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  1. Big 'Ammer
    Why do people with crap cars take them to roundabouts to let them break down? Why do people take their kids to the supermarket so the can smack them?
  2. Big 'Ammer
    Back on form again! Only 3" out this time, not 800", like guess the height 3!!!
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    2'9"?
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    Diagnosis

    Big 'Ammer replied to treetop's topic in General chat

    Oregon Chainsaw Dungarees?
  5. Big 'Ammer
    Ok. Stop tipping Stevie, the bags full!
  6. Big 'Ammer
    2-4 tonnes = 6-12 cubic metres a day? Yor petrol bill must be horrendous! Surely you mean 2-4 cubic metres a day?
  7. Big 'Ammer
    I wondered if that shape was a climber and then decided it must be a branch! 60m! Wow! I was miles out, and did well with the last two!
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    Plenty choice here, Home page I have had 2 chippers off Alan Mason in the past and have found him fair to deal with.
  9. Big 'Ammer
    I had a 2.5 litre ldv and pulled a 222 kwik chip turntable about with it, the smaller one with the 2 cyl engine, and it weighed nearly a ton. Did an awful lot of work with that combo. The ldv is low geared, but I wouldn't tow anything heavier than that. Probably get a jensen or a tw, theres plenty about. You'll get something reasonable for 6K that should last you. Realistically, how many hours a week are you going to be using it?
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    Is that because of your driving license or the LDV?
  11. Big 'Ammer
    Does it have to be in the sub 750kg category?
  12. Big 'Ammer
    What is it? Theres no picture?
  13. Big 'Ammer
    That looks a steep bank, so I'll stick my neck out and say 130' ?
  14. Big 'Ammer

    do you shoot?

    Big 'Ammer replied to Rod's topic in The Lounge

    Me too. However, I used to do a lot more when I was an employee! Don't have the time these days with a business and a young family.
  15. Big 'Ammer
    Excellent work!
  16. Big 'Ammer
    Crown lift the spruce, fell the conifers, put them a new fence up in its place. £££ Kerching! Well, you did ask for opinions.
  17. Big 'Ammer
    No. But I once set a line into a massive poplar by tying it through an arrow and firing it over the first main limb at 60' with a compond bow that I'd borrowed. First few practice shots went ok to get the feel of the job. Tied the line on and the result was pathetic, the arrow didn't go far at all. So tightened all the allan studs up on the bow and had another go! The arrow went through the crown over a field and landed on the bypass! The line was on the floor as the knot hadn't held! So made a little hole in another arrow and tied the line through it. One shot - straight over! Nowadays a big shot would be an ideal tool for the job, but we'd not heard of anything like that back then, or throwline for that matter - it was Red Star baler band!!!!
  18. Big 'Ammer
    Here's an 08 with the drill attachment. We were rod bracing a split cedar limb. I borrowed it off a mate who does fencing and he uses it for drilling posts for gate crooks etc. He runs it on normal 50:1 synthetic saw mix and has had no problems, however the high jet is turned down a bit to be on the safe side, as it really doesn't need to run flat out for drilling.
  19. Big 'Ammer
    Absolutely right there, Tom.
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    Bottom pic looks like a mechanical Roadrunner! Meep Meep!
  22. Big 'Ammer
    I don't like machine sharpened chains, as you can get them sharper by hand with a file. Grinding chains also heats up the cutters and makes them bad to sharpen with a file afterwards. If I was you Ed, and had to share a large saw with other less competent sharpeners, I would have your own personal chain. Put it on when you use it and take it off when you've finished. If the others can't be arsed to learn how to sharpen properly then they deserve to struggle. However, if you have a lot of heavily contaminated timber to cut, then a grinder may be the better option for keeping the job going.
  23. Big 'Ammer
    Looks like your chipper blades are ready for a sharpen up John!
  24. Big 'Ammer
    Cannabis factory?
  25. Big 'Ammer
    Its got a large hole, its near the wires, its next to the wall, its over the road, ...... He's got hundreds of acres and lots of trees. Fell it. Or leave it as a standing trunk for conservation value.

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