leedeerman

I can vouch for that too, I run a number of Schliesing in a fleet, with a 495EX on the way. They are extremely reliable, the engineering is leagues ahead of the rest, when maintenance and repair are needed you’ll find there’re a breeze to work on. As with all chippers just keep your eyes peeled for bolts coming loose especially on the disc bearings and motor bolts,keep it razor too. Maybe they’re not as fast at chipping brash as some of the others out there. But that’s not really a negative.

If its an Alko drum with a sealed bearing in it, they are fairly unique to Alko, however your bearing supplier will be able to cross reference to a hub kit, I forget what the code is. I think the kits are about £20+vat a side. you'll need a press to get the bearing out they are in there good, otherwise you'll be giving the drum a good whacking it could do without. Pete's right id go with getting them done whilst your earning money, and having the shoes and cables looked at is a good call too. I'd always recommend having cables done if shoes are replaced, its not if there're expensive. Hope this helps.

Funnily enough I was looking at one today. No doubt it'll grind a stump out. But it doesn't look as refined as its competitors, overly long at lots of exposed parts. Horses for courses some say.

I know both machines well. The 750con has a smaller three pot turbo engine instead of the 4 pot normally aspirated, the band wheel(drive belt wheel) is a lot smaller, because of the smaller engine it might be slightly shorter but don't quite me on that. And also the absence of the spare wheel. Apart from that they are the same machine. I think that the 750kg weight is quoted with the discharge chute removed and a empty tank of fuel. Which is a bit silly but there you go. A good reliable machine..

I'm just after some user thoughts the above grinder cutting system compared to traditional finger teeth and the sandvic system etc, Particularly interested from someone who uses them long term.

Much respect to Forst and Redwood on the their customer service, There are many that could learn a thing or two from them. On the subject of build quality it's nice to see a continued effort to improve their machines, however there are a number of areas which require attention, it would be nice to see these focused on before they moved on to the pto version and vari track. By the way the pto version is a real poor effort in my opinion. I've yet to see any manufacture come any where near to the build quality of a Schliesing, they really do have it sorted and from my point of view are a dream to work on and live with. Each to their own I suppose.

We have success! after another good few hours today I narrowed it down by exchanging parts from another saw unitl it ran! turns out is was the flywheel, it looks like the magnitized part may have suffered a small impact to the coil when the bearing failed, it obviously has done something to it as the keyway and timing is fine, anyway thanks all for your tips, its what arbtalk is all about.

Thanks for your all your tips on this one, but no joy today, here's where I am now before I run over it in the telehandler! Today I changed the pick up, blew the fuel hose and impulse pipe through and both pressure tested them both, I also made sure the impulse to crankcase connection was clear and also removed the manifold and checked, I've checked the timing on the fly wheel and the key way which all seem fine, I also changed the coil for a known good one and once again swapped the carb for the same in case I missed something, again symptoms exactly the same, I really am at a loss, I'm normally spot on with saws. What I'm thinking now is the crank is a little tight when turning by hand but not overly I think, would this cause the symptoms? I did intially strip and reset the bearings in case the were wrong, or the other things is I got a massive air leak from some where but all seals and gaskets are new a look good? Or last thing that the big end bearing is worn, but to be honest I could hardly feel any play in it. One last thing worth a mention I don't know it's full history as far as I can n see all the parts look to be the right ones. Looks like I need to pressure test the bugger! Any advice muchly appreciated.

Good call, I haven't checked fuel line and pickup

One for the saw experts here I got a seized MS362, I've done a full rebuild on it, piston, barrel, crank bearings, all gaskets and crank seals (all genuine Stihl). Once rebuilt I can not get it to pick up RPMs at all, it'll tick over not too bad but when you give it some throttle it bogs right down and then stalls when you release... Any ideas any one? I did swap the carb for a known working one to rule it out, it made no difference, I was wondering if the coil could be faulty? I've done a few rebuilds which normally go well, this one has me stumped a bit.

Looking smart on the van though

The introduction of the dealer network has helped prices to rise as naturally they want their cut, and parts take so much longer to get now which is a shame. It was so easy to order direct before.

Cheers Will ill give Bill a shout, Woodmizer are good I was just wondering if there was anyone local to us. I've put a roof over the mill now so when you manage to find some time to get to us it'll be in the dry! Hope your well.

I'm looking to get blades sharpened and set in the Surrey Sussex area, any idea who could do this for me?

Has any one had experience on removing the bottom feed roller from an A540? Any info on the procedure appreciated.