Brushcutter

I think keeping the hire all legit would around £20 quid per time more if you change the blades each time. If you have enough work for hiring it consider buying one and using the hire to pay the finance.

550 > 346 560 > 357 390 > 385 Had a go on the new 201T with the STIHL auto tune and that was good. At least as good as my 020T.

I'd imagine you need some sort of plant hire insurance for it and maybe the insurer could help with the rental agreement. That or hire something from HSS and copy their form. 3 replies in the time for me to do one. If your doing formal rental just make sure all your PUWER stuff is top notch and up to date. I'd imagine a dealer service would go amiss on your records every year either.

I thought the load on the roof of the Navara was 150kg.

Emissions and vibration regulations is what is driving it. My 550xpg is one of the best saws I've owned and I've had a few.

A few years ago Sale were selling giant kinder eggs with a much bigger toy inside. They were very expensive though.

Hi Is it possible to re tension the rewind spring on the starter without the key it says you need in the manual. Cheers .

They look like regular size Kinder Eggs to me. Do Sale not do sell those massive ones anymore?

I think its the same at any tip. I actually hate going to the tip because you pull in a pick up and they're all over it looking in the windows to see if its commercial vehicle. We're quite lucky that we have a rather good house hold recycling scheme so trips to the tip are limited.

He is a busy man. I just drove past him on the A1M just outside London.

Is that a 9 tonne trailer? Looks like a great job.

Lot more trees in Canada and the USA compared to the UK. So i imagine its volume sales.

I did mine at TFK training. Its up north but was worth the trip away. I tried for many years to do a course in the SE it was normally not enough numbers, no site or lack of windblown timber. I also think its worth doing courses all over the place. Not only do you meet new instructors/assessors you make new contacts over the country.

Is this coppice going for firewood or is it being used for coppice products as that is hard work cutting.

How many trees are you felling a day and what sort of size are they (dbh and height)

Kesla publish all their recommended flow rates and pressures on their cranes on their website. Their biggest crane is 80-100l on single acting or 150-170 on load sensing. At 190bar.

Parallel cranes work well in clear fell where the movements are limited because its clear. So they're very quick because the parallel action keeps it smooth and quick. The actions are kept parallel by the extra boom part. As you lift higher it dips in saving time and effort. In thinnings especially where there are lots of trees staying behind its easier to do more of the actions yourself ie as you lift the crane doesn't extend it self. Makes it easier to thread past and around trees and past anything that maybe in the way. Obviously you get use to what you use. I've used both and prefer a non parallel crane for forwarding but wouldn't be without one on a harvester. There is a weird telescopic crane that is neither one or other that i'm also not to keen on. Poorly laied out timber that takes a lot of headboard/load bumping to square up works better with a parallel, however penciling works better with a standard. I'd imagine chipper feeding would be easier parallel too. Mowi i think do exclusively parallel cranes, Kelsa,Vreten all have one in the range from memory. You mainly see non parallel cranes though. It's really just a preference thing at the end of the day.

Quite often you see the spool block plugged into the spool valves. Often the operated by the non return stick:lol: Although you do get a restricted flow through the valves but 60lpm will do most stuff. If your doing big butts you might want more than that. A good hydraulics shop should be able to re condition the pump.

Tigercat make a 14t forwarder but its not really small.

Ponnse Wisnet?

Not used either. HSM do some stuff designed for steep slopes though. Why would you like a clambunk?

I have a feeling the oil flow requirement is around 80l/m. I expect most valmets at 1200rpm are putting out close to that on their stock pumps.

Not really a fan of parallel cranes. On the harvester they're brilliant but on the forwarder i think a standard is better. Maybe in clear fell they would be quicker but i think on a tractor mounted set up were versatility is key a standard crane is more useful. Have you seen the price those new G2 14 tonne Farma trailers are going for. It's a very tempting price.

Krpan is my winch of choice a lot of winch for your money. Get an electro hydraulic version rather than a manual one as in the long run it will be worth it. Get a radio remote with it too. What size timber are you felling and what size tractor are you putting it on.

Big cabs fully programmable controls ie all buttons are customisable rather than just a few in the JD. Opti is much better than the Valmet/TJ equivalents computer wise. I really like that their harvesters are forwarder based so you sit with the engine and the crane unit is out in front of you so if it tips you wont go with it (hopefully). I like the H5 heads as they have auto chain tensioning i'm sure the new 745? JD heads do the ones i used didn't.