Timbermcpherson

Throwing split wood from the splitter is annoying me, and doing my various strains and pains no good. I just need it to make a pile or maybe put into the back of the truck in manner thats reliable and not to costly and maybe try something that hasnt been tried. So as you do while splitting, I started imagining a better or at least different way (yes I know conveyors but wheres the inspiration in that?) So I thought about various methods of launching, like a claybird thrower that was loaded by the movement of the ram, a leaf spring pulled back and release like a flicked finger, captured bolt like the return on one of those golf putting units etc Tennis ball launchers use spinning wheels to launch the balls and I stared thinking about how to implement that system. Whats come to mind is having the engine and rear wheel from a scooter running a few cm off a chute that would act a little like a gun barrel for directing the projectile. The system would be hinged at the same point the power unit is mounted on a scooter, so when a piece is directed under the wheel it "ride over" the piece of wood as it is driven back by the spinning wheel. Think of it as a high speed chipper feed wheel. You would be pushing each piece under using at least one other piece due to the configuration so your mittens would be safe once appropiate guards are in place. By adding ballast, springs or adjusting the wheel to chute clearance and changing RPM, and trajectory there would be some "tuning" in the system. Nuts huh? Thoughts aside from the obvious stuff that would stop ANYTHING ever being invented?

I have a truck with singles in the back, its quite different than the other ones with duals, less stable, alot less grip and I would hate to have a blow out with it!

The brakes are terrible, but can be improved by getting new springs for the brake seperation units and giving the units a good clean. Bright side its easy to do, bad side is you have to do it!

I have a 952, the greatest thing about them is that so long as you have 3 hammers, a half bottle of vodka and a desperate need to get dirty, theres not much you cant fix yourself. You can find manuals online for them in alot of cases to. With an cordless impact driver I can have one side of brakes apart in less than 2 minutes! The brakes are aweful, hydraulics questionable, and they run as smooth as a drunk C3po doing a pole dance. But they are a good, strong machine.

Theres needle drop and you have bugs, Much like an Arborist in a room and all the beers gone Remember they MAY not be directly related

We do have a weight limit, The most you can drive on a car license is 6000kgs GCVM. "Light" trailers here are anything up to 3500kgs I think. Unbraked trailer generally need to be under 800kg for most towbars and Hansa has always kept there 6 inch chippers to about that weight. There diesel engined ones are heavier but they cant make one that rotates so far, they have made something like 20,000 chippers over the years, so they are still getting some practice in. My truck license allows be to run up to 53,000kgs GCVM! its got a 27hp engine, its got about 30 hours on the machine otherwise I would have chosen a bigger engine from the get go, I will probably upgrade to a 35hp in time.

Bit of an upgrade to the toy collection. A Hansa C27 7x13 with autofeed 750kgs on a rotating base And with a stripper pole for dwarfs! Cant wait to throw wood at it

Dont give me no 201 so pathetic they way that it runs and it costs a whole heap coz stihl treats us like sheep Dont give me no 201

You will find the fan has a sweet spot in RPM, upping the RPM will probably cause it to produce less air, not more.

We run echo pb755 and shindaiwa EB803. The echo had given us 6 years of great service, I think I may have replaced the pull cord and thats it the EB803 is only a couple years old, no trouble at all.

For one attack the brits developed a special wire cutter that went on the end of there SMLE's, turned out they had only previously tested it on british wire with disastrous results. Amazing how a little tool can make such a big difference

We use one of these, very very strong and super comfortable to stand on with the curved rungs. Looks weird but works mint!

Got myself another shindaiwa 360ts to go with the 2 we have been running for a couple years now. So far zero issues, aside from the bars being so hard they are nearly impossible to dress. Running a bar file over them is like running an ethics question past trump. Sure you like to try but your wasting time

We have been running echo and shindaiwa backpacks for 6 years, they replaced our well work stihl units and so far have run flawlessly. Always get the biggest you can!

Throw a bit of ply on the coffee table and a very old towel, service saws while watching netflix movies and drinking rum.

My dads had a few boats, current ones pretty serious, its got twin 350hp cat V8 diesels. The definition of a boat is "A hole in the water you throw money into" The sea is unforgiving, spend your money FIRST on the right safety gear, then get the toys. Make sure if things go wrong you have the best chance of getting home.

Can never tell. Ones used alot for drilling can have worn hydro system and VERY worn pins etc, yet the trackgear etc can be very good. I know a 3.5 thats pretty much toast after a little over 3000 hours.

Choppers are damn expensive, and have a large variety of lifting capacities. Some will tell you "we can lift up to x" when X is there last load and they have near empty fuel tanks. Add a few hundred kilos of fuel and figure that to be its normal working lift. They do burn fuel at close to 100L an hour for something lifting about 800kgs, so those bigger lifts come up quite quick. We even use em for stumps! [ame] [/ame]

we just buy 4 packs of unidens, tie a biner on the back of them and they clip to our work shirts or in the breast pocket. Not flash but they are cheap and allows a half dozen guys to be aware of each other on those trickier jobs. its surprising how much time it saves every day being able to communicate without having to be face to face.

Personally I prefer stump grinding to going to weddings. Years back I had agreed with my missus to go to a wedding. Wasnt keen, hated weddings but had agreed because lots of people we knew would be there etc, I had some stuff to sort so would meet her there. Had been fixing gear at home so left a little late on my honda fireblade, then bumped into a mate going out of my street which ate more time, but making up time is what bikes are for. Hit the motorway and came across a brennan supercharged V8 commodore who wanted to play. Jesus that car was fast, well over 500hp and we played powerball for a bit. Was having such a great time, when my turn came up, I half thought about keeping the game going. Thought better of it and headed for the venue. Got there, bike and I were a mess of 200kmph bug splatter which was noticed by others but I was on time. Got changed and married my wonderful lady half an hour later. Never been to a wedding I liked!

and maybe offer to prepay or at least sign up for a few years ahead to keep em from pulling the welcome mat out from under you later

are the wheels inset? many models you can narrow or widen them by a few inches by changing the wheels around. Tractors often the same

if it is to aggressive, its probably possible to ad a form of depth gauge to them ahead of the cutting surface

I used to work for a company, who subbed to a bigger company, who subbed to the client. by the time the invoices crawled there way to the top, and payment slugged its way to me, it took 6 months. by the time I got paid I had near forgotten about it, was a nice "surprise" once it graced my bank account! Was like a late late late xmas present

A design modification to our stumpmaster chainsaw powered stumpgrinder. The new wheel uses 500 series green teeth that are offset on the wheel. Hope it cuts time spent sharpening teeth. Its currently hanging in garage drying after a quick coat of paint. Weighs the same as the standard wheel. It runs really smooth and have only tried it against the chopping block but look forward to seeing how it works on the job!