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Read a comment the other day that said "either the pick-up is the tool or the owner is the tool"

On 15/02/2024 at 19:26, richyrich said:

Correction- it shows Foxwood in stock.£4800 nearly. Bit dear when a Chinese equivalent for £3k less- albeit cheaper components.

We have a year old CS100 coming into stock shortly. 2 years warranty remaining.

Go to a trailer supplier. ATE are helpful.

A set of digital bathroom scales will sort out any weight issues. 

However, a few grams isn't going to make much difference. When you consider that when timber is going through the flywheel that's turning anti clockwise, 6 o'clock to 12 o'clock is loaded with chip, then 12 o'clock back around to 6 o'clock is largely empty.

11 minutes ago, jimupson said:

definitely come and see us at the APF 

Only if you've got soup again.

On 26/05/2023 at 23:26, Stihl madness 880 said:

 And as also mentioned elsewhere a cs100 details for £5450 + vat. Though like I said retail and sale aren't the same necessarly 😜

Retail of the CS100 18hp is £5470 + VAT. Will be some discount on that though and most dealers sell a shade under 5k ex vat.

Jim Upson / Upson Mowers are a good outfit 😎

Not PTO. But we have just part exchanged a 2011 Jensen A340 9" road tow, 68hp Kubota diesel. Easy enough to drag around with a tractor and not running hours up on it either or tying the tractor to the job,

We carry all the flywheel bearings in stock should you wish to order.

1) Have you got photos of the cutter discs? You can usually tell the difference between blade-anvil contact and debris damage.

2) I wouldn't overly worry about the small amount of damage on the orange fan blades. 

3) Your flywheel alignment adjustment on the front bearing is up, down, left and right. The gap down each side of the bearing may not be identical. When setting up a flywheel you are looking for a good rotation with no tight spots, no creaking from the rear self aligning bearing and a 2mm blade gap. Getting these three key points correct may give an uneven gap down the side of the bearing.

4) Slacken your drive belts and get a bar under the flywheel, check for play up and down plus end to end.

If there is play then either the bearings are worn or the front bearing has been turning on the main shaft. If the latter then you will need a reconditioned exchange flywheel and the updated NTN front bearing setup.

Just bought and fitted the Stovax Stockton 5 wide for home. Really pleased with it. 

Our workshop here is separate to our main building and we use a plug in 32amp heater. It doesn't really heat the area until about 4pm after being on since 8am.

We have priced up air con and it is pretty reasonable. We should be able to get the workshop up to temperature quickly but also in the summer cool the area from mid 30's to a reasonable 20 odd.

You can get air con units that'll service a double garage space for a few hundred quid. Worth looking into.

This is common on belt v hydraulic anything. An outfront ride on flail or rotary deck will perform better being belt driven over hydraulic unless the hydraulic has a lot more hp behind it. The upside of hydraulic driven stuff is it's generally less maintenance with no belts, bearings or pulleys to tension or maintain.

From a build quality point of view FSI is in another league compared to the American or eastern European grinders. 

HI Pete, we had it done. By Isuzu main dealer and supported by their warranty.

When it cuts out does the RDS screen go off? When it does cut out is it instant?

We have a 1.9 Dmax, bought new in 2021 and has done 50 odd k now without a fault.

We tow wood chippers and can be pulling in the region of 3T when towing a tracked one with a plant trailer. Our salesman said it felt a little under powered on some of the hills when heavy towing. But to be honest I expect most pick ups do being under 200hp.

On the last service we had the approved Isuzu remap done by the Isuzu dealership. MPG is a little better however I think we have only towed road tows up to around 1tonne since.

24 minutes ago, GarethM said:

Aren't land rovers minus the rear seats.

Obviously the pickup is available as a 5 seat, but is the Corsavan still available as commercial?.

 

Yes I know it's well under 2ton, but probably better unless you want to tow?.

90% of Discovery's have been converted from 2 seat with bulkhead to a family car with rear seats. Have a look on eBay at Discovery Commercials. 

39 minutes ago, Joe Newton said:

Surely any pickup would fit the bill?

 

Or a disco commercial with retrofitted rear seats. 

Not every.

A pick up has to have a rear payload of 1tonne for it to be classed as commercial and to get the tax benefits.

On 06/11/2023 at 13:46, JBASport said:

I have taken your advice and managed to remove the blockage by removing the shute. Regarding cleaning the fuel system I would welcome some advice on what to remove and what to clean. The inline fuel filter appears to be reasonably clear. But not sure what I need to remove and clean on the carb. I have attached a couple of pictures to help. Many thanks, Terry

Is that a universal inline filter fitted there? If so, its the wrong style.

There is a 90 degree fuel filter in the outlet of the fuel tank. It isn't visible and you need to remove the tank to change it. Although popping the tank off is a 1 min job and there is a fuel tap also.

We keep them in stock 01380 828863 / www.gagroundcare.com 

We can supply a lightly used TP270. It has done about 30 hours!

16 hours ago, doobin said:

And it can carry the chip away

And save a few grand!

On 01/11/2023 at 11:16, Gav Green Man said:

Ayup boys, has anyone had any experience of the GL&D Titan super tracked bio chipper.

 

The problem I see (and happy to be corrected) regarding small  chippers on tracks is that something pedestrian moved is generally more manoeuvrable than something on tracks, shunting it around a customers lawn for example. If you had to get say the length of a football pitch I bet I could get there quicker pushing a CS100 than tracking a gravity fed style tracked unit. Obviously they come into their own on tougher, wet, boggy, steep ground where pushing is an issue. However if its a big job then you'd want a proper tracked hydraulic fed wood chipper on site.

So really, the tracked gravity fed wood chippers which there are plenty of manufacturers offering only have an advantage if you're in boggy ground with narrow access? Pretty niche situation for the money spent?  

Re tank cleaning, has it been fully drained, cleaned, dried and refilled with good diesel? Majority of engine issues are fuel related. Those Kubota units give very little trouble. 

Which model EVO are you looking at? Petrol or diesel? Built well, will match the performance of the competition, get one out on demo and see for yourself