Brushcutter
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Polycarbonate Sheet - Direct Plastics Limited I'm thinking of mounting it over the wing mirror glass somehow (not worked that out yet). At £13+VAT for the mirror glass need to find a solution to breaking them so easily in the woods.
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Oh and on the front guard don't hind the lights behind a lot of metal bars. It makes it an real pain to go on the road after about 3:30 in the winter. Instead put a bit of Lexane or margard or infornt of them at makes a big difference. Nice guarding job though.
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I'd weld the tabs on the main frame and tap them out with a M12 thread. Then bolt them to those tabs. It means they're much easier to get off to wash the windows properly and all the sticks that get in there.
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I do like the Valmet 8050. That is a very tidy example.
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I think for the last two years the Ash trees have not been looking great around Hertfordshire.
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I don't think so. I've used many Valtra/Valmet set ups and if they had cages they were all different. Unless they're made by Wilsons then they're the same and rather good. I think our guarding is 40mm and i've had a tree come across it so it does work.
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Softwood 3m Hardwood 2.4 or 4.8m
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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.
