Stefan Palokangas

Small cost for peace of mind, and might learn a thing or two.

I would not have climbed it, in my opinion the risk is to great compared to the reward. My way of doing that would be to hire a cherry picker.

The key to success in my opinion is to avoid mistakes, and if you make them learn from them, and turn all negative to something useful and positive. Compensate the lack of machinery with high confidence. Without a confident mind you will relay on luck, so confidence is very important. You have this idea in your mind, now get out there and make it a reality.

Work hard, and work really hard, do the extra mile, ask the guys to stay on if almost completed a job. If you do this and your boss cant see your worth then get another job. As a company owner you look on things from another perspective, put yourself as an company owner point of view and be self critical, see if there is any more you can do. If you are a genuine hard working lad and your boss taking advantage of you, then i would suggest you go somewhere else where your skills and talents get valued better.

What great replies and good reviews of the Kohler engine, i'm very happy and it feels i made the correct move to get a machine with a Kohler engine. Thanks for all positive and enlightening replies.

Thanks for the reply Breezeblock, i will look this up.

I didn't know this about stainless, all i had in my mind was to avoid rust due to i just dislike rust marks.. Thanks for the insight

WeFixIt, thanks for reply.. Yes you have a good point and very true and valid. I'm the kind of guy who service my car 3 times a year to be sure all is fine. So this machine will get a tender touch.

Thank you that make perfect sense Predator, kind of same logic as i need to clean the cooling fins on my grafic card on the computer or it will overheat.

Thank you

Can't help it

I can easy see i can avoid a big cost by maintaining my machine, if i can keep the machine maintained and get it to run as cheap as possible i can supply lower prices and get more customers. Trying to think outside the box here, and see if i can make some sort of improvments myself on the machine.

Thanks for replies I'm looking in to ways to make my machine to last for as long as possible. I have done a setup now in my garage where i can drive the machine up so i can be below it in a safe manner and inspect every bit of the machine, and now wonder if i should replace all screws and bolts with stainless steel ones, see if i can improve it to last longer. I noticed already a screw is loose from the bit where the fumes goes out, dont know the english word for it, Exaust is the nearest i know the spelling. Some bits can not have a rubber washer to stop vibrations. How do you guys maintain and improve your stump grinders to last longer ?

Hello guys Any of you folks out there got any experience of the Kohler engines, what life time to expect of them? To take in to thought it been maintained and checked daily. Thanks

Never lend anything out. I lended out my Husqvarna 242.. Old saw but brand new, got it back and it did not feel the same. This was years ago but still makes me rage !

Sean my thoughts and prayers are with you during your recovery

Thanks for all the replies, will read them all and take proper action in this stump grinder adventure of mine. Was a few eye openers, and hoping it will help me from doing some mistakes down the line. Sale rep decided to hold with that one, so no mystery figure dressed as a beaver will do any door knocking. Instead i will advertise in papers this full summer in quite a big area. Give out alot of Cards, and even cups with the name on it. Walk around areas and drop leaflet in doors where i can see folks have stumps. Send papers, with insurance copy to all it might concern. And keep the rule and never break it to be extraordinary tidy and on time always. Thanks guys for great replies to my thread ! Stefan

I wish you great success over there in my old home country.

How much is it for one of these Jo Beau grinders ?

Found a video with this wheel in use [ame] [/ame]

The link works, seems like you can turn them and get more use out of that expensive tungsten material, where on other teeth you don't get use of the material in the back. I will order one and try it out. Thanks for the link Jesse

A pair of cutting trousers could prove a good idea this chains is quite messy when they get a bite on your leg.

I'll check if i can buy one of those wheels and compare them. If they are easy on the machine then it make sense to get it. Joshar, how is work in Sweden? I'm Swedish myself but havent been there for 12 years or so, i used to work with felling trees beside power lines for Sydkraft and Vattenfall. That was hard work !

I have a stationary diamond wheel grinder, and a hand held grinder that i will put a stone wheel on for grinding the teeth, have not tryed the diamond wheel grinder yet tho, i think it will work fine if i modify it a little. I'm feeling quite exited entering the Stump grinding community and see how i will do in this adventure, i feel this line of work will suit me just fine. This Multi tip seems to work very good, but then again i haven't really much to compare with other then the machines i hired when i had tree surgery company, and they was not the same, they broke off all the time. I seen the Green wheel and it reminds a little of the multi cut system, the wheel is not round if you say, reason i use the multi cut is also the cost to change teeth. Some of this machines that got teeth on the sides of the wheel it is a arm and a leg to change teeth on them. and takes time to change, and takes time to sharpen them.. Multi cut teeth is quite big, i get a steady grip holding it and can sharpen it fast. Taking the teeth out the pocket is fast aswell.

Clients with money is the way to go, professionals have a better understanding for profit. I was almost buying the carlton 5014, was very near buying it. This might sound picky but i stepped back due to the look on the remote and the fact it wont go where the predator will go. I think the carlton would grind faster compared to the Predator with it's 44 hp i think, and mine is 38 hp. Was looking in to the Predator 50 and 75 aswell, but they seemed a bit big, perhaps for a later date. I had in my mind i will do mostly private work in rich areas, i have done a tree surgery company before and i had my favorite places back then, so i hope the grinding will work in this areas. But i must say your setup looks very professional, tidy and clean.