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  1. Brushcutter
    How do you get help if you need it if your phone is in the truck? To answer the original question hand cutters are hard to find. Good ones at least, it's a skill that isn't really taught anymore. Young people don't tend to choose forestry as a career anymore.
  2. Brushcutter
    You could, not sure why you would. Harwarding has it's place but it's better to cut it all then forward it all. Means production is constantly going also limits ground compaction.
  3. Brushcutter
    Amazing collection of Valmets. 6400 is a stunning tractor although if your going for roof or roadwork i'd always go 8050 8100 or 8150.
  4. Brushcutter
    If you have the kit the contacts and the reputation work is out there but it's more competitive than ever before . You just have to look on Ebay to see the state of the industry more harvesters forwarders and woodland kit up for sale than ever before.
  5. Brushcutter
    Timberjack 810. Great little thinnings machine, only downside is that's what its good at not so good on the bigger stuff unlike the 1070.
  6. Brushcutter
    I've seen the set up done many ways. That one was with a baby tractor 100hp 3 cylinder job! I've seen whole Valtras converted to forest machines. They have rocking harvester cranes on and bigger heads. Most tractor harvesters i saw back in Finland were sporting Keto 51 family heads. So they would do about 15".
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    [ame] [/ame] I bet this wouldn't be too far off the cost of one of those little alstor harvesters. Except it's quicker can do its own forwarding and can also then mulch its brashmat if required and do ride maintenance as well.
  8. Brushcutter
    I wonder what FISA will think of that.
  9. Brushcutter
    That happens with grapple processors as well as the bed ones.
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    Try AT Osborne i think they are still Fransgard agents. The metal arm with the hole in is the engage disengage leaver. The big nuts hold the drums in and the little nuts either side adjust the pressure on the clutch pate when it's engaged. Take the the drums out clean the back end of the plate up and look for glazing. Check the drive chain that comes up from the PTO to the shaft that drives the drums.
  11. Brushcutter
    If it's a 6 then it's 6 a drum. Difficult to tell from the photo but it looks around the size of a 6 tonne. You can yard with both drums or use one drum as in and the other as out.
  12. Brushcutter
    Looks like a 6 tonne double drum Fransgard. I'd expect from the 80s.
  13. Brushcutter
    I had also herd this but they still sell a lot of forestry kit so just assumed they still do. Guess we will find out in September.
  14. Brushcutter
    Another vote for AT Osborne. They cut out holes for the tractor lights and then put some margard there to protect them. It means when you drive down the road your headlights are stripey (or mostly reflected back) by 1/2" steel bars. Wilsons also do a good guarding set up. I expect they could send it on a pallet or two for you to fit yourself. Guarding isn't cheap. Especially if you have a belly plate which is the majority of the cost.
  15. Brushcutter
    Bed processors have been around for ages. You if you look around can pick up an old Nokka processor for sensible money. Roller head ones are good but its the stroke processor that's a little better on the knobbly hardwood. The guys who did some of the PAWS in Broxborne woods did it with a stroke processor on a 5 tonne digger. I'm a fan of the little harvester head on the crane over the bed processor with tracks rather than roller feed. Although bed processing is something i've never used. Unless you fell it i can see it being a real PITA to clean up after someone else, hence my favour of the valmet head set up. Oh check out the price of a bed processor at APF in September they aint cheap.
  16. Brushcutter
    If your issues is that your crankshaft is worn from excessive clutch drum wear. This also trashes needle bearing and oiler arms. Also makes the saws run like a pig and stall when you put the chain brake on. This is now a warranty repair job, or at least here it is.
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    I wonder if it is to do with the red mineral oil vs the synthetic oil. I use stihl hp super in all my saws. Which are husky and no issues.
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    Wilsons did it. It was an older Valmet rather one of the new ANTS series Valtras. I doubt the new gen would take a manual conversion. Not sure why you would want to do it. Once you have a good belly plate on the tractor most of all of the sensors and electrics are protected. I for one like diff lock/4wd being on buttons rather than clunky leavers. On and off on a key and not a manual fuel cut off.
  19. Brushcutter
    The high torque Echo brush cutters are very good. You can get away with a slightly smaller displacement as they punch well above their weight.
  20. Brushcutter
    I think a reel of .404 chain has about 1400 links on it.
  21. Brushcutter
    Any good hydraulics shop should be able to sort that out for you.
  22. Brushcutter
    I expect you've had some gear oil come out of the slew pots. Or you've damaged a hydraulic pipe on the end of a slew pot. If it stinks a bit like onions or similar then its gear oil.
  23. Brushcutter
    I use to have the exact same problem. I used this as a lubricant neat rather than diluted. Worked well but it's expensive. I had brass scrapers on the band and fly wheels to keep it clean. On bad stuff it didn't work. you needed to use a little saw to scrape the band while it was running.
  24. Brushcutter
    You have a choice. 372 xtorque or a 576. I'd get a 576 lower vibes you see.
  25. Brushcutter
    I'm sure someone does. Binderberger springs to mind, i think they did a galvenised drop in solid body thing. If you want to make one use box section to make a ladder that sits in the bottom of the bunk then weld uprights to it that space it fit the top deck. Weld some 4mm to fill the gaps between the bolsters and it should be ok. Just make sure it's strong enough to take abuse but light and small enough to lift out,

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