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Thinking how do to get the job done in the quickest time. That takes experience. You sound like a pretty switched on bloke, and the ag background means you’ll be a pretty practical sort. You’ll pick it up pretty quick. As others have said though if you’re chasing really decent money do something else.

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What tickets would you suggest then? I've experience of SRT in a caving/climbing context, so some of that will be familiar, which I'd think would be helpful. What aspects do you think I won't be as fast at?

I remember being exactly like that,, give it 22 more years it starts to slow you down a little

That could be a lovely gaff, if/when I settle in a pile of bricks it will be in Suffolk, or the Staffordshire Moorlands/Peak District

I have a 130 year old disc of it somewhere, rock solid, no splits even after 5 years of drying. Almost unsandable too.

I’d second that Jules. The only one I’ve ever done turned its toes up within a year. Luckily (?) we got to it before it was too crispy. I had a better day than my groundy. Two points of note. The brushwood produced a ridiculous amount of chip compared to the size of the tree. Everything was really heavy, brush and cord. Made a couple of nice stools from it. I’d charge at least double for another one.

The same; rotating the JB chute makes no difference at all

I've used Navara Kingcabs for 18 years. You can add a trailer to carry more and/or make up some greedy boards. Do you have a tripod ladder? If so you can use it to hold down several dumpy bags of arisings; stand on the ladder to press the dumpy bags down and to get the front feet down into the back of the buck against the tailgate and strap the thin end to the ladder rack behind the cab (you need one of those to put mesh onto to protect the rear screen). All sounds a bit niche but it's how I've done small tree and hedge work for all that time (with the trailer bit).

Iam 48 >>>>>>yet to meet 22 year old who beat me in anything !!!!!

A lot depends on what your core work will be. If you’re regularly killing big rows of connies the bigger the better. Standard garden works any hydraulic chipper will make you smile after using a gravity fed.

Nothing really, the 160 replaced the 125. No back-up recoil start. I’ve had both from new, and the 160 always seemed to be a tad more efficient. I think TW uprated it to 6” rather than 5”, but that is busting it’s nuts at the very limit. The 230 is a genuine 6” beast and is probably twice as productive.

Not just the infeed, heavier flywheel, bigger knives, better crush power. Same kubota 1505 engine mind.

They aren’t Mick, for a reason. Cheaper than a 230 though. A lot of 150’s are a bit long in the tooth now.

The difference between the 150 and 230 is the infeed. What's the difference between the 125 and 160?

They’re not cheap though.

A second hand TW 160 will probably suit your needs pretty well.

👆 Checks out.

Not always, your comparing someone who's done powerline and street trees and it isn't the same , ive never known anyone to chuck a load on the floor unless its railways or powerline both attract the worse 'tree surgeons ' going and I use that term loosely

I’d be a liar if I said I’d never posted this before. But it’s relevant.

It really is a street tree 'factory job' vs everything else thing. A day that illustrates the difference perfectly. Domestic development site. Couple of climbers in, me and another. His tree was on the fenceline, very typical. He'd come from a street tree firm and was keen to start putting brash on the ground to show some progress. Probably PTSD from some former gangmaster. He rashers down the leader over our garden in record time. Then had to cut and chuck the other 90% of the tree from over next door's side because he'd cut out the rigging point he needed at 08:15. He was having a nightmare on the wood. My tree was very similar. I didn't start a saw for an hour probably. Set up some lovely rigging and then lowered it all into the same spot a few feet inside the garden, no fighting the fence. I went down and had a coffee. He had his redbulls and cocaine sent up.

If your doing domestic work ,you can't always get tracked dumpers ,micro loader in on site , ive done most disciplines of tree work now , that although I enjoy what I do it doesn't mentally challenge me ,its boring .. I see myself as I get older driving machines ....we might go full tilt and where u once had foresters doing tree work with machines ,it will go back to being mechanised rather than shimmying up trees , That and also the weather getting stupid .. sadly you can earn more driving plant than climbing trees, when I was younger it was the other way around .

how can you give advice to someone about earning a living cutting trees if you've never done it?

But in this case, the OP has been working on a farm for the last 10 years, reckon that gives him a step up from a 30 year old accountant of course. Be giving different advice if the background was different.

I was at a wedding recently, where I was chatting to a guy from here (Arbtalk) mid 40s, top top climber. Loves the job, says he hates the thought of not being able to do it. He certainly got a good few years left.