John Shutler

Can’t remember what they were, I put them in the tunnel under hay in October/November but nothing really happened with them. Cleared the hay away in January and topped up the beds with compost ready for planting this spring. Anyway the potatoes came up but I need the space in the tunnel now so had to dig them up

I’ve got a 12 by 20 tunnel I water with a sprinkler system in the evenings and make sure I leave at least one door open during the day

Poly tunnel producing. Also got flowers on tomatoes, peas and broad beans have mostly all flowered

Contracting to another company to assist with felling works on a golf course. A fair bit of brash burnt and timber stacked over the last few days. The 6 tonner proving that it’s more than capable on the larger sites with a bit of methodology and a reasonable operator. All timber cut to 7 or 14ft for extraction in a couple of weeks time

I’d put the smaller head on personally, I honestly don’t think productivity wise a slightly larger head will speed things up, it’s more likely to bog down in stuff. I’d go for the 80 on that machine

Yeah I’m pretty happy with it, you’ve obviously got to realise it’s limitations but I’d say it performs well. Obviously some things flail better than others. Black thorn it destroys where as willow being more stringy tends to leave longer bits I was torn between this and the serat head but I got such a good deal on the femac at the APF I couldn’t turn it down. what size machine is it going on? Mines a 80cm flail on a 6 tonne machine

It came from approved hydraulics, from memory they are about 5k plus vat but I got a good deal from the apf last year

Thanks Eddie, always good to have the perspective of someone who’s at the front of these things ?

I wish I’d had them fitted when I got my newer tractor 13 months ago. 7-8k to add them now. Also looked a getting scanreco remote controls fitted for about the same cost

Femac te80 rev forestal on a 6 tonne machine took about 6-7hrs to clear this acre ish site

Yeah that includes the pressure assist something I will get done at some point

@Tom D from the the top of my head it’s about 6k

What ever you have is not enough, started with an old Mazda pickup truck and no chipper, bought an old Timberwolf chipper. Up graded the truck to an Isuzu 3.5 tonne tipper and then the Timberwolf to a green mech quad chip. Bought a unimog then swapped it for a tractor. Then Bought a Unimog with a 10 inch Schlesing chipper. And a tractor with a grain trailer to mover chip and timber. Wanted a bigger chipper so bought a 12” Jensen crane fed machine. Wanted a bigger chipper than the 12” so bought a 18” heizohack. Bought another tractor so I could haul more chip in a bigger grain trailer. Now on bigger jobs we haul chip in grain trailers behind the mog and one of the tractors. Somewhere along the way I also had a landy tipper, a bandit chipper, a tracked jenson and a pto 10” tp chipper im now in negotiations for a bigger tractor with more road speed and higher hp as I said whatever you get is rarely enough once you get going

I’ve just been and got one this afternoon from Halfords

I wasn’t arguing, more pointing out the facts as they stand so I’m sorry that you feel like you’ve lost something. ive been neither sarcastic or had a go at any individual either. But that’s the problem with the written word, people can interpret things differently

Aggressive? Personally I find swearing aggressive and unnecessary which is why it is discouraged on the forum, most members manage to follow this rule without claiming “censorship” You are well within your rights to start any thread you wish as long as it complies with the forum rules that you agreed to when joining the forum three years ago. wether or not I agree with your thread is neither here nor there and I certainly would never delete it, that would be censorship im glad you like the forum cheers

He was quoting an actual situation?? So even if those were the words used in the “actual situation” what do you think the benefit of replaying the scene word by word actually was? I’m baffled as to why the “actual situation” required a thread of its own anyway but maybe that’s just me im going to put it real simple for you... If you don’t like the way the forum is moderated then leave, you won’t be the first and you certainly won’t be the last

Is this question aimed directly at me? If it is il try to give you a little insight as to why I neither have the time nor inclination to read every thread wether it interests me or not I run my own company, I have done for the last decade at least. I’m an Arb approved contractor and manage all the associated paperwork myself. I have a good team of guys who all require managing and need work putting in front of them. I’ve got over £100k of work ahead of me of which I do all the quoting for. As well as contracting I also undertake all the Arb consultancy work for my company as well as most of the machine work for my own jobs as well as other companies who require operated machine hire. I also live on a smallholding which could be considered a full time job in itself So forgive me for not moderating to your exacting standards. Maybe you should do your own bit for the forum by not posting inane threads that require moderating because you think throwing some disgusting language in makes you look tough

Choice language there, how about you re edit it to something more suitable next time il delete the thread without a little heads up

Excavator mounted flail with a careful operator would probably see most of it done then finish off the worst bits with a hand cutter and mulch the cuttings down with the flail

Cleared about an acre of regen on a future development site following the initial felling about 4yrs ago. Mixture of bramble, rushes, hazel, ash and willow up to about 4 inches diameter in places. About 7hrs work

Once Again several members of this forum having a pissing contest to see who can be the biggest twat on the forum maybe someone could actually offer some constructive advice You’d have thought all the “experienced” cutters commenting on the thread from their bedroom in mummy’s house might have been able to suggest that the RA and MS statement not only talk about the process of cutting the windblown tree but also about emergency details, ie nearest access for ambulance, first aid facilities, who’s in charge, what the “standard” kit setup is, signing and guarding the area to prevent public access etc hopwfully these are are few ideas to get you moving on this project. I would also look at the FISA guidelines and the Arboricultiral association for RA templates and method statements any problems and I be happy to send mine over for this type of work good luck

I’ve been using Arbpro since June 2014, I certainly wouldn’t use anything else. I probably don’t use it to it’s full capabilities but the quoting and invoicing plus job booking and risk assesment feature saves me a good few hours every week meaning lots less office time