doobin
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That looks mint
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The general consensus is to bin them and replace with 2-mix engines. You can spend a lot of time and money on them and they still won't run right.
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Ecospeed is basically a throttle lock like on a blower. Totally useless for strimming.
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Would a LOLER'd hiab be OK to use a proper man crate on do you think? Might be a handy rig.
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Insightful first post...
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4600 is probably a lot bigger than the OP was thinking, a 4ft topper would be lost between the back wheels! What about a baby International or David Brown? Cheap and small.
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Really? I had a Siromer 20hp model once, thankfully it got stolen I couldn't see it lasting 2200 hours even without abuse. Didn't the 30HP ones come with an Iveco engine? Perhaps the rest of the build quality is also better.
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Kioti are good from what I've seen.
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You'll never fix them. Just change for a 2-mix engine and leave the hassle behind.
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As said, Berthoud or Cooper Peglar are all you can really consider even for just semi pro work.
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To be fair the Stihl attachments are easily the toughest around, and if you've got a few that's quite an investment which would not realise enough value if sold separately without an engine. Although I've used an Echo polesaw and liked it. I've been very pleased with my two FS-70s. I've just this week sold them both for £140 a piece locally to a mate, and replaced them with two brand new ones at £276 a pop. That's akin to a fixed cost of £136 to have a new engine for a year, under warranty, to run the polesaw, garden strimmer, hedgecutter, tiller and edger. Works for me- I've not had to worry about a thing except petrol.
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Can't see the point in mesh sides. If it's loose hedgecuttings, fill ton sacks. If it's long lengths (leylandii reductions etc) then the mesh sides will just stop you filling the trailer properly. You need to be able to load it, strap the bejesus out of it then trim any overhang off. No offense but that trailer looks a pain. Too big to park easily, but not strong enough to be filled properly.
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Stihl 036 and 034. Not sure how old, turn of the century maybe? They are my frontline 'big' saws All the smaller saws and hedgecutters/strimmer are a year or two old though. Would love to splash out on an MS461 one day.
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The ones with a hydraulic tommy screw are good.
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You forgot to put it back the right way up!
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100%. There's land there, therefore there's access.
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Sweetgum & Red Maple growing into each other
doobin replied to france_honduras's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Just whack the one on the right off, job done. I see this sort of thing all the time in the work I do- usually on ground where the trees haven't even been thinned let alone managed. You get some proper weird shapes, it's quite cool. -
Are you saying that you can't just get a 13 tonner and grab through the field behind to access it? If you have to do the rootball too you will need some serious muscle. Grub that bush out as you come through, burn it all up. Day's work for a machine and driver plus chainsaw operator. Tirfor etc is a waste of time for that size timber and rootball!
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Add necrotizing fasciitis ('flesh eating' bacteria) to that list. Take take.
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^ Once the job's done it's done!
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Nice. You could go a lot wider on that machine too, for quick distribution of loose aggregates and topsoil. I have 6ft on a 1.5t.
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Always good to mix work and fun. We have a gym at my yard, me and the guys use it every day after work to unwind. If we are doing a burn up, we have a grill we built to fit the 36" digger bucket perfectly . Scoop from the fire, uncouple and then it's twenty minutes to lunch. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy!
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Why would folders on the desktop be any different to folders elsewhere? Spotlight indexes all the disks unless you specify otherwise, AFAIK.
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Too true. Can't say my 2008 Macbook Pro is all that much better than the 2005 Powerbook G4 it replaced though. I'm not really a power user though (same as most of us in the outdoors trade I suspect!) Morten's saw analogy is also bang on. There's a reason a 6 year old Apple lapton is still worth £3-400.
