Petemate390xp

Hi standing or truck loads Cheers Pete

Hi all looking for hard wood in the north wales area!! Please give me a PM with whats available thanks Pete:-)

Hi all We're looking for Brushcutter and PA1/PA6 operators to work within the Staffordshire area (approx. 6 miles from Newcastle-under-Lyme). Good rates of pay. Working within a small team on a short term contract working up until possibly beginning of December. Successful applicants to start within 2wks. Please PM me for further details.

Hi, it's done 200hr since total rebuild. Its had all new bearings, driveshaft, new roof, new wheel arches, new cables, rebuilt butt plate, new 16ply tires, new pipes and fuel line, the rams have been redone, seriously heavy duty mesh to protect the driver and cab braced with a further 2 triangles of CDS tubing to make it ultra safe. This tractor does everything it should do and more. There's a rebuild thread on my Facebook page if you want to go and have a look at it there, https://www.facebook.com/P-Hughes-Co-Tree-Surgery-Forestry-North-Wales-288570637825929/ I'm not giving it away, it really is a fantastic little tractor. It's just that I'm thinking of selling it to help finance a new project. I'm looking for a County, Valtra, mB Trac.

Hi all Happy New Year everyone. I'm thinking of putting my Holder A55f tractor/skidder up for sale. Not sure what its worth. I'm looking for a bigger machine. What have people got? Please PM me. Just trying to sort out how much money I've got in the kitty.

Hi All Been sat back watching this unfold. We sent a couple of videos to rotatech, didn't realise it was going to get so scrutinised. We were just having a mess around in the yard as we'd finished early. All the timber in the video was hard as hell, 2yrs wind blow Sitka Spruce and we just grabbed a couple of saws and had a mess around with them and decided to take a couple of videos. In the video of the 2 lads cutting either end of the pole, the 576 chain is not on backwards, he may have hit a hard knot, or maybe its just the Dolly has the edge In fact I know the Dolly is more powerful on a cross cut but I sure as hell wouldn't want to work with it all day compared to the Husky. Anti vibe I am impressed with rotatechs products, and I'm not related to them in any way, we're a small forestry team working out of North Wales, and for the price you can not go wrong, as we skid the majority of our timber out. We have found it quite hard to sharpen out in the field, you need good quality files. We asked about this at the APF and there rectifying this? In the past we've normally just thrown them on the bench grinder and take a couple of loops to work. Whilst I was at the APF they also gave me a sample bottle of there chain oil to try. All I can say is it does what it says on the tin. So I've done another short video and tried to get it as scientific as possible. Same saw, same bar length, one rotatech 3/8's chisel chain and one Oregon lp chain, same piece of hard wood, same weather conditions, same operator and same fuel in the saw. Now there's not a lot in it, but one of them is faster. [ame] [/ame][ame] [/ame] It's not about who's got the best chain or the fastest etc, it's about getting the job done and costs for us. But that's only our opinion. Theres no point wasting expensive top brand chain on skidding operations, when you can get hold of cheaper stuff that cuts just as good if not better.

Good evening all We currently have some positions vacant amongst our team. We're looking for PA1/PA6 operators, brushcutter operators and people with cs30, 31 and a windblow ticket would be an advantage. The ability to drive and have own transport is essential for the job. We have 1 full time position available and several Ad-Hoc positions. All jobs are centred around North Wales and the Snowdonia National Park. If your interested in any of the posts, either PM me on here or send me an email to [email protected]. Many thanks Pete

Hi got them off US ebay:biggrin: just have a look .

2 of the best!!! 576xp and a 372xp. Both fully modded internally with an exhaust mod Both of these saws run the 20" GB Titanium and they LOVE it. The balance is perfect.

can't be done:thumbdown:

GB bars are good got one which is ten years old and still strong:thumbup:

Cool keep me up to date:thumbup: thanks Pete..

we like that can you PM us when it's in:thumbup1: thanks Pete.

Hi, both the 560/576xp saw go well with a bit of work on them, if you want one doing drop me a PM I know it's a dolly but you get the idea it's running a 20"bar

dolmar 5105 all the way we run five of them:thumbup: and thay love a port job

Heres a couple of pictures of our Holder A55f. We got the off another Arb talker. Went all the way up to Inverness to get it She was in a sorry state and needed quite a lot of love both mechanically and cosmetically. Mega useful little tractor, we've made some pallet forks for her as well and she'll quite happily pick up an IBC crate full of hardwood Super nimble around the woods and she's just about on the limit of what we can legally pull on a trailer. Theres plenty of videos of her in the woods on my facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/P-Hughes-Co-Tree-Surgery-Forestry-North-Wales-288570637825929/ Feel free to go and have a nosey

nice one thanks for the info

Nice trailer, would look awesome behind my Holder. Could you please post some specs and where to get one Many thanks

NICE SAW goes good out the box:thumbup:

Hi, yes on the auto tunes there's not much to tweak. Normally you have to bring the tickover/ idol up a tad. On the non auto tune there's quiet a bit to do. In the next week or so ill try and get a vid of a couple of saws running. Any biz thrown my way would be appreciated.

Hi all, I only require the exhaust for the modification as long as your half technically minded You have to resetup the saw after the exhaust mod. The exhaust mod is £50 all in, turn around time after ive received it is 2 working days. Alternatively, if you want the tree killing monster, I will require the power head for 3 working days. This gets the full beans, and tested for at least 25minutes to make sure its running perfectly before getting sent back out. As with all the saw work I do I strongly recommend you use xp 2stroke oil. Option 3 is the all out spec. So all the above plus an American spec air filter and top cover allowing for considerably more air flow. If any one is interested in getting their saws done drop me a pm and i'll get back to you. Alternatively get in touch via my facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/P-Hughes-Co-Tree-Surgery-Forestry-North-Wales-288570637825929/?ref=hl Cheers, Pete

Hi all 576xp autotune they love a moded exhaust. I have done 7 of these now and they pull hard 15"to 36"bars no problem mine pulls a 8 tooth powermat up tp 28"bar and 7 up to 36"/42"

we have two of these one AT and a old one both are ported the AT one rips with a 28"bar and I have had a 36" on it at times..i have moded lots of these..

Hi all Im in need of an a50 to a60 drive shaft, the one at the bottom if you can help at all it would be very much appreciated.