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  1. TimberCutterDartmoor
    I don't climb or do much arb anymore but got a couple of guys who top plantation outlaws for me when the inclination arises. According to them: Stihl MS201T; just awful - flat, chainbrake dangerously stiff / useless, drips fuel, gutless doesn't rev out. Followed by husq 540; better but developed engine autotune issues - got fed up with that. Poets day so went up to Radmore & Tucker and bought the Echo CS-360-WES. PDI'd properly so no "out of the box" issues; starts on the second pull, takes a little warm up, revs right up to the mark and cuts a dream. Very comfortable, good chainbrake, good balance, feels much lighter than the Husq. Very happy (more so for the lad who'll be using it). :thumbup::thumbup:
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    any update?
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    Will be doing later in the year; DF only as larch ends up as log or chip only these days Too far probably tho.
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    Stihl MS361, Husqvarna 242xp (new).
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    Hmm that's odd The delimbing diameter is always less than the cut; mine is 620 cut and 560 delimb but it also says 400 tip to tip for the DK's so guess that's where the numbers come from. Thinning heads I find have short DK's and struggle to hold a large heavy stem when trying to put the first log through; end up running it along the stick on the ground.
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    Nisula 500C - Delimbers, Price: £26,339, Year of manufacture: 2014 - Mascus UK That is so reasonable; new H754 here costs £60k <100k for a 270 et al.
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    Dolmar are utter rubbish, Sawtroll will be along in a mo to confirm this. Subtle differences but then US and Euro Dols have wee differences too. Shavey is more up to date than me.
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    441/461/576 smoothest ?
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    Not at all! I just said I'd buy the echo cos I don't do much big timber or milling and would prefer to have a kg less. Plus I've never owned one so could add it to the "owned & experienced" list.
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    Well not the Mak cos that would be sacrilege; why buy what is actually made by Dolmar but the wrong name and colour lol? I've never owned the Echo, only the Dol 9010. Officially the Echo is a whole 1kW less output but then it's 1kg lighter and 10cc under at 80cc vs 90cc. I'd go for the echo as it's more suited for my work (I don't do milling) and have had one buried in oak on a 28" and the torque seemed greater than the 9010 despite the smaller displacement. No top end power tho. Both are flippin heavy and built like tanks. The Echo has the old-school advantage of a manual oiler and boy does it chuck out the oil - perfect for milling.
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    All Torque. As good as a Dol 9010 imo.
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    Pressure and Flow appear excellent (for a 7-8t) so if correct you could definately enjoy productive processing even with the larger Nisula 500; I bang on about them becuase they are light and no more expensive than Keto.
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    at what pressure? Thanks said it for me! I'm doing first thinnings with a 16 tonne purpose built so how on earth can you say an 8t excavator base would be too big?!
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    quite
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    Deffo speak to FMS and/or Richard Court; 8 tonner will just run a Keto 100 but if you're wanting that new head, the Nisula picks up where the Arbro/Dinoma never qualified. The weight and oil flow requirements of the Nisula should be spot on; runs really sweet on this 13t. [ame] [/ame] PS your oil flow specs will be at pump, not at the end of the stick; good idea to get em measured.
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    The thread hasn't stated full / part time, expected volumes p/a, that would be a start and justify asset finance if suitable etc.
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    https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=spam&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=X4bUVPS0Lc7xarrZglg&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1207&bih=554
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    Are you utterly sure you'll only ever cut small material and never get near even 20 cm plus? Cos you'll seriously regret going down the micro machine route once some rougher edge trees come up or someone asks you to do some later thinning in a nice wood, you'll have to walk away because you spent months agonising over which tiddler to go for and for £50k you could have a tidy low houred 1070d which has had in easy life and never been out of the cover and is purpose-built for first thinning to light regen. Get a good backup service from the likes of Richard Court and you'll far better off; suggest you have a chat with him actually.
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    141 is an awesome chipper; ours had a short chute for crane feeding which we did with a roofmount. Prefered it to Schliesing tbh; seemed to use the tractor power better. Will post pics but can't find them atm. Correct crane feed version has extra-duty flywheel and modified infeed with mesh cutout in top, remote chute rotate etc.
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    Official FC guidance says 0.7 for softwood and 0.55 for hardwood (air space in stack measures). Nice straight h/wood can be 0.6.
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    Another vote for Bateson
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    Pees me off that a saw gets less then glowing reviews because it hasn't been PDI'd properly. Lumpy tickovers etc should NEVER be the case.
  24. TimberCutterDartmoor
    I don't mean any ill will, on the contrary. I perhaps should keep my strong personal views out; Moderators please delete as appropriate. Again, sorry.
  25. TimberCutterDartmoor
    http://www.aana.com/resources2/health-wellness/Documents/nb_milestone_0607.pdf Be ready for massive compensation claims in future once it's absolutely proven that night working causes multiple illnesses. Austrian government started compensating night health workers back in 2009. Sorry.

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