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John Shutler

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  1. There's a company in Poole that make winch mounting kits, they made me one for my old ranger. http://www.pwsacc.co.uk
  2. I don't understand what you mean by driven by the back axle my crane runs off the tractor hydraulics, I assumed the hydraulics for the chipper would be driven by the pto?
  3. a couple of jobs recently it would have been good to have a chipper behind my valmet. id want to be able to crane feed it. ive been looking at the FARMI CH260 does anybody have any experience of crane feeding this machine
  4. One of my guys has one and really rates it
  5. a few pictures from when I did my foundation degree Oak transverse Acer transverse Scots pine radial scotspine transverse
  6. fulltime position for groundsman/climber available from the 2nd of January sub contract climbing work available also please call 07731929194
  7. pics from a couple of oak reductions
  8. haha me to the problem with pulling stuff with the grxs is you need stuff of a larger stem diameter to anchor it. plus the grcs is more likely to slip than a tiror if your trying to justify getting a grcs, just say I said it was ok
  9. depends I probably use a tirfor more for pulling trees over. but weve used the grcs to hold windblown trees while weve climbed them, then used it to pull the spar over several times
  10. I miss new Zealand hopefully back in andersons bay in febuary
  11. used to great effect today felling a multi stemmed conifer. used it to swing the individual stems round into the narrow dropzone
  12. carlton continental racing bike and a climbing kit
  13. ive no idea really all I know is im better off:thumbup:
  14. you don't pay the VAT on gear bought on finance monthly, you pay it in one hit at the start
  15. will ive planted a few hedges, the last was with 3m western red cedar. we planted 300m of 2m western red cedar 3 years ago, we pulled a trench through with a mini digger after scraping off the turf and planted in a mix of decent soil and compost. we then covered the area beneath the hedging in woodchip to prevent competition and improve the water retention
  16. for a start every things 20% cheaper the VAT man pays for me to have a brand new pickup VAT man just paid for a ifor Williams tipping trailer I was worried that id loose work by being VAT registered, it hasn't happened and im as busy now as I was before my registration
  17. I've found being VAT registered is fantastic. Had I known what I know know, I'd have registered sooner

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