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.

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

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

Cylinders are different to

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.

Husky top handles drawing equal to the 019t.

Sure its not coil or a faulty tank vent?

ones that run (mostly) 20 something ms200t's (from my cold dead hands you 201 sobs) 3 x cs260t's 3 x 242xp's 6 x 346xp's 5 x 262xp's 2 x 357xp's 6 x ms44's and ms46's 5 x ms66's 2 x ms88's a 3120xp and an 090 And a few others, 395 394 jreds top handle echos etc started with a 200t and a 066. should have stopped there

Shipping container, well lined, install some windows etc.

For sales worldwide the poulan wildthing has outsold anything you can name The 076 and 090 can still be found turning massive trees into timber in rainforests all over the world, have been for more decades than most of us have been alive, and yes in places they are still available new 242xp and 262xp gave the best power to weight ratios to the modern day, simply awesome and only stopped due to some enviroment considerations. my vote goes for the 1927 model A dolmar. First real one

Screw the boss, hes trying to have his cake and eat it to (And yes, Im a "boss" to) IMHO If the boss brings a piece of equipment to a job that is used to make it more profitable for him AND expects others to operate it and its damaged through normal usage then its his bill. Would he expect you to pay for a blown chipper motor on the job? The "self employed" arb should contribute if 1) He misused it or deliberately did something to wreck it 2) If he recieves a percentage of the profit from the job

Fantastic game, no wonder it wins so many gamer awards. Im running a couple of T34's, hetzler, elc amx, and a few others. Im playing tier 6 to, as does my brother. Good fun

Bandits are great chippers, they are heavy but they have the longevity of an anvil. They have been making well proven chippers for a long time, although not as "techie" as other companys, they certainly outlive most other models that I have seen.

I have a iphone in a lifeproof, I wish I had gotten the xperia

Just put up a sign, $100 to the person who burns down the house of who keep attacking the tree. Turangi justice would be swift and cheap

When living in aus I spent a few hours fitting a big set of roo bars to a modern holden ute. Couple nights later they got tested. Bars were great, roo was dead but the chassis of the ute was screwed, but at least it didnt come through the windscreen. In a WB ute you could hit a few a night and the worse thing was the flys feeding off the leftovers the next day.

Awesome, keen to see the project progress! Nice work mate

Husky or Echo are great stihl isnt in the hedging department.

First look at the specs. I take it your looking at the push type bandit. Bandit have been good enough to put an electric start for easy starting but for a grinder you have to PUSH it weighs 181kgs. 400lbs! If you were spending hours dragging, pushing, swinging and lifting a 181kg machine doing stumps, being saved the effort of pull starting a measly 14hp engine (at the cost of at least 10% extra weight) is moronic. A machine that weight that you have to load, push and operate around holes, loose soil and chip, shoudnt even be legal. It'll wreck you. Rayco would be better IMHO. Also weighing in at 50kgs lighter than the bandit is the dosko 337, you can tow it, its a simple, rugged and well built machine and been around for decades. 2 guys can carry it anywhere, ours was an ex rental and has seen more grinding than a chinese strip club and still does the job to this day. Carlton makes good grinders as well Or save you money for a self powered machine, for your backs sake, its worth it.

I now the unit you mean, not fun to use- had this head Stumpgrinding head (Chainsaw) | Trade Me

Oh the irony, its been a while since the spitfire........ Warns are find winches

When a person has a big tree to be done they normally get a bunch of quotes, at least one guy who comes to look at it is going to be desperate or totally screw up the price and will generally get the job. Not only that but big removals are often one offs, not on going work.The risk and cost of screwing up are high to. We are currently on a job which has required 3 guys for 3 days, the 88's and 3120 have been burning 20l of chainsaw mix a day. Big chains, bars and hard graft. Very expensive on man and machine (and this job doesn't require chip or wood gone). In comparison someone has there 3 yearly garden clean up of trees, they get less quotes, you can go through less than a litre of 2 stroke, put some time on the silkys and loppers, leave with a mostly empty truck and pull pretty much the same money per day without the expense or back ache. And in 3 years they will get you back. Don't get me wrong, I love the big take downs, they are what we live for, but not what we make a living from

Echos and tanakas are really good blowers to. Go for a backpack, makes handheld blowers look like push brooms

How part of it went today. Good fun! [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt2KcZsR8Kc]Big Stump setdown - YouTube[/ame]

Thanks for that!