LGP Eddie

Catch me if you can!!! [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRfcgKbzWNo]V12 Massey Ferguson Lyngdal Norway winter - YouTube[/ame] Eddie.

From another Forum, but this is a lovely Volvo machine with a really heavy duty undercarriage fitted. The Shear is making light work of this job! It's either misty or the lens needed a clean! [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rltMt3pF1q8]Exc@v8 TigerCut 300 Tree Shear by Intermercato - YouTube[/ame] Eddie.

I think they may have changed the company name recently, but SP Holding moved into the event type market and have them available for hire. Probably JCB Groundhogs if that makes a difference? Buggies, Plant & Event Hire - S. P. Holding Eddie.

Yes, close enough though! Thankfully he delivered it personally at 8.00am on the morning of the demo. It all went well and hopefully a new Mulcher development this week if all goes to plan. Eddie.

No problem, it was a fair turnout and I think you do a great job on the talks. It's not easy and certainly not something everyone can do. Parsnip soup was lovely too! Edie.

It's going up this week when the new toy arrives!!

Just a pic of the 8 tonne Kubota with FAE Mulcher waiting to do a demo at a local woodland event today, nice to get a few minutes to clean her up a bit. Some reasonably easy going for a change! Eddie.

How Lucky!!! That must end up as some sort of training video? He simply wants clubbing over the head with that saw, you'd have no worries holding it by the bar as you did it, as there was no danger it would cut you! Eddie.

No worries it'll just be the service light for 50hrs, it won't usually be a full service at 50, just the final drive oil is usually changed at this point. I'd call the hire company out of courtesy to cover yourself, and you'll be fine to go over the hours a little. Eddie.

Thanks Stephen, when the client gives you credit enough to provide you whatever materials you ask and never chases at all, it's nice to try and do justice to them. Here's the view down, the lower deck is cantilevered approx 4" above the water so looks cool with no supports. The posts were drilled and some nice thick rope through them to finish off. I actually did the whole pool from scratch here too. Some place! Eddie.

To be honest we only did labour only for this Client. He was happy to source his own materials, doing some pretty sharp deals with suppliers we recommended to him. It was a lovely job to do with a blank sheet of paper, he knew roughly what he wanted and we did the rest. We've done loads of this sort of stuff for him and I love parking up for a week or two and getting stuck into this sort of work. A few bits at the same place. Eddie.

Some great stores on here, this is one we built for a client. Just a straightforward build, but done to last and wish I had it myself! Eddie.

What would be the current market price for seasoned softwood, in say 10" processed logs, buying in this way? Obviously transport is the issue but what's the price range per cube for a nice product? Eddie.

Don't get worrying about the Blade ram, it will lift a lot more than you really want to be exerting down on your idlers long term anyway? The point was to move a bit of kit about with you not use it for shifting spoil anyway which is a different application all together in my opinion, better suited to the Digga Bara. However being kind, there is another solution? It's a halfway house affair between the two, used on Bobcat machines, but once you've seen it you'll see where I'm coming from? You obviously won't be able to tip it (that could be incorporated no real issues) but as you will see you could have a mounting you simply hooked up with the blade and this baby will travel with you sharing a bit of the work? A reasonable fabricator and a scour on e bay for the tyres should have this well under a Digga Bara cost? [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTc-P03VK1s]Bobcat Dumping Hopper Attachment - YouTube[/ame] Eddie.

These Mini Rubber Ducks have the problem of no front bucket to carry equipment to site in comparison to a Backhoe loader. This gives some idea what's easily possible? Eddie.

I don't know about that Stephen, but what I will tell you is don't weld anything to the blade you'll forever keep catching it? Simply make a pocket in the blade you can slip your hitch mounting through with a pin to retain it on the back. Many options on doing this (box section, flat bar etc) but the worst case scenario is then a bit of mud you may have to clean out of the mounting hole before fitting the hitch. With regard to towing things about, I think it's a simple case of horses for courses? If you're off down the woods don't expect you've just come up with a solution to put a forwarder out of work, but for example if you were simply digging topsoil out of your Bara along a driveway to topsoil behind some kerbs it would quickly become your best friend? When I visited the Maskin Expo in Sweden trailers were extremely popular for mini excavators and them boys don't mess about! Forget hydraulic tip, they use a loop of wire rope to grab with the excavator to tip (remember they pretty much all have a tiltrotator with integral grab to do this with) , the hydraulic flow from the blade is piped through to power the steering drawbar setup!! Eddie.

I believe that there is finally a version of the Amorak that is permanent 4wd? This has always been for me anyway a major drawback of any of the double cab pickups out there? The Ranger was probably my first choice if I were to switch from a Defender, but the Amorak is getting some strong reviews and I'd take a look at one? Eddie.

Obviously you only get out what you put in, but decent blades, 1000 speed pto and just purely round timber from a stack it produces excellent consistent chip. It also takes some feeding in this situation I can tell you, and as you can see from the video has no issues filling trailers or a shed. Worthy of a look if you can get to see one in action. Eddie.

550ZX would be the business! I chose the Farmi 260 purely on price as a whole package, plus the ability of the conveyor to help with feeding awkward gear. It does have it's own Pump/Tank setup to provide feed for the rollers and conveyor. It comes with hand control and also a nice set of foot pedals if you're feeding with a roof mount. As I've said before, we're really careful with kit and I always feed it myself, so blade wear is excellent and apart from one bearing we've had no other issues. Eddie.

Absolutely agree there, the only time that's ever had anything fed by hand is when testing. I place something suitable on the conveyor before the tractor is even started up. It's then easy to feed it in with the controls from a safe distance. Apart from that in normal operation it's a total exclusion zone, with one man in the tractor and one in the excavator. I think the fact that a Vatra Roofmount setup is just so transportable and only one operator makes such a difference. The simple fact however I feel is an even a reasonably small excavator with a decent grab setup (Stephens new CAT is a perfect example) could in reality be so much more of an advantage once actually on many sites over a roofmount setup? The logistics of having to get the excavator to site is another point, but once there it will more than make itself useful, ensure all the material gets into the chipper without the need for manual intervention and perfectly safe. It works brilliantly for us, and a very good friend had just equipped his 3 tonner with a full Engcon Tiltrotator and grab setup, which in reality could begin to provide an excellent complement to the Farmi, which then wouldn't require a roofmount to load it? He has his own truck for transport and not unreasonable day rate, so combined with a Tractor/Chipper plus operator who is also Chainsaw qualified would be a pretty useful package all round once on site. Eddie.

I do have the Farmi 260 with the conveyor and it's been absolutely brilliant. I do however load with an excavator which allows me to be very fussy what goes in and keep an eye on how things progressing. They can suffer from certain things wrapping around the feed roller, but a bit of time loading and knowing the machine soon has sorted. In terms of running the N101 Valtra was absolutely perfect either on 540 or 1000, but we only really chip at 1000 now just to get more through quickly. I'm trying to get down the Valtra roofmount route myself for more versatility, and hopefully it will match perfectly to the 260 with conveyor? If I don't go the Valtra route, the other option for us it to sell it and take a Bandit with engine that we can have as a demount unit for the tracked dumper. This would allow one man to take the chipper virtually anywhere and load himself. The conveyor is a bit more involved to swap over from simple hand feed, as I looked into this at purchase and it required a fair bit of extra kit so I opted to go without. Here she is. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZWshqt9oB4]Moorlands Specialist Excavations Farmi 260HFC Chipper. - YouTube[/ame] Eddie.

The Menzi needs to be followed up by this baby tethered to it? [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlJgw_fc9IQ]Pully Film - YouTube[/ame] I had a little mess about in a Menzi recently, awesome!!! Eddie.

Nothing wrong with the Digga Bara Stephen, they are incredibly versatile and really can be a most useful bit of kit especially for owner drivers. Personally I would simply get a dumper off e bay and cut the skip end off, keep the hydraulic tip and pipe it into the blade ram on a changeover setup with quick release couplers. You'd end up with one at half the price with all the advantages of hydraulic tip too? A set of turf tyres shouldn't cost the earth if something suitable came up on e bay too? Eddie.

I don't know if this has been up before? It got me scratching my head I can tell you? Eddie. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dZ5BV0TvGQ]Russian Log Truck Loading - YouTube[/ame]

Possibly your first post didn't come across clearly, but the point really was surely the onus is on the organisers to provide you with a safe area to work? If it gets breached and someone is at risk, it shouldn't even be a concern of yours that 20,000 people may go home disappointed? Surely the plug gets puled until it's safe? You should have all your costs covered in this instance as its not down to you to make the area secure. Eddie.