Alpine Magnum- 3120 or 088?

Bodean · May 17, 2016

Levi, They tried to charge me the markup but, talked them into the price I was quoted originally.

I paid 5.4k out the door with taxes, nice wheels, 3 sets of teeth, grinding wheel etc....

My storage is my garage....I wanted a Vermeer 252 on a trailer, roll up, double park, blast, go home....
but it's harder to carry a 252 through an apartment or over a retaining wall.....but the AM....

Street trees, it's a blast.

sotc · May 17, 2016

Levi said:
The sales guy said about 30min.

I call B.S. On that.

Bodean said:
Levi, They tried to charge me the markup but, talked them into the price I was quoted originally.

I paid 5.4k out the door with taxes, nice wheels, 3 sets of teeth, grinding wheel etc....

My storage is my garage....I wanted a Vermeer 252 on a trailer, roll up, double park, blast, go home....
but it's harder to carry a 252 through an apartment or over a retaining wall.....but the AM....

Street trees, it's a blast.

Should've shipped it to me brother, no sales tax!

Burnham · May 17, 2016

OK. Those are both good powerheads, even this dyed in the wool Stihl boy will admit. So if it were my decision, it would be all about which brand has better parts and service locally available to you.

rbtree · May 18, 2016

mistahbenn said:
The one i used, the pull cord kept breaking, hard to start, then gets really hot. And fumey too. Just my 2c. 880!

Come out here, and I'll show you how to start a man's saw, young feller.....

I run a bone stock 3120 on my AM...and most of you tree dogs have seen my woods ported 3120 in action--all 13.24861599 horsepower!! Taint nothing much that slows it down!

rbtree · May 18, 2016

Levi, re post #21: Get another sales guy..... the oil tank must be bone dry and washed out..... the clutch has to be removed to allow the sprocket has to be changed to a pulley, different muffler, if the 3120 is used, and the belt has to be adjusted just so....not a slam dunk...

flushcut · May 18, 2016

Burnham said:
OK. Those are both good powerheads, even this dyed in the wool Stihl boy will admit. So if it were my decision, it would be all about which brand has better parts and service locally available to you.

Wait wait wait what?! Did just read B giving the nod to a Husky? Are you OK? Are you feeling well? Is the Earth going to explode soon? :lol:

Just busting balls B.

Levi · May 18, 2016

Wow, it sounds like that might take more than 30min. Going by Burnham's logic stihl gets the nod.

mistahbenn · May 18, 2016

On my way cap'n Rog

SouthSoundTree- · May 18, 2016

Is you access really bad, Levi?

AMs look perfect when you need them, but also look very, very hard on the body, but I've never run one.

mistahbenn · May 18, 2016

Yes Sean they are! With the backyard thru the house work I been doing they are invaluable ! But I'd hate to use one all he time, lucky cos I'm the hired him and don't need to

Levi · May 18, 2016

Sean, the access is usually pretty good for us, we're thinking it's a good place to start for several reasons though. It would be nice to stack up a bunch of no access stuff for the winter from our jobs, other CO.s and muni's too. Maybe get a 252 one day.

SouthSoundTree- · May 18, 2016

Levi, I think Nick said his guys do 20 minutes on the AM/ 20 minutes off, or something. High vibrations.

Elm have twisty grain (maybe Jay can explain). I could imagine them being hard to grind, but don't know. Have you done them? Do you have a feel for the different local stumps?

You can't beat power when you have access.

Bodean · May 18, 2016

I got three stumps tomorrow. All street trees....gonna blast'em.

Bodean · May 18, 2016

Yummy...

Hmmm.

Where is it?

Burnham · May 19, 2016

Tough place to grind...good looking finished product, Deva.

Levi · May 21, 2016

Nicely done. How long on that one?

CurSedVoyce · May 22, 2016

I wanna see how it all packs onto the bike...

Raj · May 22, 2016

Side car.

Bodean · May 23, 2016

Ha. Burnham. That finished product was before I started digging..... ended up finding this unknown utility under it....I have a good repoire with the city....called them and they pardoned the HO'S empty tree vault.....though burned him for not having a tree removal permit.

Ended up grinding below grade, backfill ing and still getting full payment.

The teeth were dull anyway.....dodged a bullet.

Bodean · May 23, 2016

The middle one....of the first three, I picked out in an hour.....

SouthSoundTree- · May 23, 2016

Maybe good to have to clean around the stump for the AM, with the city utility history having unknowns.

What digging tools are you using? A mini 2.5 pound pick-mattock is good, as well as the full sized 5#. Cutter mattock maybe for rocks embedded in a root.

Bodean · May 24, 2016

It's imperative here to dig first.

You don't know what's in there.
Could be a gun.

Also, the AM dulls in an instant.

Pulaski, shovel and a serious ass axe mattox I think it's called. I'll get a picture.

Stump removal is either digging, chopping, grinding or pulling.

Bodean · May 24, 2016

Seriously, Stephen I'm looking for something besides this big truck....A bike and trailer might be interesting.

SouthSoundTree- · May 24, 2016

probably a cutter mattock. The pick mattock and mini mattock are really good. The mini is small and nimble. the full size a brute. Both trail building tools from days gone by.

Sawsall can help.

Bodean · May 24, 2016

Ha. Old Irish told me to get a sawsall and be done with it all.

I can't believe the times......I'm on hold and checking social media and Tree Housing at the same time.......

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