william127
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My 2 main saws at the moment, Stihl 461 I've had from new I and a husqvarna 365 that I got used this week for a a bargain price. I think I have used it more this weekend than it has been used In its life(thanks to Andrew Mcewan for the tip off!). I also have a Stihl 390, which was rubbish for the first 8 years I had it, then I drilled some holes in the exhaust pipe and it's much better now, has done a ton of work in the last year. I also have a Stihl 210 which has been impressive for its size and a Stihl 170, which is always dependable. And there is a husqvarna 350 on its way in the post ready for some tuning
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There will be troopers around for a long time yet, bargains to be had if your not scared of the 3.0!
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I couldn't see the point of buying a 441 when a 461 was only a few quid more and barely weighs any more? Very happy with my 461
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3.0 trooper(if recalls are done or dirt cheap). Tdi/td5 disco, it will break at some point but it will be repairable!
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I have had a pair of bahco tings for years and they are very well made tools. I have recently bought a still log pick and it is brilliant, so efficient, saves bending and speeds things up. It's too soon to comment on its longevity but I wish I'd got one years ago!
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Ochsenkopf vs Gransfors vs Fiskars Splitting Axe/Maul?
william127 replied to TimberCutterDartmoor's topic in General chat
I have a fiskars x21 that I bought as a general purpose axe because it was on offer. It's the best axe I have ever had, small enough for one hand but plenty big enough for 2. I have split so much wood with it, I keep thinking about getting an x27 but I'm not sure it's worth it as the x21 can do so much. Personally I think the fiskars has plenty of "character" -
what logs have you been chopping today!
william127 replied to william petts's topic in Firewood forum
Just a splitter, home made by the bloke I bought it from (done very well, but I will be making a couples of changes). I also have a portek chainsaw bench which works well, and a fiskars x21 axe which flys through the straight stuff. I have a sheet of steel in the workshop that I want to make a chute out of so that the splitter shuffles the split logs up onto the pile rather than me catching them and throwing them. The splitter is sat on an old single axle ifor trailer, which is hitched to a ball on the blade of the digger and it runs off the hammer lines of the digger. It all works ok when I keep on top of the pile but when I had about 12ton of round wood in a pile last week it certainly felt slow! -
what logs have you been chopping today!
william127 replied to william petts's topic in Firewood forum
Loads of hornbeam at the moment, need to add a chute to the splitter to get the split stuff onto the pile, then it should be very efficient in time and fuel costs. -
I was working indoors today, fitting duct work on a domestic swimming pool. When we came to leave, the van just sat there spinning its wheels! Luckily there was a 1.5 ton kubota on site I could borrow We used to do these jobs out of a trooper or a defender, now we have the right vehicle this happens
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I have a makita corded 4.5 inch, makita corded 9 inch, brushed 18v cordless and brushless 18v cordless! They all work fine, the brushless is a genuine alternative to a mains one, as long as you have a couple of 5 amp batteries! The brushed one is a great tool but mainly suited to odds and ends, trimming bolts, cutting over long screws, etc.
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Just bumping this up, I'm after some more hardwood to buy! I can collect a couple of tons a time with my trailer, either from your stockpile or direct off site if it suits the job you have on. And if anyone would like to give me a price for supplying and delivering a small-medium Lorry load I would be interested! Pm me or comment if you think you have something, thanks, William.
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The engineers I work with use dormer drills by the box load, work very nicely and take a sharpen well. I once had a couple of the makita multi purpose bits as I needed to drill through some steel sheet with a concrete lintel tight behind it and they worked fine, but I wouldn't bother to buy them again unless I had a similar job to do.
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Makita 18v brushless grinder, 18 v makita radio, 18v makita USB adapter that lets you use your drill battery as a phone charger, 18v makita brushless Impact wrench, fiskars x21 axe- brilliant for everything except the heavie splitting-, led lender p3 tiny torch on a belt pouch and a mora clipper sheath knife(fits perfectly in the ruler pocket of my work trousers and ok in my wedge pocket of my chainsaw trousers). I use most of this lot every day, working or not! Oh and bahco adjustables, obviously
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😂can't be I haven't taken any decent pictures of it!
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Celebratory pose back on the hard ground
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You have no chance of getting that out of there with 2 land rovers, we need to get a wrecker truck said a know all in hi vis
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Suction lorry got stuck 100 yards into its journey across a campsite:
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Last one
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Not brilliant pictures of the machine!
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I have just got a Hyundai 85mm chipper from a mate of mine in the generator business, the importer sent him a general Hyundai "winter is coming" sales email with all their outdoor bits and bobs on. He forwarded it to me, I liked the look of the bigger of the 2 chippers, a week later their was one in our yardI got it at the trade price so it only cost us£1200, think they are about £1500 usually. There are a couple of bad design points like all the electric wiring is exposed and right under where all the bits that you drop when you put an armful of stuff in and the fuel cap is very awkward to fill. But for the money I don't see how you could do better, it will fill my 10x5 caged tipper in a couple of hours with the right stuff, it goes through a door way, it has a removable tow ar to go behind a quad or ride on and I can get it up the ramps onto my tipper trailer by myself(providing the ground is flat or pointing downhill). Pictures to follow!
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Can't understand why all these hiluxs seem so slow, my n reg would do 90+ and cruise at 80, my mates j reg would as well. But now my mate has a t reg 2.4 turbo and it barely does 70! I love the truck in the start of this thread, would love a mark 3 or 4 single cab flatbed or tipper for log deliveries and general running about. I wish I had put mine into storage rather than selling it to a breakers, if I had known then what I know now.....
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In my experience Takeuchi is the best for 1.5 ton, closely followed by Volvo, yanmar and kubota. I have a kubota but would have preferred a Takeuchi but obviously budget and availability have to be taken into account! I have used jcbs this size and found them fine, but I followed the advice I was given by everyone and didn't buy one, maybe going against the common opinion could result in getting more for less? I prefer a non cab machine for landscaping as I find I'm on and off a lot, moving wheel barrows, driving both the digger and dumper or for unusual jobs like lowering buckets of concrete over sleeper walls for footings.
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My best buy could be my fiskars x21 axe, I was doing a stupidily underpriced log splitting job with the digger a few weeks ago when the digger starter motor burnt out, this little axe that I had only bought the day before tore through the rest of the pile. I can't wait to buy and use an x27 for my next load, and I currently own 3 powered splitters! The other possible best buy is the porter saw horse, so much more efficient and safe than cutting cordwood on the floor.
