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    As above, I prefer the Husky one myself too and you're more likely to be able to get that style of ear defender parts more widely too (plus my radio ones fit the husky)
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    I used to run a couple of Jonsereds, a 2163 and a 2141 (or could have been a 2041) used one of there bigger ones a few times too and they weren't bad saws. a little numb compared to the husky but as above, many interchangable parts. Costs crept up towards husky and it seemed less people stocked them but if the price was right I'd have bought them again.
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    One problem with anything like the Bilke or Klapi Tuiko is that they are designed for green timber and for the stove market where the end log is more like big kindling than a typical UK log. Very quick and reasonably maintainance free but as mentioned above they don't make great quality logs. Also, if you use the "wrong" wood i've seenone make nothing but splinters, with nothing log like amongst it.
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    I'd go for the 130. I don't see why people think defendes are uncomfy - we did 5900 miles in a fortnight round scandinavia in a fairly standard 300 tdi 90 and never suffered (I can't hardly hear anyway so the noise wasn't an issue! )
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    Yes Dave, the weight doesn't seem to stop them - we've had the main depot done 3 times in around 18 months and they've tried unseuccessfully at least twice that we know about. Bearing in mind the only way stuff can leave the yard now is over the fence/gates (or ram stright through) and everything is far enough away to be reached by a normal sized lorry crane, they have to move everything by hand - and they still do. We had an 18 tonne PTO one go out of the yard - that weighs around 400kg! Ba****ds
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    Just found out today that one of our customers has just had their trailer and crane stolen. It was taken from one of the National Trust properties in the Snowdonia National park - it is around 2 years old but very lightly used. It's the 1500kg model with 2.75 metre crane and is 100% unique as it has a hydraulic drive system to the trailer wheels. They're not optimistic, but if anyone spots or hears about anything simialr, please either let me know on here or by email at [email protected] Ta, Chris
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    Hi David, Sorry to hear about yours getting stolen. What would you be looking to power it with and how long would you need it for? We don't usually do hire but at the mo I have an lightly demoed 14 tonne tractor hydraulic powered one at our wetherby depot we might be able to do a short hire on. PM me if it's of interest All the best, Chris
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    Never had a 200 in bits, but on a normal saw we'd whip the exhaust off and look down the port at the piston as usually if they've been run without oil they tend to score the front of the piston.
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    by "normal fuel" do you mean it doesn't appear to have any two stroke oil in it?
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    Carrick works For Yorwoods but I think the money comes in through Lantra
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    once again Bet that was an arse twitcher - looked more rot than wood
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    lol - I'd been looking for a proper defender 200 engine for months and in the end just bought whole 300tdi 90 for not much more than an engine would have been
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    Yep - if budget wasn't an issue then defender for sure - £1000-£1500 on a defender (or early 90/110) usually = spending all you time fixing it. That's a good sign - SWMBO's thinking about upgrading to something better suited to long distance - anyone looking for a Jimny forgot about them - old or new they grip real well. 110mph I don't reckon my V8 would do much more than that - and that flies.
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    We had one at Newton Rigg and it was a great little thing Sounds like it's working well That's worst bit about it - quite often once a machine gets sent out we never hear any more about it. anyhoo - back on track
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    410 is one litre and 413 is 1.3 - but you'll do well to find one in any sort of half decent nick. I'd say jimny is definitely worth a look and you'd get a minter for that sort of money. Their fantastic little trucks and take the SJ to the next level. We've had ours about three years and it's been great. TDI Discovery would be worth a look too. I'm not a fan of series land rovers but maybe I've just not given them chance. For the sort of money your looking to spend, as much as it pains me to say it, I'd steer clear of defender or earlier as all you'd be doing is buying problems.
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    Been in hiding - Missing the woods big time at the mo and coming on here wasn't helping
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    Good choice People used to mock me running a 15" on a 372 until they saw how it cut. Are you runnign a bigger sprocket? I went up one tooth (to 8 I think) and it would just pull and pull into a cut. What's the little tractor? Is it a Holder?
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    I've always got on well with the BFG Muds and am still running a set that were on the 130 when I bought it around 4 years or so ago and they're still doing well on the 90. Haven't tried the new BFG mud but have heard lots good about them. Had the BFG AT/s on the hilux and they were great on the road bu terrible in the woods as they cloggesdup and didn't self clean well. Have the same (just different size) on the discovery at the moment and they have been great, though the disco doen't really go off road as such. The only time we ever had a problem was a wet field with the trailer on - once the trailer sunk in a bit and the tread started to clog it spun one wheel, then another and came to a stop but to be fair I think anything would have struggled where we were. Either way - all the BFG's I've run have lasted ages, it's always been mechanical damage that's ended them.
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    We have an 05 35C14 van and it's been great so far. Ours is the 3ltr and is a downrated 5 tonner so will only carry around 900 kg as 3.5 tonner but fully loaded and with 3.5 tonne behind it it pulls really well. We did once load a big mini digger in the back to move across a showground and we would have been around a tonne and a half over weight (so around the 5 tonne it was originally rated at) and the springs hardly moved) We were reluctant to go iveco initally but having took it out for test drive we were sold on the idea. Ours has a speed limiter fitted (70 mph) which took a bit of getting used to when overtaking on the motorway but the look on peoples faces in normal cars when you leave them behind off roundabouts is priceless. I'd guess the 120hp version won't feel much different to our 140hp as it's a lighter vehicle to start with.
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    yep, only weighs around 600kg as towable, even with the log loader. We will have one at Bentley, not sure which version (whether PTO or the petrol/PTO towable one) but the base machine is the same on all of them. If you're passing Kingsley any time, let us know a few days before and you could probably see one working if you wanted to.
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    Rob, if you're coming to the APF, pop and have a look at the Farmi one we have - if it had been available when I bought my hawk I'd have had one as it's seriously fast and has things like powered in feed, slewing elevator and two speed for not much more money than the Hawk or Japa 100. There's also a log loader available for it so you don't have to lift the big bits. If I was going back to it, it's the machine I'd be going for.
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    I'll double check but I'm 99.9% sure it's sub 500kg inc grab and rotator. It's a really nice crane to use and is really quick on a tractor yet still got a good lift on it, I always thought it'd make a nice crane for chipper feeding. Prices are meant to be up on last year but we haven't got round to changing them yet - can do a 4.2m @ £7000 plus vat and most likely chuck in delivery on a double pallet - there's cheaper for sure but this is just a smaller version of the bigger ones and uses many of the parts from the bigger ones including the valve block hence the price. PM treedave for a bit of feedback as that's his trailer in the pics. We deal with 4 different crane manufacturers so can usually find something to suit needs and budget - drop me an email at [email protected], mark it for my attention and I'll get back to you as soon as I can (though I'm not in the office officially now til next tuesday)
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    RM international - it's the smallest they do at the mo - they go right through to 8.something metres and double extension. have a look on their website R.M.INTERNATIONAL d.d. traktorski priklju?ki, Schlepperanschlussen, Tractor attachments though they don't have the little one on it or the biggest one either
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    Here's a couple of pictures of one similar - the crane is exactly the same as this one but it doesnt have the front set of pins as there is a removable headboard in it's place leaving a bigger gap between the crane so the power pack sits in it. Sorry the pics aren't great but they should help. The hydraulics for the sliding body are plumbed into the hydraulics for one of the legs and a diverter valve fitted - we haven't done many like this so even if the crane is removed it will still look quite noticable. Something that will make it unmistakeable is that this is the only one we have done that has indespension units rather than a rocking beam (I'd forgotten about that ) and also the mudguards are from memory, permanently attached rather than removable as per usual.

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