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  1. jmac
    Tree surgeons dont usually have to venture far from their van so a spare saw is usually on hand but I'm talking about forestry cutting where you might be a couple kilometres or more away from your van so a spare bar and chain is easier to carry in your piece bag 👍
  2. jmac
    If you get a saw with inboard clutch trapped in windblow you can remove the power head easily and put a spare bar and chain on to cut yourself out. Never done this myself honest 😁
  3. jmac
    Good Van that Steven 👍 I drove one for a couple years when I was at the utility cutting.
  4. jmac
    Very important in my experience, I had a 2007 ranger with perfect mechanics at 110k miles snap in half with rusty chassis and 2009 l200 with only 75k miles also buggered with rust! I wish they would coat the chassis properly at the factory.
  5. jmac
    What do we actually pay the cops for??? Hope your insurance sorts this out quick for you.
  6. jmac
    Who would you recommend for ipaf training in scotland?
  7. jmac
    You need to find a good garage with diagnostics and get it plugged in for a check 👍.
  8. jmac
    Thought about doing this with my old 07 twin cab ranger but wasnt sure it would be a worthwhile load capacity? How do you find it 5 shires?
  9. jmac
    The fine for what? He said he only needs both lanes closed for max 15 mins, maybe rules are different in england but up here I'm sure you can double red for max 15 mins
  10. jmac
    Saw logs were 100 quid a ton up here before xmas!
  11. jmac
    Dont tell them your closing both carriage ways, that's when it gets expensive! you can double red the lights for a maximum of 15mins anyway.
  12. jmac

    New Chipper

    jmac replied to 5 shires's topic in General chat

    He must of had an ice cream van if he was richest man in paisley at that time 😉
  13. jmac
    Thanks Jase very helpful as usual 👍
  14. jmac
    Can anyone give me the torque specs for the head bolts on the isuzu 4le2? There was a torque setting then think it was 90 degrees??
  15. jmac
    Did anyone on here end up buying this?
  16. jmac
    They are soft as shite! I got a 550 for brashing and it just loves to shed parts.
  17. jmac
    Can anyone tell what this is? It's on an old wound half way up an elm. Is it bad news for the tree?
  18. jmac
    Is a 190 an upgrade for a Jensen 530? ?
  19. jmac
    Time is money and chipping is faster, we do alot of work for the woodland trust and they usually want branches dragged away from paths and I always wish we could just fire it through the chipper. Chipping roadside stuff will be quicker and safer than leaving piles of brash and logs at roadside.
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    How big are the drains in your area big j ? Reason I ask is guy I sub to had an 8 ton hitachi built and he said it was useless as it would disappear in the big ditches up here.
  21. jmac
    If I was buying my first chipper I would buy a low hour greenmech 1928. Good value for money and piss all over the smaller chippers ?
  22. jmac
    I had 1 big hairy edge spruce the other day, had to put both 20 ton and 12 ton jacks in to get the bugger over, and only just got it over at that. Jack's were pushing and bending the 10mm steel plates into the butt! Would have been safer with a pull rope.
  23. jmac
    I've got a lewis winch, which is great for pulling trees over but its bloody heavy! And if drinksloe is felling on harvesting sites it usually involves carrying all your gear in over shitty ground so I'd imagine he would want to travel light.
  24. jmac
    Can you not just use a bottle jack?
  25. jmac

    Some good saws

    jmac replied to Robin Wood's topic in Chainsaws

    The original 372 was way better than the xtorq imo ?

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