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Win A Pair Of Stretch Air Chainsaw Trousers
Mr Ed replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Past Competitions
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Win A Pair Of Stretch Air Chainsaw Trousers
Mr Ed replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Past Competitions
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I'm amazed sometimes by some contractors lack of mechanical knowledge. when faced with a chipper, all they know is 'branches go in here, chip comes out the spout, and we put deisel in here. Knives? dunno mate, never seen them.'
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Pete, I hear you on prep and paint. Modern hot powdercoats are as good as galving nowadays. Do I take it you build chippers?
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Tunnisen / kwikchip do.
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Interesteing posts. I feel that there are some features that are easily definable as mking a good chipper. these are what I always wanted, and have incorporated into my own design- Heavy duty aggressive infeed. just cause its a small chipper doesnt mean it cant have this Power - at least 40hp, with the option of more Strength - plenty of steel, minimal plastic and good design for strength Compact dimensions- big American chippers are great, but for UK residential, you wnat something as compact as possible. There are some things that are hard to define though. Looks are an odd one. I went with a simple steel engine bay on my first test units, but they look horrible and boxy. some seem to have it just right. I like the way jensen have such neat steelwork. Backup - People will buy from their local dealer because they like them - and cause they get great backup.
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loglift all the way. I just happen to have an immaculate condition model 61f here. double extension, 35ft reach.
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says the man without one...
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What he said. No1 looks cool.
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I love the second one. And if I could pursuade Treesurfer to do my website, I would be a very happy man
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nope. It has to have been registered as such from the word go. You cannot change the discription once it has been sold - thats why a unimog registered as a HGV is a waste of time...
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Closer you set your anvils the better. Less strain on the driveline, better quality chip. As steve says, increase the speed of the rollers for bigger chip.
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I like the idea, and have tried it a few times.... But... I always revert to using the other end of my line with second friction hitch. I'm one of those people who hate carrying to much gear round the tree though.
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ANY chipper is better than none
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does the small infeed dimensions of the TW not irritate you? That was my own complaint with the TW. I also found the older Entec badged machines were better quality... No complaint on Kubota engines!
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Any of you ever get THE TALK from your partners about reading tree sites?
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where's mike when we need him? as its a Shliesing, about 50p should do it...
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Impact driver is the only way, short of drilliing the head off the bolt. Edit- Not sure what people do with their TW's, but on my Farmi's I used to run, I used to replace the bolts every time the knives came out, as they were silly little bolts.
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I'll put top or bottom bar depending on your preference. Even Buttons on a cetop valve, but I dont recomend them. The flywheel on a Jensen is massive. I like the way they use 1" steel plate for the fans - Talk about a lot of rotational mass...
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Thats funny you should say that about the Bar JP. most people prefer the bar over buttons. I reckon the Jensen has the best build and finish of all the chippers, But I hate the poxy meshing cast rollers, and the silly gearbox with 1 drive motor.
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Cmmon guys, tell me why you like these machines... Personally, I always liked Bandits for the massive powerful infeeds, and farmi for the price - got a lot of chipper for your money.
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Do you suffer from a lack of staff or a lack of work? Always seemed to be on or t'other for me:(
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This is always a sensitive subject - What do you think is the best chipper on the market today? and Give GOOD reason - no point in saying 'brand X is best cause I like it' Why do you think a given model is the best? I'm mostly talking about hand fed Arb chippers, not Biomass chipping behemoths.
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I'm a Husky man myself. Not that I dont like Stihls, but 20 years using the orange king sticks:D Although having used the Makita / Dolmar saws, I reckon both Stihl and Husky should watch out - cracking saws
