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Then you won't go wrong with a mini digger and grab rather than a chipper.

If you don't then you've screwed up.

What size pieces of yew are required for bow making? And what are they worth?

Yes to small tools, but think hard as to whether in your target market (big gardens and woodlands) your first large purchase should be a chipper, or instead a digger or tractor. See what types of jobs you end up with then take the plunge accordingly. I’ve been doing tree type works ten years and only bought a chipper last year. Plenty of diggers though!

Really like the look of it- a very nice design. I was drooling over a Sherpa mini skid steer the other day too. Sadly I still can't think where I'd actually use one rather than one of my diggers!

You’re not listening. I said northern arbs selector page needs work. Are you running 3/8p or .325? Full or semi chisel?

No offfense mate but if you don’t know how to match a chain to a sprocket (not drive wheel) then you have a bit more to learn before you’ll be able to make top rate. Ms241 can run 3/8p or .325, if you use northern arbs domestic aimed chain selector it can go wrong. They need to cater more for pros but that’s by the by. that said it does sound like a poor price rate. Is it sussex or Kent?

Got quoted 14k for a Sherpa 100 diesel recently. They look a handy bit of kit.

I agree. You're looking for an OEM part, not a knockoff. Mind you, £300 doesn't sound bad for a pump.

Not much use for sub 12mm holes though ? or indeed for blind holes.... lathe roughing.. deep holes (oer missus

Your nice Scandinavian designed stove and flue will be just fine if you burn dry softwood. What do you think they burn in Scandinavia, after all? ?

That’s a good start, but a a drill gauge is cheap and allows you to easily check angles and more importantly, each flute length. also two nuts give you 120 degrees. 135 degrees is a more useful angle for metal work. Most quality cobalt bits come at 135 from the factory.

Nothing will touch cbn for a clean cool grind. Stubby, pop down my yard for a go. You’ll be a convert.

And if you don’t have a drill gauge get one and learn to use it before you start!

The heat is a real issue. A cbn wheel makes so much difference. to be frank, you’re wasting your time trying to learn to sharpen on a cheapy grinder with a grey wheel. You’ll need to dress the wheel every twenty seconds and it’ll still get too hot and your bits will blue slightly then chip when you try to use them. Invest in a decent wheel- ceramic grain wheels are not that pricey and a big step up. But cbn makes life easy.

None of them will split the point properly and thin the web until you get to the £2k plus models. Fine for drilling wood, for metals you’re often better off learning to do it on a wheel. I can’t recommend a CBN wheel enough.

No Brit is going to want to plant trees, so if you don't want to get rich and Brexit goes ahead you should be sorted!

Where was the job? The 6ft strainer would be basically a heavy full round post for a slight change of direction I should think. 5'6" if they're going down the West country, they can't get them in any fuirther on the granite!

Every bit of handling comes off your bottom line. I can't see how this on such a small scale would be viable. Also, cord won't dry that well (not sure if this was what you meant)- it really needs to be cut and split.

Looks a pukka bit of kit.

That looks a horrendously inneficient and expensive way to move a few twigs. Would be cheaper (on most terrain) to have a wheeled forwarding setup following behind.

I have a Intermecatto Tigergrip TR16 SR5 with rotator on a 2.7t Bobcat. It's a different league. Being able to rotate is a total gamechanger. Had a reccomendation for the Tigergrip from Eddie on here- they're not expensive (certainly cheaper any of the alternatives!) Think I paid 2.5k plus VAT for the grab and rotator from Approved Hydraulics. Had other quotes of 4k plus. Daft. I still run a grapple on the 1.7t and the micro digger, but that's with a hydraulic stay to give more flexibility. I appreciate the grapple for being twenty times better than a thumb, and a thousand times better than a bucket, but the only reason I still run it is because those machines aren't big enough to handle a grab and rotator. Although I have a second hitch plate I made so that they can run the Tigergrip sans rotator if needed. As you have a large enough machine to handle the rotator as well, I'd make the jump in a heartbeat. The only problem will be controlling it. If I were you, I'd plumb a divertor into the slew, so you could use the rotator and the grab at the same time. I have twin auxillaries, and I wouldn't fancy using it with just a button type divertor on a single service- too clumsy.

Punting it as a balance to climate change is just kicking the can down the road. What are they going to do in forty years time when they're all chopped down for firewood? This election takes the cake for bullshit promises and pie in the sky policies, it really does.

The Multione/Avant type loaders have the potential to be a lot of things. With a lot more hydraulic flow than a similar sized digger, they can be a decent flail mower carrier, for example. Trouble is, the attachments are mega bucks too. Its horses for courses. If you need to lift and carry, nothing beats a mini loader. For digging or drilling holes, collecting and loading brash a short distance onto a fire, stacking timber, knocking in posts, flail mowing on a bank, a digger can be a cost effective tool carrier too. When I first set up, I was all set to get an Avant. I didn't get the job that would have almost paid for it, and I got offered a digger on finance from mentor. The rest is history- I went down the digger route, and now I have micro to 2.7t, with every attachment under the sun. I love the look of the mini loaders, but I really can't think of a job I do where they would be much of a help, certainly not £30k plus worth of help. But that's my business model, and everyone's is different.

That makes three of us. Great minds think alike