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aspenarb

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  1. I was thinking its a bit of a chocolate teapot. On a nice flat site where all the stumps are of a uniform small diameter it will be ok. In my experience this is rarely the case and the tractor will never get level to do a straight drill. I also wonder how it would get on when the stump is bigger than the drill, how would the drill center and stay on the bit remaiming when going for a second bite ? I can see this just wandering off center and missing loads. Cant see these machines replacing a conventional grinder. Just thoughts. Bob
  2. Well done Andrew Neil for openly saying what most people are thinking. Bob
  3. A car made by Honda I think the OP is referring to the timber being cordwood ie all the same length and not the unit measure of a cord which is just over 3.5 cubic meters of timber. Bob
  4. I have been down the powerpack route many years ago and they work but they have to hang off the machine somewhere which is never ideal. The best machine I have built for this was when I ripped out the six pot kubota engine from the 6 ton machine we had and fitted a six cylinder perkins lorry engine. The standard pump for the machine went on the back of the engine and a massive pump for the mulcher ran off the front of the crank, this was piped straight to the mulcher head . With this the engine did little more than idle which made the machine a doddle to drive but the mulcher was spinning at about 2500 rpm tirelessly all day , the nuts Downside was with the bigger hydraulic tank and all the guarding it looked like something out of a madmax movie Bob
  5. You will run into the same problem running a grinder on a 360 as fitting a flail.The flow rate available from the machine is not all available for the attachment, flow to the attachment will drop like a stone when slewing. Unfortunately slewing is a big part of grinding on a 360. Bob
  6. Bird you are doing ok and the guys are just pointing out that you need to take a look at your costings while making sure depreciation of kit is dialed into your pricing strategy. I think its important to make your own mistakes on pricing and learn from that, I still drop the odd clanger as many on here do. Good luck on your new adventure. Bob
  7. Deep snow is bad news for a Jackapoo Bob
  8. I dont think a saw would last long in that lot Mick, most of the trees have wire nailed to them and steel pegs growing into some . Its an old disused allotment full of crap. Bob
  9. No just push them over with the bar and mulch them. Its not very red any more, this pics a few months old now
  10. Price will depend on whether you can load at point of collection and unload on delivery. If you can Palletways normally charge about £60 ish if its mainland England, more if the pallet is bigger than standard. Bob
  11. A mate cleared some rubbish off a job for me with this little gem.
  12. A few hectares of site mulching. Into the abyss Foot soldiers sent in first to remove crud. One of the finished sections.
  13. Jon they are for reading, best you tell them. Bob
  14. As title cut into 3mt lengths and stacked roadside, it's near Witney Oxford and it's nearly free. Bung £50 in Sean's pot. Bob
  15. My 6200 Kubota is road registered from new, I just filled in the reg form with the serial number, proof of purchase and year then sent the whole lot off to DVLA. Got the logbook back after about two weeks, if you cant prove year it ends up on a Q like an old massey I have. Bob
  16. I had one with a side arm on and thought it was brilliant, never gave any grief. A mate bought it off me and its behaved itself for him as well, maybe just the luck of the draw. Bob
  17. Thats the one, keeps the rain off the chip as well Bob
  18. I`ll get my coat Bob
  19. Some interesting blurb on the subject Problems with diesel particulate filters may push companies towards petrol Still say rip the thing out and fit the box of trickery.http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/116702-ISUZU-DPD-Emulator Bob
  20. Only 50% of the time, the rest was spent on foot prodding about wondering what dirty great hole I was going to drop in too next. Bob
  21. Mulching an open site in St Albans and its been blowing a hoolie all day. Bob
  22. Sounds like a call for an engineering solution. How about a constant drip feed of a light oil both sides of the blade fed in from under the cutting deck? just thoughts. Bob
  23. We allowed two days to take down a monster Monkey puzzle and the lads took five. Also one of the few trees we have done that filled the bin with chip (60 cube) and the timber trailer to the neck. Heavy time consuming feckers Bob
  24. Never underestimate the landy enthusiast Mike, that would be brought to the surface in years to come and lovingly unpicked from its tomb and restored , a bit like the Mary Rose Jap stuff will never have the same loyal following Bob

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