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Huanhunglow
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My M18 top handle is good, but you do need high output genuine batteries for it to shine, which cost a pretty penny (but no more so than Stihl). It’s considerably better than my 36v Makita, which also took offence at the new addition and promptly gave up the ghost after four years light/sporadic use. So I will be replacing that with a back handle m18 too.
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This, or a clone with the same tread pattern. Maletesta Caimen etc. Horrible on the road but about the most grip you can have and still be road legal.
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I really rate a 4wd pivot steer for churchyards. I have a Husqvarna with I think a 90 cm deck. Was never a fan of mulcher mowers but this actually does a surprisingly good job on quite long stuff too.
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When you're lying in bed, mind blown post-nut with some big titted Sheila, I hope you think of us...
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On that size machine the slew force is a limiting factor. You might get a bit more power if you have a tilt on the mast and the foot on the ground, but it's more cumbersome that way I find.
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Most brands have 0% over three years. They are keen to sell, particularly at the smaller end of the market.
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Funny you should say that- this one has a cloth seat. I got them to swap it from another machine as part of the deal. What luxury!
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I’ve known oak happily snap screws as it dries. I gave him the option of the board for £200 and he takes it the English woodlands for drying and his builder does the rest. customer always right and all that!
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It’s 550mmx3100mmx70mm Will be supplied to the customer as 8no rough cut oversized 250mmx750mm stair treads, ends sealed. He’s going to bolt them on the steelwork and bring them back once a bit drier after finishing the refurb to run through the thicknesser before final trimming and cutting. Total cost £300.
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New digger day…
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Finally got this big bastard roughed down with the 881 and then squared off on the mill. I was just planning to have a cant for posts, etc but there turned out to be some nice figuring. Found a use for the top already- an order for stair treads. £250 for a 60mm slice off the top. That pays for dragging the backhoe to site to get it loaded! need to get myself a front quick hitch for that backhoe, would make it so much more useful to me.
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Got as far as fitting one to a nice big backplate that drops over the blade. Never tested it. A couple of years later ended up with a PTO winch and compact tractor! What size machine are you looking for one for?
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Which kind of machines?
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Thats 40v vs 18v. Might as well 'compare' my 881 to your 362!
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How much though?
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Someone jump on this quick! https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/277969465136453
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Rocking horse shite mate.
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I’m sure we’ve been here before. And you said ‘that’s why you’re a welder and I’m not!’ Anyway, it doesn’t matter which kind you buy, you just cut off the towbar you don’t need and weld your loader brackets on the right side, reinforcing if necessary with an extra backplate.
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Agree, but I've seen how golf course workers use a chainsaw!
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Great in theory but two problems. The first is what they cost to rent. The second is getting them on to site. It's hard enough getting a pickup and trailer onto most of the sites we do let alone something that size! If by some miracle you managed to get it sited at the entrenace you are tied to this one location and you're carting everything thousands of metres to it, often through bogs. It's just not economically viable.
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Very little untouched nature these days. Conservation is a human construct of what it used to look like. Basically an open air museum, but the exhibits (rare species) are living.
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Only if it’s not controlled. Regular cut and collect will keep it at bay. Look at roadside verges. 1m of no bracken and then it’s taller than the cars. Best to sacrifice a fraction of a percent of the worst ground on the site which then pays for weeks worth of work on the rest of the site. It’s a pretty simple cost:benefit ratio to my eyes. Off site removal is insanely expensive.
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Off site soloutions (grab lorries, tub grinders, green waste sites) are stupidly expensive and for this reason I don't support them.The most practical soloution in my experience is a dump site on a low value bit of the heath. There's always a nutrient dense corner covered in birch and bracken somewhere. Burning is good in theory but it can be a struggle to burn pulled scrub due to the volume of soil on the roots. And the fire site will always need clearing up thoroughly anyhow. So seems pretty pointless to me given that a well stacked dump site on waste ground will rot down in five years to nearly nothing, whilst providing a habitat for certain things. Basically, I think there's limited money for any nature reserve, so let's not spunk it processing green waste any more than necessary. I do both depending upon what the client wants. Wish I didn't have to bother with the extra hassle of burning though.
