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Don’t be put off by the round blades - if you are the one paying for the blades they are better in every single way!!! Once they start to lose their edge they can produce slightly untidier looking chip, and the earliest machines using these blades weren’t hugely refined which has possibly tainted people’s views towards them. However, a round blades machine will still fill a tipper/blast to waste etc in no time, customers still want the chip for their borders, biomass firms still buy it, the chip still disappears into woodland floors/hedge bottoms. The blades last for ages (especially when compared to square blades), still work when dull (we’ve actually continued on and finished jobs after accidentally chipping rebar on more than one occasion, which is exceptionally cruel on the machinery but round blade flywheels will keep on chipping...), they can be turned a number of times (which takes no time at all) thus prolonging their life, and only two out of the four tend to take the majority of wear which further reduces the costs. There is no need to set up the blade/anvil gap - bolt them in and earn some money! I’ve got a 1928 safetrak that has done well over 3000 hours and is still a front line machine - this one for sale above looks an absolute bargain to me (so much so that I might buy it myself tbh!).

Bargain!

Have a look at the Arb Association one - free to members and does what you need.

I’d have felled if at the bottom whilst he was up there - tight old bastardo!!!

I used the Makita saw this week and it is perfect for what it was bought for. There was a Stihl 200 electric saw also on site and I thought the Makita performed equally as well. It feels like a toy, but cuts just fine!

LGP Eddie converted a forestry winch to run off a hydraulic PTO, and I think Gray Git also did possibly? Not sure how good/bad the conversions were, but they may be worth touching base with.

Let’s get back on track!!! Little digger with some bigger stuff!

I reckon my 6 tonner would fit in there perfectly...

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!