Jonny69

Oh yes, just re read. 6ft rootplate and a 6ft diameter stump. Two very different things!

A 6ft stump with a 2.5ton machine? You must be good on a digger, I once wrestled a 6ft stump out with a 13ton and that took a fair while and i could only just lift it on to a dumper.

Are you talking powdercoat or normal steel primer and brush on?

So the test is the cheap bit. All the hidden costs, welding rods, making jigs to ensure the trailer stays flat, hinges, latches etc etc. Brian James galvanize their chassis somewhere in Wales I think. Doing just one would end up very expensive with the transport.

Do you not have to get type approval for trailers now? I'm just you could get your own tested but for the cost saving (though i'm not sure there will be any) is it really worth it.

Make sure you get paid for today before you go back to do the job next week. Or you could be out two days money.

Good video, but please drive it with the boom down once the piece is cut. There have been some bad pivot steer telehandler accidents from doing that and it will go over in a split second with some lock on. You will not have any chance to correct it.

Depends how many days you work per year? Are you counting asset depreciation? I find assets are written down hard on the books and then when you sell them you get back more than the book value and have to pay tax on it so actual expense is not as high as it would appear sometimes.

This picture sums up the best reason to have a business account. When you have made a few quid they are really nice to you. They sort stuff out asap, offer lending and company credit cards etc I have not taken them up of any of the credit. But the account costs around £5 per month with the only charge being for paying in cheques which is about 10p and i put in 5 a month. The major benefit is customer service. Ring the business helpline and you speak to someone English who sounds like they can read past primary school level. This has happened on a couple of occasions, normally when they have charged me for things I didn't realise were chargeable. One phone call and the money is refunded because I tell them ill move the business if they don't. This is Natwest btw. Only problem is the branches seem to close and the ones that stay open go down to reduced hours. Not a huge worry though, just collate the cheques up and take a few months worth in one go.

They already make what you are describing for motorbikes on the back of the towball mount. A motocross bike weighs about 100kg and would be a similar size to your chipper. Motorcycle Rack Carrier Motorbike Motocross Scooter Rack Tow Bar | eBay

That doesn't sound ideal. Maybe it's time to walk before the stress gets to much. Are you not both equal business Directors then, sharing an equal amount of everything? Sounds as if this should have been sorted at the start.

How do you find having a business partner works overall? Do you split profits or dividends, who decides how much is left in the business etc? This will sound rude, but it is not intended that way. I have just done the maths on those figures and wonder how you live on that wage (assuming my guesstimates of overheads are somewhere near). I reckon you would earn more stacking shelves so why go through all the stress or having your own business.

If it makes you feel any better I would not straight fell that on to the road. Wide crowns are a pain to sned out quickly (unless you apply to shut it for the whole day/night) and I think the job would be safer climbed and rigged or craned. Especially as dead elms spit loads of shrapnel out when felled on to hard surfaces. Crane in the car park and just stop the traffic for the lifts or rigging over the road. Although it is tricky to judge the size from the photos. If its only as tall as that building then fell it.

What sort of work are you losing out on? I struggle to understand why anyone who is dealing with a business that can't afford AAAC, seems to want to require it, i.e why are they asking you to quote for work that you can't do anyway. The jobs that require industry accreditation (not just aaac) pay for it, you don't jump through hoops and still charge no money. It all gets lumped on to the bills for commercial clients throughout the year.

The swallowed iron filings are probably very nutritious.

There are some "tricks" though they are not exactly rocket science. Having the right bit at the right angle (not right from new imo) makes quite a bit of difference. Saying that I don't worry much about anything under 18inch, they get sharpened roughly and quickly to get going again. Bigger than that wants to be spot on though, nothing worse than a big blunt saw that is cutting round corners.

A used chain, sharpened by someone who knows how to sharpen will be faster than a new chain.

That video could easily be made the other way to show how a skid steer beats a artic loader in "every situation". It is a bit silly. One other note is I think you are comparing artic steers to wheeled skid steers. Most who have them for tree work use tracked skid steers. Which are very different.

Thats the one, thanks. Went to really nice restaurant and the Hotel was excellent. Really nice town if you near by

A front wheel drive car on winter tyres with the little symbol that means snow and ice. I think it looks like a little hill, will outperform any 4x4 on normal tyres. I have spent a fair amount of time driving to mostly foreign ski resorts and staying in them with various vehicles and there is no comparison regarding safety and performance. Saying that, last time we boarded in Scotland about three years ago a friend drove in a Ford Mondeo on standard tyres, the roads were so well kept there was no need for chains or snow tyres. From memory we did Glenshee, Nevis range, Aviemore, then somewhere near the place with the Salmon run thing in the middle of the town, which I can not recall the name of.

Whatever you do, don't just stop paying the finance. This will end in tears for everyone. Explain the situation to the finance company and make sure you tell them you don't think you can keep up the repayments without delivery of the machine. You will get all that money back anyway (or get your machine, whichever happens first) Edit: They do own both the machines in your yard. They will have already been paid in full for the new one the in the month prior to your first finance payment.

Not Questing your mechanical knowledge but I doubt fitting those belts properly would take anyone 15mins. Unless the method to tension and align them is very easy on the machine. My old Bandit 2150 was a major pain to change belts on. Mainly because one of the engine alignment bolts was a nightmare to get tools on to. That, and it had two sets of belts which both had be realigned when either set had an issue.

Wait till you get a bit a bit of time on the machine and the efficiency really shows. Tip rope on large rigged pieces, grab the butt before it hits the floor and drive away. Having everyone on site be good at operating is the key, saves people buggering about putting tools down or putting things in the way. Whoever is closest gets on it and does whatever needs to be done to keep everything flowing.

I've got the JE Intercooler and remap on a 2.2 Night and Day is the difference. Couldn't have a standard one now. It tows over 3 ton nearly every day

I flatted a double once on an MX bike. Cracked the gearbox on landing and used this to pack it. Filled her up with oil and it was out again the next race an hour later. I never fixed it properly and it ran for another year with JB weld in the hole. Amazing it worked at all, not even a hint of oil loss once