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  1. monkeybusiness
    OP - why don’t you ask your landlord if they would let you pay a contractor to remove the tree entirely, at your own expense?
  2. monkeybusiness
    We are definitely slower on the big site clearance work than previous years, and builders are much more price conscious. One of the guys I use for big mulching jobs is very quiet, and he doesn’t normally stop between September and March. I’m glad I don't have anything on finance and subsequently need it working to make the payments - there are already guys going out with big kit for no money just to keep kit busy….
  3. monkeybusiness
    Depends what you are cutting for. If recovering firewood then I’d tend to agree, but if just stacking for skidding and/or chipping then you won’t get near a cut and hold shear for productivity (if it’s the right size for the job in hand). We don’t use a shear on the little Bobcat - my pic above was tongue in cheek as that TMK is too big for that digger (though it does actually handle it surprisingly well!). The Bobcat tends to work alongside someone with a chainsaw as it’s not usually sent to ‘volume’ jobs. However, the 6 tonner with that TMK300 clears and stacks a lot of material FAST, it’s a very productive combination.
  4. monkeybusiness
    TMK300 under a Rototilt if you want to find out how ‘planted’ your digger is….
  5. monkeybusiness
    When they are worn… Depending upon the design they can sometimes be adjusted/shimmed to take out wear. Your video at the start of the thread doesn’t show any boom wear though (not saying it wasn’t worn but that vid doesn’t show it) - it just shows play in the platform mounting linkage.
  6. monkeybusiness
    I’ve always wanted a go in one of those, ideally somewhere steep and snow covered!
  7. monkeybusiness
    2.5 - 3 tonne machine is fine for chipper feeding. As @doobin says, it’s the grab setup that is important. Get a digger with 2x aux hydraulics already plumbed in to operate from buttons on the joysticks ideally as this allows you to easily fit (and operate intuitively) rotating grabs without having to tee into other services and use foot pedals/the bucket crowd etc.
  8. monkeybusiness
    Fuel tank breather blocked?
  9. monkeybusiness
    I’m surprised that Jase didn’t buy you a new Timberwolf out of his own pocket just to get rid of you/pass your wrath onto the competition!
  10. monkeybusiness
    Did you pass?….
  11. monkeybusiness
    I’ve bitten the bullet and ordered the Eder based on the very helpful advice on this post - have a ‘guerilla-felling’ job for it this weekend so hope it turns up in time! Thank you everyone for your input, much appreciated.
  12. monkeybusiness
    They look very good - saw them demo’d at the APF and was impressed. Will they work on various rope thicknesses or are they limited to 13mm (I’m thinking of how the rope brake and throttle mechanism operate)?
  13. monkeybusiness
    I want to buy a petrol-powered lightweight winch for assisted fells and general pulling timber around on pedestrian-access sites. What do you have, what do you like/don’t like about your setup, what would you recommend, what would you buy today? All input gratefully received!
  14. monkeybusiness
    We’ve been running them like this for 10 years and had no issues - the rims do touch on their own (don’t need dogging together with the nuts).
  15. monkeybusiness
    Nothing gets trapped!
  16. monkeybusiness
    Twin (with the exception of 4x4s such as MAN TGE/Merc Sprinter etc).
  17. monkeybusiness
    Mega pics! Why do they lift the blade up? To clear the rear tailswing around bends is the only reason I can think, but it looks to be lifted incredibly high!
  18. monkeybusiness
    Pics of the sawmill please - and some more pics! 1000 tonne a day is incredible!
  19. monkeybusiness
    Farmers always run saws on neat petrol/diesel/whatever’s to hand, they are nearly as bad as builders. Muppetry of the highest order!
  20. monkeybusiness
    The tree is overhanging the first LV span (which is also open wire) coming from the 11Kv transformer - depending on the DNO it’ll probably need to be worked on under an HV shutdown. Call the electricity company and they should sort it for you FOC.
  21. monkeybusiness
    Might as well just put the heating on!
  22. monkeybusiness
    £8-£12k - you could crane a crane in at that price! 🤣🤣🤣
  23. monkeybusiness
    I’ve got one of those and it’s a weird thing to use - not sure why they have set it up with the bar on the wrong side?
  24. monkeybusiness
    Weird ponzi-scheme type sales setup, but incredibly powerful hoovers in fairness! But they needed to be as were the price of a small car!!!
  25. monkeybusiness
    Get an old Kirby off eBay for £3.50. They’ll suck the dye out of your carpet.

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