doobin
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We do have a fair bloody bit of it though!
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I remember a zip line consisting of blue poly rope, a tall oak tree and a pair of BMX handlebars with a gap cut in the brace bar to let you thread it over the rope. It's a miracle nobody died!
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So now I'm thinking that I might as well jump up to 8.4 size and be 'future proof'. It's no wider than the 6.3, and only a foot longer so shouldn't limit me too much on access. Thoughts? Only one mini tele boom model and the flow rate etc isn't like the multi one. It's a little smaller than I'm wanting.
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You don’t want a brad point bit for green wood drilling into the grain. You want a normal bit sharpened ideally around 80 degrees. Speed is important when plugging. Brad points are for clean holes at a serious speed penalty. I always have extra heavy gauge washers around so just used an m12 of them, but a shaft collar would work well.
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Hands, face, back to my place?
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Pro tip- weld the washer on to the drill bit yourself for a £15 saving!
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I want a tele boom.
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6hp won't cut it, you'll be forever waiting for the revs to come back up.
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Can i come back into the thread? I'm thinking seriously of a loader. So far between MultiOne 6.3 or Avant 630, as the flow rate is perfect for existing attachments and the lifts are adequate for what I will be using it for. Which should I buy, and why? I keep hearing the following: Avants fall apart more...but they have a proper dealer presence and warranty work is easier. Multione warranty is hit and miss Multione centre joint is better Plastic panels break more on multione- but new ones are 'unbreakable' Neither lift as much as they claim? What else should I be aware of?
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I run 460s. No guards. 4 way head with 2.7mm cord for thicker stuff- twice the cords, half the wear. The smaller head with the larger nut and 2.4mm cord is my go to for grass and soft things like thistles, and I highly recommend it with no guard. You can run a fair length cord like that. I couldn’t get on with jet pro heads. Always felt like it wasn’t cutting very efficiently as it had worn down a bit, but wasteful to change it!
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You're not going to get half day hires of that sort of kit. Best to sub it out to a company with plenty of machinery and put your bit on top.
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Yup, the price differencial is way too much to ignore. I'm not the cheapest tradesman, but if I was 4.3x the price of the competition for the 90% the same spec then I'd be out of work.
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I had similar on my ranger, it was so long ago but I’m 99% sure that changing the uj sorted it. Get underneath and give it a wobble to check for play.
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That skarper c90 is basically the Chinese drum unit with a Honda engine and a much larger markup. Might be made in Europe, but I bet they buy in the chipper bit.
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If it needs to be that heavy duty, just weld a hinge to suit. They are just hollow stock coupled with bar stock at the end of the day.
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All galvanised or painted though, and domestic quality. Not what a fab shop needs.
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Up your budget to a 13/15hp one and they are ok ish. But 6hp isn’t enough for what you are wanting. all the brands are the variations built on the same Chinese drum unit and engine
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eBay. Brundles are also useful. You might as well make time to do it yourself, otherwise it’ll never be done just how you want it. A pound saved is a pound earned and good fabrication isn’t cheap. Bad fabrication isn’t cheap either when it lets you down.
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I run them up to 36” and never had any problems at all.
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The guarantee is pretty much worthless anyway, it only covers the post and most of the cost is in the installation.
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Rotatech are fine for me in the woods, what issues do you have with them? Semi chisel round here usually, we are on sand. I use an MS462 with a 20” and an echo cs501x with a picco 16”. The picco really makes a difference in the cut speed.
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I quoted a job for hugh bonneville a few years back, had no idea who he was.
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Guys with family in their 30s are much more reliable for me.
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Battery units simply don’t have the power to cope with the extra drag of 3mm line. Much as battery saws won’t pull a 20” bar. It is what it is.
