Isabelle68

I,m on my second one, the 57 plate done 110,000 trouble free miles and the 61 plate ive got now has just gone to 99,000 only minor problem ive had is both of them have snapped a rear leaf spring, but cheap and easy to fix, i think theyre a loveley truck and wouldnt hesitate to buy another and as for fuel consumption mine averages 135 miles per £20

I know of two people who have those machine mart splitters and love them

i have a husky 345 i'd swap for a block or portawrap or open to suggestions,

 

also have a makita topper, ms170, 4x4 mud at and ht tyres. some old spikes which would be ok for a rescue set etc. open to suggestions,

 

i already have a lass and 3 kids so will not be interested in swapping for those

I,ll swap you a portawrap or a block for the 345 if its a goodun?

I made some with fresh cut larch last year and they burned great, yet the seasoned birch ones i have are rubbish!

Drinking tea

I,m retiring!

Good old skool saw,I had a perfectly good example until I ran it over with a tracked jensen chipper,didn't seem to work properly after that!

Haha! I ran a 660 over with a county it was never the same either! County1 saw 0!

Got 3 361s love them cracking all round saw

Buy painkillers and earmuffs

I paid £200 and the lad came to the door and done it, that was 2 1/2 years ago and apart from services and an injector harness (common) ive never had a spanner on it

That is one tidy landy, the back is georgeous, shame about the chipper! Haha

 

200hp jon, that some serious grunt mate

I know! My old chipper is very shabby (shame on me) but mechanically its perfect is adequate for my needs and i cant afford a new one! Asked about locally bout getting it shot blasted and painted but nobody wants to do it

Mine had to have a new ecu fitted which was factory spec settings and it ran smoothly but gutless and terrible on diesel so i got it remapped and it transformed it

Yes it is jon, i think you have to cos theyre crap as standard

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Ive got the same chipper and mines just as shabby, what paint did you use? Did you shot blast it or just rub it down?

Erm.. Nescafe???

Those JCB powerslides were infamous; I remember the Lako heads on those. I think LogLogic were the pioneers of JCB swing harvester conversions. Was it the base or the head that you found awful?

20 years on and that pic made me shudder! Lol

Both! The base had constant niggly breakdowns, the head was a nuiscance would work fine for half an hour then jib at the slightest bit thing, never an accurate size! The final straw was when the cab tried to fall off the tracks!! Resulting in a very irate call to the dealer a similar one to the finance company both saying " come and get this f...ing thing!!!!"

HI All

 

 

 

Been thinking about thinning machines and Tapio stroke heads but don't know much about them and if they are any good?

 

 

 

The 400 or 600 models look ok and I'm guessing they are fairly simple to maintain.

 

 

 

Cheers

Many many years ago we had an old jcb 912 powerslide with a tapio 600 stroke head on it and it was bloody painful!! In the two months we had it (before sending it back as unsaleable goods!) we never had a full successful days work out of it!

My landrover has a kmr chip

Body and its great, i highly recommend them

I bought mine from the defender centre just outside birmingham kmr bodies fitted as standard and great people to deal with

Dont know what laid it but you,ll need a few soldiers to go wi that!!!!

My navara knocks the socks off my 130 for towing power! The 130 is a great treesurgery tool but an uncomfortable bugger! And on the odd occasion i dont have to remove anything from site theres no hesitation, i,m going in the nissan!!

Victor meldrew!!