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    2013 bandit 75xp bad jamming problem behind feeding wheel

    I have this one with the original 25 hp engine. Been working well till a few days ago. Some wood chunk goes behind the feeding wheel and end up vertically jammed into the space between feeding wheel and the chipper body sheet metal. The sheet metal is not that heavy so it got pushed out more and...
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    New liability insurance for my truck increased by 40%, shop around?

    I have three trucks. This one is not the biggest one, 99 f550 3-ton chip truck. Used to be over 900 till last year. Received new bill today, 1400 a year. What do u guys say?
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    For another bandit 65XP today

    I have a 12” 250 with 4bt diesel that I almost never get to drag it out. My workhorse has been an early design of 65, much lighter built. I put one of those 999cc kohler on it when I first got it and it’s been serving me very well. Planning to get rid of the 250 and just use the two 65. 2013...
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    how to improve Bandit 250 chipping deadwood

    I use my Bandit 65 with 40 hp gas engine as my workhorse chipper. I have a Bandit 250 very well maintained. however, I rarely use it because it's almost useless when I do a dead tree removal or deawooding. it's awesome chipping live trees. I heard people talking about 250 with quad roller. Is it...
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    Need help replacing busted hose on Branch Manager grapple

    The hose need replacing has the connector inside the metal top thing. Don’t see an easy way to take off the hose and replace it. Hopefully I don’t need to totally disassemble the grapple to get to it. Any idea or experience? Thx. Erwin
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    mini skid replacement rubber tracks - Vermeer CTX100

    ran over a concrete anchor right at grade level and torn the track today. where else beside going to the dealership? Thx
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    Can't get belts for my old Bandit 65, big headache!

    It's bee two weeks now since I asked my Bandit dealer to get me those two belts, still nothing. anyone know an alternative source? Much appreciated! 70.5" long, 0.575' (14.575mm) wide ribbed V-belt
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    wish Bashlinds makes an in-between sized replacement gaffs

    been using the pole gaffs for 2 years and decided to try the tree gaffs. the pole gaffs work great for 90% of my climbing activity. the other 10% is when I climb thick barked or dead trees trees or, when I gig in bothfeet on the side of a horizontal limb during removal. the tree gaffs are wayyy...
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    1st time in 20 years in business been threatened of a lawsuit

    did a removal for a lady last year, nothing special about the tree, finished grinding the stump, cleaned up and left. There were a few red flags here n there, like asking to do one more thing here n one more thing there, nothing too serious. The next day HO called and complaining about a cut...
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    Question about wear n tear in stumper cutting wheel

    Hi. All. I just noticed that the edge of my cutting wheel developed funny looking recessed areas at the outer edge in front of some teeth pair. Is it normal wear? I just don’t understand how that could happen. Is it time to replace the wheel? If so it might be a good time to look at alternative...
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    try to wire auto feed plus to my Bandit 65 repowered with new kohler command pro 37hp, no success

    If anyone has managed to get it work with the new kohler engine, plz share, Thx. planning to replace the non-working Bandit factory autofeed with Auto Feed Plus before the season starts. There is no easy way to mound a mag pickup anywhere on the engine. At least I did not figure out how...
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    opinions needed before I take my broken Bandit 250 to the metal recycler

    I restored one 98 model and now it's my work horse. Couldn't help and picked up this one couple years ago planning to do the same. never had the time and never will. already have a very nice lower hour 65 as backup chipper. going to take out all the useful parts and just haul it to the recycler...
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    re-calibrating pricing for my trimming jobs

    after over 15 years in business, I'm at the point that I can almost name my price (100% referrals). Obviously every tree is different. Let's say a typical mature pin oak in a subdivision, with 24-28" DBH, 25% facing house 20' from the house) in the front yard, branches overhang the roof by...
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    anyone knows where else to buy starter for Vermeer CTX100 (Kohler KDI1903). cant's find any source online.

    bought it brand new in April 2019. now the starter solenoid started sticking most of the times when cold start. took it apart, greased it, no help. want to buy a new one but try not to buy from Vermeer. no hits at all with google search. any idea why no one is selling that starter? Thx. Erwin
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    2003 Bandit 65, trying to re-power it now, any input? Thx

    As many of you probably still remember, I picked up an almost new 200 hour, 2003 model year 65 early this spring. As I expected, the engine died now. No compression and sucking in the right cylinder when I put my finger in the spark plug hole. Also the push rod for the points does not move as I...
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    how long a flat bed do I need to carry a mini track lift, like 90' reach?

    tossing around ideas for my next investment. I'd like to find a 2000ish 7.3 F550 with a flat bed that's long enough to carry my future spider lift when I can no longer climb often, preferably a dump bed. For those who already have a lift, what's the minimum length of flat bed do i need? I can...
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    damage to service drop, should I go ahead and pay the full amount or is there a way to reduce it?

    I normally wait till the utility to drop the line. However, this time their wait time is over a month and its not that hard for me to do it without line drop. So, I decided to get it done. However, a small twig broke off the large branch we are lowering and broke the line. it's a very old type...
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    This might be a good truck for someone looking

    saw this on my local CL. If I had my future track lift NOW, I'd consider buying this truck. 21' bed should be able to hold your lift and a mini skid on the front. there might be even room for something else. I'd prefer a 7.3 with a 16' stationary flat bed so I can mount all the tool boxes I need...
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    seeking knowlege and experience fixing oil leak on my bucket truck

    I have a 55' Altec bucket which I probably only use a few times a year. I prefer climbing most of the jobs. However, with a few of the big removals near street, the bucket is sweet. Last time I used it, there was a pretty bad leak in the tower under the boom (most likely somewhere on the turn...
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    buying SENA inter com, need advice

    I've been wearing KASK 100% time for couple years and now I want to add SENA system so I don't have to yell at my groundy and hurt my voice. I'm looking at Treestuff website. Not sure if I want to have the 3M ear muff. I think that I probably don't want to wear ear muff while im in the tree just...

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