doobin

Absoloutely brilliant post, welcome to the forum. Care to elaborate about signwriting bringing your insurance down?

PM me, I'm at Midhurst and have a hydraulic version available for hire. Or can do it with digger and post knocker.

Does anyone know if you can listen to music from your phone on the Stihl or Sena version- will the music just cut out as someone else pushes to talk?

Those look great for wearing whilst working on my own and being able play music and answer the phone. However I'm looking for ones that do that but can also have two-way communication with another pair?

Anvil gap seems to be the important thing for a drum chipper. That and sharp blades obviously!

Don't know about that chipper but my mini chipper blades aren't hollow ground.

They look great.

As big as that?? What head would you recommend and what pressure required?

Name and shame the hire company, they are clueless idiots. I would refuse to pay for the hire. Tell them to come out with suitable timber and show you how to use it then.

That's a scam but there are multiple genuine for 4-5k

How are you linking that into your helmet?

Most hire places charge a sharpening fee as standard.

Totally shagged blades and the anvil gap can't be right either with those stringy chips. I wouldn't be paying for that hire.

I'd just buy a decent off the shelf splitter and pto pump combo- it'll include the tank, cooling system and pump which you will otherwise need. Sell your existing splitter. An off the shelf setup will hold it's value far better than a hodge podge of bits, and probably won't cost much more. 6t is not massive so wouldn't need much flow. No experience of the AGT but guess the reservoir size / cooling setup might be the limiting factor.

I see an advert on the home page for the latest Stihl bluetooth comms systems. Does anyone have any reviews or other recommendations? I want to be able to use two sets to assist with winch fells etc, as well as use them to listen to music and talk on the phone whilst operating machinery (so noise cancelling for that would be a big plus)

Moving the blue bit is actually overriding the guvernor so it revs its tits off, and yes you will fk the machine by doing this. Most likely blunt blades, get a photo of them first.

There's usually a towing eye point at the front which will be just as good.

Good spot.

Nothing wrong with using a truck to assist a fell. Like Kenny Rodgers says though, you gotta know when to hold em (winchman take just enough tension. Feller hold off on cutting the hinge any further) and when to fold em (pull smooth, hard, clean, don't spin wheels). The hard bit is knowing how far you can go. Things like anchor points (both on tree and truck) make a hell of a difference, along with matching the truck to the size of the tree and the amount of lean.

Two idiots who didn’t know what they were doing. The winch man needs as much skill as the feller. Wouldn’t have happened with a crew with some forestry experience.

Mine currently has a slight slope and it doesn’t really bother me. Most important is to have enough of a subframe that you don’t have to dick about tweaking it every five minutes. this setup works great for me.

Sorry mate but you are so out of touch here it’s unreal. Milwaukee lead the pack, in numerous trades. I’m a total convert for almost all my gear. this is my bench currently, you can’t say they don’t stand up to pro use! I was Makita through and through before. The impact gear and grinders in particular totally outclass Makita, comparing like for like- top of the range 18v models. Often cheaper too. What I really like about them is that they don’t rest on their laurels. They innovate. They’ve just brought out the first battery mini file grinder in the world- I wanted battery years ago when I was looking for one but no luck. It’s not just a basic file grinder- it’s totally variable speed with two speed ranges, has a worklight, superb ergonomics and you can run it in reverse if needed to throw the sparks the other way. They didn’t just bring out something to take advantage of a gap in the market- they brought out something near enough perfect. You should look into the m12 stuff in particular. Amazing power for such tiny things.

I’ve messaged, seems very genuine. Anyone who wants a cheap loader tractor to get started in large gardens etc I wouldn’t hang about.

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Bargain starter Arb tractor here! 4x4, I’d say 18hp, 220 hours with a loader for £1750. Snap it up someone. trying to post fb link what am I doing wrong?