josharb87
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You could at least have chosen a picture of some of the pretty ones to validate your point mick ?
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2. Fluent in Swedish, 3 months of twice weekly evening classes, then just trying. As a consequence i can understand Norwegian, especially written and a little Danish (If Swedish is the queens English, Danish is like trying to understand a drunk Irishman dipping in and out of consciousness) Tourist level of french - its amazing how nice and helpful the French are if you try, even try badly! I found it quite cool once knowing Swedish and a little French, you can kind of work out written text in other languages too.
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The rim is in amazingly good condition considering the state of the tyre the side walls are still stuck to the rim there’s something fake about the pic
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Hitchlock for Forst ST8, will this one work? Or any suggestions?
josharb87 replied to StihlCoy's topic in General chat
Send them an email if you're not sure. Just a thought, couldn't the would be thief just release the retaining clip of your tow ball, use a short strop to "hitch up" and be off with the machine even if fitted with the lock? If so, it'd be worth changing hitch too -
What to plant IN a tree cavity....?
josharb87 replied to kevinjohnsonmbe's topic in Tree health care
Concrete, cement and bricks are quite popular Hops would look pretty cool -
It came with the skinny chain mick, I think I’ll try with the little stihl file for the 150t at 3.2mm I’ll definitely give Echo tools more of a chance in the future (got the little hedge cutter which is neither great nor bad)
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After 2 150s I’ve gone to Echo for the mini saw, and very happy with it! (I bottled out going electric, fear of the battery’s going kaput in the cold weather in winter) ordered with the smaller bar and chain, and first impressions are that it’s a far better saw than the 150, the 150 feels restricted, this doesn’t. could do with a slightly shorter bar, not that it can’t handle this one, it’s just a bit overkill for pruning only complaint is the on off switch is backwards!
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A Griffin Survivor case doesn't help when the phone gets left on the back of the pickup the tailgate gets shut . . .with the phone in the way. An Otterbox doesn't help when you leave the phone on the chippers tracks, then drive away. An Otterbox doesn't help when you drop a dumbbell on it. So yeah, in the truck is safest!
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If it’s rows of this sized trees all in a heap there’s no way 2 guys will be feeding whole trees, let alone 12” (this was the last time it was force fed btw!) 78B8DCCE-061F-4BAF-B4DC-6AACD7E96256.MP4
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Ive an 8" Jensen and occasionally crane feed with an Alstor (he places the tree on the hopper and i manually give the last 12" a push in). Our productivity quadruples at least, plus we're not knackered at the end of the day. This would be one man doing 3 mens job, 6 months and the crane has been paid off with saving staff costs
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So would a 6" greenmech be better?! ?
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The 69hp one is 3300kg and i think i remember rightly my dealer saying it was in the region of 120k inc the crane. (probably at a vastly inflated Swedish price mind) The RC crane was 20k alone i think. All plus vat i guess. Id hope thats list price, pre hefty discount Looks like quite a specific machine for a specific customer, im sure that on the job it's been designed for it'd be awesome!
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Get a proper trailer, twin axle, and keep an eye on Blocket for "camper mover" or "camper trolley" (I think i know who you are and you're in Sweden?) Little remote controlled tracked trailer movers, they crop up 2nd hand every now and then
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Seen a few pictures of this chipper the past few months, thought it’s worthy of a share on here! Diddnt realise how big it was until I saw the pic with the guy next to it beast!
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@Gnarlyoak times are changing, women in Arb are no longer putting up with badly fitting trousers and that seems to apply to all trade industries that have previously been male dominated. women come in a far wider size and shape range than us blokes, even seen site trousers for pregnant women here in Sweden! Blokes have been able to choose the comfiest trousers/kit for ourselves for decades, now it’s the ladies turn. my partner has the stihl x-fit, not perfect though Tight on the hips/arse loose at the waist. (Her optimism over weight loss may have something to do with that though) Her old boss has short legged baggy Pfanner gladiators-had them for at least 10 years. looks an even worse fit, but better comfort wise than the tight ones.
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Must be a Scandinavian selling trick slagging off the competition. Unless its the same guy. A tree guy had a demo of a chipper, put it up on instagram then got sent a message from the supplier of a UK chipper make (not GM!) slagging off the video he'd put up, sent a video of one of their machines working but shot himself in the foot as what he was slagging off, was 10 times "worse" on their own video (basically just stress control kicking in) highlighting the fact he had no real world experience of chippers at all!
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Do you buy the round wood in by the ton, cube, lorry load or van load though?!
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Each market/country is different. The current 2,4d hilux is 3200kg max towing here `in Sweden now, except the top spec which is 3050kg. Single cab and pre 07/2019 cars could be uprated to 3500kg, (with different suspension, brakes and tow bar) but not any more. The 2,8D will be coming out next year, 3500kg towing for "everywhere else" but according to local Toyota dealer, not guaranteed, may well be down plated when homologised at the docks to please their biggest customer - the mines in the north. Id guess your 3T towing figure for UK market is due to the fact that most people buy them as an urban run-around, unladen, not towing, so softer rear suspension giving a comfier daily ride sells more vehicles/appeals to more customers than people honestly needing to tow 3,5t trailers.
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If its going to be treated as, and pruned as a street tree, those lower two or more branches to the left will just be pruned off in time to raise the crown/reduce conflict with traffic, pedestrians etc. That lowest one should have been pruned off at time of planting IMO. Whats left looks like it has potential to be reasonably balanced after a few growth seasons. What concerns me is that kink in the stem. But i have zero experience with Gum trees (not too many in Sweden!) so may be "acceptable"???
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Cheers @5 shires Im leaning heavily towards the Echo, I'll ask my local dealer if he'll get in both petrol and battery for me to try (They let us take away and test Echo products before, pre purchase) That'd be very interesting @gand The 160T doesnt appeal to me, as i have a preconception its massive in comparison to the 151T and 2511, It'd be nice to be able to confirm my thought
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If staying on track, its worth noting that i was looking for, and this thread is aimed at a small pruning saw to replace a 150T. The 150T can happily hang on the harness for just a handfull of cuts on a prune, instead of persevering with a silky. its weight and size make it almost unnoticeable. The Stihl looks massive, might be better suited for an all round climbing/felling battery saw. (speculation)
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The orange bolsters are roughly 60cm appart, 60cm high, so a ridged cube of roughly 0.22 m3 / 220liters if maths/thinking is correct.
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Awesome! Thanks @gand
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@gand any chance of some pics of the 2511 and 2500 side by side?
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380 on Skylands website! I’ll try for a local price match first from the same company I brought my chipper from, they price matched that against UK prices
