MattyF

I have some 8 years or more air dried walnut , only problem is one or two wood worm holes.. can post pics if your interested,would let them go for £200 a piece plus postage.

I broke one of them after getting swiped in a big Corsican and the replacement would not pair with it so gave up on them... , the others after a few years would not hold charge for long , they where good, but I could not find the originals to match the ones I had I brought, and really didn’t like the new style with no screen it made pairing impossible so tried the upgrade as they definitely make some jobs less stressful. yeah the sennas do not cancel out much noise in comparison and that can get painful if your on the receiving end of a saw for hours.. using s10’s they are easy to pair and keep a good charge though.

Are they more for linking your phone for hands free ? I’m not sure you could pair them to another one or two sets unless they where all linked to phones and using Bluetooth , would or could it cane the phone battery very quickly? you would then have the risk of damaging your phone or maybe I’m not understanding how it works ? Possibly also it could be a pita to connect them all up. To be honest Bill I’ve no idea how these work or there Intended use but just ended up with sennas as they are just quality and easy to connect and use.. only issues I’ve had has been the quick release dropping units in to an abyss of brambles and nettles ! Have taped the release pin up now though!

Noticed a few in the yard last night , 3 days earlier than last year ,they usually coincide with the arrival of the midges and guess what is out in force this morning!

I’ve seen plenty that have.

Sell there 150’s for a high price or as much as possible so a the replacement 230 won’t be as much of a drain on finances.. Better than trade in price I guess ?

Think of how they had to load those lorries by hand before they started converting the roadless and county’s with cranes , many men where broken completely by the time they reached 40.

I think the prices are just high so they can get a 230. Older 150’s before the pre 750kg models with the metal hydraulic and fuel tank if the chassis isn’t completely rotten are ok machines , swap the solid bottom feed roller out for a newer replaceable blade version and change the push for paddle buttons. 230 is a different class of machine although I would worry a little about why they weigh so little.

None of these photos are mine , first three belong to Micheal Murray who has an amazing collection of F.C machines working in keilder from over the years and where part of an exhibition he did to commemorate 100 Years of forestry at keilder I our community. The first county I believe belonged to joe Potts of TPH who was one of my neighbours who received an MBE for his services too forestry,he’s retired now , I could listen Joe’s story’s for hours if only he had the time ! TPH is still going and carrying his legacy of quality .. the other two county’s are FC machines I believe. Last two photos are off are social club walls , would love to share more of Micheal’s images but I’m sure he will be having a go when I see him at the club when all this lockdown is over !

Nice to see.

You need a gas mask using that thing.

May have to start a thread as to why they put this wank on a harness.

I’m not sure about the new treemotion either , the new buckles are a joke they just won’t stay put and the harness starts falling off you when your working , must write a letter to treeimagineers asking wtf they changed some thing that worked so well when I get a chance.

I’ve thought about this a bit before but if I was to train a new climber from scratch I would start them on SRT, you can limb walk and move around the canopy and not just ascend faster if your proficient at it , as well as being twice as ergonomic on your joints and all round body wear,I think from my experience of spending most of my climbing career on double ropes and now still living with the injuries from using that technique it is not the way forward. Double rope is outdated and pointless unless all trees you work on will be around 30ft and under... not wanting to pick a fight with any one with a different opinion but that’s mine.. for what it’s worth [emoji51].

Sand blast and repaint with decent primer and this will probably go on for ever. Schliesing 200 MX Wood Chipper WWW.EBAY.CO.UK Here we have a Schlesing 200 MX Chippers for sale, this is a trade in machine.

I have an old mx 220 , not owned it long but seems a good machine for its age and many hours, always impresses me when it’s out on site . looked at and hired some of the newer tracked forst and TW machines in view to buy and I’ll be honest and say they didn’t impress us too much , feeling pretty femme, nearly got a TR8 until it dropped its hydraulic oil over a football pitch at the end of the day... seems you can get a decent second hand Schliesing fairly cheap now.

Hey eggs ,Maybe he didn’t recognise him ? I saw a few people I didn’t immediately recognise that day until seeing photos on n here afterwards and I’m sure you and Mendip where in them . Can’t speak for John but I was hanging so bad with my head aching I could not see 10ft in front of me and unless i had met the person before and new them very well was not feeling massively sociable.. from what i had seen of John and heard of there drinking the night before I can only presume the same for him too.

I’m not convinced on Sugiharas , nose sprockets seem a little brittle , I’ve replaced all of mine at least once.

Been on the 880 for a 5 years and definitely a thumbs up over the stihl.

Here is me in 1998 with a giant rigging ring in the U.K. [emoji38]... it really is nothing new and how we did a lot of trees , blocks for me just added new dimensions to rigging just as the safe bloc gave us more scope for dealing with problem trees safely.

Not even gonna go there ..but I think you have hit it on the head when you said we don’t get to free fall often... it is not an uncommon scenario in the U.K. to work on property’s with tiny drop zones ..I’m talking a couple of metres and the tree going over 6-8 gardens , fences, sheds , greenhouses and then the whole lot has to go through the clients house as there is no access , no room for cranes on the street either ... this isn’t uncommon in the U.K. especially in city’s .. you can’t balance a large limb over a roof with dishes and Ariels and crank it up the bollard and watch it fold over off the targets and pull it in to a small DZ with friction rings as like I said most of the rigging I would do requires the ability to be able to control the piece once cut and not just free fall...fine if you can free fall but trying to pull a 400lb limb on tag lines in to the DZ is a lot easier with blocks. When I get on the stem and it’s straight down I may choose the safe bloc for a few reasons but I could manage with out it.

Do you have one for fitting the oil pump Andrew ?

Awesome thanks ty ... got it located now , I hope your not having as much bother as me trying to get the dead mans back on!

Does any one know what it attaches too in the trigger end ?? A photo would be great!