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[Stephen Blair]

LOL well you've basically named 3 of my other clients!!!!!!!

 

well if they know about the bumpy car park, what SF means then they probably work for you, and everyone has heard of railway, except the yorkshire lads its a bit tit hilly even down tit mines:laugh1:

[Highland Forestry]

well if they know about the bumpy car park, what SF means then they probably work for you, and everyone has heard of railway, except the yorkshire lads its a bit tit hilly even down tit mines:laugh1:

 

[JaySmith]

Hi All..

 

Has anybod got any experience with tracked MEWP's ??

 

I have a bit of an urgent job to get kicked off shortly, and am looking to hire in a MEWP to use on rough terrain (mostly forest land with underplanting/heather etc beneath) and have been wondering about ground pressure and damage caused by tracks and outriggers as well as how high they go and which ones are best suited to tree work..

 

Has anyone got any ideas as to rough costings of tracked MEWP hire?

 

I tried calling our local hire centre thisafternoon, but it seems they packed up early for the day.

 

Any thoughts most welcome..

 

Matt

 

 

 

Hi Matt, At work we use a Teupen Leo which is tracked and we have to track across so really dodgy ground being based in a forest and haven't had any issues with tracks coming off or rough ground. With the Teupen 30 that we use it has a decent clearance level between the base and the floor and the outriggers are build into the feet. We place is on uneven ground and always finds it self levels fine. It has a near 360 degree slew and just over 30m reach with the gib up. Overall it is agreat machine - has plenty of reach, easy to track across dodgy ground and is simple to use - feels rock solid too!

[David Humphries]

Nice to finally see some shots of it in action, Jay.

 

Spoke to John recently & we're trying to arrange for us to come over.

 

What percentage of jobs does the teupen go out on?

 

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[JaySmith]

Nice to finally see some shots of it in action, Jay.

 

Spoke to John recently & we're trying to arrange for us to come over.

 

What percentage of jobs does the teupen go out on?

 

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Sounds good David looking forward to coming down. The guys from Ashted and City Commons were over the other day looking at some of our Veteran's an ideas for some of the work they have planned.

 

The Teupen goes out most days, we have one that the COL own and one on short term hire which has now gone back, as you know we've got three wood gangs so one gang goes with the Teupen while the other two climb or do wood pasture work to mix things up a bit. The Teupen is mainly used for the large Beeches, Oaks etc which they deem a bit risky to climb becuase of decay or size. It's an awesome bit of kit but does take a while to load up, track to site, set up etc but the reach and scope of the machine is excellent and one the larger Beeches that we have it is probably quicker than one or two climbers in the tree:001_smile:

[Highland Forestry]

Hi Matt, At work we use a Teupen Leo which is tracked and we have to track across so really dodgy ground being based in a forest and haven't had any issues with tracks coming off or rough ground. With the Teupen 30 that we use it has a decent clearance level between the base and the floor and the outriggers are build into the feet. We place is on uneven ground and always finds it self levels fine. It has a near 360 degree slew and just over 30m reach with the gib up. Overall it is agreat machine - has plenty of reach, easy to track across dodgy ground and is simple to use - feels rock solid too!

 

That's the kiddy for me.... that is exactly what we're after. Cheers Jay!

[Stephen Blair]

a man that knows, good pics Jay. I know the site Matt is working on now, if a big mewp could get in then you could certainly do a lot of work in a very short time, throw lines would be very slow and a nightmare. I have done deadwooding and small broken limb removal on very tall straight stemmed trees, not very productive to say the least.

[Dean Lofthouse]

Have you ever used a mewp stevie, I'd love to see a vid of a lanky hyperactive jock operating a mewp

[Stephen Blair]

i have worked from them , i never got a shot of the controls though. i loved the bigger one i used, flying carpet big time. the operator was excellent

[JaySmith]

Controls are easy on the Teupen's, only takes a while to figure them out and the boxes are remote operated so no wires or leads when tracking through the forest and you can be about 25ft away.

 

I'll try and get a few pics of the control panel if we take it out on Monday, bucket isn't a bad size either with two men and a saw and the reach and range make it easy to get right into the crown or go up and over and then drop into the top. If you look on the Teupen site they did have a case study of somebody using one for tree work. The Leo 30 is a great machine: 100ft reach, 360 degree turn, fixed outriggers, good ground clearance etc etc