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The chinese ones with the engine on the same level as the drum are all a couple of bolts to flip the spout up and unblock. Mine likes Leylandii as it's pretty straight- just need to be careful on really leafy stuff as this is the time when it will block, as it gets the the soft leafy bits once it's chewed the wood up. Throws it OK, looses a bit nearer to the machine on leafy stuff as mentioned above, but then I think they all do that. They all work on exactly the same principle. I don't use it all the time though. Never seen one of the 'pro' drum chippers in the flesh so can't say if they're worth double the money, they could well be if you use it every day.

Bloody hell mate, sounds like you know more about it than the Ford dealers Pete's been having so many issues with!? Glad I run an older Ranger.

I wouldn't pay the extra for a DR chipper. The garden machinery places just recommend what they sell, and they exist solely for customers like yours..... Briggs engines are no better than a Chinese honda in my experience, probably less reliable all told. That design looks a bit dated too- a top chute makes it possble to chip into bins etc.

What Dan said. The 13/15HP Chinese type will be fine for what he wants. It'll keep him busy snedding nasty thorn so it actually feeds but unless he spends pro money on a pro machine with feed rollers, that's going to be the case with all small chippers.

You beauty! Thanks mate. Ordered. Takes my total wee chipper spend up to 1k ex vat, but still.... I've only used it on about six jobs in six months, don't want to get too spendy! That spout will make a real difference.

Got a massive one down near Petersfield, can put you in touch with the bloke if you like. Take your pick, 10cm to 150cm....

read the question again.... This soloution could have merit if he was to run a second line from something like the offset, the diverter giving him a second proportional aux off the foot pedal. However he should be able to get a smooth controlled flow with the right valves, and he only needs one aux.

If it makes you money thats all that matters! I might see how much they want for a replacement spout, probably cheaper than fabbing a swivel one myself.

Looks the same as my £900 Chinky jobby but with a swivel spout and Honda engine.

Do some research into ceramic or CBN wheels. You can overheat anything if you rub it for long enough with a clogged up disc.

Looks like a standard Group 3 pump. Hydraulic megastore or Flowfit should sort you out for under £150 I reckon. You should be able to work out the displacement from measuring and comparing to their charts if the codes on the back don't do it.

I'd be bloody surprised if it will pull like an MS241. I say pull, obviously it's still a small saw but for the size and weight it's a right ripper on a picco bar.

You need an alarm that rings you, plus lots of security lights. A camera you can check online is a great asset also. No lock will keep them out if they know they won't be bothered.

Choice of abrasive is key to not overheating. What does your grinder use?

He's up before the beak next Tuesday, the client opened the quote and promptly had a heart attack...

Yeah, I always swore I was done with mowing, but I bought a JDX165 for £700 last year and fixed the transaxle leak. It's been brilliant- we have a few church contracts and it's made them actually profitable.

You need a restricter that also allows the flow back to the other side of the circuit. An adjustable relief valve, but for flow not pressure. A pair of these should do it? Ask on PlantTalk forum to make sure. https://www.flowfitonline.com/hydraulic-valves/flow-control-and-flow-divider-valves/flowfit-hydraulic-3-port-adjustable-flow-control-valve-cw-relief-valve-12-bsp-ports

I have half a dozen Loncin engines. Very reliable, more so than Briggs or kohler.

Put the gob cut in and do the back cut with a pole saw if you're worried. Get the thing cleared up, it's making your place look untidy!

I'd run a mile from that Kohler engine. Although our grass workload is now much less, what I ended up doing is buying two Honda powered Mountfields from Screwfix when they were on sale. This is the latest version: Mountfield SP53H 167cc Self-Propelled Rotary Petrol Lawn Mower | Lawn Mowers | Screwfix.com WWW.SCREWFIX.COM Order online at Screwfix.com. Powered by the Honda GCV170 Autochoke 167cc engine. Designed to provide an... Thing is, they often drop them down to around £300+VAT in spring. That's the time to buy. I though for sure it would break within a year (as Etesia and Viking did for me), and rather than suffer a shit dealer like Richmonds Groundcare making a hash of it, and taking three weeks to fix it, I'd just get a new reaplacement one under warranty from Screwfix. Once had a spot weld fail in the height mechanism, which would have been a two minute fix but I changed it anyway and kept the collector (accidentally) as a spare. The other one has been perfect. Look at it as I did as £300 for a years mowing- three years if you buy it as a 'domestic' customer... If it lasts another year (mine are at three) then bonus!

Typical entitlement attitude. You got lucky. That’s all there is too it. I agree with what you are saying re house prices and areas though. In the whole of the SE, you need to be a higher rate taxpayer to get a mortgage on an average house. I’m sure Andy will counter that by saying ‘well move to Wales’. But who will do all the menial stuff in Surrey? It’s not correct to suggest that millions will never be homeowners simply because they are lazy. There are houses everywhere for £40k- but there’s no work in those places so how would they pay the mortgage? Especially if everyone moves there.

^ This.

I'm not ARB but.... (IMHO) The only reason Pete is stilll being nicey nice and engaging on this board is beacuse the AA has not yet reached the critical mass required whereby a private organisation starts setting the defacto 'standard'. If this was construction, then he'd be CSCS and wouldn't give a fuck. Mark my words, despite laudable stated aims, the end result of all such schemes that are successful is simply yet another tax- pay for membership or stick with small private jobs. Monkeys and morons pass CSCS cards every day- if AA gets as big then it will go the same way.

95% my experience too, although with the building/landscaping trade. A 'tradesman' who puts all his spare earnings into finance on a brand new Warrior or custom VW van rather than into professional tools and machines is just a chancer in my book. Plenty of them about, but few will endure. Sidenote- got my 2003 LDV tipper through her MOT yesterday and I'm arranging finance on a new tracked dumper today ?

Can't agree. As much as I hate LandRovers, that's a few £ wasted and needless pollution into the sea. I have an old concrete counterweight here that I'm willing to gonate to a good cause. I'll even chembolt in an eyebolt so there's somewhere to chain his neck to.