Tom D
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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!
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We use the Oregon bar dressing tool, it works, they are hard though..
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Most PTO winches have a remote option these days. I'd go for Tajfun..
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We have a couple, both have had warranty work, but over all they are a good saw. Way better than the 261..
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Rigging is horrible with only one on the ground..
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We only rig when we have to, it's usually much slower than cut and chuck. Occasionally its faster.
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It's going to be towed by the tractor so that will limit distance, north Yorks might be a bit too far.... With the 50k tractor I can get a fair distance though.
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For me it's all about making money, if someone has something that can make me a few quid while they make some as well then it's a win win
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I'm thinking about getting a massive splitter with a 28 way knife, it would be more capacity than we need for our own stuff but I was thinking about hiring it out with an operator and doing other people's oversize stuff. There's a few estates and farms round here who would use it the odd day, but I have found that other tree surgeons can be a bit weird about hiring in a competitor.. I offer the same kind of service with the heizohack but so far only one tree surgeon has taken up the offer.. So my question is would you bring in a competitor to split your timber if he had a good machine for the job?
