Timbermcpherson

I have over 230,000kms on my D22, its been a great ute.

failing a stumper, these work well The Slammer - Kiwi Super Tool. Made in New Zealand

Its cut is a bit limited, being able to do a consistant 12 inch would be wonderful but probably beyond what the 88 could handle hp wise im guessing. We have some huge trees in ugly gullies to deal with, we have been racking our brains how to get em out, this thing got me excited as other mills either couldn't get in, couldn't work on the contour, logs were to big or would just be to slow. And I can afford it! Now finding space to keep it is going to be another problem

vid of it and later it operating, seems to work pretty fast! [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLVHbmRWRh0&list=PLA10DFDEC39304FC8]WEEKEND WARRIOR - YouTube[/ame]

These are not that old on the market, look like the ticket for arborists. We have a few big jobs come up where we work our butts off chogging the lumber down to carriable size, might look at getting one of these instead 12" AUTOMATED MONO RAIL SWINGBLADE SAWMILL

put a bike lock on them and overnight the travelers will take em

Dear stihl Of your lineup of powerequipment I own over 33 pro saws, 3 blowers and other machines. (I have spent over 6k on stihl gear this week alone) Basically your policy of trying to handcuff your clients to your dealer network and set up monopolys on parts supply simply stinks. To be honest your products aren't good enough to command this kind of subservience, at least from me. I have been buying more Husqvarna and echo products more recently, and as my business grows, it will not do it being lumbered with stihls anti competition protectionist scheme to squeeze its clients.

All play and no work makes jack cull toys

have you had a look at alibaba.com? Lots of grapples and trailers that you will recognize without the brand labels or high price

not bad to spike but a complete crap to chip

Im part time, 70 hours a week over the year I guess. Pressure makes diamonds baby!!!!

Never had a problem with it and have created over 10,000 m3 of mulch over the years. stick a temp gauge in it, if its under 80c its not going to give you any trouble, and I wouldn't think it would start burning until it passes 100c

Nah, squaddies float, even in forums

Do what your brother would want you to do, and what he would do in your situation.

Stating the obvious, but..... Stumpgrinders, like all equipment, from 3120xps to feller bunchers, are contextually useful or completely useless. The Carlton 7015 that will be gold for one company will be a lead weight dragging down another. Your equipment has to match the demand from your clients, size of your transport, nature of job access, size of job, staffing levels, seasonal shift, yard or home storage, legal regulations, BUDGET (note the need for big letters there) range of work, pocket depth of clients etc etc etc I have a stumpmaster that the alpine magnum design was stolen off, a 13hp dosko (with removable tow hitch so you can to it on its own wheels) and a 20hp self powered walk behind. But if I owned a big tracked grinder I could count on one hand how often it would get used in a year. The stumpmaster has paid itself off at least 10 times, the dosko pays itself off every couple months, and the 20hp I have only had 6 months and is getting close to paying itself off the first time. If its your first grinder, I think gray git and trigger are on the money, stick with getting something the size and budget of the rg13 and see how much work you get from there. If theres lots of demand and you need to upgrade you wont loose any real money and the smaller unit will likely still be very useful, but if you start with a machine that's not able to cover its costs and doesn't fit with work, it could be a noose. EVERYONES situation is different. But IMHO if your doing stumps get a backpack blower, biggest you can find. makes the whole job go a lot faster. I ran handheld blowers for years. The step from handheld to backpack is close to the step from broom to handheld blower.

They are great grinders, but be wary of them if you work a lot on sloping ground, they are top heavy and combined with the wonderfully narrow width, my mate calls his the spitfire for all the barrel rolls its done on site. This is not a unique issue just with the bandit, other similar styles by other companies have the same handling characteristics.

Better go look, they probably stole it off you on Friday.

I second the little echo (also rebadged as shindawas in some areas) I have been running the 260t's for over 5 years and they are great little pruning weapons.

Ven I gave it avay I told them it only grow this high! Hahahahahhaha!

Hey look, stihl has made a saw that can compete with a saw echo have been making for a decade but priced it higher. yay stihl, and with the ms201 replacing the ms200 its the greatest german win since 1945!

Im replacing 4 vertex vents that are around the 5 year mark. No breakages, no cracks and great lids.

I have 5 66's and a couple of 395's and had a 394. My choice would be the 66, more reliable overall and a lot less temperamental. The 5 66's have done more work and cost me less to run than the 395's.

Time flys

A stihl version of the echo 260t by the looks of things, they must be getting bored.

Them soviet drivers are always Russian around.....