Tom D
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Wonder if they'll still like the 261 when the clutch bearings collapse next week.
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Thanks. I had missed that section, I've been using the same excel base one for years.
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I'm acting for a family member, tbh I don't mind arguing the toss with another consultant. It's just business at the end of the day, I wouldn't take offence if someone took issue with a survey that I had done. Plus I think I have a strong case...
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Just doing a Wee planning query, objecting to an application, one of the trees in question is multi-stemmed, calculating the RPA using the Helliwell method gives an RPA of 5.3 m using the other method of 10 x diameter above the root flare gives 12.5m. This difference could have a significant impact on the application.. 5837 gives a measurement guide showing the individual measurement of stems but does not supply a formula. Anyone know the 'approved' method?
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For a setup that small just buy a small chipper like a TP175, TP's make a nice quality small chip and they have sliver breakers. You will be restricted in terms of the girth that it can chip but if you're growing your own and chipping up to around 8" it would be perfect. They also make a 10" machine. You will probably only be burning 50 ton a year so going crane fed probably isn't worth it. Use your tele handler with a muck grab to handle the timber, stick it right next to the chipper and fire it through. A couple days work with 2-3 men should see you a years supply...
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By the time you have a tractor, crane, and a decent chipper you are into big money, my setup was £110k you could do it cheaper of course but if you end up hand feeding a small chipper it will be slow and will work out more expensive than hiring someone in. What size boiler are you looking at? For reference one of my customers is heating a farm house and 6 cottages with a 200KW boiler, he burns maybe 100 ton a year. This costs him about £1500 to chip, it would be less if he did it all at once but he only has space to store about 4 months worth of chip. At that price your payback on a tractor and chipper is going to be a very long time indeed.
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Don't buy a chipper it's a huge expense for something you'll only use a couple of days a year.. If you're chipping small diameter wood it will dry nicely in the round, cut one year, chip the next. My machine can chip 50 ton a day, there are others that can do 4 times that..
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That's the trouble with porting saws, it makes the stock saws seem lacklustre.. I'll get Finn to send it down spud.
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I had the chance to run the ported Makita 7901 against the Dolmar 7910, there was a marked difference, we think there was a difference before. I wondered how much of this is down to the porting and how much is down to the different coil and stuff on the newer Dolmar. What were you able to do to the Makita? I'd like the same done to the dolly if possible. I am wondering if the Makita is now running the same coil with the limiter anyway as we couldn't Source the original type. If it is running the limited coil then the porting has made a big difference. I'll ask Shavey about the other coil...
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Thats fair enough, but when you are feeding a lot of small diameter bushy stuff you just want it ripped through so you're not standing around waiting with the next piece. I loved the crushing power of the rollers, and it chips timber better than most. Remind me whats the engine on the bandit 75?
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I liked the 75 but it was badly let down by the slow infeed.
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Welcome to the forum. Sorry to hear that.. Put the serial numbers on Arbsafe, if you don't have them the dealer should..
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We're on the east side so it gets cold here. The thing is if it's growing well now than it should grow well again. Just need to give it a full growing season to recover, if you prune in Autumn you'll get soft growth which is susceptible to frost.
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Some more of the pics from yesterday..
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Do it now so that it has a full growing season to recover, and feed it...
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Ring me next time you're coming up, we really fancy making a massive swing.. That's a full climbing line in that pic, about 20m to the first branch.
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Andrew was in a Douglas, I was in a silver and Malcolm was in a coast redwood..
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I'll try again..
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we did some rec climbing today.. got to 50m in a big fir.
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I had a look at the echo's in a local dealer yesterday, they look a bit plasticy, are they robust enough to handle pro work? Not saying they aren't they just look a bit soft.
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Mostly processor sized, available in the next week or so.. Will deliver for £45 per ton depending on location.. Call Finn on 07428122018
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There's probably less than 10 in the country, chances of finding one will be slim
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Used my spud ported 7901 today, great saw, it was good before, it's even better now.
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Final put the 7901 together, awesome, great pickup and strong in the cut. Cheers Spud!
