Timbermcpherson
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Why not just make a GRCS? Even with a rubbish 30 ratio winch they are worth there weight in GOLD. if these are two speed and over 25 they would be a cheap look in BOAT SAIL WINCH | eBay
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starting up a new company from nothing!
Timbermcpherson replied to leebayliss's topic in General chat
My advice would be the same as most here. I ran close to the edge a little to often. Things go wrong. Things go badly wrong. You get sick, your guys gets sick, your gear gets nicked, your chipper dies, your truck develops sudden immediate rust, your accountant screws up, your big job never pays, your insurance cost doubles etc etc etc You will need a backstop. Keep say 2k in your accounts, only spend the $ you have above that and budget above that. In a separate account keep another grand. If your still in business and get down to that last "Gutter grand" your in more than just trouble. Every year as you get bigger, the limit has to be increased as your level of potential costs greatly increase. -
screw splitter off chip feed wheel?
Timbermcpherson replied to Timbermcpherson's topic in General chat
I have seen a ram splitter on a vermeer (I think it was a 1230). It was mounted on the drawbar. It looked almost factory. I like ram splitters but for the weight, cost, space and complexity of plumbing it in to the hydraulics, the ram seems to take second place to a screw cone.Running it off a V belt shouldnt be to hard. Its strange but you would think it would be natural for chippers to have a splitter supplied as a factory add on, if they were there I am pretty sure arborists would put them to use on jobs, even if it was just to break bits down to chippable sizes. Thanks for posting that thread, good info. -
I have been looking at mounting a wood splitter on my 6 inch chipper. The engine and hydraulics are all there, and the noisey little bugger follows me everywhere I go. My thought was that it might be possible to mount a screw splitter off the feed wheel (its even got speed control and stop/reverse), my wheels hydraulics run straight off the 30hp engine so it can be operated without the disc running. So either fabricate a long shaft and have a removeable screw head or run a chain drive off the shaft. The chain drive would have the option of being able to "gear" it to suit. My concerns are what kind grunt is required for a screw splitter and if theres an obvious problem I havent factored in. Any thoughts?
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New York is a great city, its a bunch of villages and towns stuck tight together with their own histories, accents, and culture. If the intrepid is open (aircraft carrier) youll drive your lady nuts looking it over, its a great museum. You can get a bus to six flags in new jersey for a day trip if you like theme parks or take the trip out to coney (sp) island for and old school kind of amusment park. Its a big place, great museums (police museum), parks, and theres a good bus/train/subway system that can get you as far north as vermont for not that much $. Dont forget shooting ranges, you can rent hand cannons in NJ or other states and go nuts, just do you homework and find one that will let you play. Small town America? Thats easy, just look between the citys and stay away from the main roads. the campervan suggestion is excellent if you have the money for it. The US is a big place, and its awesome
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I have a NKR, a NPR and an NKS 4wd. Great trucks. The 4wd is understandably heavier and has a smaller carrying capacity of just over 2000kgs, but the 2wd with a 4.3 has over 3000 kgs of payload capacity and has a heap of grunt. I wouldnt be without the 4wd, I have had it for about 7 years and its fantastic.
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Smaller trees or a bigger truck Easy fix! I saw a house moving truck the other day that had a massive chassis mid mounted PTO winch. The cool thing was the rear bumper looked almost like a really short bulldozer blade. Had a good look and it was on a hydraulics system that lowered the blade down to work as an anchoring system when winching. And epically cool bit of kit. Gotta love winches, I have a dozen of them, no limit to there application.
