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  1. Timbermcpherson
    Thats AWESOME!!!!! the 650 is what im looking at as they are so common and price friendly. Do you know what flow rates the 650 requires to operate or what your donkey engines rated to? It seems crazy but Im having the hardest time just finding basic specs for them.
  2. Timbermcpherson
    I looked into this, its interesting to note that for all the backhoes used all over the world, you dont see people using them for moving logs with a grapple fitted. There are issues with there ability to lift (the are designed more to contract than lift), how high they can lift and there lack of slew (thats as far as I understand when I looked into a few a year ago)
  3. Timbermcpherson
    I have been pricing log cranes, and for something Im not going to be using every day, its hard to justify spending the kind of money asked for a new one. If I wanted something really heavy I can pick up an old forwarder crane for less than 2k as our forestry industry use them alot and they are made locally. We have no small forester industry, I know of only ONE botex crane in the whole country and no other simular machines. Ive never seen a log crane mounted to a trailer or tractor otherwise. What I can get my hands on is Hiab units off trucks cheaply, but I havent seen anyone do a conversion to turn one into a log crane aside from one unit in germany. My question is, why not? They seem to have all the lift, availablity, cheap, and most of the flexiblity. Is there a reason Im missing that they are not converted and used? Gebrauchte Traktoren und Landmaschinen ? Technikboerse die Nummer 1 bei gebraucht und neu :: Gebrauchtmaschine HIAB Hiab 650 Ladekrane/Rückezangen - verkauft
  4. Timbermcpherson
    Yeah engine work, transmission work, electrical work........
  5. Timbermcpherson
    heres a pic from the other side http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/aeh/Killough/a.jpg
  6. Timbermcpherson
    Stihl, the Apple of the chainsaw world. Overpriced, over controlling and over confident that their customers will keep putting up with there crap. Dammit why am i owned by so many of em?
  7. Timbermcpherson
    Im based in NZ but am keen as well, could probably count on a few of my crew to
  8. Timbermcpherson
    Thought I would add a pic I found of a A60 holder (not mine) operating I think in germany with usual german work ethic if not strict rulebook adherence!
  9. Timbermcpherson
    Our police are alot more helpful, I was told to shoot them dead without warning then put a warning shot through the roof afterwards. Fighting someone in your own house hand to hand is hardly a safe option, in fact I think your chances of being the one at the bottom of the stairwell would be 50/50 at best. It worries me greatly that NZ laws seem to be bending more towards the dreadful UK situation when it comes to self defence
  10. Timbermcpherson
    Cool, they now make it with a 8 inch cut.
  11. Timbermcpherson
    Thats what phones are for they have an off button Whine when your not getting calls
  12. Timbermcpherson
    hire some travellers to move in on it for a month or so before the auction. Then pay em again to shove off once you get it for a gypsy song
  13. Timbermcpherson
    Im so happy for you, thats a truly heart warming story! Onya mate!
  14. Timbermcpherson
    I have been using the echo power pruners with various attachments for 10 years. They are heavy, but they are heavy duty. Stihl units gearboxes seem to be weaker, I have seen quite a few broken, while in all the time the only broken echo head I have seen was due to it never (never) being grease for something like 6 years.
  15. Timbermcpherson
    They are good but they are only able to carry about 1300kgs in the back Toyota New Zealand - Land Cruiser 70
  16. Timbermcpherson
    Trucks only come in two sizes, to big and to small. A couple of smaller trucks can work out well. Tipping trailer behind one and a chipper behind the other and you have some real capacity and flexibilty, especially if your hauling wood and mulch. Rule of thumb for truck size for me is that if your needing to dump more than once a day, once a week, it might be time to look at increasing your capacity, but these may not be needed if your turn around to dump is less than an hour.
  17. Timbermcpherson
    When you get home put a big brew on. Get some 2l soft drink bottles. fill em with near boiling water. lay trousers out on the floor (you can do this inside or in a dry garage or on a covered deck etc outside) and stick the bottles in the pants. Leave em for a few hours, then refill bottles before going to bed. Trousers will be good by morning.
  18. Timbermcpherson
    Rule of the osh gods here is 5 years max, nomatter the brand, mostly due to our rediculous UV levels. Gotta admit my last petzl was looking a bit faded on top after its 5 years.
  19. Timbermcpherson
    Levin sawmakers, nearish to wellington NZ
  20. Timbermcpherson
    Did a search and didnt see it mentioned before. Got rained off so took one of the guys gear shopping at the local Arb supply to blow some funds. Needed a few replacement Gomtaro blades so headed for the rack. But whats this? Yup the Gomtaro, which has changed very little in the last 15 years, has a great new sheath! Its now got twin rollers much like the tsurugi which not only improve the life span of the sheath but act as a lock for when the silky is pushed hard down into the sheath. And theres an extra loop further down the sheath for leg attachement. Great to see!!!!About time!!!!!
  21. Timbermcpherson
    We found tools dont tend to move much as most arbs stuff as much gear in their toolboxes as possible and pack em accordingly. 2 of our boxes are set in the tipper with another set on the chassis. Doing it this way saves weight, materials, cost and space.
  22. Timbermcpherson
    If you wear conventional steelcaps, one thing that helps for me is fitting "vents" by putting eyelets in the side of the boots a bit higher than you would find the vents in jungle boots. Helps lessen the temp of your feet. I buy my boots in winter so they are more watertight then vent em for summer. I tried getting some gladiator cools but they were not cooler than the arbormax but twice the cost, so I sewed in vents in my arbormax and that helped. I also started wearing chaps more, not great but more bearable. Get some tough ass cargo shorts and wear the chaps only when you really need em A wet cotton tea towel stuck around behind you neck can help to. I hate summer
  23. Timbermcpherson
    Unless you have someone with a few hundred hours under there belt with a grapple digger, its worth pricing getting an operator in, depending on the operation, the difference between an average lever jockey and a good operator could be your profit margin
  24. Timbermcpherson
    Cylinders are different to
  25. Timbermcpherson
    Would not be hard in the manufacturing process to stamp numbers in a few areas inaccessable to a grinder but visable by eye. Microdotting all machines would work to, but I dont think any of its in the manufacturers interest.

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