Photos of you/your work from days of yore.

[Tommy_B]

12 hours ago, John Shutler said:

yeah an old mazda and the spanner for the spout bolts. i got a 5k bank loan to buy the chipper (id already saved 3k) and the mazda cost me 3200. they were certainly simpler times. 

 

the pop got felled eventually, not by me fortunately the access was terrible 

Is that the same truck you were camping under at one of Jonesies shows?

[John Shutler]

4 hours ago, Tommy_B said:

Is that the same truck you were camping under at one of Jonesies shows?

camping does make it sound more glamorous doesn’t it 

[Tommy_B]

There wasn't a lot of glamour, I'll give you that

[PeteB]

My Bedford MK 4X4, I ran this for a couple of years then sent it off for a crane to be fitted and a sub frame or body to have the spades on blah blah blah. That was in 1997 and the picture was taken roughly 2010! I started working for GreenMech in 1998 and told the lad doing the work that he could have it! He left it for me to collect when I'm able!

[Mick Dempsey]

Be ready next Tuesday Pete.

[MattyF]

Yard cat sitting on old mog around early 90's ... will dig out some more 80's ones when I get a chance and can find them!

[Rob D]

On 08/06/2022 at 19:20, John Shutler said:

doing something terrible to a lombardy poplar early 2000s, i actually smashed a small brick wall in the drop zone and had to rebuild it.

my first chipper and truck circa 2008, i shovelled a lot of woodchip out the back of that thing

 

 

I remember that Chipper Crazy that was 14 years ago now...

 

 

 

[Rob D]

 

 

First 'big' dismantle - Turkey Oak on Isle of Wight 2002 ish - it went ok.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First commercial trannie - which was gas powered - quite a novelty and pretty cheap to run - burnt the head gasket out towing but other than that all good. My brother in the background used to help me at weekends.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[John Shutler]

37 minutes ago, Rob D said:

 

 

I remember that Chipper Crazy that was 14 years ago now...

 

 

 

time flies, ive been arb approved 10 years now

[Rob D]

10 minutes ago, John Shutler said:

time flies, ive been arb approved 10 years now

 

Yep - and I remember buying that chipper almost 20 years ago - I remember turning up to the first job to reduce a laurel hedge - the guy that worked with me at the time was loving it [before that it was manual chopping down in the back of the truck and trying not to hit the bed]!

 

Have to say I was loving it! What a difference a chipper makes.