monkeybusiness

GB Oils is owned by Morris I believe, so the oil is the same in different barrels.

The only way the crane would be more powerful off the PTO pump is if it delivers higher pressure than the tractor - tractors tend to run at 180 Bar, excavators are 200-250 Bar for example. It would be worth finding out the pressure of both when ordering to see if it makes a difference. The pump may provide more oil flow but that just gives you a bit more crane-speed (rarely necessary with a tractor forwarding setup IMO). In terms of contamination - a burst hose won’t allow contamination into the system - the only chance of introducing dirt is when changing hoses or when initially plugging the crane into the tractor. I’m surprised you’ve ever had to replace the pump tbh - can it get damaged during shunting etc when on full lock?

Is it already road registered? I spoke to Witham a few years ago about a big ex-military crane truck that seemed cheap and they said they are very difficult to get on the road in the uk once demobbed...

Can you not do away with the pto pump etc and run it from a spool with a free-flow return? That’s how my KTS runs and it’s fine tbh. That Valtra should have a decent pump built in I’d have thought.

A 1928 Safetrak is probably the single most useful chipper ever built - get one and you’ll wonder how you managed as a business before. However, they are heavy (not far off 2 tonnes) and obviously also need a trailer. You won’t confuse one of these with a 750kg machine when towing it about/trying to push the loaded trailer into a garage etc... They are a lot more complicated than the 1928 roadtow - that’s not to say they aren’t reliable (I’ve got one from 2005 with way over 3000hrs on it) but you need to stay on top of the maintenance. Parts are dear, but you shouldn’t need many if you start with a good machine and look after it.

A quadchip is an incredibly versatile bit of sub-750kg kit, good little chippers ime.

I was tempted by that machine tbh - bargain there, good work!

Sorry - just catching up. 1928 Greenmech’s have been helping to pay my mortgage for at least 10 years (probably longer than that tbh) - the Isuzu engined machines are powerful, robust and easy to maintain, and will happily swallow anything you can drag to their rollers if you keep them sharp. I’ve owned/operated machines from Timberwolf, Jensen, Schleising, Bandit, TS etc etc so have plenty of competitor experience. Not sure why GM are thought of negatively in some circles but think it might partly be because the disk blades will keep on chipping when blunt (unlike conventional blades on just about every other machine which really do need to be kept sharp to do any work). This coupled with a lot of GM machines being part of large plant fleets ‘maintained’ by general plant-fitters with no knowledge of/interest in keeping knives/anvils/rollers sharp, and subsequently fed by brash-draggers who inevitably have suffered miserable shifts trying to force thorn through blunt chippers can’t have helped build a positive picture from some operators. I think GA Groundcare are the Greenmech dealers catering for the 6-toed inhabitants of the South West. From what I’ve seen they are incredibly proactive in their approach to supplying Greenmech machines and looking after their customers - I reckon you could have a mega second-hand machine sourced, fully gone through and set up perfectly within your budget from them if you could see past the orange tinwork that is currently taking your fancy!

If you want ultimate bang for your buck and towing weight isn’t an issue then find a Greenmech 1928 roadtow - they are probably the most underrated chipper on the market. 7.5x11 inch feed, blast chip into next week, cheap as chips, easy to maintain and last forever.

What do you think of it compared to your CAT?

What experience do you have owning/operating any chippers out of interest? Obviously you have an opinion on it (as you seem to about every-last-fooking-topic) - it’d be nice to know where you have gained the know-how to comment with such authority on a post where the OP is seeking information.

Yeah, the Ozzie’s use it when referring to Mediterranean’s, and it certainly isn’t meant to be anywhere near as offensive as when used in the northern hemisphere. Not a nice word, but no issue with the context here IMO.

Bristol or traveller nest?

Even cack-handed freaks-of-nature are supposed to use their right hand on the throttle - the saw’s safety features are designed around holding it to the right of your body. But you aren’t dead so I’m guessing some rules can be broken!!!

Suffolk: 83 suspected stolen dogs recovered in police raid WWW.GOOGLE.CO.UK Police are now trying to find the owners a year after dog thefts spiralled in the first lockdown. There is no way anybody on that site could have been ‘unaware’ of 83 stolen dogs. Thieving scum.

This thread confuses me - answers aren’t in order so don’t appear to make sense. For clarity I should have quoted the OP’s post that appeared before my (tongue-in-cheek) reply - ‘I'm not trolling I am just seeing if I have done enough that the tree will die. So local council can't keep the pto on the tree as they put the pto on it even seeing that to it’. (I should make it clear that any ‘advice’ I put forward on this or any other Internet forums should only ever be taken with a pinch of salt). Apologies for any confusion, or appearing to take myself too seriously...

Get a price for a contract lift and have the crane company sort the ground protection would be my recommendation. We put a 40 tonne crane on a brand new drive identical to that last year and it was fine - we put the outriggers on 5m bogmats to lower the ground pressure. The only issue was when the crane ran close to the edge of the block-paving on the way in - a few moved and had to be re-layed but it wasn’t a great expense to put right. I’m guessing bin lorries etc use that driveway?

If you want to be sure then I'd cut through it from the side furthest away from your house until your saw sticks in the cut. It'll definitely not live then, or be of any use driving mounted implements.

This thread is full of mega bits of kit - this one is definitely one of my favourites though!

My 11 year old niece has a tank full of tadpoles from some spawn she rescued from a puddle at the start of February (just before the heavy freeze)! She lives by the coast in North Wales which has it’s own microclimate but it is still odd I reckon...

He’s going to another new broadcaster and this has been a convenient load of spin to help launch the platform/give legitimacy to his exit...

£55k for a new Hilux - that’s double what I’ve just been quoted in the UK! Same 6 month lead-time though.

It sounds like the pto possibly wasn’t in 1000 speed - maybe 540 eco so the tractor had to rev hard to reach the correct shaft speed. If the tractor has a 1000 speed pto (I’d be amazed if it didn’t) then it would need selecting/changing into etc, and the engine would deliver 1000rpm at the pto at more economical revs. I’m disappointed (but not surprised!) that the ‘instructor/assessor’ didn’t know how to operate it properly! (I was ‘assessed’ for my NPTC chipper ticket by a bloke that had never used one - he had been trained up to help give ‘naughty boys’ a vocation).

Prees Heath Forest Nurseries - 01948 841353. I don’t know what their stock levels will be now though.