Billy
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I rmember seeing a few chipboxes with custom made (or at leas they appeared to be) tarps and sheet for the roof of the chip box, i've searched around on ebay for these and can't seem to find any so if any of you withthem are reading this i'd like to know where to get one.
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It seems everyone does reductions all yea round of all severities, but generally it should be done when the tree is dormant. obviously 20% reductions and othe rlight sutff it doesn;t matter too much but do you guys regualrly do big 50% rductions and such liek through the summer and spring, or try and encourage the client to book it in for the winter?
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Where do you plan on sourcing the bits as i'm interested in some for my truck.
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Probably too cheap to travel from Cumbria to Uckfield:001_tt2:
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looks good mate, should be proud of that.
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Interesting Yale cordage tests and shocking last 50 seconds
Billy replied to Ian H's topic in Climbers talk
can't even see why he was snatching that, nice safety cap too! -
3 days onthe ground building a retaining wall from sleepers and I beams and they're a little better than when new but still no where near as comfy as my old hydrofells, stil have a very stiff cloggy feel when walking on paved surfaces and i get a bit of discomfort at the back of the heel in certian positions. But i went and did a little job yesterday which consisted of 4 vbery brief climbs and in the tree they felt great, like a differet pair of boots...I just hate walking in them!
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they're different jobs, diggers are for real removal to make way for construction and th elike grinding is just to get it below th esoil to have a flower bed over the top. Big stumps need big machine sif they're flush cut I wouldn;t particularly want to go at a 18" stump with anything less than a 5 ton machine and that'd take a fair while even with that, and a 5t machine wont fit in your average back garden without a crane. So for most arb jobs, stump grinder every time. Micro diggers that can get through gates do not compare speed wise against similar grinders, also you then have a hole to fill etc etc, depends what the customer wants out of it, but a grinder will nearly always be the most practical option.
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like my cummins for instance, 160hp and 450 lbs/ft torque out the factory i changed the fuel plate to oen that allows full fuel at all times now runing around 300bhp and 650 lbs/ft torque for £20!! mecahnical diesel are evn better!!
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engines are de tuned fromthe factory to compensate for the average persons lack of maitnenance and mecahnical sympathy a little light tuning is not a problem if you change the oil and filters at the right intervals andgenerally look after the vehicle. Also it allowed the manufacturer to sell more powerful models which ar eonly seperated bya map such as the sprinter 308,311 and 313 CDI models, same motor different map, the 318 is a bigger V6 Engine.
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hate them if possible i leave them off until chogging, to get out on nasty bare branches if there's no easier way of dealing with them. If i can i'll leave pegs to stand on and chog like that rather than put spikes on.
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Evans Cycles | Commencal Meta 5.5 Pro 2011 Mountain Bike | Online Bike Shop somethingh like that'd be good can ride them all day but you can still push quite hard when it gets fast and technical.
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got some of these boots yesterday i wore them for a few hours today my god they are hard when new! Glad iw as only doing landscaping switched back to my normal boots/trainers after about 2 hours it was awful! I'm sure they'll be fine once they're broken in though...right?
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Where is show, when are you lweaing whats entrance cost...Could be up for it
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Don;t know if its been mentioned but you've listed the EKN Kolibri twice, the 2D one just has "D's, its the same harness. combind its doing alright at 17, they're great haresses, leg loop flexibility with sit harness comfort.
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Ouch! the silky is a fearsome tool they don;t getthe respect they deserve until you've cut yourself a few times! I did this last summer got a bit excited finishing off a top that was hanging by the tineist bit of hinge and went through. I had a little wobbly shock moment but managed to snap ou tof it and finish the tree then came down took some pics and taped it up, got to hospital about ten that night and got a severe telling off for my dressing skills lol.
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http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/arb-trucks/29126-have-you-been-pulled-over-loading.html - we know Wood picker- Injectors go, high pressure pumps, low pressure pumps and various areas of the loom which make it think it has one of those problems! Any of this leads to flashing of the injector light, a red injector shaped light. This cuts revs to 1200 rpm and it runs like a bag of nails. google iveco injector problems and you'll see what i mean!
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Ah I'm sure it'll pick up soon enough. Maybe we need a Cummins appreciation thread? Landy drivers seem to hate it with a passion
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they're all much of a muchness, unless you want tog et specific with years. the early transits and LDV's were the same pretty much mechanically. modern ivecos are plagued wth fuel injection problems, transits seem alright and aren't the new ldv's FWD?
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I'm not selling any saws but can offer you my opinion from when i was in your position. I got a 441 for this purpose, I wanted a saw that could handle the big stuff but wasn;t so big that it'd be over kill on the smaller side of medium, if that makes sense, looked at 441's and 460's as 660+ are heavy and really drink the fuel. I found a cheap 07 441 first and bought that really happy with it. It pulls the 25" bar through pretty much anything with no problems, makes felling and dismantling bigger stems a quick easy job. so i'll say Stihl MS441. The 460 has slightly more power but considerably higher vibration figures...But whatever comes up cheapest first will be your choice i would have thought:001_smile:
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Oh yes yeti, when floored i'm rolling coal for sure! The engines themselves can be had for peanuts on the bay, search Daf 45 engine or cummins BTA 6, or Cummins B series and there will be loads, they seem to go for under a grand with low miles (120k ish) all the ancillaries are cheap too, or no more than the same parts for transits and the like. plenty of tuning bits available here too Cummins Performance Parts Inbox has some space in it now mate so fire away:001_smile:
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I was getting at the first option:001_smile: But when you put it liek that Skyhuck, i never see working 200's go for less than £200 on ebay that plus not even another £200 would get me a new one so...a refurbn would have to be my saw + <£150 to be worth it. Guess your best sticking to selling them to homeowners rather than pros.
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They have those in Chatham highstreet, or something with very similar spikes, they use big metal tree guards up to about 7ft for our protection though i reckon, not the tree's!
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the 3.0 is probably the most economical of the lot, specially when being worked hard.
