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I have had good luck with the Nextbase units lately, decent video, easy to wire in and the app actually works. Thinkmine are the 322GW and they’ve been solid. A couple of the lads use Viofo too and rate them highly if you want better night footage..

Yeah, bit of a shame really. The old RRP was simple and did the job without needing to buy half a dozen extras. Feels like they’ve bundled the same features into the pricier setup now. Classic ‘upgrade’ that ends up costing more for not a lot of real world gain..

Seen this happen a few times with saws that have sat a long time. Even if you drain them, the diaphragms in the carbs can dry out and go stiff, and you get lean on first start which is enough to score a cylinder. Husky or Stihl, it can happen either way. I’d be checking the carb and impulse line before writing the brand off completely.

....with the wife's sister. 🤣🤣

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Ah fair enough. Carroll Engineering are the people in Ireland I was thinking of, they'd make you one with a log lift. I see Oxdale do a vertical/horizontal 16T one that's just over £8k on eBay. Don't know if it's my imagination but these all seem to have shot up in price.

This should tick all the boxs. No idea what it's like, but it's not Chineseium. Tractor Log Splitter - Log Splitter - Vertical log splitter HANDENGINEERING.COM Tractor log splitters. Can split logs up to 400mm. One of safest on the market and CE certified. Shop high quality tractor log...

Thanks but I really need a splitter that doesn't require lifting logs onto a bench.

Hi can you tell me more, location, hours ect.

I should have taken this advise the night i fathered twins 🤣

I owned the saw from new and have never used alkylate fuel. You say it does not attack rubber, that is untrue and depends entirely on which grade of rubber. There are many grades of rubber and in this case Husq had used unsuitable rubbish. Nitrile rubber can be fuel resistant, slightly less so with ethanol fuels (but there are still a great many old cars on the road!). Viton rubber is generally considered best for long term use. One problem I believe to be true, there is so much low quality or fake fuel hose being produced that it can get into genuine supply chains. I assume the same is true for seals etc.. It is difficult to buy decent aftermarket fuel hose for a motorbike for example. It is suprising if a manufacturer is having issues on new kit from the factory, but does seem to be the case.

Thats the thing though , Alkylate fuel does not attack rubber components . Pump fuel does take the coating off but keeps the rubber supple because its slowly attacking it , When people switch to an alkylate fuel and the rubber fails they automatically blame the alkylate fuel as the rubber now has no coating on it to keep it supple and has gone brittle . The alkylate fuel is only showing up what the pump fuel has been doing . Use an alkylate fuel from the get go , no problems . If changing to an alkylate fuel after prolonged pump fuel use , change out rubber components ,

Huskys are known to use poor quality Orings on the carbs accelerator pump. My cs340 was only a couple months old, only a few tanks through her when the carb failed. Motomix and aspen would have rotted the oring just the same.

Passed me by but it seems the RRP is no longer available, I guess natural product progression for Notch to want us all to buy the more expensive replacement. Bit annoying then to have to spend extra on pulley kit to get the features of the old one.

Anecdotal evidence of course but my local supermarket petrol 'does the job' but the one with 'Bigger Prices' is far superior - a few more mpg in the car. Could be something in that. All the base petrol comes from the same refinery of course, but different companies put different additives in to make it their own. Supermarkets are less likely to add so much. Of course small local garage might not sell the quantities as a bigger one - could be something there too.

All small log splitters will leek or weep oil- often they dont have a big enough hydraulic oil tank or no hydraulic oil cooler, problem with them getting over worked, Im dubious about ifor trailers due to a local dealership now saying they've been brought out by the chinese and them not stocking ifor because of this. So in essence what im saying is you might be replacing it with more over priced chinese junk. I dont know who id recommend in the way of machines seens the are alot stopped by eu legislation or brexit importing to the UK .

Sullivan's Engineering make a well regarded properly road towable splitter, they're in Ireland so was thinking maybe in the EU with you but looked them up just now and they are in the North. Might be someone that takes them south across the border though and you could order in Euros?

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Look for an M500, the chipper pushing itself around is a really good feature especially up into the trailer at the end of the day. They're solid built from proper parts so you can get spares, bearings etc either from Global or direct from suppliers. Mine is at least 15 years old, will keep repairing it for a long while yet.

Morning all, Lazy day here other than perhaps trying to allocate days to jobs for new year. Plenty booked in to allocate but have to build in flexibility for the weather. Not every customer can cope with a call the night before to say we are coming at 8 tomorrow. Happy Sunday

Just wondering, can the Steward make enquiries regarding themselves?

Bon-jew-er, Has anyone experience of these ? Ifor Williams LS256 Log Splitter - Tuer Trailers ALANTUERTRAILERS.CO.UK Brand New Ifor Williams LS256 Log Splitter * 25 Tonne Hydraulic Ram * Petrol Engine * GX200 Engine *... For a genuine road tow, they are significantly less expensive than the French Rabaud or the excellent AMR brand. No experience of Balfour. Currently I own a generic Xhinesium 'towable' (basically a Rock Machinery 22t) I loan it to clients as a sweetener, to encourage them to keep their wood. It's a very popular initiative, saving the hire and transport of a similar hire machine at €120 per day Trouble is, although I tow it, it's not legal and the two hand security feature which is different from the UK versions, made the operation fatiguing until the metal deformed and fortunately disabled it without impairing the machines function. The Xhinesium has so far split all three hoses, rattles terribly whilst being towed and has developed a leak on top of the hydraulic valve block. The wheels don't have sealed bearings and these are pretty basic too. I dismantle and grease them every few months. Regardless, the machine has certainly earned its keep for me and helped win alot of work. Stuart