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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.

Unless a large (15kw plus) genny, it's a total non starter due to motor startup loads. And even a 3kw electric washer won't hold a candle to a 13hp pressure washer.

Your best 'value for money' bet is something with a Chinese Honda copy (which are widely accepted as reliable these days) and a known pump for which spares are available. Generally this means Interpump (best) or AR (Italian..🙄. but then you run a multione! [so do I🤣]). There are brand new Honda copy 13hp machines out there for around £600, but it will most likely be the pump that fails and I have no idea how easy spares would be to find. Certainly on eBay there are a lot of 'returns' being sold. CRYTEC COMMERCIAL 13HP Petrol Pressure Washer 3625PSI / 250BAR Power Jet Cleaner WWW.EBAY.CO.UK CRYTEC WX1300. Crytec - The Petrol Washer Market Leader. Crytec Ultra Durable Pump. The red is for blasting, yellow... I have two, both with 13hp engines and one with a 15l/min pump and the other 21l/min at higher pressure. The 21l/m is far superior for cleaning. Once you have sufficient pressure (which is not as much as people think unless you are into abrasive cleaning etc) then flow to carry the dirt away is way more important. You may as well go petrol, as even the biggest electric machine (unless three phase) will seem as effective as pissing on it compared to a proper 13hp machine. You'll be better off with an IBC than a water butt. 15l/m will run ok off most decent mains supplies, 21l/m usually needs a buffer tank anyhow. For your budget, you will need to be looking secondhand but they are out there. Both my machines are Jetmac, and they are well put together. I picked the Loncin 15l/m one up for £350 needing a bit of work (and have fitted new pump pistons annd unloader valve, arouind £200 total), and the Honda GX390 21l/m was a total bargain at £700 barely used. It's belt driven too and is considerably smoother. I now keep the Loncin one on a pallet to make it easy to take one to site if I need one. Comet are a 'known brand' of pumps, although usually at the domestic end. This might do if buying new- 13HP Loncin Petrol Industrial Pressure Power Washer Jet Wash 3000PSI 21 LPM WWW.EBAY.CO.UK This power washer would be our premium industrial Loncin range, perfect for farms or industrial use. 13HP Loncin 420... Personally I'd go secondhand, and be prepared to fiddle. They are not that complicated. Whatever you do, don't skimp on flow rate. You'll never go back from 15 or even better 21l/m, and time spent washing is dead time. Learn about nozzle sizes too- look up nozzle charts and get the correct ones, test it with an inline pressure gauge, and try a nozzle slightly larger for less pressure if washing delicate paintwork (rather than relying upon the unloader valve and sacrificing some flow rate) Edit- this would be excellent. The same as I have only Loncin rather than Honda and AR rather than Interpump. https://jetmac.co.uk/shop/ols/products/loncin-petrol-cool-drive-3000-psi-21-litres-a-minute-jetwasher/v/g420beltAr211-300-PSI Half size option that would be reasonable (and in budget) but trust me, you'll never regret the extra money spent on flow rate. 7 Horse power Loncin Ar 200 -12 pressure washer JETMAC.CO.UK Loncin G210 7 horse power petrol engine with low oil alert as standard Commercial Grade Annovi Reverberi triplex pump...

Thinking of one of these stoves. Our current one is cast iron and barely seems to heat the room even with some good dry fuel. stubby can I come look at yours? ref burning sawdust- any reason why these stoves are particularly capable of it? I heat my whole yard with sawdust in a burner I made from an old forwarder rim, it’s brilliant. Can raise the temp from 10 to 19 degrees in half an hour, and it’s a fair size space. Could easily package some into large paper bags for the house.

Not just you Jack- multiple times this last week I found myself thinking 'couple of hours and I'll be heading home'. Looked at the digger clock and it's barely midday FFS. I don't clockwatch. Just seemed that my internal body clock was out of sync.

Yup, echo seem tough and offer a five year domestic/two year commercial warranty.

Yes, I have both a 135 and a 181 in the lockup for 'garden' type jobs. Although have not had the 135 in any state of dissasembly bar chainging the chain yet. Both hardly get used.

Husky 135. Beats the stihl 181 imho, and I have a lot of stihl.

They will burnt great.

You need to define how small. Any 'wee' drum chipper is going to be 'a bit rubbish' compared to a roller fed 6" towable.

Doh! 🤣 it’s true what they say, you buy kit and work comes to it. Only bought the 40hp compact last week as a cheap thing that might come in handy. Looks like a hire for it next week.

I have a pto chipper plus a wee chipper. Love the look of a tracked tractor but they are absolutely no use to me!

Giant and worky quad are two of what I will be demoing. Might the cast be for sale? Looking for SQ11.

You need a better Mrs 🤣 I just need a pedestrian loader to complete the set! I've got two tractors, two forklifts, a Multione, three diggers, muck truck, high tip tracked dumper, 2t tracked dumper and 3t wheeled.

Painful. Arse about face but that apparently is easy enough to change. I could only be smooth with it standing behind it, but I'm sure I'd get used to it. And I'm sure every other pedestrian loader is the same- you never see any video on youtube where the operator looks even slightly in control. Even for domestic work, I personally would prefer a micro digger and grab. But it sure beats labour. The concept is good, but for me the tracks make too much mess for domestic jobs. I've got demos coming up of three different wheeled machines soon, as I'll do anything to save manpower! To my mind, you're never going to lift much with it, but on the flip side these things thrive on repetetive short cycles. Trouble is, a few cycles of the Micro Bull and the job is trashed. I'd sooner sit with a micro digger and rotate to load logs rather than spin around tearing the arse out the job. Maybe wheels will be the answer, but then I'm spoilt for machine choices anyhow! So I think I want the lightest little loader I can get, and a set of turf tyres plus narrow wheels for when the access is tight (which when you want to get a loader in is normally a groundworks job anyhow, so a bit of mess is OK) And just live with the little payload, but do more cycles making less mess. I mean, if I can fit it in I'll have the Multione in there anyway. For a small tree gang, it looked versatile, and anything like this will always be 'the cheapest man on the job'. Although I have my reservations as to how much use things like the stump grinder actually would be (?) and I bet they aren't cheap. Was impresssed with how well designed things like the mini log grapple were.

Had a play on one of these on a job recently. It wouldn't be for me, but if it looks like it would suit your line of work then I can report that that are incredibly solidly built little machines.

£117k profit on nearly £12m turnover?? There really is no money in this game!

“Formal insolvency procedure”….

All 1.5t machines have retractable tracks these days. My e19 goes down to 990mm

As far as I’m aware, nobody do. A couple of of 1.2t models around that go down to 710mm, and there’s an oddball Kobelco I think that is 1.3 and goes down to 800mm