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I quite like one of these for the collection.

Screenrecorder-2025-09-02-15-57-01-495.mp4 Wouldnt mind one of these! Looks like a one off machined item, powered by a wood router or similar tool? From here

"Either, or.." - traditionally it would be re-pollarded, cutting above the 'knuckles', but if you go for a thinning out of the regrowth stems I'd stick to approx. 30%, i.e. one in every three(ish) but remember in so doing they will continue to grow in height & diameter. If tree size is an issue, and you don't want to re-pollard, i.e. to original knuckles, you could reduce the regrowth stems in height and start again, in effect, at a higher level, i.e. a high pollard...but this seems a lot of faff for little gain tbh. Good luck whichever way you go...and of course you don't need to go "any way" as you could leave it to grow on / up (unlike Poplars, Limes don;t have a propensity to fail at the knuckles.)

i have a 2015 Isuzu N35 120 that i put on our fleet, and there is no driving restrictions at all on this, any age a mate lads recently turned 17, and he got him a mint 59 plate Jimny as was good on insurance could pop a little trailer behind.

No. Just bracketing in. Wanted one for tiddly stuff anyway. I'm also quite possibly confusing this thread with another saw thread running atm.

You thought the weedy DUC150 with a 300w motor would be your tool for medium takedowns, or has this discussion changed into something unrelated? The 2511 is a great saw but Im now convinced that battery is the way to go for any saw below a 020T, hedgers, blowers, brush cutters, polesaws.. Whats with the wrist? Past injury? Anyway for your described use, the DCS2500 seems on the small side. The Makita has great balance, but it is larger. I'd like to try the Echo but not seen it in the wild.

I think youngsters can generally get insured but it just costs the earth - £3k annual premiums etc. Have you considered a van? Van engines tend to be smaller than a truck, which affects the insurance premium.

We use trucks .. we tend to chip into bags for the most, we find that it saves a bit of time, and we also deliver chips by the bag load.. small jobs id take my truck with chipper, chip to the bag, load the bags in the truck.. big jobs second truck with trailer, can chip to trailer or bags .. we have never had a problem so far.. dont get me wrong, a tipper, is the standard and were looking at picking up the right one at some stage, but having trucks is workable ..

And when they were working no ,quicker than a 1 pot .

Utter shite. I work hard, make good coin, and look after people as best I can. "I wash born here, an I wash raished here, and dad gum it, I am gonna die here, an no sidewindin' bushwackin', hornswagglin' cracker croaker is gonna rouin me bishen cutter".

Don’t leave anything (machinery) on the trailer. Put the chipper in the container. Get a lock on the hitch of the chipper. Maybe even a chain around the chassis of the chipper locked to the floor. Don’t get complacent, they’re like foxes round a chicken coop, get sloppy and within days it’s gone.

Hi all .. so have had my lad working with me, he is turning 18 very soon and nearly finished his Alevels , he is still doing his driving atm, he has been real asset working with us, he works hard and knows his stuff, been great having him with us tbh, all of this is good and he has said he'd like to work full time for me, im never going to say no, and would rather pay my son and keep it in the family .. .. It would be useful to be able to send my son out on small jobs / clearance / pick up waste, logs / deliver logs , chips and such.. the long and short is, I need him driving, and ideal world a little truck, not a tipper or anything big, just enough to deliver logs/chips , carry some tools / strimmer , mower, take some green waste, run a few errands, go to some small gardening jobs ... Think the problem we are going to have is getting him insured, ? I have started looking at these little 650cc trucks , like the Suzuki carry trucks , tiny things but look kinda quirky and prob enough for him atm .. but most of these are jap imports and the insurance dont like it.. bigger trucks I doubt he would get insured .. Wondering if there are any youngsters out there who went through this, or what did you do with your Sons, or when you started out ? lol was a bit different when I was younger lol.. .

Hi all. .. As it says were moving into a new yard soon, pretty good size with one container, I had hoped to put another container but the owner wasn't too keen on the idea we are getting this on a 6 year lease with a 3 year clause .. Was wondering if you guys leave your chippers out side? can't imagine its very good for them, putting this in and out of the container daily seems like its going to be a bit of a pain ? But at the same time I wanted to keep things as secure as possible.. ? Our trailers are going to be out side in the yard, as won't be able to fit everything in one container, but dont think this will be too much of a problem ?.. Wasn't planning on leaving any saws, or personal climbing kit on site, or small tools .. was mainly for waste, logs, chips , the chippers and such, and I was looking at buying a Spyder lift and a skid steer in the future, and hoped to split and stack logs .. any pro tips on keeping things secure Do's and Don'ts from experience ? its a exciting time for us but wanted to get it right ..

There’s a few here who will fall under the hypnotists spell and who like to avoid tax whilst preaching socialism 🤔

Another clown joins the ever growing circus. A former hypnotherapist who claimed that women could increase their bra sizes with their minds has been elected as the new leader of the Green Party.

I've got two 300S batteries for my Stihl 220 backhandle and don't run out on big dismantles. You can always charge. Have that and the smaller battery breadknife too (Stihl 120). Actually used that outside of the house for the first time the other day. Is a sweet little thing.

Yeah that's a bummer. I have Husqvarna and echo batteries. Two batteries for the echo is ample for 99% of jobs. I've perhaps ran out of battery 3 times in 4 years for so I've used it and just use the 540ixp for the last bit of the day

Now that's helpful. Thanks. Except yet another battery system to buy. Bastard.

The balance is spot on. It balances on your middle finger. Honestly the best saw I have bought and one I wouldn't be without. (Probably would get rid of the thumb safety button on the new ones though)

Is it as nicely balanced as a 2511? Not like the Stihl 160 where the battery weight at the back ruined it.