seasick mewp

[BARNSLEY BOB]

finished three day groundie for a local chap.wanted me for my ticket as well as his climbing.

he got a 15m basket from those geezers at eazzee hire,£480 for three days!!

this morning 10.00am while he was manouvering, it stopped. 3.00pm finally told us that the fuses,of witch there was a packet of where the instruction book and lola cert was supposed to be,,are in the big control box behind green plastic covers/holders,,

any how, two medium oaks,16.5m and sphincter exercise later. went up on first day but not my job or my trees,,so spincter relativly intact,,

done couple of larger jobs using genie 45 and jlg 45 at full stretch ,,bit of sway but feels ok after a while.

basket,, basket case more like.... but we were on the edge of a wood,houses,poor traction,soft ground, might have caused a few problems for genie,even with 4wd..

face have a 20m boom on a dumper chassis, chappie said he rang, hire, one man band,,tree surgery,,,,,up north,,,,,,,dial tone,,,,,,,,,,,

still looking for something better,what else is out there ???? was a 19m on a 12t 360 carridge on ebay last wk,bit old and heavy,but sound idea??

[Paul Barton]

Your post made me laugh but I'm not entirely sure what you are on about dude! Are you looking to buy a mewp?

[skyhuck]

Your post made me laugh but I'm not entirely sure what you are on about dude! Are you looking to buy a mewp?

 

[igottacabstar]

have you just come home from the pub by any chance bob?

[BARNSLEY BOB]

makes sense to me.

1.chap hired a little crapy mewp from a firm with crappy backup

2.got charged a crappy rate

3.anybody know of better machines to buy and or hire.

4.is this any clearer, easier to understand / comprehend.???

[kevwrenn]

place at chesterfield that hires them out, good selection i think.

 

http://www.spiderlift.co.uk/index.htm

 

this is the one..... looks like good kit for arb work.

[Paul Barton]

Gotcha now Bob - no offence intended.

 

Round here there is a good company called Trac-access:

http://www.trac-access.com

[ecolojim]

beaver plant near york have a teupen... cant remember what size, (leo 15gt i think) but reasonably priced iirc

when the climber climbed out of the basket into the tree there was no aparent way for me to bring the basket back down to ground, but every machine has its foibles.

 

although i do wonder if its a regs thing that it has no controls on the main unit body as well as in the basket?

 

was quick and easy to set up though, and minimum intrusion and no damage to a soft lawn (metre square boards put under the feet)

[BARNSLEY BOB]

well theres peacon up at huddersfield at £380/day for a spider,what about mileage peacon ??

nationwide are cheap but sting you on the mobilization.

how much demand is out there for a 19m boom on a tractor,30 mile radius of barnsley.??

[Dean Lofthouse]

I charged nothing for up to 70 miles away.

 

I only use it for my own work and for people I know well now since it went over and that is site specific.