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They are, or certainly were available in the uk

Really useful looking truck you got @richy_B

50k isn't as much as it sounds especially without any money coming in, and insurances, taxes, advertising to constantly pay Very few "need" a 4x4. don't be tempted by the "want" of one. do what makes money not what nessaraly whats cool. What would i do differently? If in the uk i wouldn't have brought a new hilux (33k) but a 3?yr old cabstar/fuso style tipper + simple highsides sign written hopefully within 15k. Again, if still in the UK i wouldn't have brought a 2nd hand tracked chipper (12k) and 2nd hand tipping trailer (6k) but a new 8inch tow behind Saws needed - 150t 10", 201t 14", 560xpg 15+18", 661 25+36". thats a couple k there! in the uk you'd be needing hedge cutters and ladders too basic rigging kit Don't forget boring stuff like signs and cones, pension plan, consumables, ppe, waterproofs, blower, rakes I'd have without a doubt built up a strong relationship with a good web guru and spent thousands on a website and web marketing/local advertising. A good accountant is a must (mines also a business consultant and she's been ace) I wouldn't have survived if it wast'nt for subby climbing for others, but then, i didn't do any advertising other than leaflets If its just more money, do a few loads of logs a month if your current co doesn't do logs that is. ordinary car, small trailer, and little petrol splitter Think, just because your current employer is rapidly expanding, doesn't mean the owners are making more profit!

The black ones taken long enough to nearly get here I’ll stick with that

Anyone want to swap an orange for a black one

https://arbtalk.co.uk/forums/forum/42-timberwolf/

They need lubing, mine were getting stiff a at a few months old, WD40 worked well. Have an old rag handy/against the bodywork to mop up the run-off

So to the Scots it seems!

I posted my 880 at the local post office!

I didn't read it as a criticism but some will assume re-badged = shite! Not an overly impressive video on the Laski link though, compared to the better-known brands

That predator does look good https://www.predator-mfg.com/360-1/ls160-wood-chipper But yeah, re-badged Laski, not nessaraly a bad thing http://eng.laski.cz/produkt/ls-160-dw-track

Might be better aiming at "having suitable tyres for the conditions" to determine blame in the event of an accident/insurance complications if using unsuitable tyres for the road conditions. This could prevent people "risking it" for an unnecessary journey. Here its compulsory to have winter tyres (studded or non studded) between 1st december and 31st march IF its winter conditions on the road. Its also allowed to have them fitted anytime in the year IF its winter conditions, and between 1st oct-15 april (when its likely to be winter conditions) Winter conditions = if there is snow, ice, sludge, or frost on any part of the road, (includes verge). It is the police who determine the conditions at your location. @Stubby the law here states that tyres marked with M+S or Mud and Snow are approved winter tyres. However in my experience the mud terrain style tyres are not as good as the less aggressive looking Winter specific tyres when theres frost/ice under the snow. A possible consequence of your idea BigJ would be that trailers also need winter tyres if the to vehicle has them fitted, again, here, the trailer needs the best grip - so if the vehicle has studded tyres the trailer must have studded tyres, if the vehicle has non-studded winter tyres the trailer can have either studded or non-studded winter tyres. with your proposal it would be sensible that if the vehicle has winter tyres the trailer must also have winter tyres- not just summer tyres. Subsequently the corner of my workshop looks like a tyre dealers

The regular Stihl bars are very good as standard, The Sugihara bars are very tough I've found, they need a really good flat file to dress them though (once in a blue moon) Theres hardly any price difference between them at 36" (Sugihara light) Unless my local dealer could do a good price on the Stihl bar i'd probably go for Sugihara as its shiny

Not keen on L200's but this is for sale for less than 6k on arbbay (facebook) 53k miles

Good initiate big J, here’s the negatives: All year winter tyres are noisier than summer tyres they wear quick on hot roads they are weaker (I’ve punctured one driving up a kerb-weak soft thin sidewalls) cornering is worse (weak construction) they use more fuel the countries that have winter and summer sets of wheels also have extra driving tests - on skid pans for example, so this might be adding to the UK driving tests (that’ll be popular!)

If you’re thinking about finance, how much is the difference in monthly payments between (example) a TW160 and 230?

^^^ This! Im a landy fan but would not run one as a main vehicle especially for a new business (as i understand you are) You'll pretty much half your m3 payload yet handle that half load worse! Parts are cheap (thats good, as you'll be replacing parts often) Down time aint cheap or even free though. If the transits too big i'd look at a toyota dyna or older nissan cabstar. The getting stuck in snow - how often does the uk have snow days, how much £ would you loose taking those days off and how much extra £ does it take to run a defender with less m3 over the year? probably substantially cheaper to have those days off with family and earn brownie points! Most landys are money pits and most are triggers brooms! But you'll probably need to have one to get the idea out of your system, hopefully you're not bankrupt when you come to your senses But i still have a soft spot for defenders

It might cope with a sharp 30” planking ash, avoid the solid nose bar though, they really sap power. depends how much you have to do to wether it’s time to upgrade? i guess the stems are max 25”? id probably find it pretty painful tbh!

Both were running Stihl RS 3/8, the stihl 1.6, husqvarna 1,5 a comment on Facebook has asked to weigh both saws full of fuel with cutting equipment as “apparently” the difference is way over a kilo

Impressive!

I dont think there’s any real difference between them other than weight. I have a suspicion that one will be ever so slightly better for fast snedding soft woods but the other better for hard woods and oversized trees, but won’t know until we start felling with them in the new year

Sigh, there’s always one hey @slasherscot both identical length bars, both identical new chains, the husqvarna side was 5mm bigger. that video sums up them tbh, naff all in it! We’ll be taking them out in the forest in the new year to do some felling. @Treespotter the weight difference is considerable, the husqvarna feels way heavier but both are nicely balanced

A quick preview of today’s fun and games, let me know if the video doesn’t work

Agree with you Sveriges, I was thinking about the chains earlier and came to the conclusion It’ll be best with standard fitment from the manufacture - cars aren’t tested on the same tyres as each other/different than standard after all I dare say the majority never stray from standard manufacture fitment, so it’ll be one new chain, and one hand sharpened chain each ps neither saws are mine, I’ve had the 462 for a week to try out and the 572 is a mates