doobin
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No such thing as a cheap Defender- overpriced rubbish. Get a Disco or maybe a Fourtrak if you can find one in good nick. Awesome tow motors. 2.8TD knocks the spots off a 200/300TDI for power and economy. The petrol version (Sportrack) are quite popular motors amongst cutters in my neck of the woods.
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Have to say, when I've used veg oil from Tescos coz I forgot the normal stuff it ran very well in an 023 and pole saw. I was told that veg oil would eventually bugger the pump up, especially if it started to wax in cold conditions. Can anyone shed any light on this?
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When it's minus five outside and you're working on the computer right next to a little stove pumping out cosy heat. Paperwork is especially not so bad when the alternative would be sitting on a digger with no cab, trying to work out where to auger the holes for a fenceline you can no longer see the route of under six inches of snow. Just off to get a coffee (plus a dash of rum). God, I love being my own boss sometimes!
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Thanks for the ideas chaps. Yes, definately going to be hydraulic. Might join a speed winching 4x4 nut forum or something, see what they reccommend. MileMarkers look good but can't find any for sale?
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Both I appreciate they're nowhere near as fast as a PTO winch but I couldn't find any fast hydraulic winches.
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Hi all Looking to equip my 1 1/2 ton digger with a hydraulic winch. Blade seems the obvious place to bolt it to- question is, how big a winch to go for? PTO winches seem to have similar sized blades to the digger- what size should I go for? Got 35 litres a minute flow rate. Seen a nice nine ton winch on ebay but that might be pushing it!
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Running a 260 here with a 14" picco micro bar. Take the rakers down enough and its a sweet coppicing saw.
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Does yours read anything other than between 30-60%? Mine doesn't, no matter if I stick it in kiln dried oak or a bowl of water
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Could someone please give an example of what timber in the UK is possibly worth £1000/hour to extract?
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Does anyone know where I can hire a PTO winch in the North Sussex area? Thanks
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If you're all set up as well as you make out in Essex, then the ONLY thing I would consider is, as stated, leaving the business running and using rent from your house and profit from the business to fund a move and business branch-out in Cornwall. If then it doesn't work out, you're only back to a fairly good square one.
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Hi all Just took down 1/4 acre of chestnut coppice to give a customer a view. Good timber already gone as posts. I then stacked the bendy timber in 10' lengths with the digger. Was just wondering how quickest to season it? No substitute for splitting each length, I know, but would scoring the bark with the saw have a similar effect? Alternatively, does anyone know anywhere I can hire a cone splitter for the digger? Thanks!
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Pleasantly surprised how well a bit of 2 year old poplar burnt on my open fire. Might take the digger and drop and stack a few dozen trees that we left last year cause we didn't think it would be any good.
