Peter
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I would second Dave's machine, having worked with it on a couple of sites. Very capable, zero tail swing, and it comes with the right accessories. Get a quote for the haulage though, that will cost you more than the hire. (Unless Dave is going to run it up on the big trailer behind the fastrac!)
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APC, you can tow a trailer of up to 3500kg, or the maximum permitted trailer towing weight of the vehicle, whichever is the lower. Potentially that gives you a total maximum authorised mass of 7000kg, if you had a 3.5 tonne vehicle towing a 3.5 tonne trailer.
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Thats the stuff. Besides, the 880 will double up as a baby sitter, tea maker, and emergency life raft. Well, for the price it should do!
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You may well be able to fell it, but I wouldnt fancy ringing it up. Besides, everyone should have a 90cc saw, they are the dogs danglies.
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He said the same to me, 3 years ago. I ended up buying one anyway, and I am very glad I did. It replaced a 440 and a 460, and I prefer it to both of them. Over the 3 years its had a proper beating, running up to a 25" bar felling lots of big trees, and its never missed a beat.
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Not sure on price, with the regular filter dust always seems to get through, the HD is a lot better.
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660 for me, and yes I have used both. Both good saws, but the 660 seems to be more reliable and capable of handling the abuse that tree surgery throws at it. Doesnt come with locking fuel and oil caps though. If you do get a 660, do it a favour and invest in the HD air filter. (And possibly the dual port exhaust)
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The big ifor tipper is nearly 1200kg, and the bigger flatbeds with high sides are getting up there. Most chippers bigger than 6" capacity are heavier than 1020 kg though.
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No, if you run a combination of vehicle and trailer over 3500, as the law stands you need an O licence. There is an exemption for small trailers weighing less than 1020 kg unladen weight, so a small chipper and some Ifor type trailers will fall into this category. www.businesslink.gov.uk You dont need a CPC holder for a restricted O licence, if you decided to apply for a unrestricted o licence you can use an external CPC holder to run that side of things for you. You also dont need driver CPC if driving the vehicle is not your main job, ie if you are only driving it as part of your other work.
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Any vehicle or combination of vehicle and trailer with a maximum authorised mass of 3500 kg or more requires an o licence. In practice, no-one seems to enforce the rules if you run a 3500 kg towing vehicle and trailer, although the law is very clear. If you run any vehicle larger than 3500 kg MAM then O licencing is enforced, and you will need regular maintenance inspections, driver's hours records, an operating centre, etc.
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I wonder if anyone has done any destructive testing on it? Intuitively it seems like a bad idea, but I couldnt really say one way or the other. As you say, if you're not sure then dont do it.
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Sorry to be pedantic but what you are referring to as cross loading isnt really cross loading anyway. Cross loading is where the biner is loaded across its minor axis, which is a problem with alloy or plastic gates. Steel gates dont suffer from this to the same degree. Choking the biner straight off on a lanyard should not result in minor axis loading.
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What cartridge do you recommend in a 20 bore for spiders then Dean? Or would you do the job properly and get the 12 bore out?
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I thought all climbers liked their tea cold with a sprinkling of sawdust.
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Is that a really tall splitter or a really short model?!
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Perhaps if you got a faux fur throw for it?
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Nice work. Love the new occasional table too.
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Do you have any friends in the States?
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I reckon he was farting in passing cars. Do I spy a Josh on the prowl for ladies in pics 2 and 3? And just out of shot in pics 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10..........
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Loverly popular, you know you love it
Peter replied to slack ma girdle's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
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Ground work is much physically harder than climbing, and most people new to the industry struggle to progress from groundie to climber. Do you have any experience in tree work? If not, I would suggest you try to get a trial day with a local company, and see if you enjoy it.
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It brushed the downpipe, does that count? Also, for extra points, the client came out and filmed it with her camcorder!
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Lots of discing down big stems on spikes is not good for knees, neither is footlocking. Both are generally avoidable, you should be able to make a career in arb and look after your body imo.
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Last job before the APF, stunt fell o'clock!
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wtf is a prisk?
