john432
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Quite right Steve, my old brain couldn't !
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Even in a mirror , the clutch side of the saw should be facing the camera, I'm confused!
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Is anyone using , or have any first hand experience of the Mottimaster, or Klapi tuiko shear type of processor? Not unlike the Bilke, but can be had delivered for notmuch more than £ 3k .less than half thd price of a Bilke. Plenty of videos on youtube, look to me to to a good job and fast.
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Remote controlled (almost!) double ended chainsaw milling!
john432 replied to Rob D's topic in Panther Mill UK
If that's the speed of chainsaw mills,with two big saws running? Would drive me mad, just glad i went for a Peterson mill. -
I'm in north Carmarthenshire Wales. I started cutting as high as I could reach with a chainsaw this afternoon, I might just use the 12 tonne excavator to rip the higher branches off, or bend them down,untill I can cut the branch, will look untidy. Excavator is fitted with a 3and 4 finger grapple, so will be used to remove the brash anyway.thanka for all the suggestions and advice.
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This is a good point, The ground slopes a bit and is uneven for a cherry picker type machine, I've got a telehandler, but can't lift someone else up in the bucket these days! o one local has a saw head on a tractor hedge cutter. New pole chainsaw 4-500 + vat? not going to get the job done anyother way cheaper, ladder and chainsaw? hard work! Yes the pole saw would be very handy around the farm, are they ok cutting horizontally? ie in awkward corners etc that the flail can't get to.,or around electric/telephone posts etc.
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I've got a lot of spruce shelter belts on my farm. With the branches overhanging the fence into the field. I need to cut them back in order to cultivate the field. too strong for my flail hedge cutter. My question, would a pole saw be up to it? Which make and model is good value for money. what about the combi units that can also take a strimmer head etc? I know absolutly nothing about these,never even seen one working in real life. some of them sound a bit of a toy with only some 25cc engines. TIA John
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Thanks adw , feed? my chain is starving, was thinking of drilling a bigger hole . what should I do?
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Bought a new Husqvarna 395 with a 28"bar last November, not used much of it yet. But wasn't happy with the amount of oil on the chain, even at the max setting. Investigating the problem today, pump on the saw is fine, 20" oregon bar and the oil flew off the end of the chain.The Husqvarna bar has such a tiny diameter oil hole ,drilled at an angle, so small that I believe it restrics the oil. anyone had a similar experience? tia John
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no probs, Just been on e-bay.de (german) big saving to be made on Uniforest winches too! All the established farm machinery dealers around here have made a vast fortune on our backs over the years! The internet has given us the tool to shop around. As for warrenty, heck a winch? not much to work out how to repair?
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please read again Rover, price in Germany was 7300 euro which included vat at 20%. A tight Welsh hill farmer is not going to be far off when it comes to his hard earned cash!
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Calculated an euro for 75 pence, 75.4 today,
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KGD 800 - EH/SA - KGD Forstseilwinden Have had a rough quote from local Palletways they could collect from Germany for less than 300 quid. Uk dealer basically told me to buy it from away ,than give me an explanation as to why the price differance!
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Reliability wasn't good enough! A farming friend ,changed his LR defender evry 4 years, needed to go about 100 miles to a bull sale, in order to be sure of getting back home, they took his sons 10 year old Mitsubushi pick up! he was a life long LR man, but eventually bought a Jap! too many realiability issues!
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Stanley stoves were the same,years ago, all the uk dealers had the same price, they were sold in EIRE for about a 1000 quid less! why?
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I've emailed the manufactuerer, for a direct price,all he came back with was the contact details of the Uk supplier. Mailed him back with the difference in price and asking for an explanation? I've also mailed a company in france who sells these winches for a price. see what happens. thanks all .
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I'm seriously looking for an 8 tonne forestry winch. Liked the spec on paper ,and the build weight and rope capacity of Kdg winches. The discounted price from the Uk distibuter of a ful spec 8T with remote control,unwinder etc is £5975 +vat Searching on google, same spec, in Germany is advertised for 7300Eur including VAT at 20% which equates to £4500 + vat now that is a big difference, if it cost another £500 to transport it to the uk? Is this another case of RIP off Britain? or the importer being greedy? What would other people do? TIA John
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I was about to buy a makita or Dolmar 9010, actually did a deal with the Germans on ebay,best offer, but couldn't get him to give me the price less VAT even though I sent him my registration number.Husqvarna had a good discount on that Friday deal a fortnight ago, so bought a 395xp. I would compare buying a Husqvarna to a JCB3CX excavator, other makes might perform better, and be cheaper to buy. But when it comes to parts ,there's so many pattern parts out there that makes long term ownership so much more affordable.
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Danarm DD8f, My late father's first chainsaw, still in the shed, he never bought 2stroke for it , just the measured amount of tractor MP engine gearbox oil from the barrel at 16-1 . Spares now are allmost none existent I've been told, would like a carb cover and clutch cover to make it compleat and original. Could a modern electronic "magneto" be fitted,as the ingnition with points was allways a bit tempramental! First Chainsaw I ever used at about 13-14,cutting up bid diameter ash trunks for firewood , Dad reckond it wouldn't kick back much as it was too bloody heavy and slow!
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Not really,another 140 quid will get you a new saw, If your Vat registered. I was thinking about a 9010, but bought a new Husqvarna 395xp for about £680. Second hand saws seem overpriced to me, guess there are so many buyers not Vat registered, making new saws out of their budget.
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Depends where you live, Stihl wont send by courier, so you'll find a Husqvarna for a much better price!
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All very well supporting a local dealer, but I saved 170 quid before VAT on a Husky 395 by buying online.
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do they look much diferent to normal oil seals? measure them up and try someone like ""simply bearings
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can tell a chinese copy quite easy, if it had been rebuilt using a copy crank case then it wouldn't have the rivets attatched, and the paint would be 100% perfect
