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You see it all over, as we age we are fitter better than similar aged 20 years ago - might have been the rule then and that has carried over despite the evidence. Regardless, 'best years are gone' - but that never means throw onto the scrap heap, pointless - even if they are past, I'd be putting in a fair bet that most of us on here (and we are predominantly grumpy older men), we could still put in a fair shift when we need to.

Timberwolf 125 and 190 are both good too. 125 light to move around. 190 will make you look at the job a different way coming from a gravity feed.

Don’t think I don’t know who you’re referencing here!

North Korean scam operator? Bot?

agreed, you need that sort of money for a decent one

Makita DUC254 (but put 1/4 pitch chain) or Echo 2500T are the lightest. Personally I have the 254, it's great for this type of stuff.

the TW230 im only seeing them around 12K .. which is more than we had budgeted for ..

I was more forestry than arb and retires 8 years ago but did use small chippers on arb jobs; Forst have an aggressive feed but poor reliability reputation, 150s were my favorite, never got to use 230.

oh.. I know the paint flakes off a fair bit, can you tell me more .. thanks ..

The 150s are crazy money for such an old chipper. Forst can be a lottery, cheap for a reason. 230s are superb.

Forsts are shit. 150s are good. 230s are great.

this is what I thought, the ST6 was much inline with the Tw230 .. which is why I was thinking a Tw150 at 8k is on the higher side ..

The Timberwold 230's have been out a few years now, im sure there must be something out there within the 8k budget? Its a whole different animal to the old 150

Hi all ... Im new to posting in the forum, tho have gained a lot of useful info in the past from here.. was hoping to get a little advice on some chippers from some more seasoned guys .. I run a small part time tree business, only modest but the time has come that we need to upgrade from our old faithful gravity fed chipper, we have put this off for a while now.. looking at buying second hand, our budget is around 8K, we have seen some nice looking fully refurbished TW150's and we have seen a few Forst ST6 for much the same price.. both look like they would do what we need, I'm guessing the ST6 is better and much newer, but would a fully refurbished TW150 be a better buy? that a STW with around 1000 hours on it.. ? any thoughts and experience on these would be great and much appreciated ..

They were excellent with my Transit mate, and I know @Treetom15 was very pleased with his 4x4 conversion.

Depends what sort of climbing. Despite my youth and conventional good looks, I climb like an old, fat drunk. I'd be no good scurrying round a whole street of plane repollards. But a removal where I rig the thing down without having to go very far, I'll beat a 20-year-old who can't see the ropework.

Bullshit Loads of 40/50 year olds are climbing.

Every time mate, know a few lads who've used them.

Is a small trailer out of the question?

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Thinking of trading in my current BMW for something I can use as a family car and for small tree work and hedging jobs. Obviously looking for double cabs- either a ranger, Hilux, X class or similar- but being double cab they have a bed length of around 1.5 metres, which is borderline being cable to have more than 2 tonne bags bagged up with leaves in it, stacked ontop of eachother. a 3.5 tonne truck is a bit excessive for me at the moment and insurance and parking is a bit of a problem! anyone else used a pick up or have any thoughts about it all? Cheers

Too embarrassed to show their faces.

I was told by a very well known firm who do proper trees in london an the south east by the time your 30 in this game they'd put you onto the contracts management side of things ,by the time he's 40 he'd learn the trade but be knackered , how many 40/50 year old are still climbing ? Just pointless his best years are gone

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How do you mean? You have paid too much VAT or not been reimbursed enough or what? What currency does that sign represent?