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You need to read the last 274 pages of this thread really.

That was my first thought too, if you're not comfortable using it at the time then it's probably not right and needs more investigating.

Ever since Reg left Blighty, you’re my favourite craftsman. what cut did you use for dropping the big limb at the start. stay healthy

I think you could piss £25k, I’d say nearer £30k.

Ballistol Universal Oil And not poisonous for cleaning really dirty carabiners I’ve been using a Oral irrigator. i don’t have a air compressor.

I think the idea of using an impact driver as a way of managing the reaction torque is novel. To me it does have the whiff of snake oil about it, if you could suddenly increase cutting tool performance and life by a factor of two then people like Dormer and Sandvik would be all over it. After all cutting tools have been thought about a lot, by a lot of people. I suspect they are twice as good as cheap tat, and more equivalent to the decent ones that few people buy.

Unbelievably good

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That's intriguing, not much use but intriguing.

Good idea for a thread, Alex. I'm going back to your title/original point -mainly because I don't/won't have a website myself. Spending a few minutes with a new potential customer, to explain what works we do and our background, etc seems valuable to them, to glean an understanding of us, and seems to build their trust. I always do this before discussing their potential work/problem. It helps set the initiative -and helps them understand there are two parties in their contract considerations . On more complex/open enquiries, I think sacrificing half an hour or so to gently quiz a customer on their objectives, seems a mutually beneficial exercise, often for both parties. Getting them to list/produce a simple specification of what they actually need, is helpful all round. I should have mentioned at the start, that our Conservation work includes treework.. so maybe a little different from others here.

so were still looking, we do have a few to look at , albeit on the cheaper side .. im kinda put off from the Forst now , tho they did seem to be a bit cheaper, but reliability is a must, I guess all things go wrong tho , does the Forst have the same engine as the TW ?

Good Morning All.

Dame Stella Rimington. James Whale.

I run a setup not dissimilar to the one shown.Here the chip stays onsite 90% of the time,the versatility of a tracked machine with a drawbar and winch is unrivaled .

Again I something similar, I use a quad bike and a flail mower, the advantage being the quad bike has other uses about the place, trailer towing, dragging etc.

Yeah man stoke is no problem thanks for that greatly appreciated ill give them a bell

Monkey Puzzle takedowns are like War stories, never a good 1! Evil trees!

That could be a lovely gaff, if/when I settle in a pile of bricks it will be in Suffolk, or the Staffordshire Moorlands/Peak District

I've used Navara Kingcabs for 18 years. You can add a trailer to carry more and/or make up some greedy boards. Do you have a tripod ladder? If so you can use it to hold down several dumpy bags of arisings; stand on the ladder to press the dumpy bags down and to get the front feet down into the back of the buck against the tailgate and strap the thin end to the ladder rack behind the cab (you need one of those to put mesh onto to protect the rear screen). All sounds a bit niche but it's how I've done small tree and hedge work for all that time (with the trailer bit).

North Korean scam operator? Bot?

Makita DUC254 (but put 1/4 pitch chain) or Echo 2500T are the lightest. Personally I have the 254, it's great for this type of stuff.

Too embarrassed to show their faces.

On my hakki pilke the splitter runs automatic after cut is made. The problem is the splitter just keeps running back and forth and does not stop. Can anybody tell me how to adjust this so it will stop when it returns?