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2 ton, but as it happens, also 2 stroke. I'm looking to get it fixed, but it cost me about 9 X 2 ton electric winches new, so if the gearbox is screwed, burning out a few electric winches might be cheaper!

Ah! I understand. I don't think I have enough slings, but they'd do the job right enough 😊 It's a little 2T winch, same as my dead capstan.

Thanks for the ideas. I'll have a go with them all once I've welded the mount plate on. Is it worth putting a manual winch on the back, like on the Ironhorse*, to stop the 4x4 sliding? These aren't huge logs but it might help on the slopes? *Also broken. Expensive week...

I'm doing this because I broke my capstan winch ☹️

That's smart, just looping the slings on like prussics and hooking in? I've got some old slings which would do this. I have an old piece of 13mm I could loop up permanently...

Synthetic rope, but yes. And a 13mm winch rope from the load. Prussic is a good shout, but I've found on really heavy loads the knot gets really difficult to release. That said, for logs that shouldn't be the case. I've got some old fall arrest kit, a Shunt and some petzl ID s which would work the same.

I'm trying to drag bits of tree to a portable mill on a slope, so can't use the 4x4 to drag them. I'm getting a small electric winch mounted on the 4x4. But the winch has 15m of rope, which won't be long enough sometimes when the log is further away. How do i make this work?

I have one. It's lighter than most 4x4 so will travel in places others can't. Narrow too. I put 100mm spacers on the wheels because it felt tippy on hard slopes (but that's me being soppy). There's a 1.6 engine which is a straight swap for the factory 1.4 and it's that a bit more powerful. Not found much rust issue but I inherited a brake mod which loses brake fluid slowly so watch for DIY on anything you buy. Mine was <£2k but raised, nobblies etc so I was really happy with that. I would say if you can find a reasonable one you will be very happy with it for a general workhorse on private land.

So, the Mrs wrestled the remote off me two weeks ago at the opening ceremony and I thought while the break dancing's* on I'd do some "science". There's a lot on this forum and others about Husqvarna chargers (QC330 especially) failing so here's where we find out for the first time if indeed Husky battery chargers are made of cheese. [Serious voice] If there's a design problem, then Husqvarna should be fixing it**. If you sink the better part of a grand into a chainsaw system, all the parts need to last. If a battery charger turns out to be a "consumable" after a year or two, then 2 stroke's looking like a cheaper option. And it's not fair for UK retailers if they've got to suck up losses from bad (Swedish) Husqvarna designs***. *Seriously, WTF?! **I think there is, I'll post after the poll ***Trustpilot rating of 1.6!!!

Shouldn't they be getting them all back/making a better one? Given the price. ONline, one of the youtubes shows a straight replacement for one of the diodes. I might try that. worth a go for a fiver. I wonder many people have had this happen. Maybe worth a poll? They shouldn't still be selling them if they keep breaking.

If I'm going to need a new charger every couple of years, I'm going back to 2 stroke! There's a few youtube videos showing the bit t replace. Might try a fix. Was hoping others on here have tried. It's just a charger.

Coming up 2 years. Should last longer? How long did yours last before it went bang?

QC330 just stopped working. Never leaves the house, sits in the corner, hardly used. Now an orange paperweight. Anyone know how to fix these? Quite a few posts about Husqvarna chargers failing. I wouldn't mind but they're stupid money.

Hi Commando, it's Youngs normal (wine) yeast - my local shop has sold out of their cider yeast. I used an EC-1118 sparkling wine yeast on the 4% stuff but it didn't start so I've tipped in more of the Youngs. I have read the same as what you say in that wine yeast is best. I'll take a look at the Andrew Lea book. I've got "The new cider maker's handbook" by Jolicoeur and "The History and virtues of cyder" by RK French. Both a good read in their own way; the former seems to be a bit of a go to "bible" - a book I would like to write.