Brushcutter
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Yep. Got a Olson multi meter and a few other things from when i worked in Finland. Good quality stuff. In reality you loose tongs before break them
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13K ouch.
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Olivers Groundcare Kings Langley. Bradstock powertools Kimpton.
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High stumps mean the cutters don't graze their knuckles or damage their gloves.
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Yes not a lot but for my strimmer/hedge cutter. I think Roger at Hempsted Plant use to do it. But they're gone now.
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Save up get the 6" machine. Smaller diameter chippers are great when you can push them to where they need to be. However you have to dress the material to make them work well. Unions twisty bit and just brashy tops will go through the 6" chipper with much greater ease. I started working with a 6" machine then moved to a place with a 5" not a lot of difference till the twists and forks came into it. Became a learning experience on how to work with it. 4 would be harder. Use a 12" now so no dressing at all:thumbup:
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I have the 13" in both pro fully solid and the pro light with the resin inserts in. Both fantastically hard wearing bars. I've noticed no real difference in wear rates. The light ones are noticeably lighter which in a 13" bar is great turns a 50cc saw into a flickable snedding machine. I was worried about the resin inserts poping out if got the bar stuck or it went for a trip in a falling tree. Neither have happened so i'm very pleased. Not bent one yet so i can't tell you how the inserts hold up to pressing them back straight. Over all the pros of the pro light bars out way any potential cons. I'd have another one.
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Most of the purpose built valve blocks for the crane will be 24 volt too.
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It's expensive. I'm sure you could retrofit solinoids onto your existing unit but i'd of though it be much easier to replace the block. Then you need the joysticks. To be really cleaver you want the proportional control which means adding in more hi-tech gismos adding more cost. This does mean you can set the crane the way you want it. I like the grapple fast and the extension but everything else fairly slow. Apart form a prolonged bloom in that speeds up at the end of the sequence, you need a computer to edit all the currents for that though.
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cracking job. Bet the hands were suffering after all that 880ing.
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I have a 12" PTO Bandit. 150xp it is hands down the best chipper i've used.
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Igland out of those two. However if you look at the Uniforest or Krpan winches you will get a lot more for your money.
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I have a STIHL one it's had 3 noses and still going strong.
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You wont get a roof mount tractor and a forwarding trailer for less than 35k. Personally i'd go room mount as teamed up with a winch becomes a fantasic forestry unit.
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Cool isn't it.
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Just to throw another crane in the mix the farmi forestry cranes come in 3pl too. As for mounting the spool block i have an extra bit of box section between the guard uprights comming across just below window level to hand the block on. Not ideal but not really enough room in the cab for it.
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I went to one of their demo days last year. They look well built and i liked their stag head joysticks ( you rotate the sticks left and right for open close/extend). There is some nice things like a saw holder and nice little bits of guarding like on steering rams.
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Seems about right. I burn through a tank in about 15 mins logging up on friday but it was almost constant full throttle use. Getting about 30 mins ish on birch felling.
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Try ringing Jas P Wilsons. They should be able to tell you if you can adjust the things. I don't think you can adjust it but i'm not a 100% on that. I've only ever broken a PTO clutch and thats because someone had adjusted it to hide another problem. I think it was about a day and a half for the change that they did in the barn. Was around 2k with parts labor and fluids. Any good agri engineer should be able to do a clutch although i think that it may be easier in the workshop.
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What do people think about fuel consuption on the 550/560. Not used a 560 much yet but i do think that the 550 is a thirsty fella.
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Try Stretch Air Gladiators. They make a class 2 at least in an A style. I have them wish i'd got class 1. Padding is a bit thick for my liking. Not sure anybody makes a 28 m/s trousers. I think you can only get wellies in class 3. A lot of things have go wrong if you hit your saw trousers though and the saw is probably slowing down.
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problem with taking a tractor and chipper to a domestic job is making it all fit. Tractor+chipper and being able to maneuver the chip truck into place is a pain on all but the largest of drives. The advantage of say a 12" chipper is that you don't have to dress anything if it's 12" across the chipper will deal with it. Downside is that you fill the chip waggon up quick and its very hard to man handle the bits in. You do loose a lot of firewood in the process though. Clearance is a different matter though you really need a crane imo to make bigger chippers worth while.
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DBH Girth Tape Advice
Brushcutter replied to BackoftheWoods's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
I always do it wrong first time. My DBH tape is in the car and thus too far away to go and get to work out how to do it. Basically you put one end through the ring and then rap it up anti clockwise so it coils up and the d ring is tight to the outside and it stays rolled up. -
ram that sets the break leaking? pressure valve for the drum break not set correctly Worn break band? Clutch slipping (unlikely) first 4 off the top of my head in order of likely hood assuming its an electro hydraulic winch. unusually heavy pull by any chance.
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Front loader and grab wont really work for loading the brash into the chipper you really need a crane. As you have all the brash now in a pile at the front of the tractor but the chipper attached to the rear. You could mount a crane on the chipper but that gets heavy. Say 1.5t for a 12" chipper then another 500-700kg for for a crane. Well with in the say 5t of the link lift capacity but you'll feel it back there. Some of the biomass ones are trailed which will make it easier to carry but i would of thought harder to mount the crane. How big is big? 12" or 30" or somewhere in between.
