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Why, how do GreenMech fare on TrustPilot? 🤣

Bloody hell- yes, I think I'd avoid.

Biggest downside looks to be the high infeed over the handlebars.

What sort of job did you need all those on tracks for, and where on earth did you find them all??

The diff is how they normally do it with sprinters and transits. This however is different- just low first and reverse. Normal gearing otherwise.

Well I don’t know about anyone else, but seeing men who are ready to tear each other’s throats out over the honour of a woman squaring up to each other and calling each other ‘babe’ is exactly what I was hoping for when the new swear filter was introduced!

Yes, 09 plate. Sorry to hear that they’ve buggered a decent vehicle!

That picture looks good. I have both the Kelfri log grab and a bucket grab that you are welcome to borrow for a day if you want, I'm over near Midhurst. The Kelfri grab is fantastic for logs and also large amounts of brash- the 'beak' really reaches out and pulls a massive amount of brash into a bundle. Obviously as with all loader brash grabs, presenting the brash correctly is important. No loader grab will make a good job of a random pile. the bucket grab has its uses but not really for brash. Brambles etc in rough piles, then yes.

Good point. With my Ranger, if I know I'm going somewhere with a particularly nasty hill start, I'll often pop the bonnet before I set off and pull the relay for the front axle dog clutch. Then you can use low box on the road without winding the diff up. Useful tip right there. 👆 With the Iveco, the first gear is so low that you tend to ignore it unloaded. But a godsend for towing. Reverse is also low enough to make tricky trailer reversing a pleasure.

The Ranger makes a decent tow vehicle. I fitted a power chip to mine which helped a fair bit. But what really made the difference was fitting some airbag assisters to the springs. It's totally transformed it for towing- no bob or sway, much more solid. With a 2t trailer and a ton bag in the back, it's a much more pleasant towing experience than a more modern pickup without the airbags. The 300 Defender will be a total plodder in comparison. Common rail engines, for all the talk of 'unreliable electrics', piss all over their predecessors of the same or even greater cubic capacity. Things move on. If you don't need 4x4 however (and it sounds like you don't), the an Iveco Daily 2.3 is an incredible tow vehicle. Totally planted, great low gearing where it counts and the full 7t train weight. Easily found s/h as a tipper (just need the arb sides). You'd get a very very good one for the price of a knackered 300tdi tipper. Power on par with the 2007-2013 Ranger before chipping, possible a bit more. Going to chip mine at some point- there's plenty of torque but a slight flat spot towards the end of the turbo range. I can't recommend them enough. Just avoid any on an SN plate- they are popular for gritting work in Scotland.

Saw one in the flesh last week at my local dealers. Gorgeous. However, can’t see the point personally? 40 mins to heat up via electric enough to cook a roast, and in the height of summer you’re heating all that thermal mass just to cook dinner! The last thing we need in summer is more heat, our cottage insulation is rubbish. luckily it was 10cm too wide for our space anyhow, so I just told the other half it wouldn’t fit 🤣

🤮 would most likely just get stuck on top too. I agree with you, automower lawns always look absoloutely rubbish. You might as well put a couple of sheep in instead, would give a better finish and a few good meals to boot. Although to be fair, its done a very reasonable job of the banks compared to an unwilling lad on the strimmer tasked with strimming banks all day. I can see the attraction.

Bollocks. I shot three foxes over a week a few months back, a farmer friend lost around fifty birds which is a good chunk of his flock. Problem solved just like that over two nights. The hunt might go over his land (if he had more than an acre that he actually owns!) but they don't/didn't do anything to address the problem. They just like galloping around making a mess. The fox is known throughout folklore of all different cultures for it's 'cunning', and amply demostrated by the way it's become the most successful wild canine of all time by living amongst humans in the cities. They will always go for an easy meal- just like rats. You equating it to a man eating tiger, forced to hunt humans due to an old injury, doesn't hold water. As for the apex predator argument- that doesn't hold water either unless you just release packs of dogs to run wild, hunting foxes. Otherwise we are still the apex predator, and the dog is just a tool being used instead of a much more efficient shotgun or rifle.

That exactly what other forestry contractors I know say as well. Minus the polite, nobody gives a ******** ******** ******** about that, you absolute *******! In jest but yeah, pretty much that. Hard to find decent cutters for sure

I was thinking similar but also- how much do they need to lift? A 50hp compact tractor is a big lump- too much for a large garden and mid mount decks are not that common. perhaps a 26hp hydrostatic compact or subcompact with a loader and rear pallet forks for heavy lifts might fill both roles? Certainly if they want to collect the grass then nothing really beats a mid mount and rear fan collector.

If he's looking at something like the little petrol loaders I suppose it might make sense if just a cutting deck. Don't ask for a price for the collector version unless you're sitting down! Those Stigas are pretty cheap secondhand but break a lot from what I've seen of them.

They look ok, but you can buy a whole mower second hand in good nick for the cost of one. So why would you?

I'm very surprised that there are no relief valves in the system. Sounds like a crap design.

I meant to add, do you reckon you'll have the rpm on a mill to run CBN wheel? I have a mill so could set something up. Can’t see why not. Need to look up sfm for it but the cup is 100mm wide so guessing around 500rpm. Mill goes up to 2000 if needed. Even running slowly CBN will absolutely hog material off compared to a normal wheel.

That’s the stuff! I was putting Laurel three times the length and girth of those bits (heavy reduction) and it gobbled it all. Only stalled it on the last branch.

OK, so I tried the tracked dumper and wee chipper on a laurel hedge reduction today. Very impressed. Ten loads in the dumper in total, just tipped over the edge of the truck. Saved god knows how much dragging. As fast as the climber chucked it down I had it snedded and through the chipper. Every time I brought the dumper back I parked it a few feet forward and then moved the chipper along the hedge too, the swivel spout meant I was always facing the right way for loading. With each trip out, I loaded some larger logs (4" plus) on top of the chip to chuck in the truck. Surprisingly little overspray, only when reaching the limit of the dumper skip capacity.Add some compost sides and I think this will be my go-to method for back garden jobs. I reckon each single trip with the dumper saved ten trips dragging brash. £500 plus vat, we were done by 11. And the missus is happy because that meant I had time to take the lads round mine and remove the Hunter Herald and fit the Jotul F100 in 'blue black enamel' that I nabbed for £250 last night! The chipper had new blades, and it was very quick indeed. I've also received my CBN grinding cup in the post from China, so will update with results once I've tried that in the mill on an old blade. Should give a good edge. Another tip- spray your wee chipper blades with Waxoyl to keep them from rusting inbetween jobs. only takes ten seconds with an aerosol.

It's my normal gob cut. Usually takes me around three goes to get it right though! 🤣

If you're a good hand cutter then they won't want you to get in the machine- any fat **************** can do that.

That's a mid range domestic machine. In arb terms, you're suggesting that someone who has an 16" oak to ring up every week should buy an MS181 for it. Takes no time at all to ring it up. Well of course it doesn't if you've never tried anything else. For the last time- it's not about pressure. Manufacturers try to wow consumers with dizzying pressure figures (and as demonstrated, it usually works). Flow is far, far more important than pressure after a certain point when it comes to cleaning. I used to think my 3kw Cleanwell (12l/min compared the the Karcher 3.80's 7l/min) was amazing- and to be fair it was compared to a domestic machine. Then I tried the 15l/min petrol machine. And finally this year, the 21l/min. There's no two ways about it- 21l/min will clean three times as fast as 7l/min. Richy is already going to buy a petrol machine to be fed from a tank. I'm saying- pay the extra for the flow rate. Time is money, and it won't take long to make up the price difference.

I’m guessing he’ll also want to clean mud off his loader and not have it take all day.