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I ve the same problem with mine. Oil did not cure it, i had to replace, somebody said the oil actually makes the inner sheath swell and cause the problem?? not sure if thats right or not.

Unfortunately too far, but thanks

Looking for an artic load of hard wood for fire wood. Any body know of suppliers this way?

I consider myself a pretty good shot with air rifle and firearms but only if the damn things stay still! They don't! best use a Trap, i have no patience!

yep. look up klou stump grinder on youtube

Yes i know your right, just ranting out loud! Extra annoying as i know another local tree surgeon has recently just been let off for felling 6 mature tpo'd trees. Notorious for getting away with tpo stuff. Heard he got away with nailing a ganoderma bracket to a tree and claimed it had to be felled. Why do i bother filling in forms?! Have to also do it online now which takes me flipping all night!

Applied to reduce limb touching chimney to give 2m clearance. Literally a five minute job with pole saw. N S E or W?? The limb touching the chimney!! Height above ground level?? The height of the chimney!! How would you reply? Reference:3164/18/TPO Received: 21 September 2018 Proposal: T1: Turkey Oak - please specify whether intended works are removal of branch touching chimney at ? metres from ground level on North/South/East/West side of tree or reduction of x1 limb by up to 2 metres at ? metres from ground level. Request for Further Details for an application to Undertake Works to Trees in a Conservation Area or to a tree subject to a Tree Preservation Order APPLICATION INVALID

I need to learn to weld.

That was the funniest thing ive seen in a long time!!

I was thinking exactly the same thing. I have an avant 420, which does not have enough flow, imo, to power a decent flail. I did contact Quad-X who specialise in making engine powered stuff. They sent me this response last year but i never pursued it. I asked them to see if they would make a front mounted, engine powered flail. Having had a brief chat with an engineer, you wouldn’t require wheels, to facilitate the ‘float system’ it would work via an adjustable skid system. The rotary mower would be able to handle what you describe but it wouldn’t mulch the vegetation, just leave it cut on top of the ground. The flail mower would mulch the vegetation. With the design time involved a ball point figure for this would be approx: 16hp electric start wildcut £3140 16hp electric start flail £4000 Carriage £100 Let me know your thoughts, these are guide prices.

It means, get ready to Jump!

I hadn't seen any sign of it last year but this year it seams to be everywhere in South Devon. Mainly young stock, i have seen it in one mature tree.

Slightly different animals really. ive owned a 200mx, good, solid, heavy machine that will last forever but only 28hp so the no stress cuts in little and often. very powerful feed rollers. The tunnissen is as i understood it when i bought one, a cheap copy of a 200 with lots of the same features but cheaper engine, bearings, springs, feed roller motors etc. The no stress does not cut in so often (37hp lombardini) but the feed rollers are not as powerful. Yes it does have a clutch lever to engage drive but so did the old version of the 200mx upon which it was based. i was told because the fly wheels are much larger than some other machines direct drive systems are not so good for the engines trying to turn over the weight of heavy fly wheels, not so bad for the lighter weight fly wheels nowadays? 200mx has an over run clutch system fitted which does need oil checked and changed. My tunnissen is still going strong, 13yrs old, never failed me except feed roller bearings. I would have bought another 200mx but i was quoted 26k 13 yrs ago as opposed to 16k for the tunnissen. But i did sell the 200mx for 9k a couple of years ago. i think id be luck to get 2k for the tunnissen!

had to replace a couple on the stihl pruner head, old version. annoying as nothing seams to be wrong with it when you strip them out and no amount of cleaning seams to sort out the problem, i just replace them now. But i think they are only a few quid.

Thanks for the replies. I think he is worth a pay rise

Anybody actually suggest in £/Hr what they are paying their staff?

He is on £9/hour, on the books.

Ive got an employee who has started grumblings about a rise. He has only 2 years experience in the industry but is a good keen worker and is keen to do the climbing cert. Just interested what other employers are paying similarly experienced staff.

i am going for some bits of rectangular section steel fixed to the mount for the wheels to fit the pallet forks on the loader, with clamps so i can clamp it on to the pallet forks. the engine is in the way for a loader bracket to fit and oil is stored in the upright steel section so i wouldn't fancy welding to that. I did think about going underneath the baseplate and enlarging that a bit also. The hydraulically (Avant) driven version is a great idea but i use the loader for bringing wood to the splitter, keeping rings in the bucket to avoid too much bending down. or for drying split stuff to where the customer wants it.

All equipment extensively tested by very experienced professionals as pictured!

Its certainly a lot quicker than the balfor a11 i had before which is why i wanted it as the a11 would not keep 2 people busy, 1 would always end up stood round waiting for the splitter to catch up. I find the foot pedal a waste of time, i took it off, it soon gets buried in log debris which stops it working anyway. Its not as easy to transport the thing around, a very small base and fairly top heavy make it awkward to secure. i am getting some slots made up so i can pick it up with the pallet forks on a loader.

Nice bit of kit. Certainly have advantages over my lewis winch. Probably lighter and cheaper. I would have had to reset the line at least once on that pull due to length of dyneema and knots going through pulleys etc

How long on average does it take for groundie to put remote control through the chipper!? Nice machine though. Is the shoot any more likely to bung up with greener material going through?

blimey. Pip Thompkins taught me to climb must be 15 years ago, surprised he's still in the game.

where about in devon?