MattyF

My mk 6 has been one of my favourite transits.Has not rotted any thing like the mk5-4's I've owned and has racked up a lot of miles with out many real issues .. dual mass fly wheel and starter moters being the exception.

Ha ha certainly is !

I brought one of these about 8 months ago after leaving our usual Stihl blower back at the yard....with a mower shop around the corner this looked worth a punt! more power than a br 300 also with a two year warranty and at half the price at the time.. I've had one fuel cap replaced under warranty and it gives me a warm smug glow when I use it that I didn't give any money to stihl used it today on wet leaves on a heavy hedge reduction with the lawn being on the edge of a woodland and it left it pristine!

What do you want for it Carl?

Have been using a Dmm green ring on a double alpine. I still like a pinto tie off though and for the most will use it as it's the quickest to set from the canopy although with ring there is less retrieval issues it just takes longer to set up... I will on odd occasions just use a dmm revolver, I know it's not designed for that use but it fits perfect !

Ive had brand new fishing gear still treated by NZ customs , they don't give a **** though when you come back in to the UK!

Dmm ultra 0 or dmm any thing others just feel tinny and wrong in your hands.

Cut it off below the metal rings and use an xrse on the ring to a 4srt chainsaw boot footloop and it's a much easier to clip on and go.

Is that price with all the accessories shown in the vid? Looks a good machine , I have the older Norwood lumbermate 2000 and it's a good simple easy to use machine but there are a few bits on that like the saw guides ,jacking feet and some of the new log dogs I could see would massively Benefit my machine.

And thanks for that should of thought about the Diesel engine! I've never tuned a diesels but spent a lot of time putting charge coolers and bigger intercoolers on rs's in some hope it would keep temps down and was always considered a good base point for any further tuning.

I need to do that as well after breaking the clip, cut off the crappy foot loop and put an xrse on that end to clip on a 4 SRT foot loop , was a pita and should of got the none built in foot loop version from the Start.

I know , it's shocking ! two 4 day weeks in row now as well to get the last out the fishing season , definitely part time me

Better than the mk1 haas, the extra 18" gives it no flat spots like other knee ascenders which feels weird at first but it's definitely the most efficient out there , mine did fall apart the other day though went back together no bother though.

Aye that's what i mean keep the waste gate closed longer... been down the pub after a fishing session so wondering if any of that made sense... which it clearly does not ! I will argue though the Benefit of the intercooler is to keep the temps down so you can run more boost.

Only if you up the boost on the turbo though.... I've Seen plenty of engines with big intercoolers fitted on dynos making less power because of faulty actuators or the owner scared of running more boost, theoretically you would get more lag = less power

You can add more fuel by playing around I have no idea how but with turbos the power is all in how much boost the engine can handle ,the intercooler just means you can run more psi =boost on your turbo keeping the charge temps low so the engine does not prematurely detonate. More turbo boost = more power. Just fitting an intercooler won't give you more boost it just lowers the charge temps so you can. Old cars like the Renault 5 gt turbo you fitted a bleed valve off the actuator pipe or fitted a 31 actuator so it could be adjusted , the actuator on all turbocharged engines controls how much turbo boost is produced. So say you get to 0. 5 psi boost the actuator spring is set to open the turbo waste gate at that pressure , other wise the boost builds up and blows your engine, the turbo waste gate opens and dumps excess pressure in accordance to what the actuator is set at ...You can adjust the actuator to keep the waste gate to stay open longer adding more psi or another crude way of doing it is fitting a bleed valve for about £15 that bleeds off pressure to the actuator spring so it stays open longer and gives you more boost= more power.

Another thing to bear in mind is your not dragging and chipping 3-4 loads of brash a day hand balling tons of timber or working on multiple wind blow with large conifer on a hill putting 5 litres of fuel through a saw,teetering around on spikes dragging big saws around all day on a slimed up beast in gale force winds or any of the other crap forestry Arb jobs 5-6 days a week I can think of... your twiddling nobs on a self propelled machine which I have found some of the easiest money I've ever made in this game ,if you did any of the above I doubt you would even have the energy to come on Arb talk and be a martyr and repeatedly tell every one how many hours you have worked.. just saying.

Vitamin pills and work less , I used to do 7 day weeks ,not take holidays just the money I was entitled to through paye time off, completely burnt my self out by my early 30's and really regret it. I love work but if you don't draw a line your body will.

Not really worth it unless you adjust the actuator or fit a bleed valve to wind up the boost, intercoolers just allow you to run more boost as they keep the temps Safer and potentially the engine from detonating.. usually with an old engine winding up the boost only ends one way!

lol that's my take on it ! Used to do a great shoot 30-70 birds max ,lunch a brace and £20 and also the guns would buy you drinks until closing... that closed down after the old keeper died who was a true country gentleman... then went on to another shoot which 200 birds was considered poor and the guns shot at any thing that moved including low birds in front of us beating,if I had been payed £100 I would not of gone back.

Often you hear customers say "oh that's made such a difference " barely I notice tbh but twice this week I've done jobs and thought that really has ! First was a leylandii hedge that had gone to court over being cut , now they have fantastic views down the Valley half way through

Every year I see another 100 acres or more of ancient Northumbrian pasture ploughed up.. I visited the farm a few years back I had grown up on and it put me off meat for a few years .. the cow sheds gone and a new fully automated pig unit that opened shutters and doors to go with the time of day and self feeding silos for the animals , inside lay a few dead carcasses amongst the other over crowded pigs it actually made me feel disgusted that any respect seemed to of gone. If subsidies go this will be the only sort of farming left ,more intensive and more land for wheat... not good.

I only use them on big hairy dirty conifer stems to flip through little bits I've missed with the saw which you try not miss to any way.

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