Environmental approach

[Stefan Palokangas]

Anyone else here thinking of or already do take a serious approach towards environmental friendly tools, smarter working standards, simply make a small footprint.

 

And how have it worked out when bidding for contracts?

 

Obviously it cost more and is slower compared to traditional tools.

 

 

 

 

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[Steve Bullman]

I think you're stuck with your engine driven grinders for the foreseeable Stefan!!

 

I like to use the Stihl battery tools when possible, they are more pleasurable to use and not necessarily slower, you just have to choose which jobs you use them on.

[Stefan Palokangas]

I think you're stuck with your engine driven grinders for the foreseeable Stefan!!

 

I like to use the Stihl battery tools when possible, they are more pleasurable to use and not necessarily slower, you just have to choose which jobs you use them on.

 

 

It is mainly, husqvarna battery pack driven tools, and a better smarter van im thinking of. I do trees sometimes.

 

Battery driven stump grinder I feel the market should try to develop.

 

The future is environmentally friendly approach in a safe manner.

 

 

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[Haironyourchest]

Noise pollution and local air pollution definitely a problem with static diesels and two strokes. Woking my friends chipper, used to taste the deiselv in my mouth, just horrible. All the electric stuff is just on the verge of a breakthrough, but the batteries have not quite got there yet, but will soon. Unlikely they will ever make an electric battery powered stump grinder or big chipper though - to get the power and runtime you'd be looking at mains 3-phase surely? Not really practical.

[matelot]

Why not get an electric/ hybrid vehicle? The latest Mitsubishi 4wd plug in hybrid can travel 33 miles on battery. I'd imagine that would cover 90% of journeys.

[Daniël Bos]

CNG or lpg fuelled engines are much much cleaner.

Our colonial cousins stateside have a lot more petrol powered tools and also a lot more gas powered ones. The only drawback is availability and portability (of the fuel, not so easy to refuel in the field...)

[Stefan Palokangas]

Great ideas, just got the van I have. But my mind changed towards environmental approach so must change it. Fumes from machines is indeed a big problem. I'm exited taking this approach, and I would like to believe it will be supported by my clients and future clients.

 

 

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[Chris Sheppard]

Regarding LPG, when I bought a petrol engined processor, the dealer did mention that he'd converted some to run on bottled gas and that it was very easy to do. At the time I did look into it a bit but decided that, for me anyway, that it was just easier to stick with petrol.

 

That was one of the 13hp honda engines so I'm sure it couldn't be that difficult to convert other industrial petrol engines, the hardest bit would probably be mounting the gas bottle without it being in the way.

[josharb87]

You could start by using aspen diesel/petrol. Bio hydraulic oil etc

[Graham]

Most of my hedge laying I do with axe and billhook. Try and avoid the saw as much as I can except for big and/or old pleachers.

 

My lawn I scythe and will use it in preference to brushcutters if I can. Not yet abandoned chainsaws for felling though :-)