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Know that feeling, I’ve ordered a ro ro for the yard!

God you’re keen. You could have bought a secondhand p180 for £1800! best mounting for me I find is to have the mast straight in front of the dipper. Matt Storrs (is he still on here? Can’t find him to tag him) gave me that great tip years ago- chain the plate to the bottom of the mast so as you can put a bit of pressure on the post, so you’re totally on the right track here!!! Makes it much easier to do on your own and easier on the machine too as it doesn’t wobbly all over the place on the first few hits. I wouldn’t have it any other way. Leg on the ground, sliding the cap up the mast etc is all very well on a big solid tractor, but a digger requires a different approach. Also means you always have the full length of the mast available from the first hit, which is a benefit with the smaller weights on diggers. I agree with the above- two people makes it super quick. You shouldn’t have a problem lifting the mast up to the post top- as soon as you rest the chained clamp on the top of theit becomes much more stable. As you are transferring some weight from the digger to the post you can get away with less weight on the knocker too. You will get the hang of adjusting the mast angle each knock to keep the mast vertical and the plate in a ‘neutral’ position as the arm lowers with each knock on the post. I’d build a hitch for the back of your mast like mine so you have options. Play around with it and get the pin angles so that the mast almost touches the digger dipper when fully crowded back but make sure the ram arm can’t hit either- that’s optimum positioning and will let you get closer to posts.

Introducing inefficiencies for no reason, just replace the winch with electric if your going to get all the power from the battery! the engine driven one’s were supposed to be better as you could draw a lot more hp straight from the engine.

Sounds like a good haul.

How many ton do you have?

Bucket and forks. Grab must be another £800 worth.

You'll usually get docked for wire, they hate it.

An 8 yard skip full of electrical motors will be more than worth your time to handball.

I've seen them in similar condition at dealers for £8k plus VAT, so it sounds like market rate to me.

Lovely. What do you use it for?

WHY?????

Spruce is what I've been cutting with virgin Ripper 37s and the 50% screenwash was a game changer.

Ripper 37s will most likely be a general purpose 7 degrees. When cutting softwood, run 50% arctic grade windscreen washer fluid in the coolant tank. Cheaply available in packs of 4x5 litre cans from your local motor factors. It'll make a big difference- your problem sounds like resin build up.

Yes! Yes please!

Nice little machine. Will be interesting to see what it makes. How much do they lift with the back weights, can you remember?

Too tickety for me, but thanks for thinking of me! It also sounds suspiciously like the job requires labour/physical effort, which is another no for me.... Ben Nicholson will deffo have ticketed blokes, you could try him.

PICS!!! What a machine, you kept that quiet. Either that or I'm not very observant.

You’ll piss that with a 3t never mind a 6t. If you’ve a lot to do, get a ripper tooth. If you’ll be log handing, get a grab. A grab will be all you need to pull those stumps.

For that kind of use anything will be fine. 15hp best but if a 7hp one comes up for a few hundred secondhand it would do that kind of diameter no bother.

How much is a new jaw? What kind of hours has that one done?

If he won’t buy a digger and grab then he’s only playing at the firewood game frankly. tell him to cut it himself

You are indeed missing something. Those levelling rams are axle locks- and you need to make them work so the axle is locked and can't pivot under load!

Yes, I was suggesting to get a tractor with saw in with an operator for the initial clear, sorry for not making it particularly clear!

Get a decent saw on a tractor or digger in to reduce the hedge. Then buy the best bit of kit to fit your Avant and the other jobs you have going forwards.

Looks to me like a Hunter Herald. If so then value maybe £100 to the right person, they're not great stoves and pretty dated.