Timbermcpherson
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Fiskars. Unbreakable, light and excellent at killing sheep. The lightweight does detract from its wedge whacking ability but boy are they awesome.
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Was hot in welly today, it will be warmer than blighty, wear sunscreen. We dont need more pink peeling poms!
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How much grease to put in timberwolf rollers??
Timbermcpherson replied to swinny's topic in General chat
Overgreasing is nearly worse than undergreasing. Overgreasing kills bearings. I have seen it happen many times, including with one of my chippers which was owned by a muppet who greased it every day. (he was having to install new bearings every 50- 100 hours) and his answer was to use MORE grease. -
GRCS or chainsaw winch. have an independant safety line belayed by a third person, perhaps a gri gri.
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I know a deaf arb, hes really good. One funny story he told me was that he finished a job on a friday and locked up his stuff at his yard. Monday morning his big old 9 inch chipper wouldnt start, took a while to find it was out of fuel. Yep he didnt turn it off on friday!
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Best ladder anywhere is one of these. they are heavy but BOY are they good. you can use them on any slope, they are incredibly strong and great to work from. http://www.scorpro.co.nz/
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To survive the zombie apocalypse with a bloodied fiskars in my hand and my dog at my side.
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There is far to much mixed feedback on these saws to call it hype. Stihl has dropped the ball. To many of these expensive machines that guys depend on to make a living are not fit for purpose. They should be selling these at echo prices considering how they are performing overall until they sort them out, heck if things dont look up, they might have to just to shift them. I have about a dozen 020/200t's. Not ONE has ever been back to a dealer under warranty. The carbs are so bad I think they are italian, but otherwise they have VERY few issues.
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if your buying a 6 inch, get one with a wider than 6 inch opening. will have your hours and hour and hours of time on jobs and $ on fuel. 2 of my chippers are 6x12's and one is a 6x6. The 6x6 chips well, but takes about 40% more chipping time to get jobs done, and thats with the guys spending extra time cutting stuff up before feeding it. I worked out it took 11 months for the 6x12 upgrade to pay itself off in saved manhours and fuel over the 6x6.
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The 625 is a fine first chipper, reliable and solid. And the price is often right! It will serve you well and make you money! Probably the most widely sold 6 inch chipper on the market. Without going much heavier, once you wish to upgrade (ie drop another bucket of money at gear), there are other 6 inch chippers have have a greater capacity (having double the width infeed mouth) and will save you time and fuel week to week. (as will a backpack blower, the list is endless) My first chipper was very simular, lasted me years. Nothing happier than a arb and his first very own chipper. Well done!
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I liked NZ gangs, they are less likely to shoot you and more likely to beat you within an inch of your life. Oldschool stuff, almost comforting while you hear your own skull crack under the beating applied by a pair of steel capped boots. Useless fact of the day NZ was the first to have an international Hell Angels chapter, even before Canada I believe!
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And yet the people and place are far better than Auckland. Still, you can find a place for less than 100k in murupara. leaves plenty of money for a mine field
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I like my POS 13hp dosko. It pays itself off every couple months, a couple of us can carry it up stairs and it has a tow hitch on it so I can just tow it behind my trucks or ute (often leave it on site and pick it up when in the area doing quotes), and I only operate it by the hour, but give people a rough idea of cost. Also have a stumpmaster which is for the really tough jobs.' Choose the grinder that best suits your work and budget.
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Get a thunder B airsoft grenade. Fill it with any sort of ink or dye powder, set it up in your toolbox when you lock up, they blow at over 130db and will cover anyone with the powdered ink thats tough to shift. Not fatal and wont set fuel alight or damage gear. Or get a buggered but sound looking saw. split the plug lead and lengthen. hollow the back of the exhaust so you can drill down into the oil tank and tap a plug into it. Half fill tank with a mix of washing powder and petrol. Fill the fuel tank the same and install a plug in there to. cut threads of fuel caps but glue them in place. They can steal it, but will regret trying to start it.
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Theres another murupara? I always thought of it as the little detroit of the south pacific
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I like the decomp button on my 88's, 076 and 3120xp, Nobodys a tough guy when his shoulders worn out.
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Stick a chainsaw mill on it and they make good sleepers for landscaping or structural beams or slab tops for tables, throw them on ebay, you might get a few bites
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+1 Im interested in what helmet you had on to
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Use a self equalizing system and a couple of slammers. In the vid they show how to use them as anchors with a few cuts of steel The Slammer - Kiwi Super Tool. Made in New Zealand
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I used to contract to a company who subcontracted to a company that worked for the council. it would take 30 days for the invoice to take one step up the chain and 30 days for the payment to make each step down. Took 6 months to get paid. Didnt bother me, the money was coming and it was a nice suprise as they were often healthy and regular amounts. 30 days is NOTHING.
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Even if its a job on my street, its got to be the equivilent of 450GBP at LEAST, Our daily target (which seldom gets "missed") is 250GBP per man per day. I would have though UK prices would be alot higher than NZ for some reason.
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Barbed wire is great when you dont have any power to electrify the fence. But having both ROCKS, that way if theres a power cut the stock dont treat your fences as a play thing. Our bulls would break fences while fighting all to often. They NEVER got badly stuck in them. If you have a better way of economically contain 120 500 - 600kg plus, angry, scrappy bulls one steep farm country in summer, Id love to see it! Our farm had 50m bluffs in places, swamps, rivers, caves, if the fences didnt contain them, they died in large numbers.
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It was my only childhood friend......sniff
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For all you rope junkies this must be an ultimate in Yosemite CA
Timbermcpherson replied to Les Cork's topic in General chat
Its a nice place, freaking bears are a massive PITA though. The walk off the top is a long one. -
My lab sleeps outside in a kennel in the back yard. if its real stormy she gets to sleep inside. She has slept outside since we got her, but its very temperate here, barely get frosts in winter.
