monkeybusiness

I now realise that I saw you on the opposite side of the dual-carriageway at 3.30ish Pete, by the Mere exit... I was rushing to pick the kids up so couldn’t stop unfortunately.

No idea I’m sorry, I’m not familiar with their current lineup.

The risks you take running on red.....

At a Rototilt dealers!... Only joking - best bet is to contact the various suppliers and see if they know of anything available. And keep an eye on Mascus. You are as well getting your head around what it is you want before jumping in, even to a second hand unit. There will potentially be installation costs (often pretty significant), you’ll possibly need to adapt your existing buckets etc etc.

I had an old Makita 7900 (my first ‘big’ saw, did a lot of work with it, was a fantastic bit of kit) and that didn’t have a poofter switch either. You had to commit to starting it, let it know who’s boss or it would be a bit of a pig when cold...

Super soaker filled with roundup would be my guess...

That was quick - are you sure it isn’t just winter?!...

Stick an irrigation system in. A mate of mine (who has zero technical aptitude) installed one all around his pub to water the baskets and planters every day. If he can do it it must be a piece of cake!

I think the Ruiz loss will make him better altogether tbh - he’s unlikely to underestimate an opponent again anyway! He had to win last night and did so convincingly - people slate him but I reckon AJ is the best out there personally.

Would it be an idea to pave upto your boundary and use pots/planters etc instead?

My advice would be to steer well clear of a second hand Teupen. When they work they are amazing machines, but they are ridiculously complicated and the UK service agents are beyond terrible. All they want to do is service new machines - show them anything out of warranty and they can’t be bothered unless you throw tens of thousands at them. I would never consider anything Teupen again on the back of my experiences tbh. Remember that no mewp will do everything, and whatever you buy will end up being too small/big etc for certain jobs. Stick with hiring whenever you need one may be a better option?. (The 20m cabstar mounted mewps look a decent buy though - that’s what I would look at if ever in the market again). Outreach is more important than working height in tree work too in my experience.

That’s the best idea I’ve heard re. this situation yet!

Eat more carrots

Same sort of thing, mine looks different to that though.

Is Jade a new recruit in the technical department? Or did Jase finally have the op?!...

The chipper has all the hydraulics/valves/speed sensors etc in place and working, but the actual sealed-for-life electronic box of magic somehow filled up with water and now doesn’t work (although it switches on/lights up/looks normal enough etc). I’m certain it is new box time, but wanted to see what the options are as I’m not that bothered about plug and play (there aren’t that many inputs into the box to cause too much re-splicing concern - it’s a pto chipper so only needs power in, speed sensor input and then command outputs).

Evening all! The autostress box on my Bandit chipper has died, and is quite an expensive replacement as it’s a defunct unit and the replacement also needs a new wiring loom. Before I bite the bullet I just wanted to explore all my options. I remember someone previously posting up a generic off-the-shelf stress control unit with an auto-reverse facility for retrofitting onto chippers but cannot remember any more about it (it was American I think). Any ideas people? Cheers, Dan

Aaaahhh Billhooks!!!

You need to trim your little finger nail (unless you are a massive queen!!!). In terms of knives - in this game there are multitudes of uses/needs for them. Anything you buy will undoubtedly be gratefully received and put to use. I’ve got loads of different knives/multitools, I generally know where they all are, will make use of whichever is closest to hand but always look at others for sale and try to justify why I should buy them! My most reached-for is a fold out locking Stanley knife bladed penknife, cheap as chips and normally in my work trousers pocket. I was bought a lovely Ray Mears style ‘survival’ knife (small sheath knife with a fixed blade, designed to be worn on a belt - I’d imagine £100 plus) for a birthday which is an absolute favourite, but doesn’t get used a lot as it is not practical in our game and is definitely not the sort of thing that you can really carry in the UK anymore unfortunately. Set yourself a budget and go from there - Leathermen are the dogs danglies as are Swiss Army Knives. Small fold out rescue knives you can clip a karabiner through are cheap as chips too. A nice touch whatever you decide upon is to get it engraved - ‘Bob’s Chopper’ etc etc - I’m sure anything you settle upon will be received with glee!

I bought a protos but couldn’t get on with it, much prefer a Petzl.

We made a donation and collected some rescue chickens recently as the fox had been busy with a few of ours. I received a bit of a dressing down for collecting the birds in a box lined with clean hay (it was all I had to hand). ‘You know hay can stick in their crop’ etc etc. Incredibly, against all odds they all survived the journey home in their toxic environment...

I can’t get my head around how he pushes the head further away when he switches out of constant pump - does the right stick take on both boom and dipper functions when setup? Are the joysticks controlling the rams in a traditional way or is their some sort of head positioning software at work? Is the 306 going to have a similar hi-flow pump setup too then Eddie?

Superb thread, great back-story too! Landowner sounds a decent sort and hats off to you having the foresight and balls to make it work on a personal level.

Superb bit of kit - looking forward to seeing vids of this in action!