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Yeah, plenty of room. It’s on 550mm tracks which are wider than the standard blade but I had extensions made (that bolt on) taking the overall width to 2.4m - slightly wider than the tracks. It all fits in the JPM no problem. The 8 tonne Cat is very tight width-wise, on standard rubber, but does go in. Weight-wise, the 6 tonner doesn’t actually put too much on the hitch on that trailer - you have to move it a fair way forward before it transfers any weight at all onto the tractor.

Bunyipben - my Takeuchi in the pic below is a 6 tonner, and the trailer is 14 foot (4.2m). It is loaded conventionally in the pic. The Cat is an 8 tonner in the same trailer and has to be loaded offset as you describe to get the rear overhang down (in fact, simply to get the bucket/end of the dipper onto the trailer bed to secure it for transport). This offset arrangement would be more difficult with the trailer you are proposing as the ramps would restrict options. I’d think you could move a 6 tonner on that trailer as your tracks should easily park on the flat, the blade may be on the slope but that’s not a problem. There would probably be a considerable implied load on the drawbar at Matt has suggested, and the boom would certainly hang out of the back. Can you not get the seller to get pics of a similar sized machine loaded up?

Has it laid an egg?!

Whether I renew the 260 or not I’d still look at the 3 tonner as an addition, it’s not dependant on the sale either way. I’d just take the 5 year 0% (which isn’t how I tend to work, I prefer to buy stuff outright but that is literally free money!). I agree 2 diggers are better than 1!!!

Ha ha, I’m considering having both tbh... I’m testing the market with the 6 tonner - if it sells then I’ll put more money into a new one, but if it stays I’ll happily keep it as it is a great tool! I’d rather trade up than give the dosh to the tax man tbh, but I’m not desperate to move it on. I’ve been advised to stick it on Mascus as it’ll more than likely sell abroad pretty quickly apparently. We will see!

Hey ho - I needed the saw before Monday and this deal gets delivered tomorrow (which Amazon don’t offer).

I’d imagine it’s to run the pto at 540/1000 (whatever necessary) to demonstrate the sprayer operating exactly as mounted on a tractor for calibration purposes?

Just the 5ah - they’ll do for this job. I’ve heard good things about the impact wrench - I’ve got a hitachi one which is excellent but the brushless makita is supposed to be another level again... We will see!

I’ve got an old makita DCS7900 petrol chainsaw that runs husky fitment bars, so I’d imagine the electric saws will be the same. I’ve just ordered the Makita - much better value than the Stihl gear it would appear. I’ve ended up with a saw, 4x 18v batteries, a double battery charger (the saw uses 2 at a time to run at 36v) and the 3/4 inch Makita impact wrench (which I’ve been considering buying anyway) for less than £650 delivered tomorrow (Saturday) including vat. £260 of that is the bare impact wrench!

Cab or canopy? Extra counterweight? What sort of downpayment? I’m seriously tempted!!!

Have you priced one up? What sort of money are you looking at?

Do you know if they have extra capacity batteries imminent Steve? I guess they probably hold them back until they lose market share to competitors with better batteries (says the cynic in me!)...

Thanks for the input guys! The MSA200 looks the favourite so far. I’d be tempted to also buy a HSA94 30’’ hedge cutter (which is £350ish plus vat bare/no battery, so not particularly cheap) as it seems to share the same batteries as the saw but am I correct in thinking you need to also throw another £100 plus at it for a connecting lead?! Are Stihl really trying to take the mickey here? This is the minefield I’m trying to get my head around - I don’t want to invest in a particular system and find myself bent over each time I consider expanding it.

Thank god for that!!!

Now then This interests me very very little - I’m sure there is a plethora of information available on the subject but I don’t have the inclination to look for it unfortunately. Hopefully someone has recently done the legwork and is happy to enlighten me! We need an electric chainsaw and a couple of batteries for a job next week - it needs to be a groundsaw but is only cutting very small stuff. Which is the best system currently available, all things considered? I’ll probably also invest in a hedge cutter (as I’ve heard that they are actually pretty good in general) and possibly a brushcutter as one would also be useful on this job. I’m as much (if not more) interested in the battery side of things - I don’t want to buy something that is superseded/redundant in 12 months time so who offers the most up to date system? Many thanks in advance for the overwhelming feedback and assistance!!!

Is this your wife?...

Where is it? Sounds like a great buy for someone!

Stobarts offered me £25 a tonne for whole tree chip recently for a pine plantation we are clearfelling (approx 300 tonnes), and we had to pay for the whole tree chipper for the day (circa £2k). Another firm have bought the chip for considerably more money and are supplying the chipper.... It’s a minefield!

Yeah, BALI provide the tax-to-work-on-construction-sites course that is ROLO. I wouldn’t bother spending your money on it until you have an opportunity of that sort of work though. It’s only really asked for on larger construction sites.

I really hope you are wrong!

Just watched it again (knowing the outcome this time). I’m a big AJ fan - IMO he is the best heavyweight out there (and I’m secretly desperate for him to easily knock that big-mouthed cokehead prat Fury out (to silence him and his bumboy fans forever hopefully)). Brilliant fight tonight - AJ was poor from the start though. He definitely didn’t appear prepared for Ruiz’s work-rate and power. From the beginning Ruiz took the fight to Joshua. When AJ knocked him down there was no way he expected the recovery from Ruiz, and the massive left was the beginning of the end for Joshua. Nobody has hurt him like that before, and he was literally saved by the bell in the 3rd. After that it was self preservation/running scared/out of his depth (something I doubt he’d trained for basically). I’m made up for Ruiz - he appears to be a decent fella who has just had his dreams become reality! Awesome stuff, I hope he gets the chance to really capitalise on it and make a ridiculous amount of money (as there will be movers and shakers in the sport who cash in massively on the back of him). Nice poke in the eye for Eddie Hearn too...

We were looking at fitting a clearview around that size (of which I have plenty of experience, own 2 others and struggle to look beyond) but ended up fitting a Jotul as it looked fantastic (much more modern, which suited the room etc) and was on paper a better performer. Looks aside, the Jotul is a bit of a disappointment - it’s nowhere near as good as the clearviews for controllability or general ‘burn anything’ness! As has been said, try and see both of your choices in action before deciding.

There are a few variants of this part (dependant on serial number) - try to ensure you refit the correct one. It’s a crap design that fails regularly unfortunately.

What he said is relevant anywhere - not sure what you are kicking off about?

Just seen the tv aerial...