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You’re in wisborough???? Sounds like we need a Sussex meet-up.

Funnily enough everyone here knows how it works and does it day in day out. An introduction before such shameless self promotion and backlink building wouldn't go amiss IMHO.

Jesus that’s the one with the leaky ram? You’re mad ?

How much was that loader then?

You’re a gent. Did you get a call about a mulching job down Hayling island?

Fair point. I have a pair of 30l/min packs and they were cheap to buy and have been reliable.

Anyone?

So, when I can get my hands on an MS881, I want to get a mill to go alongside it. We have a lot of timber in posh gardens, conservations sites etc that would be great to mill. I want maximum bang for my buck, but also maximum efficiency and a shallow learning curve ? Price not so much of an issue. What should I go for? I see panther and low pro bars mentioned a lot- how wide a trunk could one process with that? Will be used for everything from small stuff up to as large as I can go, so I presume best to buy a shorter bar also? I also plan to cut posts (vertical cuts), can one mill do all or do I need two setups?

I'll preface this by saying that I've never had a brand new trailer before, but I've just bought an Ifor Williams GH1054BT. Build quality remains to be seen but the residuals will be sky high so I plan to keep for three years and change when it needs brakes and tyres. The design however is superb. Everything is simply perfect for moving plant- all I did was cut the eye bolts that hold the tailgate down a little as there was no need for them to be so long and unweildy. The tiedown rings are so easy to get to, the spring assisted ramp is bliss compared to a pair of drop down ramps and the beavertail makes a big difference to loading. You step straight from the cab onto a strong chequerplated step, and the trailer itself is just wide enough for my 2.7t but noticeably compact for a 3.5t plant trailer behind the pickup. There will eb isues no doubt, and despite a factory PDI I've already had to tighten up the brake studding and lock it off properly as it was about to part company. Monkeybusiness is right- if the prop stands don't touch whilst loading to maximum payload then something is very wrong. Even if they did touch the ground, the leverage of the tailgate means it's easy to close it and pull them back up- I've done this on many a trailer, especially with pairs of ramps where a cross slope puts all the pressure on one ramp. The Ifor is spot on in this respect, the prop spacing is perfect. I'd say this lack of prop support when loading would be a major contributory factor to any cracking- the other factor is that we have a perfect storm- digger manufacturers building as heavy as they dare, and trailer manufacturers building as light as they dare! Another reason I don't plan to keep my new Ifor many years.

I rotate the grab and use that open.

If it’s static you’d find it much easier to fit a skid unit. If you have three phase on site that’s a simple way to do it depending upon power required.

Stihl warranty expires after a year anyway. I think you should turn this thread into an open bidding thread- it'll find a good home on here. If I didn't have a 462 that I was very happy with I'd offer £600 posted. Come on lads, who'll give the man £620?? Actually, eBay might be a better place for it- plenty of non VAT registered smallholders would jump at teh chance to save just the VAT on an as new saw. Pictures will show that it's not been used, and an original receipt with matching serials will show that it's genuine and not stolen.

Let's see how many of you are all saying 1.5x when the shit hits the fan next year.. We may not be far away from a return to the days of cut throat undercutting and scrabbling for a work. Market forces will determine. Do you think McDonalds staff get double for working Sundays?

Your problem is that no one machine will do all. Only a digger can be towed to site to dig the root plates out, and a towable 2.7t would struggle with larger roots anyway. An Avant would lift a fair weight and be towable, but very expensive. No good for digging out roots. If your yard is relatively hardstanding, then you won't get bigger bang for your buck than a counterbalance forklift. It does one thing and it does it very well. If the yard is not totally paved then a rough terrain would be a good bet, at the expense of manouverability. Secondhand forklifts are peanuts compared to diggers. I picked an old Kalmar up for £1200, and a mint 600 hour 2012 Hyundai for 4.5k plus VAT- see what kind of secondhand digger or loader that buys you!

Sounds like the operator was the problem in both cases. Safety pin missing is obvious, and when it ended up on top of the digger I'd wager that it was a heavy leaner and the saw bloke cut through the hinge to the point where it couldn't be controlled. 30" pines with no lean I would think nothing of doing with a 3 tonner. You'd do it with a bottle jack otherwise, the digger has a lot of push and it's the leverage that really makes it work.

You can do a lot with a smaller digger so long as you don't try massive heavy leaners and don't leave a silly amount on the hinge. I do it all the time.

Just bought a 26hp compact tractor, planning to use it for small flail mowing or topping jobs, grading large areas, small areas of flail collecting for nature reserves and overgrown lawns and similar. Now, we don't do a lot of domestic tree work and as such don't have a chipper other than a wee 15hp petrol model. I've been looking at the Woodland Mills type of imported PTO chippers, the 4 and maybe the 6" (may well upgrade to 35hp tractor later). I'm thinking it would serve as a self propelled chipper for the few jobs we get where we need a chipper. However I think the feed roller mechanism with a single roller would be lacking. Has anyone tried one or can suggest something better for what I want?

Are you sure it's the right size spark plug?

I’ll be getting one if that’s true.

From a business perspective, Whatever you can get away with, but I’d not put up with a subby wanting to charge me 25% extra for working on a Saturday.

First thing you need a is a loud alarm linked to your mobile.

I'm ashamed to have him as the Duke of my fair county.

That’s good, it’s a real letdown the cs501sx being on rubbers.

Is it on springs or rubbers?

^That looks the same bar the manifold as my Wolf 2.5hp compressor. It's been faultless over six years at least, and 2.5hp is a major step up in CFM which is important for running arb type things such as blowguns. I'd highly recommend the above over any 1.5hp 6 litre compressor.