aspenarb

A friend of mine is refurbing a boat and needs some pitch pine planking. Is there anyone out there that can accommodate him? Bob

Yes please Al, throw it off at the yard if you want. Bob

Valid point here, I had a blade fail from the same manufacturer , it burst through the casing of the chipper and launched into a wall. Had anyone been near that side of the chipper at the time they could have been seriously injured. On inspection of the bit left bolted in the machine it became evident that it had fatigued and cracked, you could see the rust in the cracked part and the break in the fresh bit. I contacted them straight away regarding this and they requested I return the blade/fragments for inspection, that was the last time I saw the blade/bits and no one has bothered to contact me since. I put a set of originals in and repaired the case, its been trouble free since. It may well have been something our lads stuffed through there that caused the fail but I feel they should have responded with an answer/metallurgists report. Bob

I have ordered the barrel and piston, I will let you know how it goes. Bob

I have two older MS880 that have been run on neat petrol ( dont ask) They both need barrels and piston, I tried to hone the barrels to clean them up but they are on borrowed time. I have found these after market barrel+piston kits but they are for the bolt on exhaust and mine are clip on, the question is will these fit if I buy a silencer that bolts on or are there other differences that need to be considered. STIHL MS880 088 CHAINSAW CYLINDER PISTON KIT 60MM WITH RING REP 1124 020 1209 | eBay Bob

Bought a van off ebay. Did not reckon on spending nine hours on a train. Bob

If you have been driving machines you will find it easy and only need the short 3 day course. It was a few years ago now but we got a load of us together and did the assessments here on the farm. Bob

A full english with a cup of tea and a paper thrown on the table with quality totty serving you is only £4 at the local greasy spoon . And its hot. Bob Forgot to mention I was also shafted £94 for a three and a half train journey to Grimsby that actually took nine hours. Unchuffed.

I was robbed in broad daylight yesterday on the northern line Luke warm tea and a stale bit of cake

The 3125 and the newer one which is a 6180 have the same Perkins Phaser engine which is easy to screw more HP out of. When we first got the 3125 the pump was done and the pto shaft dynoed at 160hp which is plenty for the Seppi , you can get these engines up to 220hp if you want but its the torque at 1500rpm that counts and these make plenty of that, HP figures are for pubs its torque that turns things. Any more put through a Seppi and you will chew up belts. The 3125 is going to be refurbed and kept for the mulching on rough old building sites , its done 15000+ hours of mulching and worn out three Seppi`s which shows how tough these older Massey`s are. Other than service items and having all the electronics removed/wired round its been little short of remarkable which is why I got the 6180. The 6180 is virtually the same tractor except its got the forward/reverse shuttle , it too will have the pump tweeked and will probably end up with all the same electrical mods. Anyway the last thing you want when mulching is a block of flats of a tractor, its just not going to get about in the woods. The tubes are 2" x 3mm wall thickness which fits my bender ( not scaffolding), I just find working with tube easier. Bob

I got my Massey into the workshop to start guarding it up. I brought the top in this time so it wont bark the trees when its on the lean And managed to give the new Seppi a shake down. The cage on the old Massey has taken one hell of a hammering. RIP old girl.

I reckon you are about right on this for the average driver but that said we had a guy on for us that could get an old style l200 into the 30`s , no one else could so a light foot can pay off. Bob

Builders ,developers and some dopy arb outfits are just as bad. Grubbing out mountains of trees,hedges and other green waste into a huge pile with a digger then expecting it to be shifted for peanuts. Stupid questions like cant you just chip it or take it to a field somewhere and burn it Knobs Bob

I could do with 3 cutters for 2 weeks on a contract in Southampton. Own saws and transport needed. Bob

With a foot to spare.

Do you mean a grab as in timber grab or a beak Jon ? We need a mendip thesaurus on here to translate some of this west country speak Bob

Interesting about the self feeding characteristics of the drum chippers, I have that Morbark wtc festering in the yard that needs to be retro fitted with a stress kit, its been crane fed but I would like to bring it up to date so foot soldiers could use it. I was looking at the timberwolf kit which it cheap but I may need to research this a bit more because it too is a drum type. Bob

I think the only reason you need an instantaneous stop on these systems is because the rollers fire the timber in at its fastest to start with, I am not so sure they reverse slightly on stop or whether the last blade round relieves the pressure with its cut. Either way you would still need the stop and reverse buttons for HS. Bob

I Know these stress controllers work but its a shame the manufacturers never went non electronic. How hard would it have been to rig up a variable displacement hydraulic pump coupled to mechanical engine driven governor to slow roller feed down in a linear way rather than the stop start electronic route.It would be a lot kinder to the engine and hydraulics. Bob

No twin tanks allowed, last q+a at the bottom of this https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/excise-notice-75-fuel-for-road-vehicles/excise-notice-75-fuel-for-road-vehicles Bob

A decent tractor and a compliment of trailers alongside a 3.5 tonner would be a good stepping stone for those not keen on going down the HGV route. Bob

The cost of an HGV license ,a bigger truck and a crane will give you a return on the investment a lot quicker than you think. Just add up all the mind numbing trips you make in a small truck to clear up one decent size tree, in a transit thats a ton a trip, even a little eighteen tonner will carry ten transit loads. Take the fuel and man hours saved and the bigger trucks start to look like value for money Bob

Enjoy every minute of it Hamdogg , they grow up quick. Bob

Its a shame landrover never put the LLama into production HGW-GB093798.jpg (122.6 KB)

As above but I reckon one of those Halfords kits, a decent roll of spanners and a few other hand tools is an absolute must irrespective of what chipper your running. You cant be out there with nothing unless you are prepared to swallow some expensive downtime. Bob