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I think for a transit its not that bad, i was paying near £600 for a transit 10 years ago, then bought my cabstar and was paying about £165 for that and when renewed early this year it just broke the £200 mark at £208, i think transits are dear to insure because they are easy to nick, and when broke up the parts are easy to sell,with the amount of transits that nicked someone has to pay, and it wont be the insurance company,it will be you ,postcode has a big part to play as well, i use a company called willsons in manchester been very good but never had a claim,

Same here tryed to buy a winch of them about 4 years ago i asked i tech question and never got a answer, gave em 4 wks rang again asked same question,oh i will find out and ring you back in about 10 mins, well i am still waiting!, rang wilsons morning after asked same question got answer straight away, ordered, paid for it and was here morning after at 10am and dragging spruce and larch out with it by 12 noon, so that was my expeirance with them,,,

yep some of them italian 50s where fast one guy who knocked about with us had a malaguti not the best looking machine but for 50cc it was quick 70 + and if memory serves me right i think the exhaust split in to 2 and had one either side and i think it was 6 speed as well, a bit more refined than a fizzer but it kept breaking down,

No bullshit hill near us but if you knew what you was doing with them, yes they would do 60mph + with ease, a lot of people rant about ported saws being so much better than stock saws, so why cant a FS1E be made to greater speeds ? straight out the box a FS!E would do 56mph, several of us round here had them doing well in to the 60s, and one machine in particular would pull 72mph on the flat with a reasonable bit more down hill,

Yes around the £200 mark back then and it was a lot of money, a mate of mine Phil has recently bought one of a lad he knocked about with in the late 70s, the bike has about 350 miles on it from new and is as it was when put in a shed in 78 reason for the low miles is it was bought and ridden for just over a month then the owner at the time came off it on a corner with cow shit all over the road, original log book, hand book and the bill of sale and HP agreement, bill said £212 to pay,, Phil gave £300 for it BARGAIN,

back in the late 70s worked in a saw mill cutting rails.posts and pointing posts etc ,and dare i say it we did over 8000 6x3 posts for the M55, one of the partners there was a right character, very broad lancs accent, very striaght forward with things but yet honest, when he asked me one day what i was going to do with all my money i said i was buying a moped Yamaha FS1E, he just looked at me and said oh, well if its got tyres or tits it will give you trouble, then another day he asked me if i had started wanking and how far i could shoot, all i can say that at that moment you could of lit a fag on my cheaks, then one monday morning he was asking me what i had done over the weekend and did i manage to get any bras or knickers off, then asked me about getting to 1st or 2nd base,the conversation at times was not a bit but very crude, but i now find myself doing things like this,its not long since i told 1 young lad we had a puncture on the digger, he replied will any thing go right today then at dinner he was shouting across the site, found it its got a nail stuck in the track, i just left it, day after i was telling him about tartan and comouflage paint and how it was just one colour when you put it on then it all seperated in to its tartan and camo colours, his dad rang me that eve and how is son had been telling him about this clever paint that was tartan or camo and how it worked, his dad just said, i was struggling to keep a straight face but i did and i showed interest,he just asked me to keep it up,

whitehouse products @ port Glasgow on the clyde got about every motor and pump thats ever been made, and the service is fantastic order before 3 pm be in your hand morning after at 9 am.

its not that hard just answer the questions of what you want to do, tree spiecies location etc and send to exeter to FC we generally apply on clients behalf,

dave meradith he is in penrith

that looks tidy and yes its a lot of kit for the money very cheap, but that would be a bit big for my job 101 is about as big as i can go due to weight of crane and outriggers,

Hi all i need to sort a dielema out, i need a crane piped for a grab and rotateor to go on the rear of a 12 tonne truck, the jobs in hand are secondery extraction, tidying up timber on harvesting sites (i.e all the odds and sods that are left over like 4 tonne 4.9, 3 tonne 3.7, 5 tonne 2.5 O/S, chip wood etc) not enough of each product to send a wagon and drag, all so need to be able to move big lumps of hardwood but that wont be to often, so taking in to consideration that a 4.9 X 400mm dia stitka log will weigh over a tonne and a 3.1 x 700 beech log will weigh approx 3 tonne. so to take every thing out of the picture and be self reliant i think a tlmber crane like a Botex or FMV is out of the question so that leaves me with the cranes manufactured by atlas, hiab HMF and palfinger, most of these cranes will lift around 3 tonne but will be slower than a purpose built timber crane, looking for addvise on cranes like atlas etc, what i need is something that when all extensions are closed is around the 4 mtr mark and when in use with either 1 or 2 extensions needs to be from 5.5 mtr - 6.5 mtr has any one got any expierance and knowlage they could share on this type of crane, pros and cons, which ones are a bit faster than others and any info would be greatly welcomed, ,

not sure if i did as good as you or a bit better 461 not 12 months old 25" bar & chain + spare new chain in box and saw not had 5 ltrs of fuel through it ? but i thought it was cheap at £400 with original invoice ?

Well if it did,nt sound like the Arkansas chug a bug from the Wacky races you might not get all that attennsion ? The Arkansas chug a bug driven by Lazy Larry and Blubber bear watched it every day after school back in the 70s,

Hi seen that one, is it the full trailer and crane he has for sale that you mean ?

trailer mount would be fine but what ever i find it will have to be addappted to fit as it is going on the back of a truck

just have a look on youtube i am sure there will be some videos on there, i bought a old patu stroke processor last year not used it that much but we have not had the right job for it yet where we can see what it would be capable of doing in a week, its easier than a saw and you dont sweat as much just pulling leavers,

Got loads of videos all on VHS thou,, but there aint any saws with big bars on any of them thou,, big tits yes ! when do you want em ?

used a 462 about 2 week ago with 25" bar, i have 2 461s both quite new one on a 20" and one on a 25" bar and all i can say is the 462 leaves the 461 behind and the weight difference is very noticable the 462 is a very impressive saw and as for running a 461 on a 30" bar it would not be my choice by a long way OK if you have loads of time as i think you may need 1/2 an hour per cut .

Hi i am on the look out for a timber crane, needs to be the long king post type, with min of 1 extension, overall reach not important but when closed needs to be around 4.2 mtr ish, prefared make would be FMV 350, 360 or 460, Botex, Mowie or any make would be considered prefareabley in the north of England but will travel for right crane PM me if you have anything with details of what you have, many thanks,

You could of come with us today, we went to Blackpool and had a walk on the beech, and yes it was nice

that day milling ? then you still have yo build it,, you could of built it that day,

They would need some luck, if you sold it em..

Thats another 10" birch or roady down as some might say !!!! as thats all we do ? only 3 to go out of 182 trees,, bottom 12.5 mtrs calculated out at 7.52 tonne

transit, that may be your problem ? i had a transit about 9-10 years ago cost me about £560 for insurance, then swapped it to a more usable Nissan Cabstar and insurance dropped to about £165 and its just broke the £200 barrier this year at £206 i think its done through a company in manchester called Wilsons, but the post code does really matter,a couple of years ago a close friend was trying to get her insurance down on her car, when i put my details in with her reg it came back at about £220 but same driver details and her post code it nearly trebled to £618 and only differance was post code,

Trees now down, first tree was the smaller one to go, gob cut in and felled out and away from the larger one, yes the larger one did move slightly but not much, i was watching the root plate a couple of days before when we had a decent wind blowing and it was moving as the trees flexed in the wind, bigger tree just did a release cut on it with a massive crack n pop when released, both trees down in 20 min, processed up in 50 min then farting about with brash for an hour or so, no winches, lines in, climbers or MEWPs used, just like to say thanks for all your comments as its allways good to ask,