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Everything posted by kimtree
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we dont do palms all the time either.I was replying to Roseywebs question. I would rather chip normal wood as Palms will take the edge off the blades pretty promptly however it makes no difference to its chipping ability as long as you are chipping Palms
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Dont have any pics. You will block the chute if you dont have the feed wheels set right It took a while to work that out. Small palms chip best if the go in as a group rather than individually same for fronds Any dead palms and fronds tend to get dusted rather than chipped The 1800xl isnt the hardest thrower of chips so you have to rely on momentum instead. Nearly my only gripe Really big logs need a slow feed in speed Tops and brash a medium speed and any sort of palm i run the feed wheels flat out. You cant chip any sopping wet palms as the chute will get blocked pretty quickly The 1250 has no trouble chipping Palm wood but doesnt like fronds much
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looks like a bear in there
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Jee every one bags Vermeer My oldest chipper is a 1250t .will chuck chip 50 metres with humungus force if you let it ,not so good at chipping Palms though.I thought it was fantastic when we got that.Now its just the emergency chipper My newest (not so new anymore)chipper is a 1800xl. Sure you could consider the bottom safety bar a pain in the ass.But i would rather have than not have it. As to chipping.its a weapon.we shove whole Coconut palms in there heads and all.Twenty metre long African Mahogany limbs ,big bundles of hand stacked branches . all loader fed.Have put many thousands of cube though it Its rated at 19'' but can do nearly 24'' in a soft wood 180 hp and more fuel efficient then the 1250 T Have had a few problems have done a clutch recently where the clutch disc had the centre torn out of it.Must have been a common issue as the replacement disc was considerable thicker
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maybe this time the ringleaders will actually serve their full sentence as they have been jailed for this before -
i took the inside ones off on mine .the outer ones keep most of the bits inside However it rarely gets used
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not from rope but once got an allmighty shock after driving through a patch of spinifex
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chaps over shorts work a treat in tropical north Oz where it regulary gets over 40 centigrade with high humidity just be aware that you might get cut by a non moving chainsaw (on the back of your upper leg) on your belt while moving around the tree:thumbdown:
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you can get a diamond wheel for a chain grinder or a diamond file if it only needs a touch up however using a diamond file soon gets old
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A rig em and roll grapple would be heaps more productive and cheaper with a climber in the tree like Mike Poor's setup
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i run two mitsubishi trucks one a 6 ton fighter and one 4wd Canter and one isuzu 1400 truck The 2000 6 ton fighter is set up as a machinery carrying truck and as a chip truck as well as towing a 1800xl chipper it is fairly economical to run and has 30000 km service intervals it doesnt have much ground clearance though the truck has done over 400000ks and is still going strong Alot of the older Isuzu and mitsi trucks out here in North Aus seem to last a long time.There are plenty of trucks still running here that are over 25 years old.Mostly carting construction materials
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maybe hes related to the scum
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not sure of the full details but a young bloke died in Queensland quite a few years ago when the tail of his climbing line was fed into a chipper and it pulled him into a fork and he had a heart attack and died in the tree.Never got any where near the chipper and still died When i was climbing i drummed it into the ground crew to never allow a rope any where near the chipper but it still came close a couple of times
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the cleanup .When i can leave a clients place tidier than when we got there sometimes it is great to shame the really messy buggers too
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thats a very interesting chart. can you do under bridge work ?
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Lucas make their own jig.I have one it is easy to use i have done a few blades and none of the teeth have come off--- yet
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Have them sent over from England . They don't weigh much so postage wont be excessive
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if you do buy the business/goodwill make sure you get a no competition clause in the the contract regardless of whatever the bloke is saying about being not interested in getting back to treework personally i would buy the gear (only if it is of good quality) and do my own website and advertising
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dont try it with a vermeer 1800
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Did you by any chance look further into the Cela regarding parts availabilty etc ?
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Anyone still climb on three strand/multiplat
kimtree replied to Mick Dempsey's topic in Climbers talk
Didnt Honey Bros used to make there own rope,seem to recall a rope making machine in their shop in the mid 80's -
i have an old HJ47 Landcruiser not only can you pull start it but also the engine can run backwards if someone mucks up the gear selection No harm was done as i switched it off when a great guff of black smoke came out of the air filter.this happened 15 year ago and it still runs great
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oh and dont buy a white machine go for a darker colour
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I dont know the answer but over in Oz you can get heat treated hardened blades and anvils aftermarket I tried hardened knives in my 1250 vermeer and they went very well lasted 50-70 hours Then i tried a set in the 1800xl they lasted maybe 4 hours and were completely stuffed afterwards .The aftermarket blades were just too hard. The anvil in the 1800xl is also fairly soft and has worn the metal away in the middle of the bar to the point that i would have to have it surface ground just to get it flat again.Instead i have put a new one in and will rotate it more often (every 200hrs)
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on a Sandalwood chipping job the air filter would block after only 2 hours chipping and every half hour you would have to empty the bowl Horrible stinking dust got into every little nook and cranny on the truck:thumbdown:
