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  1. Old Mill Tree Care
    Christ, you guys are mental using 11mm ropes for ddrt climbing! It's not good for the hands, elbows, wrists etc (as you'll discover in several years).
  2. Old Mill Tree Care
    Why is that?
  3. Old Mill Tree Care
    Who knows.
  4. Old Mill Tree Care
    I'd also be wondering why the tr6 is for sale with only 500 hours clocked. The owner may be trying to dump a chipper that keeps costing him.
  5. Old Mill Tree Care
    The Easy Lift Harness is the best product on the market for this application, by a country mile. Very well thought out and adaptable for differing weights of tools. I've just spent two long days hedge trimming and was easily able to keep continually trimming, only stopping for fuel (& food).
  6. Old Mill Tree Care
    Highams Farm is about 5 minutes past the Conduit Lane site. 01959 572323 I can't remember the fees.
  7. Old Mill Tree Care
    That's what I've been thinking but I had no problems for about a year.
  8. Old Mill Tree Care
    Agreed. No individual system is better than all the others. The best system to use is the one that suits the job on the day. (As long as it's a HH or BDB on a fixed rope! Haha!)
  9. Old Mill Tree Care
    In a side by side comparison last week (old A540 & new 45hp Forst, it proved that the engine is definitely powerful enough for the machine, coupled with the flywheel that it has.
  10. Old Mill Tree Care
    I wonder why they don't although you're right, when do Kubota engines fail? FYI, I've got two years on the Kubota in my Jensen and I think Greenmech do the same. 😜
  11. Old Mill Tree Care
    I agree Karl. Most of these things are minor and won't improve the daily productivity but the make it more user friendly, stronger and easier for a mechanic to work on. I forgot the much better mechanism for lifting and locking the hopper. A much improved belt tensioner. The bonnet is reshaped and incorporates a sort of cowl that appears to keep more dust away from the radiator. The exhaust has greater ground clearance and has a Flexi tube so it doesn't snap.
  12. Old Mill Tree Care
    I did a 'side by side' comparison on Monday. My old A540 against a new ST8 and we all found that the A540 grabs logs over 6" much much more easily than the Forst. Checked the Forst and everything was set up correctly. 'Twas a real surprise to us all. I bought a new A540! Oh and just to be clear, we were chipping Thuja, Cedar, Cypress, Lime and Sycamore. Once the wood was in the rollers it was fine it's just harder work to feed than the Jensen. (Jensen also has some better design improvements) Sorry. :laugh1:
  13. Old Mill Tree Care
    Like Rich Rule I use SRT exclusively, except for when I don't, which is probably twice a month.
  14. Old Mill Tree Care
    Good. Honestly, it's like night and day to use a thinner more suitable rope. An 11.7mm flows through the device more easily and whilst a 13mm rope is nice and thick to grip onto for DRT climbing, you're not gripping the rope for SRT work so the thickness is irrelevant. I've got a 37m Poison HiVee for Conifer work and some small trees although 25m long would be adequate. I've also got a 60m Cougar Blue that gets used 85% of the time although I wish i'd got a 65 or 70 meter length instead because I base anchor most of the time. A spliced eye is unnecessary for me because often after I've completed one side of the tree, I turn my Hitch Hiker around on the rope and get the groundie to swap the rope tails on the base anchor.
  15. Old Mill Tree Care
    As the other guys have said, get some Volcano for the hitch and Yale Poison HiVee works very well.
  16. Old Mill Tree Care
    I've been wearing the normal Kriegers and they're the best trousers I've ever had for every reason.
  17. Old Mill Tree Care
    Nor me, one of my best friends is Indian and he laughed when I told him, cos he knows that he's the same!
  18. Old Mill Tree Care
    I got asked to quote for cutting to ground a 6ft tall 25ft long conifer hedge. She'd had 11 quotes already and I think I could smell curry down the phone! :lol:
  19. Old Mill Tree Care
    For your own safety, don't believe that unless you hear it from the man himself. Rich says that Jake no longer uses the RW/LJ combo.
  20. Old Mill Tree Care
    Quite right! Client asked me to cut the stump down but I protested that it would spill my drink!
  21. Old Mill Tree Care
    So I just collected my new A540 from Arbrep Services. Someone asked about the design improvements so these are the few I can remember: Better stop bar (with buttons). Better fuel tank with gauge. External grease nipples that are connected to rollers etc with proper hydraulic hoses (not drinking straws). Much better chassis. Really excellent jockey wheel. Integrated tool box. Better reinforcement in stress areas, it appears. Two excellent bottles of South African wine. Better electrics. A nice thank you card. A very comprehensive warranty. An awesome deal too from Charles & Joanne!
  22. Old Mill Tree Care
    So the decision was made very easily in the end and only took 2 minutes. Another Jensen A540 from Arbrep Services. The reason for the decision was simply because of the exceptional service and back up that I've had for years from Arbrep and the fact that the Jensen is a proven machine and has now been improved. Also, I rented a TR8 yesterday and compared to my old A540, the A540 chipped the big stuff better. The rollers accepted the 7-8" stuff more easily. I was surprised because I expected them to be the same. Plus, the Forst is an improved upon Jensen and now the new Jensen is improved upon that. Happy days!
  23. Old Mill Tree Care
    From what I've seen, no one stuck wi the LJ RW combination because there are four better products on the market. If you want a device that can be used on DRT and SRT and is quick to get on and off your rope, the BDB or Unicender ticks those boxes. If it's a device that switches between SRT and DRT then I'd choose the Hitch Hiker or BDB (although I have not used a BDB).
  24. Old Mill Tree Care
    You don't need a thick 13mm rope for SRT work because you're not pulling yourself along the rope like with DRT. An 11.7mm rope is the favoured option and Cougar Blue does not seem to be popular with Rope Wrench users. Any of the others seem to be a good choice.
  25. Old Mill Tree Care
    What is the mystery grey goo? Is it JB Weld?

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