doobin
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I picked up an old Kubota 2 ton tracked dumper for 2k. Will get through anything and leave hardly a mark. Nice flat load deck for stacking timber on, tip to unload. Are you near Sussex at all? Welcome to have a play with it it you are.
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That does sound like a hell of a punishment for the poor little tractor. Do you reckon it would be possible to adjust the electro-hydraulic PTO engagement?
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To be fair, if your business model involves new kit under warranty, and moved on before hassles really start, then why would you bother? Nothing wrong with being an exceptional operator. Just the same as plenty of folk use book-keepers and accountants, even though it's fairly easy to do yourself. I will admit that I'm the complete opposite. Lathe, milling machine and the plasma cutter as as important as diesel for keeping my junk running :lol:
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Bulkhead is do-able, but you might as well do it properly and that's a fair bit of work to get it uncovered.
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I wouldn't want to pay that much for it. It needs a good sandblast and paintjob or the rust will really start to take hold.
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Indeed. Remove, stick them in the post 1st class. Then they can measure them with the proper tools, well worth the cost of a stamp. For other simple things like batteries, filters, oils and greases, your local motor factors is worth a ring. Mine deliver usually within a couple of hours of me ringing. Saves me absolutely hours in time, I really recommend it. I can even get chainsaw oil from them.
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Well yeah, why not? They cost about the same to buy. Quad can't tow as much, can't run implements, runs on expensive petrol, and is ripe for thieving. It's advantage is low ground pressure (which of course means it can't tow as much) and speed. Which you don't need on 2 acres It beats me why people buy huge 800cc quads for 'woodland work' when a 4wd compact tractor will piss all over them. Quads are designed to get a man and a few tools across difficult terrain, which they excel at. They're not the best tool for moving timber, despite what the glossy brochures say. With a tractor you can load the timber mechanically with rear forks, and then the weight is on the machine aiding traction. Adding a trailer full of timber to a low ground pressure quad is counter-intuitive to the original design of the vehicle. If it's solely to move timber, a 4WD site dumper can be had cheap also?
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As others have gone on to point out again, cutting and feeding large amounts of Rhodi through a chipper is labour intensive due the the way it grows and tbh, pretty pointless. If you want it out properly you need to grub it. Can't chip roots, so burn or tub grinder. Or a mulcher of course A bigger chipper is not the answer. If you've quoted for it, then take the above advice. If you're on day rate, plod along with your wee chipper.
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If you're working a woodland, a small tractor is far more productive and cheaper to run. If you must have a quad, then you won't go wrong with anything Japanese.
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Any reason you can't just rip it up and burn it? Rhodi is a nightmare to try to chip anyway.
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:lol:
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I bet the bungalow isn't 250-300 years old... A bit of chicken of the woods doesn't strike me as rendering a yew inherently unsafe. It's not like a big old oak or ash which could drop a major limb.
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If you've got the contracts and payment terms laid out then you may be able to get a startup loan I would have thought. Presume this is for your planting work? Do you need to take on staff straight away?
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You can buy Chinese replacement batteries for the Makita LXT that work well. About £40. My 6 year old 3-speed Makita is battered like you wouldn't believe but just keeps going.
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If it's just for a towing and then loading a mill, I'd say a farm tractor a rear mounted forklift would be your best bet. Sounds like you need the load capacity of a telehandler but not the reach? Rear forklift will lift an awful lot, and you can hitch a trailer behind it. All old Matbros are a pig on the road. Tractors are far better for roadwork.
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That's not urban! Despite what others are saying, a grapple is cheap and will give you instant 'grab and lift' capabilities to get you started. That and five buckets is better than the average builder. I'm with Eddie on the machine though, it's not a good spec for tree work.
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Surely the factory could just tell the dealer to go forth and multiply?
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If the saw is to be dedicated to the mill, then I'd assume the more power the better (and bigger oiler)?
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Wider kerf. More work on the (small) saw when there is no need IMHO. I run the thinnest (1.1mm) Stihl 3/8 picco on my MS250 (12" bar), and run it hard. I've never broken a chain. I was felling hard old yews with it a couple of weeks ago and really pushing it. It just cuts so well with such a thin bar. Smooth, controlled and oodles of power. All this talk of MS241s, I really want one! Power to weight of my MS250 and pro build quality
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Take it down your local motor factors and they will match it up no bother, probably off the shelf or later this afternoon. About as cheap as you will find one also. All it needs to do is fit in the space properly and possibly have the terminals the right way round depending upon the length of your leads.
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12" is on a 3/8 (picco) sprocket, not .325. .325 is a stupid kerf for a small saw if you ask me. I agree, 18" would have made it suffer and defeated the object of such power to weight ratio.
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That was going to be twenty grand?? You dodged a bullet there mate.
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Your missing the point. Some poor kid trying to get started will pay them £15 for the privilege of phoning a timewaster like you...
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Google Service Magic and you will find that they are a waste of time, bordering upon a scam.
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All you need is an adaptor, about a tenner Or you can remove the 6-spline female from one end and just fit a 1000 spline female for about the same cost.
