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Andrew McEwan

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  1. Shed just burgled in Apsley, Hemel Hempstead, lost an echo 265 combi system and a stihl 430 backpack blower. Narrowly missed getting the lookout who was seen nosing around the driveway by a neighbour, but all i could see of him was, male, 5 9 ish dark hoodie, used a dark bmx to scarper. The other/s went through three neighbouring gardens, knocked down fences to get to my shed. This was at about 5pm today. Keep your eyes peeled folks.

  2. Yes I think the plate help stops the rad getting clogged, but maybe the belly plate wouldn't help much if you're getting dry clippings blown in from the side? Like CHC says easy to get stick/rad damage, even through the small gap at front of my plate (which I must fill in). Fan seems robust though, if a bit modified now!

  3. This has probably already been discussed, I don't recall....but I was thinking last night if it would be feasible to mount a second ascender at the top of the shank of your spike rather than using a haas for a second ascender. Anyone tried this?

    Might be an easy way to spike yourself/grate your spikes together? Have you tried a diy haas and just ditched the footloop, but attach croll etc to top of spike shank with a short loop? Still get a bit of separation then.

  4. I'm selling a 2014 TP130 pto (516kg) which has 8.5in x 5in infeed if that's of interest, it chomps through most material well and the antistress system rarely kicks in on my 50 hp alpine (82kg flywheel), and if you're not chipping acres of difficult blackthorn etc its ok Agree with Tom that you will likely be pulling wheelies with an 8 inch machine, but if not too steep/wet and you can reverse up banks etc a bigger machine might be ok.

  5. If they are all small sites with short extraction distances, have you thought of a grapple skidder instead? If it's tight woodland and you're new to operating you might cause more damage shunting a forwarding trailer and tractor around than just skidding timber out, and if you have one with a rotator on you can always pick up small bundles and carry out.

     

    Also what Duffryn says is worth noting, a small crane winch or skidding grapple mounted winch will help you a lot.

  6. Some nice bikes coming out:001_smile:

     

    Quick pointer towards shimano M424 pedals, much easier to get your foot back into after a dab, and enough platform for it not to be game over if you land not clipped in. Also cheap, and light for the money, I thought they'd die pretty quick but not the case so far.

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