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shillo

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  1. very nice, please tell me you didn't do all that with a chainsaw?
  2. Hope they have put bigger fuel and oil filler holes on the 362
  3. Has anybody put air bags on an l200 or similar truck? what make did you go for? was it worth it?
  4. I went for ALL-TECH Cone Splitter 230mm with Flange to Drill rig 65mm from amazon this fitted my auger torque which I already had. It takes a bit of getting used to but I dont think its as good as I hoped, it stalls fairly easily so won't screw in any more and also won't reverse out either which is a pain but I just take it over to my normal vertical splitter and split it with that, I just wanted to split lumps of wood that the loader had put in the truck down to manageable bits that could be hand lifted onto vertical splitter but the smaller, shorter lumps do just have a tendency to rotate unless you have something to wedge them up against. I wouldn't bother again certainly wouldn't bother if I was getting the dedicated splitter. your loader might have a bit more power so might be better. I might have bought one which is too wide for my loader I think a smaller diameter might have been better. it would have split the bit on the video if I started off with it on the floor. ive just got into the habit of using it to take it to the vertical splitter which was not the original plan. DB73CD1E-82BB-464B-9789-835FCC436051.mov
  5. if you've got an 880 you can borrow my logosol, I'm down South Devon
  6. have you opened it up? I had a new head which failed after a day, opened it up and it was bone dry inside, no grease at all. I returned it and dealer replaced it foc
  7. 771947DD-690A-4303-BBC9-C9B61B93BA60.mov
  8. my little 420 is only 31l/m hoping it will do the job as ive just ordered one! I only want to break down the big lumps into half or quarters to make it easier to lift onto the vertical splitter.
  9. ive got the small auger torque drive which I use with a post hole borer, it certainly does not seam to struggle with a 10'' auger bit so I don't think it will struggle power wise. The videos on YouTube with excavator mounted cones look like they get smashed into the ground a lot, can't see them lasting long. The videos of mini loaders using them just don't seam to show them off very well imo
  10. Anybody run one on a little loader? Ive got an avant 420 with an auger drive unit already, just thinking about getting a cone to split the bigger lumps up to make them easier to lift on to the Thor vertical splitter.
  11. Have you got any photos of your machine, that seam to do lots of different options. How are you doing logs now just out of interest?
  12. Since ive got a avant loader it has changed the way we process firewood, before loader everything was rung up, chucked in truck and split at yard with Thor vertical with a table, now ive got the loader everything gets cut to to lengths to fit the splitter then split into billets on the same splitter without the table, its hard work upending big lumps to get them on the splitter so I wanted to use the loader to load a horizontal splitter, any recommendations?
  13. Just what we need... more plastic waste. Forgive me, ive just watched Extinction on iplayer!
  14. I felled one very similar to yours last year, I recommended removal but wish I hadn't really, those 'cracks' were literally only bark depth.
  15. Just for fun! 771947DD-690A-4303-BBC9-C9B61B93BA60.mov
  16. imo owners of resin driveways are anal, owners think its a treat for peasants, like myself, to drive on it! I was given instructions on how not to turn the steering wheel too much as I might mark the resin. The rest of the job was just as anal, never again!
  17. Love mine now! its old and had to fork out the extra 80 quid for the enhancement pack to make it bearable to use but now its great. nimble, usually by the chipper, sometimes take it up the tree.
  18. Does everybody know something I don't? seam to be loads about for not a lot of money.
  19. I think the harness was 430, 60 delivery and then there was the 70 import duty to pay on top, I was told that sometimes they get away with it but I didn't. I know I know should have stuck with tree motion but hey I like to try something different and it all goes against my tax.
  20. ive just bought one, didn't want to spend out on another tree motion due to massive price hike so I got stung on monkey beaver harness instead, import duties were not taken into my calculation! anyway I do really like it and I think it is more comfortable than the tree motion, and as one of the reviewers on YouTube said ''its like having Gods own hands caressing your buttocks!" the only place I find a bit of 'digging in' is on the backs of my legs but that is due to my sip trousers and the little ventilation zips rubbing.
  21. Id say yes, but I already had the loader and the grinder was only 3.5k. id say it was as good as any of the smaller grinders, except for access issues naturally, but not as good as the bigger bandits, Carltons etc. I don't do enough stumps to justify spending any more money, and for that money you couldn't even buy a little 13hp grinder. Visibility is great, you can see everything you are grinding. its only 23hp which I feel is a little under powered now ive got used to it, but like I say perfect for my business.
  22. he could undo his mallion, just carry a spanner up the tree instead of a knife! I don't have a soft link either
  23. No, other end, ive got a art positioner for adjustment side. You can see in the pic that is where the gate want to rest but obviously not closed or locked, I can push it locked. Do you get on ok with just the carabiner?

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