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    Bandit 150 feed problems

    Hey guys, First of all thanks for the feedback help. It turned out be relief valve related. The spring in there was shot. So replaced the innards of that valve, and then hooked up to a pressure gauge and reset pressures. I ended up calling my dealer A Lewis Bandit, in Middlesex, VT who I...
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    Bandit 150 feed problems

    1997 Bandit 150. Infeed is eating brush like a turd. 4000hrs plus. Can only handle 2-3 inch material. Can you help me trouble shoot. I feel like I am up to speed maintinence wise... Are my hyd motors bad? How do I test them? Thanks
  3. chep

    ActSafe PME ascender & worlds tallest planted tree

    How brittle are they? What size was the anchor at the top. That sounds like a pretty neat climb.
  4. chep

    ActSafe PME ascender & worlds tallest planted tree

    How old are those trees? Looks like a huge plantation. The block over has been recently harvested, is that the plan for the trees you were climbing? Thanks for sharing
  5. chep

    Help with a big bid...

    At that size, there could be anywhere from 150-300 stems per acre. We are talking maybe 1500 trees total. That is a lot of trees for one person to tip on the weekends. I run a tree biz in the warmer months and have logged for the past 4 winters. I am not the best, but getting better. I have...
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    Help with a big bid...

    It would be a stretch if you have a full time job. Without knowing stems per acre and average diameter, it is really hard to even ballpark. Pictures? If not cut to length, then what? There is no way that it simply cannot matter how the wood is laid out. It sounds easy until you are neck deep...
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    Help with a big bid...

    Just fell? You mean show up and make a ten acre mess? Sign me up. Cut to length? Cut for a skidder, forwarder, tracked chipper, grapple skidder, grinder etc? Whats the terrain? Is there an understory? Are there houses, roads, powerlines, yards. Old hedgerow trees...etc. All of these...
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    bell ultra logger

    Found this. Its in your realm Boreality http://wheeledhandtoolsystems.com/
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    Gasoline vs Diesel in a chip truck

    Can anyone comment on their experiences with a gas vs diesel chip truck. Currently I have a Ford F350 with a 7.3 powerstroke diesel. Unfortunatly this truck is rotting to pieces. I am looking at other Fords with their V10 Gas motor. I pull a Bandit 150, and a trailer sometimes. Up and down a...
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    My First Video

    What I really really did not like was the brush and wood falling close to your ground guy who had his back turned feeding the chipper. That is b.s. I would quit working for someone if they did that more than 1 time by accident. But there was no visual communication between you and your...
  11. chep

    Husqvarna 562

    BBB, Really, a 28 inch bar on a 60cc saw??? really? Husky doesnt reccomend over a 24. I personally wouldn't use over a 20 on that. Guess id have to see it to believe it.
  12. chep

    Hurricane sandy clean up

    Holy s$*t!!! Draper I just watched vid 2. I got the willies watchin you work off that tele pole... then the lanyard round the wires! Thats some wicked storm footage. glad you are alive! Good job. Takin care of business
  13. chep

    RW heat and bad elbow

    I would like to add one letter to your acronym Mr. Ropeshield. Add a B. to R.I.C.E make it B.R.I.C.E the B stands for Beer. I find I heal way quicker! xo
  14. chep

    Access rope - sideloading the carabiner?

    word to that.
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    Access rope - sideloading the carabiner?

    I find it an excellent tool to run up into a tree to enter, then to easily advance ones tie in point. Once destination is reached i tie a running bowline with a pull down line attached via double fisher mans to the the tail of the bowline. We all have different trust thresholds. I trust this...
  16. chep

    Access rope - sideloading the carabiner?

    Jman, The gate on that particular biner is rated at 10Kn http://www.dmmclimbing.com/products/10mm-oval/
  17. chep

    Access rope - sideloading the carabiner?

    I use a STEEL biner all the time in a choked config. especially climbing srt. makes advancing your tie in point easier... I have never even gave it a second thought. Rated at 30 kN, maybe someone can tell me differently...
  18. chep

    Sawmills

    Bix, This is a sugar maple log. I have a slabbing attatchment for my lucas mill. I am learning... you can see I need to work on my chain angles as well. But if you get em right then the cut will be sooo smooth it can be finished with a sander
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    Logs to lumber to sleepers

    It is amazing how much lumber will come out of one log! Truly. Most people do not understand... I have been spending my evenings trying to get my Lucas Mill dialed in. It has been a trying few months, but I think I finally got it. I slabbed out this sugar maple tonight. Bout 32 inches at the...
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    Logs to lumber to sleepers

    Tom, I am not really that into log homes but, may I say: A log home can be built with a drawknife and an axe, if you want to get hardcore. Think of how many times you handle a piece of wood from stump to finished product if you are stick framing. I lived in a cabin I built with a band...

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