Tom D
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I worked for years with a 254 and a 385, still have both, the 385 still going strong, and the 254 soon to return from spud having been tweaked. Both great saws. I have to say that the Makita / dolmar 7901 IS a serious alternative to the 460 / 372...
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I find that logs made with a processor have way more than a dustpan full of trash. Up to 20 % trash by volume. I like the beet cleaner idea.
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So am I!
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Gutted for you, you must have been really chuffed with your new purchase. Landys are so easy to break into and break the ignition barrel, the new ones have alarms / immobilisers but with a tdi just pull off the wire on the stop solenoid, located on the fuel pump, it will turn over but wont start, I used to pull it off and just rest it on the connector so it looked like it was ok. Or if you can't be bothered to unplug it each time, just break the wire and put in a switch and hide it in the cab somewhere....
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Sounds a lot, I paid £25k for a guarded s reg 6400 hi-trol with only 5.5k hours on it... and it came with a 2010 botex 560 roof mount!
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PM Me your details, I have a biggish contract on in Perthshire at the moment, I may need an extra climber for a wee while, there may be other opportunities too... -
Felix, have you met Stevie? Because whats funny is that actually looks quite like him!
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I don't buy in wood, its all from jobs, + it seems to be the going rate around here, trust me I have stuck to my guns for ages and thats why I have so much wood left. I recently did a job where we bought around 250 tons of hardwood standing, i sold the saw logs and then the firewood, it wasn't worth keeping. The guys who bought the firewood are both competitors, they both sell it for less than I do, I don't know how they make a living. What I do know is I was far better off selling it in the round at 35-45 a ton than keeping it and splitting it...
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I'd be happy with £60 a cube! I sell for £50 if you buy 5 cube.
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Great marketing, if they can get it to work then fair play, I have £108,000 worth of logs at those prices! If only I could get that...
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What are you cutting with it Richard? I have a flail on mine that will theretically take 3" material, its good on brambles and scrub but doesn't have an openable hood... Let me know if you want to see it....
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Brilliant Idea! I have all sorts of bent, oil soaked, frayed and abused crap I can sell..
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its 80% hardwood and you pay haulage.....
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I can supply bulk loads, but I'm based in scotland.... £50 per cube.
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Yes, its the one at drummond hill, it was a nasty one for sure...
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It was a race to get the road open though, we swapped sides on the land closure and dragged the butt away with the tractor leaving the brashy side closed off.. Most of the motorists were polite and waved happily when we let them through, there were a couple of sour faced moaners as well of course..
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We felled this big poplar on tuesday, it had a historic heave and was leaning out over a house and the road. There was an LV power line running up the slope under the canopy and a BT line running under on the other side, we had a lane closure as we couldn't get a road closure, SSE dropped part of the LV line but were unable to drop the rest, this prevented us from partially dismantling the side over the house. We took down a fence on the far side of the road and then felled it between the power line and house on one side and the BT pole on the other, you can't really see the BT pole in the video but the power pole has a blue bag hanging in it from the lines mans earthing kit. After felling it was a frantic rush to re-open the road so there was no video of anything else...
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250 for 5 cube here, if I could get 100 I'd be buying in timber in huge quantities. £500 for a trailer load!!....
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Moffat to Selkirk is a great road. Not as quick as the others...
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Here's a prediction, in 10 years stihl will have a reputation as a domestic / semi pro manufacturer, others will have taken their place as the professionals choice. And at the end of the day who can blame them! I'll bet the semi pro market is worth way more than the fixit yourself pro market. Like I say, in 10 years we'll all be using dolmars or huskys and stihl will be oing a roaring trade selling garden blowers, hedge trimmers and light saws to landscapers and the more adventurous gardener.
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Industry best practice states that my stihl saws should have safety decals clearly visible, So if I want some new ones I have to drive an 80 mile round trip to get them. My local dealer is great, he has fixed saws for me over the years, and has a reasonably good stock of parts. What annoys me is that I have to drive 80 miles, wasting time and fuel just to get some parts that could be sent in an envelope for the price of a 1st class stamp. Why won't you say where you are from?
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This is all within a mile of my house the pics were taken today and yesterday... But I do like yorkshire, I got married at Bolton Abbey..
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As Steve says, I bought his Atlas, it has served me pretty faultlessly since and has been worked extremely hard, including being loaded with big lumps by machines. I ticked Ifor on the poll however because, I think the one drawback of the atlas is the quality of the steel itself, the build quality is fine, as good as an ifor, and or course all the parts other than the chassis are the same as an ifor anyway. But the Chinese made chassis and tipping body are showing signs of wear, well abuse really, I think an ifor would probably have fared better. The galvanising is probably not quite as good either. Would I have another Atlas? Yes. will my next trailer be an atlas? maybe... but if an ifor came up at the right price..
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No, There's a digital readout in the tractor, its never been past about 70degrees I think. And that is after driving with the oil to the crane engaged by mistake. Under normal use its fine...
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Some good suggestions Dean, one interesting thing I read a while back: the average Deer rifle puts a huge spin on the bullet thanks to the rifling, an amazing 180,000 RPM.
