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True, it's not going to fill the back of my discovery on one set! About 6-8 inches I'd say. One of the great advantages is not having to pull start the thing, deciding whether to let it idle of turn it off. A few weeks ago I had a few bits of poplar, about 10 inches on the back of the truck, I was able to ring it all up (filled a paving crate, a decent boot full π) on 1 pair of batteries, while chatting to my Dad. I could throw the rings straight in the crate and move a fresh lump closer to the edge of the truck without a saw noisily idling away, walking itself off the truck π π
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back handle, 12inch bar π If you're cutting sensible sized stuff I can't see a boot full of logs being a problem at all.
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Makita 36v, (18vx2), bought mine before Christmas and it's my most used saw now. The job I bought it for was cutting back a conifers hedge, loads of 12ft long branches, back to the fence line up to head height. Can't think of a better saw for that job. Perfect for by the chipper too. Don't think I've used anything between that and my 461 on the last dozen or so tree jobs I've done. Does help that I have 10 batteries but I don't think I've used more than 6 in a day.
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Well the mower attachment didn't happen this time- didn't need it for the first job I had in mind for it and there's nothing else currently in the pipeline for it. So I sold it for a decent profit π Loader has done a bit recently though, loading up Ash on one site, and then filling right up with oak to move round for logging up at the farm, as well as doing excellent work as yard dogsbody
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I thought he said yesterday it had gone? Still, worth asking for that price
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Well it's been raining today and as I am already a days money ahead this week after a nightshift I made the long drive from Hertfordshire to Wisbech and collected an sch fm48 π π It is bigger and heavier than the fm42 I wanted, but comes with the bonus of a 13hp gx not a 9hp. Bought at a right price so it can easily be moved on or I can use it as the manufacturer actually intended behind my quad. Got it back in the workshop, took the back axle off, the front drawbar off and tacked up a mounting plate π π. Just need full welding, some angle braces making and we are ready for testing π¬ π 20240213_190153.heic20240213_184332.heic20240213_184332.heic20240213_184332.heic20240213_190153.heic
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Any of them will work, just fit the loader bracket on the back side π Currently looking at a used SCH 42inch model seems ideal - the front hitch is on pins as it's designed to be usable offset so that comes off with no mods, and the back looks simple enough to take the wheel set up off with no hacking, bit of thought and I should be able to swap between mounted and trailed in about 10 minutes when it's done. It's a gs390 engine so that's always good and it only weighs 125 kg so more than light enough. Just need the Facebook people to message me back π
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Yes it's not particularly difficult, just wondered if anyone had actually taken the plunge and done it yet, or whether I'll be group guinea-pig π π€£ Although with the amount of work that's come in this week I'm not going to be fitting in a fresh workshop project for months!
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18 months ago we were talking about modifying an ATV petrol flail mower to go on the front of a mini loader, has anyone actually done it yet? I'm giving it serious consideration as I've got some brushcutter work coming up and no one wants to be doing that π π
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I've got a 0.8 clone, bought to live under the seat of my crafter van- getting my first 2wd after years of landrovers set off certain paranoias... bloody handy little thing, paid for itself several times over and has dragged a 3.5 ton van backwards with the handbrake on. I'd buy the same again. At the other end of the scale we have a 3.5 tirfor in the workshop, has only only been out to sit in the truck for emergencies, bloody heavy lump
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And I thought I did well bidding unseen on a 3 ton farm trailer, mine for 150 quid. Towed it the 2 miles home, turned out to be full of 'scrap' out of which I have so far made a yard scraper, trailer cage sides, chip box frame, with lid, auger mount and other bits. Still got some of it left. And then I sold the trailer for 200 quid π π
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I could take that , plenty of room for transit sized trucks π When are you looking at doing the job?
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What sort of logs and what kind of volume of chip? I'm in little Berkhampstead, not far outside Hertford. π
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Would have been just about right for my old lamborghini tractor then, might have actually done some profitable work with it then π Agreed about older stuff with metal in the right place π
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No I saw that, its actually 1800! Looks OK and genuine. Down in Sussex i think. I struggled to find specs for it online. If I still had my bigger tractor I'd be seriously tempted, looks a bit big for an MF35 though! TP make a nice sturdy chipper. There's also a TP860 in Bexleyheath for 3k