Timbermcpherson

Dont go near a 6 x 6 inch chipper of any sorts unless its the bargin of the century, its 2014 ffs, not 1987 they are little more than half the chipper that a 6 x 12 is. I did some timing and measurements with 2 crews running different chippers on the same jobsite. Same brand of chippers, simular HP. one was an older 6x6, the other a 6x12. I dont remember the numbers exactly but it worked out that I could afford to spend 40% more on the 6 x 12 for the time it would save over 3 years in wages, billed time and fuel. My vote goes towards a GM.

Thanks man, I will look into those numbers. Its great to see guys making stuff like this work for them.

Great battlewagon, we had a county on the farm many many moons ago. Thanks for taking the time to post the pics.

Love to see it. did you have breakage like you have discribed?

Im sure someones posted this somewhere else but heres some good ole uk style bodging! hes got a hiab and log splitter combo. Note the anvil chained to the front for ballast in second vid [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svZ5e0KyKgk&hl=en-GB&gl=GB]Moving A Few Logs With The Hiab - YouTube[/ame]

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.

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)

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

Yeah engine work, transmission work, electrical work........

heres a pic from the other side http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/aeh/Killough/a.jpg

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?

Im based in NZ but am keen as well, could probably count on a few of my crew to

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!

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

Cool, they now make it with a 8 inch cut.

Thats what phones are for they have an off button Whine when your not getting calls

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

Im so happy for you, thats a truly heart warming story! Onya mate!

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.

They are good but they are only able to carry about 1300kgs in the back Toyota New Zealand - Land Cruiser 70

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.

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.

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.

Levin sawmakers, nearish to wellington NZ

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!!!!!