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    Opinions on Bandit 65xp with 25hp

    Dunno about bandits, but the difference between 25 and 35 is night and day. I’d reconsider.
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    Mini and micro chippers

    For the money they cost I’d rather tell people the brash stays where it is or lose the job. The juice ain’t worth the squeeze imo.
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    Toro STX-38 stump grinder...any good?

    That size engine with hydraulic drive means it’ll do the job, but at a leisurely pace. Teeth are critical on machines like that.
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    Tracked Avant

    You lose the high speed that a wheeled one has, so forwarding wood out of a big garden is compromised. I’ve got a 760, I could afford the tracks, but not a chance I’d get them.
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    Thoughts on these shrubs (Yew I think)

    FROM SHEARS TO SMART TECHNOLOGY: STIHL’S PART IN MAINTAINING THE WORLD’S LARGEST YEW HEDGE https://arbtalk.co.uk/news.html/from-shears-to-smart-technology-stihl%E2%80%99s-part-in-maintaining-the-world%E2%80%99s-largest-yew-hedge-r398/ Might be of interest.
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    Refusing irresponsible tree work

    If they want it out for their own reasons, and they pay then I’ll take it out. Who am I to lecture people on things on their own property?
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    Anyone notice an increase in scam leads / calls / messages recently?

    Phony debt recovery firms, chasing me for debts I don’t owe.
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    Multi one mini loader 2.3

    No, the other way round, Avant predate MO. Rebranded as Vermeer in the US these days. Both good machines, have run both.
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    Euro tracked chippers.

    Regular visual checks are, or should be part of every owners routine. Belt tensions, flywheel bearing free from encumbrance, air filters after dusty work etc. 5 minutes work every 2 or 3 days. Chippers are machines of destruction and when they’re not set up properly they start destroying...
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    Euro tracked chippers.

    One of the ways to judge a machine, not just by one guys opinion or something someone said on the internet is second hand value. TW hold their value, people are still happy to buy second hand. Forst second hand value is poor, models viewed with suspicion. My 2cents.
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    How's the work flow?

    Scraping along, the odd decent job, otherwise just about keeping my head above water.
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    Hexarope

    They look good, make work simpler, not more complicated. I’m getting one.
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    Euro tracked chippers.

    Yes, I’d never get another Först. Very capable, but reliability is suspect.
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    Euro tracked chippers.

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    Working on a topped tree questions.

    Thanks Levi! Ime silver maples rot quickly from cut points, turn to mush. You can usually get 2 or 3 retoppings in before they fall to pieces. Here you’d retop that without a seconds thought, but if that gives the OP a fit of the vapours whaddyagunna do?
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