paddyvero

Fair enough, you have had a bad experience, but maintainance schedules on a petrol vs a diesel will always differ. You got a lemon. There isnt another engine option available at this time, thanks to emmisions regs.

Mine is up to 700hrs now, nothing at all wrong touch wood. 230vtr. None of the chippers are that old yet, so we arent going to be seeing huge hours yet. Agree with Mick, throwing another motor in isnt a huge deal, and base machine is cheaper, and the 25hp diesel just isnt powerful enough. Obviously if the 35hp diesel was still available new there would be no contest.

Canada is a very big country, where are you heading? Self employed climbers are not so common here, and its a much more involved process to be one. The trees and the type of work is also quite different. It takes awhile to become productive, even if you are the bollocks at home.

Once had an old dear make us a cup of Bisto with milk!

Are you on pole gaffs or those weird euro gaffs Distel make? Id say stick with the long tree gaffs, wont be long before you get used to them. I switched 9yrs ago and never went back to pole gaffs. Or file your long gaffs down until they are 'medium'.

Ive no idea about your machine, but the video I posted showed the issue with mine, its now back and running as normal.

Certainly similar, mine would rev all the way back up to full then die back to idle, might run at full pelt for5secs, 30secs, or a few minutes. Dealer mechanic said it was sparking at the engine mounts.

Mine turned out to be a bad ground and loose engine mounts. Fixed in a jiffy and back to work. They even washed it for me. Phew!

Dont know it that pulley is suitable for textiles either?

Itemised quote? Then if its a decent amount of work I offer a discount, maybe 10% if we do it all.

Thanks Mike. Dealer thought it was a spark issue from the video so we will see. The Briggs diagnostics doesnt read fuel pressure oddly, have to put a valve inline after the fuel module to get a reading. Dont think Ive ever had an old Merc, maybe someone else?

Yeh, Im in BC, Canada. Briggs distributor is in AB. Machine is with the Timberwolf dealer though, apparently they do have the Briggs diagnostics stuff so fingers crossed.

Hasnt been to a dealer yet, they are a 2 hr drive away and the Briggs dealer is a 16hr drive away. Just trying my luck with the local knowledge here.

To hijack the thread somewhat, rather than start another. Anyone care to offer an opinion on this? Same motor, Timberwolf machine. Starts fine everytime, runs at idle with no issues at all. Loses rpm when at full throttle intermittently then powers back up on its own. Fuel supply is clear, new filters all around, test of fuel lift pumps comes back normal. Sometimes itll run for 10-15mins chipping, sometimes continually dying every 30seconds. It started monday, very minor, tuesday was much worse. Thanks.

Those are the DMM made Distels I think, they are offset. Look like mine anyway. Someone has swapped out the Velco bottom straps wisely!