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  1. doobin
    The Sherpa I find much easier to control. I don’t like the type of levers on the worky but that could be changed. Regarding drive- Sherpa is hydraulic drive too. One motor per side which then drives the front wheels with a chain. I’m not sure why you think four motors is better? It’s simply not needed and is two extra motors to go wrong (that you are also paying extra for). One motor at double the displacement of a those used in pairs will give the same power/speed. But yeah, whatever you buy is better than relying upon labourers.
  2. doobin
    If your looking secondhand then it will be whatever comes up at the right price. id go and look at the worky op is interested in and give it a good demo. I can’t stand their control system compared to a Sherpa, but @luxhas a worky 22 and it’s certainly a solid built machine. Just nowhere near as ergonomic to operate for me.
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    I concur. By 'accuracy dropped off' I assume OP meant 'finished cut looks like a washboard'- especially on softwood, and I'd have a sore shoulder from forcing them through too. I treat my saw blades like my chainsaw chains. When they stop cutting easily, I swap them for a sharp one. On a wet day I enjoy a medative morning sharpening my chains and bands. £400 investment in a Ripper 37 profiled CBN wheel and the basic Oregon grinder pays for itself quickly if you're otherwise just buying new Ripepr 37s at £40 each. Ten days to be precise!🤣 Figures from memory but can't be far off.
  4. doobin
    Its the standard Chinese engine used on post knockers, petrol drills etc. Thing is, it fills a niche for odd products like this at a sensible price. No mainstream manufacture really makes petrol SDS drills, for example.
  5. doobin
    Don't purchase a house that wasn't built well enough- simples.
  6. doobin
    Let me rephrase that- trailer parks are an accepted cheaper way of living in the US. I'm agreeing with you here mate. Housing costs are way too high.
  7. doobin
    Trailer parks in the US are a viable living arrangement for the poor. here, we have council housing for the chosen/lucky few, and the rest can go fk themselves even as we import get more third world dross. something isn’t right.
  8. doobin
    Mechanical aptitude and/or agri background ideal. 07765 776454
  9. doobin
    That’s often better than ‘we tried to fix it’. Nothing more dangerous than someone who thinks they know but are still as thick as shit. Larger firms that run machinery have dedicated mechanics for a reason. It’s hard for folk like you and me who just look at it and have it fixed in a jiffy to realise that common sense and mechanical understanding really isn’t common any more.
  10. doobin
    Doing it large scale for others you would want an automatic setup like the one Stephen sold to the new guy.
  11. doobin
    I’ll pay the postage and he can send the ripper 37s to me!!! Sharpening them is a piece of cake. Setup cost around £400.
  12. doobin
    Why don’t you sharpen yourself? I’d vote for ripper 37. I bought maybe thirty blades cause I was going down the same route as you. Then I pulled my finger out my arse🤣 and set up the Baltic abrasives CBN wheel in an Oregon chainsaw grinder. Perfect result the first time I used it. Arctic grade screen wash is a different breed- I really rate it even for nasty stuff like spruce.
  13. doobin
    I’ve got maybe 200 hours on it and I’ve not had to change a belt or bearing yet.
  14. doobin
    Yup, mine is set up inside which is keeping it tidy. That said, a bit of rust won’t stop it from being accurate. What’s the current price on a manual logosol mill with 23hp?
  15. doobin
    Look at the woodland mills too. The new Honda powered model must be similar capacity to that logosol and if you’re looking for a manual mill I’d say there’s no point paying double the price for logosol. Obviously if you want to add hydraulics later then logosol will be easier. My 130MAX has been accurate and very profitable at 4k. I’d have bought the larger one if it was around when I bought, but I don’t plan to upgrade currently.
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    Why didn’t you just finish the job to quoted spec and then ask for payment? £2200 really isn’t a large job mate. what was the quoted price, 5k? It’s not normal to ask for part payment halfway through a 5k job.
  17. doobin
    What did they cut it with, a blunt beaver? I agree with the above. Bring that to my yard in straight 3m lengths that I can forklift off and I might give you a couple hundred it. Nobody is going to shift that for £200, however. I’m afraid your customers best hope is that someone local with a Multione and sawmill shifts it for free. I might if it was a couple of miles from me.
  18. doobin
    If you can get £750 a day for two groundsmen why do you even need to ask and why don’t you have your own digger already?
  19. doobin
    Tree surgeon day rate is whatever you need to make money. Anything you charge will be expensive compared to a proper low impact forestry contractor due to your reliance upon labour, but the customer probably won't realise that so jsut charge what you need to make it work for you.
  20. doobin
    You're looking for a full free lift, or 'container spec' mast. Not that commmon as most side loaders are used in open yards. They are cheap enough machines secondhand as there is not much of secondary market for them. I'd look for another secondhand machine rather than to spend a lot of time anbd effort trying to swap the mast with another.
  21. doobin
    Not the case, excess just oozes past the plastic 'seal' at the front. This is where it all escapes from when warm too. It's not really a seal, just a nylon packer. I've seen dozens of hedgecutters with broken con rods from lack of grease (old grease just sitting emulsified at one end) I've never know one die from being pumped full of grease. Grease nipple in the nut and lithium grease regularly is key. You won't believe how many pumps it will take after a days work. It all runs out when it gets hot, so replenishing it regularly is important.
  22. doobin
    Self unemployable here. In late to work today because I can. And on the one rare occasion my body will let me actually enjoy a lie in without being in pain, I’m bloody well going to.
  23. doobin

    Jokes???

    doobin replied to brownie1964's topic in The Lounge

  24. doobin
    Just niftylift trailer models which are total wank.
  25. doobin
    Dealer are fantastically helpful. It’s been ok- I’d definitely agree with you in that there’s not much to go wrong! Should have bought the 14m version but this was available, low hours and cheap ish. hopefully won’t loose much from the 8.5k I paid. The nigh on 1k a year to keep it in loler is a sting though.

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