Timbermcpherson
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I wouldnt think you could go far wrong with the Hino, isuzu, Fuso (mitzi) or Nissans, although with trucks it can be a crapshoot as rebuilding parts of them can be darn costly when they get bounced at COF time. 5 ton payload is a bit rarer though, most stuff abouts got a 2.5ish payload such as the elf250's etc.
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I have 2 3120's, and 2 88's and a 090 (its a sickness) When your chogging down big stems or cutting up that stick on the ground, you just cant beat the speed of the big boys. I grab the 3120 as soon as the trunks bigger than 24 inches. Really saves time
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Two days after the theft of chipper
Timbermcpherson replied to Gardiners Tree Surgery's topic in General chat
If theives are able to use a scanner to find a tracker (Im assuming because its emiting a signal) Could you have it powered by the 12v supply off the tow vehicle and only work when something like the brake lights are on (would give you enough signal when on the move or being parked to get an idea where the machine is, but wont put out signal when parked up and being looked over) Or maybe run it off the ignition system of the chipper with a timer. so it only comes on after the chippers been running for say 30 minutes. You only need to get the address of where it has been working to get a lead from those at that property as who was working there and has the chipper. could that work or have I got it wrong the way those trackers work and how they are found by the scum stealing gear -
Car air bag unit, 12v battery and switch and a little imagination can do wonders
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I have a year out of one 360 and 6 months out of another, both have run flawlessly. Great saws!
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Rent a skidsteer for a day or two, wont cost that much but better to find out if its going to work before sinking real money into one. And T bar or joystick controls are miles better than the stupid twin lever that bobcats and many others are lumbered with
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Sooner you break out the 3120 or 88's, the sooner the jobs done. we run the big bars on our 88's but mostly use 2 3120's for "regular" cutting, one with a 28 and the other with a 42. Feels like going backwards picking up the 66 after a big saw once the trees over 20 inches But the greatest thing you can fit to a big saw is a D starter handle (stihl sell them for there rescue saws), makes them much easier to start.
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I have a couple dozen husky saws, some trimmers to, none of them have "lost" there ID plate.
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I find bridesmaids easier to climb after a wedding
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a couple 80cc backpack blowers pb655's I think, must be 6 years running without fault, had 4 power pruners over the years, hedge trimmer, and had a bunch of cs3400's over the years, had a few 350t and 360t's and 3 260t's. currently running there new top handle (355t?) and 260t's. the go well. compatible with the stihls and huskys which I have dozens of.
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How to move a broke down tracked chipper?
Timbermcpherson replied to simonm's topic in Large equipment
Fab up some dollys and rent a excavator. Jack up chipper, slide in dollys and tow it out using the exavator. -
isnt the 170 the same power unit as the 190t?
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I have a stumpmaster stumpgrinder, its what the alpine magnums design was "developed" from. Its a great grinder, we do some pretty stupidly positioned stumps with it. One thing thats great about it is that the cutting wheel is held on by one big nut and can be taken off and replaced with another cutting wheel in about 30 seconds. So we carry 2 wheels on jobs, so if one gets blunted on something its easy to change over to the other. Disadvantage is the teeth are not great. I have Greenteeth on 2 of my other grinders and would like to put greenteeth on the stumpmaster. The standard wheel is 240mm in diameter and 8mm thick. from tooth tip to tooth tip the cutting diameter is 360mm. The standard greenteeth holders are just to heavy I think, so am trying to work out another way of either making a whole new wheel or mounting the greenteeth to the existing set up. Any ideas?
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Great grinder, stable and with the the big wheels able to get up steps and across ground other grinder wont.
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I was sad to see wales and scotland end there RWC when they had been doing so well.
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I want chipper lego! Have an 40hp engine unit thats designed to hook up like a PTO Have a chipper that can either be mated to the engine or to a tractor PTO Have a turntable trailer mount for the chipper Have a stump grinder unit that can either be mated to the engine or to a tractor PTO Have a tracked unit that can have either the chipper or stumpgrinder fitted to it So you have a trailered chipper, pto chipper, tracked chipper, tracked stump grinder and pto stumper if needed. And if you need one any unit more full time you only have to buy extra modules.
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18 on a 66 is great fun, like a 24 on a 3120
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Love tirfors, I have a couple of 3200kgs, couple 1600kg's and an 800kg. Done some dumb stuff with them. And had a few victories [ame] [/ame]
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So now everyone knows how VW has cheated to get around emission laws. After so many have talked about how the first ms201's were pants to run but the newer ones are so much better. And that the 201 was made to be a cleaner replacement to the ms200. I asked a dealer about it, he said that the first one was to pass the emissions tests, and that once the saws had got the tick from the emissions people, the saws could be "improved" Is this what stihl have done? Are they now selling technically uncompliant saws?
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i asked the same not long ago, david cropper was good enough to offer some insight http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/general-chat/87414-post-your-stump-grinding-photos-20.html
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Felling a really big stick exactly how you planned and sweated over since you quoted it
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Owwwww, hope you heal quick mate! Thanks for the reminder to be more careful, the finger you save may not be your own!
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Post your stump grinding photos
Timbermcpherson replied to Stefan Palokangas's topic in General chat
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This guy went into the mountains alone in 1968, filmed building his cabin from scratch, awesome to watch [ame= ] [/ame] His cabin is still there
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Post your stump grinding photos
Timbermcpherson replied to Stefan Palokangas's topic in General chat
I have a stumpmaster grinder, will set up some scaffolding and will see how good I am with it grinding along the gap. Might frame either side of it so the grinder is guided to work without hitting the concrete. Then maybe some bar and axe time, will see. Im looking at making another wheel for the grinder that runs greenteeth in line with the wheel so a very narrow cut. Was asking how good those terrasaw blades are, as my grinder have one fitted, but no replys yet
