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So your looking at 90's models but only issue is nostalgia has driven the prices up. Ford 7810 to much brass, mf399 too much brass and glad I swapped mine for a newer tractor. That leaves jd 3040 3050 3350 etc I do like 6 pot engines

Is it the no2 or no4 opinel

Yes I must admit the 90 can take 10" easy enough 😆 Same sort of thing as me though I'm still small.... on bigger jobs I use the 90xp and chip everything I can into a silage trailer ... if needs be and species and money right I'll remove in 2.5m length with the botex timber trailer. You end up with a yard full of gear but can handle a lot of eventualities

Thought that blue bandit was a 90xp 9"

That little opinel is smart! Might have to get one

Suprising a jd 3040 3050 30k still be 10k ish

I'd not entertain 30kph again. For me they hold too.much up on the road and resale not good. Straight for 40kph tractor. Wouldn't go smaller than a new Holland 7840 turbo, 8240 or 8340. Or case mx110 and above. Budget 15-20k though. Should get you a decent machine at that. Still have to spend some on it working out the niggles but in the end you've got something modern enough but not too complicated. Something that's up to the job and wick on the road. And semi comfortable. All you ever need really. Powershift transmissions also nice to drive either

I've backed in allover due to this. 12" chippers can be productive even with less lads and as long as you've capacity then happy days. Mainly removing big hedges and big removals they're great. Chip packs in well and a lot better than logs. I'd rather take it back in chip than logs due to this

Up until recently I've been using a 74hp bandit 90xp daily... Hell of a thing and I chip as much as I can fit in. We do a mix of works and it's overkill on a lot of jobs. That and price or parts and availability etc pissed me off for now and it's parked up. We also run a gm safetrack and bang for buck that's given me no issues and cost bugger all to run over the bandit. So much so I went out the other week and bought a road tow 1928 for daily works. I did see that vermeer for sale a while ago. It's been for sale a while. I cannot understand why the engines been rebuilt by 1200 hours and only 30 hours of running it they're getting shut. I would speak to vermeer on parts avaliblity aswell first. Ian flatters runs one also. Once you go big chipper it's hard to go back. I would just make sure your happy with the company your going to be dealing with as that means a lot! Also towing 2.5t around on domestics on tarmac etc wouldn't bother me. The 90xp is 1950kg... my safe track and trailer is approx 2500kg aswell

I'd personally get my arse straight down to this wagon yard for a look around especially if you know the reg. **************** having a fast one pulled on you.

Yup bit of needle blight then turning pink and thinning crown / die. Shame though as nice trees

Ohh I see, your a fanny that wears gloves all the time... got ya 🤪 I'm a worker not a wanker

Christ... big window to pot someone off then

I didn't go. Was put off the size of the doughnuts last time.... we're they any bigger this time 😮 I went up to the front of que and said "is there any adult sized doughnuts please?" 😀

Is probation not 6 months now also? Used to be 3 months.

If that's the case then you don't want to be full time for anyone, neither on the books or not. You need to be self employed and work for various folks seeing various different setups and how things are done. Travel about a bit. Not all eggs in one basket When you first start a company I very much doubt you will employ straight off the bat. You will use freelance people to get you going

I'd say you sound a right barrel of laughs and swallowed employment law book for breakfast. Are you a spam bot that works for hmrc?

Cheers, yes found some 1/2" unc bolts with a shank. 10.9 tensile so that ticks that box. One pound odd a bolt so significantly cheaper With regards to nylock, I've had several other chippers use nylock nits bit they also have a grip type washer under neath.... also they are larger diameter bolts though so maybe less affected with heat? Not sure. 5.80 plus vat for a nut though, you can see where I'm coming from can't you lol 😆

Use a file and put a chamfer on the edges of the pads the friction material part, top and bottom

Just wondering if anyone has managed to source blade bolts and nuts from another source other than bandit? Blade nut is 5.80 and a non genuine bolt is 2.80 off them. When you need 8 and they're only nuts and bolts at the end of the day it's taking the piss really. They are obviously made elsewhere and sold via bandit. ( they can be used up to 3 times but even so, 5.80 for a bloody nut stroll on) Basically an imperial bolt and can't see any reason maybe a nylock nut would not work instead.

300 nicker by looks of it on Internet?

Not worried at all. Ben burgess sells bits and mostlikely more now. Most things can be had from anywhere.... engines, bearings, belts etc. All teeth etc all from Ben burgess .

Wow can't believe you lot. In all my shooting and not done any for a long while and maybe not as much as some of you may have done. But. .... 177 all day long man! Bisley magnums pack a hell of a punch. Lot flatter trajectory. Can't believe people still mess about with 22.... or even .20 for that matter. I was always a single shot man. (But had some multis) Had allsorts aa s400, daystate air rangers, rapid 17, bb s10, logun sweet 16, falcon fn12 bloody all sorts! My personal favourite bsa hornet .177 with the mmc cooking system. Regulated rifle mint! Do some reading up mate, airgunbbs etc. .177 is where it's at out to 40 yards head shots no worries with practice

Not sure yet. Usually same old stuff for me to bother. When is it?

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