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  1. Brushcutter
    Bandit. Why? The dealers are top notch. Build quality is amazing. It's so simple it's bomb proof. Ability to open the feed rollers up is so useful. Crane feeds well. If you get the big 250xp the opening is nearly 6' across If your lazy you can get the discharge shoot on hydraulics. You can get a sliding headstock to centre up the machine on the linkage.
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    Hmmm. I don't like it and i'm the world biggest micro harvester fan. I think you'd be buying problems. 11000 hours on the tractor isn't great but its still a very useable machine. That crane looks tired and it doesn't apear to have an extension. The head looks even worse shape. I expect its the orginal one doesn't tell you how many hours it's done either. Someone is either going to get an awsome machine on the cheap or a massive hole to tip grain trailers full of money into.
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    I like it.
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    Keeps the weight down low in the tractor, Stops you tipping over if you've got a roof mounted crane on. Also helps with ploughing and winching as the centre of gravity is lower. You have a special valve on the tyre to take the mix of water and antifreeze.
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    They look quite nice. I've got a lump of Sweet Chestnut in my garden to turn out into a water feature. Got the idea from Capel Manor actually 10 years ago. As for tomorrow got a treee to fell and a lot of chipping up to do.
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    I've driven Valmet, Valtra , MF and JD forestry conversions. Down to personal taste really. Valtra do it all in the factory right down to putting the bullet proof glass in. They also have a reputation for being forestry tractors which is why they hold their value.
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    Well it's a tricky question. They lift a load but they don't lift it over people or people and they're shouldn't be anybody in the 20m zone. Also the operator is protected by ROPS and FOPS. So from what i got on my FMO course they don't need to be. We have ours tested though. Out of interest though LOLER isn't that bad in Finland they have to get the cranes xrayed every 2 years to check for damage.
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    Are they doing free tickets that you print off like last year? The website seems a little poor.
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    looks like they've welded a bunk onto an ifor trailer.
  10. Brushcutter
    Looks like wild plum. I have a hedge of the stuff.
  11. Brushcutter
    To hire for 7 days its something like 80 quid.
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    Great lens and great effect. If you have Flickr check out the Nikon 24mm tilt shift lens page for some fantastic shots. It's ment for doing perspective correction when photographing buildings. Although if you shift the plane of focus around you can get a mega deep depth of field. Infact i may hire one for a weekend.
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    Nice pictures. I wondered how you got the odd DoF but tilt shift explanes all.
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    How big is the memory card? If its too big it won't recognise it. I have one xl and it had issues when updated it. Turned it off and on a few times and it worked.
  15. Brushcutter
    The bio oil from clarkes is good stuff just the right mix of sticky to runny. I find plant oil too sticky.
  16. Brushcutter
    575xpg auto tune all the way. It's new design and balance means you don't notice the extra weight.
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    FMO traing is so expensive. About 80 quid an hour to run a harvester! You also need the timber to put it in. I've been forunate and had very good lads from colleges work with me. Acording to the teachers so don't even bother to turn up to their placements. You can't tar all the newbies with the same brush. I have worked with some people with a shocking knowledge of forestry and they were fresh from the Scotish school of forestry.
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    Finding the stuff to run the corses is the problem. I went upto Yorkshire to do mine with some guys from this forum. Some places will winch it over to run the course. Other places won't do it and wait for a blow.
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    Shogan? Trooper? The nissan version of those i've had 2 navaras both around 30mpg both with dam good service from Nissan. Nissan is about 3 miles from my house which is why very convient for service and spares. Wouldn't have another Toyota after i had a falling out in the service department. Best advice is if you live next door to land rover and dont mind the issues that come with one then get a landy. If you live next to ford get a ranger. Really they're all much of a muchness anyway.
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    Make sure you use your local NFU rather than the national line.
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    Seems pick ups are expensive to insure. I use NFU. 07 Navara They want just over a grand thats with 5 years no claims and my NFU mutural bonus! Thats the cheapest too.
  22. Brushcutter
    A bunch of us did it a TKF training in Holmfirth nearly 2 years ago now.
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    Oops.
  24. Brushcutter
    Thats a big lump of wood. Nice work.
  25. Brushcutter
    Thanks for posting that it looks very interseting. I may go. Are you going?

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