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Ok I'll check that out, I think a new anvil and blades will do the job, I dont think the rollers are too bad, the stock fencing I've just found wrapped round the side of the top roller wasn't helping either. Although it does give an idea of what this machine has been through! She just needs a bit of care, and it'll be awesome again.

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Okey dokey, well I bought that one from lancashire, fired her up in the workshop, everything seemed ok, nice engine, started well, the guys who had it knew very little about it, they were ag engineers. Wheel span nicely on its bearings. Strange way of engaging the drive, you sort of drop the engine. They assured me the stress control worked. It was pissing it down outside, they seemed straight so I paid up and took it away. Got it home and put some wood through it...uh oh! Hopeless it would just push bigger wood against the wheel not chipping at all, small stuff was ok, and yes, at one point the stress control kicked in. So no panic, it was a good price, I'm reasonably handy so if I have to throw a few quid at it, it's not the end of the world, and I still have the TW for the moment. Some questions and pictures for you GM aficionados to peruse. 1. The blades. Here they are, you couldn't cut yourself with them, not mullered just well blunt. Are they really that bad? Would blades like that cause such a complete collapse of chipping ? 2. The anvil. Opinions please, the disc blades were a good 6mm away, seems a lot even for a machine of this power. 3. Rollers, few dinks for sure, worth forking out for new though? BTW. It's a 2007 chip master 220 with an Isuzu engine of 50 or 55 hp. Thanks in advance. Ps I'll have to lad the photos separately, my iPad won't do multiples.

So have I, they're just trees not IEDs

Not so much greedy, but if you have tree surgery in the book for 500 quid a day, it's not worth spending a day splitting for 180.

My advice, find someone else like an old guy with a splitter and just give the work to him.

So does that mean you're looking to get back at him by reporting him?

TBF with other 4x4s you don't need parts all the time. If you do, what town doesn't have a jap dealership?

Ahhhh, now that's a good idea. Tree surgeons love a tip site! Careful though, don't let them have a free rein, you'll end up with a mountain when your back's turned.

Hire one for a couple of days. As for storage, it's going to get wet anyway so store it outside. Chickens will love scratching around in that.

You can be too close, it just blows back out.

I guess a lot depends on the truck/chipper set up. It can negate any advantage if you have to clear up after every job.

I used a GD trailer for my tracked chipper and yes, I encountered problems with the chip not reaching the truck. It was bad. I think you'd kick yourself if you did this. Edit. Is the chip getting into the back of the tipper nicely ATM?

Understood, with that long a drop they can do some funny things.

Nice day, nice skills. I still think those 3 ft lumps could have been thrown down by hand. Thanks for sharing.

Haven't you started a thread like this before?

Hi NTTtrees, welcome to the forum, have you checked out the dates on this thread?

Ha Ha, Word.

It's not that I can't see them it's just that I can occasionally forget them, especially if there's more than one. Good idea about the paint.

Dismantled an awkward blue fir carefully to avoid breaking he telephone line. Last cut was a noggin on the way down before felling the spar. Of course it span off and pulled the line out of some box on the wall. I just reconnected it with some insulation tape, customer said the Internet was working so no harm done. I should have done it on the first cut.

What a good set of pics! Stump grinding porn in a nice garden, plus some black swans.

I guess I've always been lucky.