doobin
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I used some wedges on this an hour ago just to make sure it didn’t sit back as Im on my own. Pulling with the digger. Didn’t need them as it happened, the back cut opened up and I left the hinge fat before pulling, good job I did too.
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Look underneath, it'll be obvious. Just needs a firm ish tap with a suitable punch.
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Yup, I've sent my missus off to her weekend with friends in my little diesel van with a full tank and taken her little petrol car with half a tank to the yard. Didn't want her running out, she'd not be likely to be able to get more. She was so grateful. What she doesn't know is that I'm going to be draining her car for the saws 🤣
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My town is a dry town now 🤣 I've locked the diesel tanks and hidden the petrol cans!
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^ What he said. With my 462, it will pull a 36 for the odd job where required (and that oak ain't it!), but like your 500i, wouldn't deliver the oil. However, there is a stop for the oiler adjuster that you knock in with a punch, and then it lets you turn it up further. Probably some eco bullshit, but problem solved, and may well be the same with your 500i.
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Coming to the end of it's life, need to get round to building myself another one rather than just for other people! That was the original prototype from probably 7 years ago, it's done well but I want to make another up with a proper grab pocket. I would just weld onto that but it's slightly bent so may as well start afresh with PFC rather than UC, as that's a bit heavier.
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Been a while since I had a fire that size! Since I bought the 2.7t I don't hire in 7.5t machines with grapples anymore, the 2.7t with rotator is just as quick for most of my jobs. Less mess, smaller fire and tidy up as you go! This was yesterdays effort with the machine and two men. Sloping ground, dead ash and boggy patches, I get all the best sites!
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I think that’s the same as mine. gr55ff. They take some stick I can tell you 😂
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I can pull mine round like that, and it will rotate with the leverage of a log. In normal use it’s fine, and I’m often surprised what it will rotate. If you want torque and holding power then you need a worm drive rotator- at a hefty price. What make of rotator is it?
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Can't beat having your own diesel tank at the yard, there's a fuel crisis of some sort every year (or so it seems). Glad I filled up the petrol cans two days ago, however.
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The echo is less weight than the ms261. It is slightly more weight but has a good deal more power than the ms241, which I loved but is an unreliable saw, both of mine ate crankshafts and bearings. A bit of an oddity but the fact that it can run a picco chain unleashes a bit more power still. The ms241 was by far more ergonomic but I’ve grown to love the echo, it’s a right little ripper. Primarily it’s my very light yet powerful saw that I can keep on the digger. The ms261 has more power and is a nice saw but the weight was my main consideration. It feels like a lump compared to the echo, and if I need power I’m happy to ‘suffer’ the ms462- it’s a superb saw and really nippy.
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Of course you can just give it a go. That's how most of us got started, crack on! People are desparate for hedges cut, etc- everyone is flat out. Now is a great time to start. Get some leaflets made up and hand deliver them around the posher parts of your area. Odds are you'll end up chatting to a homeowner as you do this, and bingo, there's your first job.
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Pretty much the same as above, except I run an Echo cs501sx with 16” picco bar and an Ms462 with bars from 20 to 36. A lot of jobs I too never touch the bigger saw, but when you need it you need it. You’ll always need a backup saw when doing forestry so you might as well have a light saw for limbing and smaller fells. Save your back, you only get one!
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Might as well ask the landowner? That curved butt would only go for firewood anyhow! we are close if you need a contractor to fell and move the timber.
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As dumper says. I use a euro adaptor.m but that’s why I went for the lighter bucket grab. Using it in anger for the first time today.
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We're missing the 'barf' like icon
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For attachments you need flow- options in the higher hp range that can still shrink down width wise are limited. Giant 252D with the Kubota D722 seems the best on paper to me, but I got no further than pricing up. The multione has been a revelation to me as regards using it instead of a dumper. It’s amazing how much quicker it is to just rip or pull out the material into a windrow with the digger, then scoop with the loader. A 4-in-1 bucket is a must in my book. The nice thing about the setup you are considering is that it would all fit on trailer easily- micro digger plus micro loader.
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I’d be very wary of how well you are actually insured for that. Forestry is not exactly a ‘low risk’ occupation. £1200 seems more like it to me.
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I only have a small one😬
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You’ll never loose by replacing labour with a machine. I don’t use anything as small, but I liked the look of the giant 252D. The main criteria for me would be the ability to get the width down to 750mm with narrow wheels if needed- better to be able to get a smaller machine into every garden than have a larger machine you can’t use on some jobs. Wheels vs tracks- I’d try wheels. Yes you can’t lift as much, but small loaders (I have a multione) excel at repetitive lift cycles. Wheels make so much less mess compared to tracks in a garden. They seem to hold their money very well, so I say crack on and give one a go, let us know how you get on.
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Yup, I have those bits to go on. I had to leave it there as it was dinner time.
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Decided to get the kelfri grab into proper brackets whilst I was at it. Going well.
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This is for muck and grass cuttings, not logs. I have the Kelfri log grab.
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Just welded a backplate up for this skid steer bucket grab. Seems well built, all pro forge stuff looks quality. A farm down the road have the log grab. was tricky to know what size to go for, in the end I went for the skid steer 4’ rather than the euro 5’ as this is 130kgs vs more like 290kgs for the euro type. The 8.4 could handle a bigger bite for sure but then you have the extra attachment weight to contend with at all times too. 🤷♂️🤦♂️ I did borrow a 6’ euro type the other week, but that was so cumbersome it was a pain and I think the 5’ type would not have been much better.
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what tree to choose as grow-your-own Armco?
doobin replied to noco's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
I get the feeling OP isn't too worried about the occupants 🤣
