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Morning Jase ! Morning all . Sorry , bit of a lie in . 🙂

Good Morning Jase and all. I'm still working. One more day to go till next Monday. Having fun yet? I am. Be good and safe.

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I'm here Couldn't get anyone to work yesterday so a day of logs in the yard, probably see If I can do a bit more today, got someone coming for some beef and then my Christmas MTB ride, ride Wednesday nights throughout the year bit got our ride Tuesday this year. Hoping not to get too wayward as I don't want to be a wreck for Christmas eve! 🥴

Yes I have used a 230 sometime ago and agreed it was quite an improvement in the hopper and feed roller area, the 150 has quite a narrow hopper as it leads to.the rollers. The biggest gripe about a 150 is the god forsaken bearings and having to take it all apart to replace.

Good morning Arbtalkers... Wtf are you all ? 😉

😂😂😂You have excelled yourself with this one.

Stir in a load of chopped bacon pieces as well, fried to crispiness - perfick !

Sprouts. Love them or hate the? Me, I love them. Recently been frying them up with some chorizo and then adding cooked chestnuts and a good dash of balsamic at the end. Other ideas?

This didn't get much attention at the time. It should have. Even a lot of the domestic MAGA don't like it. I'd be interested to know if any of our UK MAGA think it's a good idea. Anyone? Anyone hiding at the back there? Unregulated AI doesn't seem like a wise move to me at all. We're starting to see problems with it on here already. Any Musk fans out there comfortable with him doing whatever the hell he wants with his robots? Trump signs executive order aimed at preventing states from regulating AI | US news | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM Order, which lacks the force of law, also creates taskforce whose ‘sole responsibility’ will be challenging states’...

Got to say, the hole ensemble looks like the hogs are getting well fed over Xmas! The cooker is an absolute delight too!

What about meindl wood walker? Used to be decent I think....

TW 230 is a big improvement on the 150. We must have done over 2000 hours on a 2016 230 with no bearing issues. we often use a 2017 tracked 230 owned by a landscaping company we sub for, it’s not too heavy and the feed hopper is easily removed . I haven’t used the newer model with de-rated engine , I replaced the 2016 with a low hours 2016. the tracked model seem to hold their money, tidy ones are not cheap.

If you’re advertising your business above your premises in this industry on a busy road, it’s a question of when not if you get raided. I can’t imagine you’d bring in enough work to counter the cost/downtime of having all your stuff nicked! If I was you I’d concentrate on building your business until you require the space for kit/aid expansion.

Thank you AB. I can see you've got some venerable old pollards there. Very nice. This one is particularly eye catching - I can't offer any advice on how best to bring them back into service I'm afraid. No experience. I'd guess it would have to be a gradual process though, to minimise shock.

As much as I would love the idea of an 8 inch machine the 6 inch machine can get more places, certainly I wouldn't get around the foot paths and nadgery gardens with an 8 inch. Secondly the additional weight trying to drag it up the steepest A road in the UK with my decrepit transit would be dead in the water before we left the yard.

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They where supposed to come back on the market when I spoke to arbortec over a year ago , I really liked them as a boot but the only saw boot now remotely similar are the pfanner juchten or Tyrol and I’d still prefer the fellhunters… why anyone can’t make a decent upland walking chainsaw boot considering the terrain of woodland and felling sites and all they seem to do is churn out multi coloured clown shoes is beyond me.

Opposite here. A little encouragement goes a long way.

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Petroleum coke is quite aggressive on any metal work in the stove

They look like very old puffballs or eathballs, possibly stump puffball Lycoperdon pyriforme.

That can be a real winner. They get a cheaper price, you avoid the drag from hell.

I run a Forst TR6, with the older 35hp diesel, and a Jensen A540 turntable with the 37.5hp diesel. Neither of these have ever blocked the chute up, even with wet conifer. I do keep on top of the blades and anvils. Sure, there have been times where something gets stuck under the top roller seat, but often this can be encouraged to drop out by feeding a max diameter log through. Failing that, spanners out time. While I agree that eight inch capacity gives more throughput, I would miss the option on the Forst to take the hopper off, tracks in, and get through a 2ft6 gate. There have been several occasions where domestic customers have been happy to have there large tree chipped and left in the rear garden, saving us a big drag. Horses for course I guess.