Stephen Blair
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cheers dave, i like your one, my mate has one the same but i havent seen anywhere that sells them, i must come over for a nosy round your yard
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van fu. the aincient art of fighting with the groundies while driving, changing gear and using the phone.
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the bubble had to burst some time, but it happened so quickly, pretty much overnight
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like mogs they were away ahead of there time i think, they werent john deere or massey so farmers were scared of them i think. i like them a lot, comfy air seat and fast. i have only ever sat in one and the visibility was great. only ever heard good reports on them, not sure of value though.
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i see you are still lowering twigs reg:lol:
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hi guys, edd has pointed me in the direction of these little chaps, really good price, but htey are obviously imports, all me and dean can see that looks flimsy is the track adjuster, we think its a mitsubishi engine, do any of you guys have one, if so what are your views. thanks:001_cool: New Track Barrow/ Rubber Tracked Mini Dumper Carrier on eBay (end time 01-Oct-09 15:11:25 BST)
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self propelled chipper (Shreks wee chipper)
Stephen Blair replied to Stephen Blair's topic in Large equipment
applause hat trick, has there been a finer statement in arbtalk history?? -
i could do that with my 026 in about an hr tommy. ha ha. looking awesome as ever mate
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hired one once years ago for a huge willow, it was way before i had my own kit. i hired a chipper, did what you did, but i got the skip really close so when i felled the butt, i rigged up the turfer inside the skip and turfed the whole thing right in, it ended up pulling the skip towards the tree instead but it worked. that was about 10yrs ago now and the skip was about 350 then
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self propelled chipper (Shreks wee chipper)
Stephen Blair replied to Stephen Blair's topic in Large equipment
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self propelled chipper (Shreks wee chipper)
Stephen Blair replied to Stephen Blair's topic in Large equipment
sure is stevo, carrying those 2 little petrl cans about for topping up is a nightmare. lol like the new avatar mate:thumbup1: -
self propelled chipper (Shreks wee chipper)
Stephen Blair replied to Stephen Blair's topic in Large equipment
that little sucker earned me over 1500quid last week, but the problem is i used a whopping 8 quids worth of unleaded:001_tt2:, and i used about 10quids worth of fuel in my van aswell:thumbup:and no staff either -
i stand corrected, i have never seen missletoe before like this, or maybe i have and i thought it was a nest :blushing:have to agree the site looks great, the pictures are excellent, i love the winter one:thumbup:
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self propelled chipper (Shreks wee chipper)
Stephen Blair replied to Stephen Blair's topic in Large equipment
you probably welded it mate haha -
so are you just going to not drive with a trailer for ever, or get it done, speak to your employer, show them how investing in training can benefit their company. you do the ground work and hand it to them as a package, make it simple for them, even offer to do it in your holidays.
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anyone who has a couple of topped limes with a rookery for their homepage is a friend of mine:thumbup:
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well go and do the tests then, no point letting it hold you back or buy a tractor or mog and do what you want lol
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cut straight above your bottom cut when limbing, super sharp saw as fast as you can, make sure you have the engine side towards the stem, so the limb wont take it with it. enjoy:thumbup:
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cool ha ha
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scarf??is that what we call a gob, so you mean an open gob, so it doesnt break off the hinge early or on the horizontal, if so, it doesnt really work with sycamore well, it is very brittol, and a break cut in this situation wouldnt be cool either i think, you would have no control what so ever, especially when in full leaf.
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whats v scarf mate??
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it will only barbers chair if the tension on the winch wire is too much, use a tirfor, take the strain, cut, tighten up, cut, tighten up. dont get excited with either of the 2 operations. as long as you are directly opposite the lean with your pull and felling cut then you should be ok, i wouldnt bother with a big step on your hinge, this can act like a break cut on young sycamore, leave it for another month and the leaves will be off and the sep down hopefully will make the tree lighter anf the wood more playable. or as huck says, monkey monkey, i love working on skinny trees, choker up your strops and hang on. if you are lowering use a pulley, makes it less twitchy and smoother on lowering, or speed line it off another, that a lot more fun
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i take my hat off to you guys that work on huge trees, i saw some massive gums and pines in nz years ago, and where they were growing. especially the huge pines in around auckland. i take it you hauled that gum over with the excavator to uproot it
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self propelled chipper (Shreks wee chipper)
Stephen Blair replied to Stephen Blair's topic in Large equipment
not sure dave, i have used different ones and they all had those crap things on them, they could all of been TW's, tbh they were orange with tracks lol -
self propelled chipper (Shreks wee chipper)
Stephen Blair replied to Stephen Blair's topic in Large equipment
definately mate, i would like a small tracked chipper, that is for sure. no one machine can tick all the boxes. i never read your post properly, i thought you had a folding hopper:blushing:folding shute makes a lot of sense:001_cool:i hate the way you loosen and tighten the spoute for swivelling, it is the crappest feet of engineering i have ever seen, 2 metal circles that you have to stick a bar in to turn:thumbdown:
