 220mx personally

Same happened in UK or Isle of Man many years ago, a clear plastic roof and blocked fire exits, people killed by melted burning plastic. Resulted in a law change Summerland 1973

Its probably brings and Stratton, rebadged. It won't be kholer engine as they , I believe are still tide in with lombardini... hence kholer diesels

I believe my ex boss, had a rb 4x4 with arial platform on ,slow, noisey, wide, top heavy and crap ...dont know what it was ever meant to be poor man's mog or landrover ?