Coletti
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Very low lift capacity in comparison (100kg or there abouts) and doesn't lift very high. That being said...it is very small and I'd sooner have a machine that will lift 100kg and get into 99% of jobs than have a machine that'll lift 1t but will only get into 40% of jobs. Sort of a slow and steady wins the race scenario. No machine will be perfect for everything, you've just got to look at your business model and clients/job sites and decide what will be the best for you. The kanga are very well made and do a cracking job, I've not used the 2 series yet but have spent a lot of time on the 7 and 8 series
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Courant Koala v Skylotec Kolibri Click v Treemotion
Coletti replied to Thomc's topic in Climbers talk
I've had the skylotec for 5 years now with no complaints. I do wonder if one of the other harnesses would be better/more comfortable but as they say...the grass isn't always greener and I don't have that kind of money lying about to take a punt at the moment. -
Not yet but it will be soon, it's also having the gross train weight increased from 6t to 7t
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The rodeo is 3l but only 130bhp, the dmax is 2.5l @ 160bhp, not sure they did a 3l dmax
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Personaly I don't really see the point in a double cab tipper but with some high sides (as pictured above)) and a load handler it's not a bad setup, not the greatest due to the diminished capacity but you can certainly get by with it
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Now now, no need to get shirty, I'd tend to agree with him, this double cab has a load space of 2.5 cube and the single cab has a load space of 4 cube.
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On a side note...the flowfit ram mounts on a pin at the base. You would be better with a 2 stage ram. Get in touch with DEL engineering UK, they do both a diy kit with all mounts and pivots and also a made up subframe with ram already mounted
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They just look like bearing pillow blocks to me, just Google "pillow block" you'll need the ed of the shaft to get the right one
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I've no experience with the 300 but have had an m500 for several years and it is a cracking machine, very reliable and provided the knives are sharp and anvil gap set right it chips very well. Only replaced it as workload dictates I needed a larger machine
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I've found that average weight for chip is around 300kg per cube so a little over 3 cube for a ton
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A good electric planer, plenty of sanding and lots of patients. It can be done, just takes time. I'm not saying that you'll get it perfect but it'll be close enough.
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It's just my 2 pence worth but all the prosecution's I've heard of have been on an average speed camera set up aposed to a fixed camera that is set at a certain speed. Not sure what difference it makes but that's what I have heard
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Go for an otter box, my galaxy s6 has taken a pasting for 2 years in the otter box symmetry without so much as a scratch. Been dropped and thrown about loads and no breakages
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Not yet but hoping to have my 620 done early 2018. The saw as standard is a cracking machine, as has been said, it's not as fast as the likes of the 560xp but bog it in at full bar length and watch it pull!
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I think for chip it would be more than okay and would certainly mean a bit of a weight saving but if you intend to be chucking logs in, as you say, maybe not so good. Just depends on what you are wanting it for really
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Length x width x height will give you the overall capacity. You'll then need to do a rough measure up of the arches ( again length,width and height) and just minus it from the top figure
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The weights for various materials such as the planking, flooring, capping etc can be found in the road traffic catalogue pdf from service metals if that's any help
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Assuming you are meaning using the ally planking it'll be around 150kg for front, 2 sides and 1m high barn doors
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Diggers seem pretty good for arb work with a decent grab rotater. Another thing to consider would be a custom made 3.5t tipper trailer with a timber crane with grab rotater. Not a lot of cop in a back garden but would make light work of loading and unloading big wood, with high sides could also be used for chip on larger jobs
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From my experience of using them (I hire a kanga 835) they are fantastic back and time saving tools. Obviously with the smaller ones you are limited with lift capacity/height but that being said...every bit the machine lifts, you don't have to so even only a 100kg capacity loaded would be good if you know what I mean. The only real down side to the mini skids is that they chew up the ground (unless you use boards as suggested above). Personally I feel there is a gap in the market at present for an artic steer loader that will lift between 300-500kg to a height of around 2m. If someone were to make one I feel, for tree surgeons at least, they would dominate the market
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Are we talking in relation to works and accompanying qualifications e.g. rigging and cs41?
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Very similar but think it was srt not ddrt. Same effect achieved though so I suppose it'll be down to personal preference
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Have a look at the maasdam rope puller. Works similar to the cheap cable ones on a ratchet but is endless rope so no limit to length of pull. Had mine for several years and it's a great bit of kit. Light and compact too which helps. Treekit were the only UK stockists I could find for them
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I can't remember where I saw it but I saw a video of a guy who threw the hook out with a classic prusic pulley system. Clipped this to this centre D then clipped his foot ascended to it and away he went. Looked really simple and easy
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Pains me to hear this and it's happening all too often at the moment. All you can really do is your best in order to deter them with more locks, alarms and cameras etc and above all...make sure you meet your insurers requirements so they have no wriggle room. If they want it that bad they will have it.
