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Not a problem I shall be firmly sat in the telehandler seat. Should be safe there. Seriously though we have an experienced tree climber on staff so he will be doing the cutting. Appreciate your concern though, I know leylandii can be pigs.

I work for a large nursery and we need to remove about 20 large leylandii. They are up to 36 inches at the base. We have a ms181 that we use for general hedge maintenance pruning etc but a bigger saw is needed for these trees. What saws would you recommend bearing in mind this is a one off job. Most cutting at height can be done from a telehandler cage so I think we can manage without a top handle but I am open to suggestions. Rather than risk secondhand we normally new equipment.

Occurred to me last night depemding what gear you have you might struggle to drill the 16 mm mounting holes. If this is the case assuming you have a pillar drill mount the ball to a piece of channel then either weld the channel directly into the blade or if you want quick release, drill two pieces of heavy flat top and bottom of the channel,weld the flat to the blade and drop two pins through from top to bottom. R clip or similar might be needed to stop pins jumping out.You would just be left with the two pieces of flat on the blade then.

Never done it but I suppose you could drill a couple of mounting holes in the blade and weld captive nuts behind. Probably more secure than a clamp top to bottom

That the one. Glad to hear (no pun intended) its quiet. Our neighbour will be happy with that. If we get it we have the brash from a huge leylandii hedge to put through and an ongoing job of shredding 3 litre pots of peat with bushy foliage. We intend to put the peat through our biomass boiler and possibly the leylandii if it shreds it small enough. Sounds good thanks

Already said I plan to use roundup but wouldn't salt be damaging as well?

We are going to look at a king feeder shredder in a week or so. Output is 7 cubic metre / hour Load from top or rear and takes a pallet sized load 50 HP Input required. Anyone know anything about these good or bad. Cheers

Had a Garmin for years, TomTom for 18 months which failed now back on Garmin. Navigation not much between them, possibly tomtom very marginally better although it still took us down country lanes 6ft wide We use the satnav to find good restaurants when we are away so Garmin is much better unless you are happy to dine out at McDonalds. Basically POI on Garmin better imo. Smart phone may be the way to go though

To explain a couple of questions the trees are between two fences only accessible from my soon to change neighbours side. They are obviously not really interested but later the trees will become a problem.Depending on my new neighbour I may not be able to return to accesses them again Regarding the environment the trees are between a wall and tarmac flanked by two drives. I would not even consider anything not biodegradable otherwise. Sounds like Roundup is the way to go though. Thanks all for the advice

Could the exhaust gas have been drawn into the saw and disrupted the cooling? Along with another problem such as a weak mixture tipping the balance causing an overheat. I am not a chainsaw engineer so I would be interested in an expert opinion on this as sometimes I use my saws in confined places

A little more detail for your fault finding Is the light output constant over rough ground? You could even cover the other light off road to get a better look. If not you have a supply/connection problem. Presumably you have the lucar spade connectors on your headlight so check they are a tight fit on the bulb. If you have a spare single spade check each connection individually. Ensure they are tight with no signs of arcing/burning. Check headlight unit for movement against the opposite side. Any looseness will cause vibration and kill your bulb. Even though it is the same bulb and unlikely to be a voltage problem it would only take a minute to check this. Your local garage would probably not charge you for this. Alternatively and probably best find someone who repairs starters/alternators to check the voltage. If you are using cheap replacements then they might be more susceptible to over voltage than the original equipment ones.

Normally blowing bulbs is a sign of too high an alternator voltage . However if it is the same bulb look for an intermittent supply to the bulb, constantly heating and cooling will shorten a bulbs life. Vibration will also cause the same problem. Faulty batch of bulbs, Try a different brand/ supplier.Few things for you to look at.

Normally manufactures put the chip in the key. Is Landrover different?

We have had an X reg 3.5t sprinter van for several years and it has not done us too badly. Drives better than our Iveco and more reliable. Iveco much newer and almost as rusty, especially chassis. Old ldv was the best, crude but always did the job. No info about tippers I am afraid. Traction on the sprinter not good on our van, too light on the back when empty

Two things I did not mention originally 1 am an engineer so any thing I buy probably will not be used after this job. Although it is with the owners consent these sycamores are not really my trees so I would baulk at spending a lot of money on professional products. Bearing in mind they are small trees it would be ideal if something I have already would do the job. Any mileage in drilling and filling with creosalt (which needs to go anyway) or diesel. I have a few weed killers such as normal roundup, grazon, glyphogan etc. If you think I am wasting my time with these then I will need to put my hand in my pocket and buy one of the suggested products. Thanks for the info.

Hi Aiden If you get no takers for timber are you going to have it for firewood or is it on offer. Anywhere near Callington by any chance. Regards

Don't worry its what we have come to expect. Keep it up.

Good result. I see your problem with the speed. That was really slow, clockwork was it. Hopefully your tractor and electric pressures are similar. My splitter runs up to 28Mpa (4000 psi) so if yours is similar you might lose a little splitting force when tractor driven. Presumably little and large will be running side by side so if you did stumble with little then you could revert to the bigger one. Might be a good setup for two operators in the future if you could get a PTO pump to run your Thor. Simple hydraulics then or use a hyd splitter as treequip says and you could drop the engine revs.( power permitting).

Caught one of my lads using a 1/2 inch ratchet as a hammer. He got the message I was not impressed.

Thanks Alec Getting back to them later might be difficult. The adjoining proberty will be sold soon and I was hoping to sort the trees before that. New neighbours might be a problem, then the trees would eventually push my wall down. If I can kill them chemically once and for all it would save any potential hassle.

We have some sycamores on our boundary that have been allowed to grow to about 3 inches across. I intend to cut and drill the stump. Will diesel kill them or what would you suggest.

Just over 1/2 but just to clarify my 7 or 8 splits a minute includes loading and unloading. You might better that if you connect just one splitter but what I puzzles me is how you have two electric splitters or is this just "what would happen if"

Seems a lot of hassle for very little gain if any. I use an electric splitter for my Rayburn and with reasonably good wood I can get 7or 8 splits a minute. Pressure is probably higher than your tractor and the flow not far short. I saw a splitter at Moral show on a DB and was not really much faster. Your 20 l/m is even slower. Divide by two and you are probably better off with electric. Guessing a MF 35 by the flow rate, never the fastest hydraulics but good pressure normally.

Correction perry loaders were AFTER my time,

I remember stacking bales under a tin roof with the sun on it and hay that had started to warm underneath. Little warm to say the least. Perry loaders were before my time but I remember throwing bales 6 rings high on a normal height trailer. My mate from the local farm and myself were the only ones that could get them that high, we found it funny to see the village lads struggle especially late in the day when they had blistered hands. No sympathy back then. Same mate and I used to race along main roads very late at night. Not a problem when the police had moggy 1000s. The roads were a lot quieter then, you could travel many miles along an A road without seeing another car. We were definitely mad then and probably lucky to be here.