s o c

Thanks for your help Mr Ed.

Thanks Squaredy.

Pity if they go to scrap, it would be nice to see even some of them brought back into service.

Great reply btw .👍

these saws belonged to a neighbour of mine who passed away recently.

his brother has asked me if would know anybody who might be interested in them.

Saws are in west of Ireland 

13 hours ago, Tilio-acerion said:

Likely it’s s already been seen but if not here’s an interesting little article about the last County 

1164-40 County: The Final Chapter | Forest Machine Magazine

FORESTMACHINEMAGAZINE.COM

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The 1164-40 was the last ever County tractor built. It was commissioned at the request of the...

 

I would love to see photos of updated front axle/ hubs etc they used on the last ones they built.

1 hour ago, dig-dug-dan said:

Actually I noticed the stop bar was not activating. So this could indeed be the issue!

If you mean the stop bar isn’t stopping the rollers, better get sorted.

someone may have already bypassed to keep chipper going.

Wisest thing to do is get Dan to give entire machine a good checking over.

Maybe limit switch on the stop bar has corrosion or bad connection.

You could by pass to see if it stays running (obviously, don’t operate without stop bar working.).

another possibility is emergency stop button , check for corrosion, bad connections.

this can also be bypassed.

Stump grinding work seems to come in bursts if you’re a small outfit.

we often go three months or more with no stump grinding and then there’s lots. Hard to justify a large investment or finance for something that’s not used every week.

I used a rug 13 pedestrian grinder for years and subbed in for bigger jobs rather than struggling and committing too much time.

pedestian grinders are hard monotonous work and hard to earn much more than you would climbing and cutting .

A few years ago I upgraded to an old Vermeer 252 . It cost just under €5k.

it can  easily earn our crew day rate , it’s not physically demanding and it’s no problem if it sits in the shed for months on end.

For really big stumps or large jobs I can hire a 40hp tracked Bandit for €160 a day (which is good considering it comes with sharp teeth which is probably the biggest running cost alongside fuel)

the Bandit is only 750mm wide while my Vermeer is about a metre wide with the dual wheels removed.

I haven’t had any stumps where I had to use a pedestrian grinder but I could easily hire one if needed.

Spotify on iPhone, cheap gamer headphones. Lead with iPhone plug on one end and speaker/headphone jack

on other (there’s a name for it but I’m too old to know it)

same lead work in truck.

easy on phone battery, great in tractor or mini digger 

Had a 525  some years ago , I think it was a rebadged Zenoah, not sure if current model is same .

Was a lively little thing, great for pruning etc.

parked it because of chain oiling issue ,probably would have been easily fixed but never got around to it and then moved to battery saws for that type of work..

Utility rods with silky saw here

Big dead Monterey Pine of the “I’m getting too old for this sh1t!” variety .

12mm stocboard would be heavy to handle, a fair bit heavier than ground mats and quite awkward to load as quite floppy.

the 6mm sheets are stronger than you would expect.

One of our holiday house customers asked us to take this away, I think someone came off it so he wanted it gone.

my present to myself😁, handy around the farm .

think it’s about 40 years old, everything works and starts on third kick.

2 hours ago, topchippyles said:

Not everyone wants the hassle of dealing with customers and a contract job is a nice change some times. I do 3 months a year cutting traditional roofs for a mate contracting no stress.

 

Utility work and no stress?

I don’t think so.

I think back end would be same as MF

265 (but open to correction 😁)

If you can find one for breaking, part’s could be compatible.

do you know if you have a hydraulic pump in the back end already?

or does loader work off engine mounted pump?

Just a heads up to users to keep an eye on the taper locks on the track drive sprockets.

one of mine came loose and broke.

simple enough fix , taper lock cost around €25 so I got a spare also.

when I checked the other side it took about half turn of allen key to tighten.

7 minutes ago, woody paul said:

Another home made tool for digger, mark 1 needs a little change to make it better but ripped out 3 old willow roots in 45mins and a conifer root in 20mins.

Seen something similar on a large rubber duck on a YouTube video.

was thinking of making up one using some of my “worn past their limit”

chipper blades.

1 hour ago, s o c said:

There was one on Fb treebay or maybe arbbay a couple of days ago.

450 hours for £10k.

looked mint in photos.

This one was diesel .

There was one on Fb treebay or maybe arbbay a couple of days ago.

450 hours for £10k.

looked mint in photos.

Where I live the most things that get stolen are outboard boat engines, livestock trailers and quadbikes.

hardly anybody risks leaving outboards on boats anymore.

there have been a few instances in recent years, where outboards without trackers have been stolen while no attempt to take the ones nearby with trackers fitted.

 The thieves seem to be well equipped and plan their thefts really well.

On 01/12/2022 at 20:56, carlos said:

cool thanks for the replies, we have a machine on long term hire, we have a small grab for it to help on tree jobs plus we have a ton of large root ball trees to plant with it.

its a newish machine so i just wanted to do the right thing for it, is normal bearing grease okish?  also are those special lock on grease gun heads good? i always seem to get grease all over myself!!

thanks carl

I’ve tried various grease gun heads and found the G coupler the best and easiest to clamp on and off,

a bit pricey but saves time and mess.

Heard years ago(don’t remember where)

8 to 1 volume of branches to volume of woodchip .

tight hedge like that would be similar, I would think.

Great saw!

ignition went in mine after around 2 and a half years and Husqvarna replaced it for free (I think there might have been a recall on some of the early ones).

still works good as new.

Easy enough dismantle to get what’s left of the coupling out.

any good Agri parts or hydraulic factors may stock or will easily source new coupling