Jonny69
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If the story is true, C1's motive is obvious. He wants to save face with the customer to secure more future work. He doesn't want the customer telling his friends how "C1 didn't bother showing up" and how useless he is. For whats its worth C3 should go straight to small claims court with whatever info or instruction he has, Texts etc. C1 will pay unless he/she wants a CCJ
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That is heroic stuff. I would feel bad giving Guantanamo inmates that job.
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Tree work in close proximity to railway lines and platform
Jonny69 replied to graeme3000's topic in General chat
Can they be straight felled? If they can anyone half useful with a saw would put all of them on the floor in a couple of hours. That means you only pay for the NR "supervision" for one day. Bringing your total to less than 1/2 of the original quote. That would keep Network Rail happy and minimise cost -
Of course not, that would be silly. I already have all the tools I "need". Don't mind adding to the collection though, as and when something turns up.
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I mean on the Mac van and at 50% discount. always ask whats on sale. For instance I bought a set of Mac 1/2 deep metric impact sockets for less than £100. I think its 12-32mm which didn't seem to bad. Apparently rrp on them was well over £200 Got some little chuck torx and screwdiver bit set as well, that was less than £20 and a halfords set is probably £20 so worth having at that price. Probably not at the £80 they were meant to be.
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Yes they are, I only buy stuff when its on the van at about 50% discount. Can't pay full price for it.
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I've added mac and King dick to your list, I have a combination of Facom, mac and teng plus some odd Stalhwhile, snap on and King Dick. The mac and facom are lovely in comparison though I haven't broken any Teng yet. I found using my localish tool supplier (king tools in Rushden) to be by far the cheapest, I normally spend quite a bit when I buy tools and they do me loads of discount + I can pull individual tools out of sets, they do all the warranty on my behalf and will rush order anything I need/break.
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Im pretty sure that's Kate Upton. Do you have netflix in France? Orphan Black is excellent, breaking bad etc etc. Just a series with plenty of episodes.
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Hi, I clip it all on the same carabiner on the bottom hole of the hitch climber so the other two holes are blocked by the tether. Distance is quite good between the top of the vt and the bottom of the rope wrench so I never bothered moving it around. I will have a go next week at running the tether off the top ring. cheers
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I have the split tether from Treekit and the elastic neck strap thingy from them as well. One issue is I cant use either of the holes on the hitch climber to clip my neck strap, just have to clip to one of the legs on the tether. Works but doesn't look nice.
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Of course it is. How could I forget this gem [ame= ] [/ame]
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That article is good. It sounds like grandmummy and granddaddy will sort it out when they finally go bust and need bailing out. I doubt the grandparents will want to see the kids end up at the workhouse, I mean state school. One thing they will need to start saving for is the kids cocaine habits and obligatory gap year in Asia.
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The key is to work 17 hour days. Then you make loads more. People don't believe me when I say I get £170 a day cutting trees. But I do. My Chinese tractor and Homebase chainsaw never cost much so I can undercut everyone and still make loads
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Yes that is a great idea, down to £8 pounds per hour now
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Cone splitter on a smaller digger - any good?
Jonny69 replied to Tom at Heartwood's topic in Large equipment
There was a company making 3500kg aluminium trailers which only weighed 500kg. They were for putting a JCB 3 ton digger on, skeletons with no bed. Not seen them for a while so I assume trailer type approval stopped it. -
Yes, let me at all the Rhody. I love it
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Exactly, I would turn the whole lot in bowls and ashtrays on site. Then sell them on Ebay. You guys charge to much.
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No, my wording was bad. £10 per hour but I get to keep the timber. Of course costs on the saw and tractor come out of that so its really only the wood I will make money on.
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£12 per hour, I'd probably do it for £10. But obviously you get to keep all the timber.
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Clearing ground layer/understory of a small wood?
Jonny69 replied to benedmonds's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Of course they can, not all machine operators are animals. I'd feel like I was wasting the clients time and money with hand tools. The only way to clear that kind of area is with a mulcher of some sort. Hand cutting leaves a load of crap on the floor and its slow. Have a couple of lads with chainsaws and cutters working alongside the machine if they want it really immaculate. Or another digger with a rake on at the same time. -
I have clocked 250hrs on my 75 now. To be fair, having watched a few vids of the ST8/TR8 and I can't say the Forst looks better than the Bandit, though I have not used one. The new XR8 does look good for banks. What made the customer choose the Bandit?
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Clearing ground layer/understory of a small wood?
Jonny69 replied to benedmonds's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
PM Arbwork, Jeremy Harper. He's got a 90hp alpine with a mulcher on the back. He has been out on a couple of jobs with it for me. Leaves a lovely finish you can spray straight on to. [ame] [/ame] That was a similar job to yours but the material was bigger. Rubbish video but you get the idea -
Dean, what happened to the other video tests on youtube? I can't find them. Does it still come under 3.5ton with a winch on?
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The vermeer grab is not ideally suited to loading with the machine because it doesn't turn past about a 270 degree arc. What the guys in the US do with the BMG grapple is not achievable with the Vermeer one. Of course the vermeer grapple has advantages over that of the BMG for me. It would almost certainly be easier to feed a chipper with a muck grab. Prolineep, why dont you by a BMG grapple and some stockboard and just put a winch on the chipper? Of course a crane on the chipper wouldn't hurt, or even really cost that much. Maybe 7k total as you already have the flow for the winch installed. just put 4 legs on it so you aren't trying to bend the chipper in half. A farma 4m or similar would probably do the job and just use the skid steer to get the brash close enough.
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I bought a 2.2 and had the stage 2 with the intercooler fitted 2 days after I picked it up. Got 11k now. No idea on the fuel consumption but it really does shift. Still makes me smile. The in gear pull is very impressive and its ability to hold gears up hills, no more stirring the porridge.........wait, thats something else.
