tim361

You can buy a 346xp new still in your them from Germany. Worked out about £600 for the saw including shipping.

I’ve got cover with NFU, think it’s around £10 a month. Pays out £500 a week if I’m unable to work, and £250 a week if I can still work but have broken a finger or two. Only pays out due to injury, not if you go in for an operation and are unable to work while your recovering.

I bought a GM 150p last year. The diesel version didn’t make sense for me. The nearest garage selling red is a 15 minute drive away, and the machine was another £2-3000 more. That pays for a lot of petrol to get to the same point. Maybe they don’t make sense for the big guys but for me I probably average a gallon of petrol a day, So the extra £2-3 pounds I’m spending on petrol a day doesn’t effect me.

I’ve got both. Have the 5m zillion as my lanyard and the art positioned on my steel core flip line. I prefer the zillions action, for me it’s a lot smoother to use. Only thing I’ve done is added a swivel to the zillion just so it doesn’t get to twisted on my harness.

After looking into it a little more it’s the 450 version, no turn table unfortunately. Couldn’t see the cutting head as it was in the back of his shipping container. What’s better cutter to have on the head?

Take a bow. Just looked on Laski’s wedsite and looks like the 460 version they do. I’ve asked him to work out what he wants for it and go from there.

I’ve been offered a stump grinder by a friends dad that he’s had from new. It’s branded as a Major (the company who male tractor equipment) Does anyone know much about them or what it would be worth. Looks virtually brand new. It’s a self propelled pedestrian grinder.

Fail. Today my step dad went to Calais, picked up the wine, went to the local Husqvarna dealer and........ none in stock. If it’s not going to be a massive inconvenience for you Stuart would you be able to ship me two to the UK? If you can let me know how much the saw and shipping would be and also what you want for doing it and I’ll send the funds over. Cheers tim

Thanks for the help. My step dad is booked to go to France next Tuesday so hopefully the Husky dealer in Calais has one in stock. I’m not entirely confident in his ability for this to work smoothly so I may have to take you up on the offer of shipping one to me. I’ll report back next week. Cheers all

Thank you, really appreciate you doing this. I’ve emailed a few but heard nothing back yet, could be because it English or could be my google translated French. I’ll see how my step dad gets on this week and report back.

Thanks for the help. I’ll see if my step dad can pick one up when he goes to France next week. If that doesn’t work I’ll have to Look at other options. Cheers all

I have emailed a few dealers but not heard anything back from them. Turns out my step dad is going to France next week to pick up a load of wine so I’m hoping he can get to a dealer and pick up afterwards. Failing that I’ll probably look at heading over myself.

While looking at saws the other day I noticed they are still selling 346xp’s new in France. Is there anyone on here who could either point me in the direction of a dealer who would be willing to ship to the uk or someone who would be happy to pick up a saw for me and send it onto me? cheers all

I’ve had mine for 2 years now. With the exception of a yearly service and sharpening the blade haven’t had to touch it. Really is a very good roller mower, cuts better in the dry or the wet than a hayter, will fill the box to the brim, even the customers say how much nicer the lawn comes up using the weibang. Only downside is the weight, if you can live with that then it’s perfect

I was in a similar a situation last year. Wasn’t really planning on selling my CS100 but got such a good offer for it I’d have been stupid not to sell it. After looking at many machines I ended up buying a new 150p. Haven’t regretted it, really good machine and copes with everything I’ve throw at it.

You could try taking it to the Camon dealers in Burgess Hill, West Sussex. I think they’ve still got some people there who use to work on the chippers when they imported them.

Does anyone have any expersience with these, more specifically the 2 series? Been looking at a avant loader to help with work and came across these. Didn’t know how they compare to the other loaders avaliable.

I’ve got the Greenmech 150p, it’s got the same Petrol engine. Can’t complain about the engine, chip all day and it will use roughly 9 litres. I’ve not got any experience with forst stuff but I regularly put 5”-6” bits through and it copes fine. Alternatively maybe look at the Timberwolf 230.

I don’t think you’d find anyone to do it for £150, maybe for that you could get someone to put a pull line in, gob, and pull it over with a tractor. For it to be rigged down by at least one climber and a grounds man £400-450;doesn’t seem bad to me.

I did mine a couple of months ago. You choose a tree, climb up and get a high anchor, the drop back down to one of the lower limbs, walk out to the end, and providing you’ve picked a pretty good tree you can do all 10 cuts on one branch. They’re no expecting you to be the best climber in the world just fairly accurate with your cuts and safe in what your doing.

I need to get the back of my transit altered, tool box, new sides, etc..... are there any companies in or around mid sussex that anyone can recommend? cheers all

I’ve had greenmechs because they are my nearest dealer by quite a way and when I use to work for a company all we had were greenmechs and they use to take a beating. I suppose it’s like the stihl husky argument. A friend has just got a new Timberwolf 230 and I think with the same sort of deposit it’s just over £300 a month. Best thing to do, speak to your local dealer and see what they can offer.

Just to throw my 2p in. I started out with an L200 and a trailer. Worked but getting a pickup and trailer into a house wasn’t always easy. So I bought a transit tipper, made things a lot easier and could carry more than my trailer (volume not weight). The next step for me was buying a greenmech cs100. It’s transforms your working going from no chipper to suddenly being able to chip all your waste. Went from two trips a day down to one load. This worked for a little while but became a pain to attach the trailer to the truck, get the chipper out of the shed and onto the trailer. Wasn’t the smoothest operation. Towards the end of 2017 I opted to sell the cs100 and buy a road tow chipper. This was to speed up the loading process and speed up clearing the waste. Looked for a quite a while at second hand machines. I know not everyone is dishonest but I couldn’t help thinking I was going to end up with someone else’s problems so I elected to buy new. Used the money I had saved as a deposit and pay the rest monthly. I like you wanted to keep costs down but at the moment it’s more than covering its costs. Just so you’ve got a rough idea of figures, cs100, put down £1800 and then was £65 per month over 4 years ( I think) arb150p, put down £5k and the £240 a month for 4 years

Ive now got a few echo tools and the stihl combi spouts don't fit the echo tanks. Ive read the Husqvarna ones will fit the echo tanks, does anyone know if this is the case or is there a better option? Cheers All

I’ve currently got an ms150 and want to get a larger top handle for when it’s required. Would people either get a 200t that’s been checked over and deemed good or an echo 360tes which is new with a warranty. A decent 200t is commanding £300+ and the echo is £405 new. I’ve already got quite a few echo tools and can’t complain about them. Just don’t know which would be the better buy for a larger top handle. Cheers all