Andy Gentle
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timber trailer & crane combi Tractor drawn
Andy Gentle replied to Yorkshireman's topic in Large equipment
Bit of both, we bought it as an unfinished project and completed it. Having it 4wd is handy but makes it heavy. Don't have to use it so often with the bigger tractor on it though. -
timber trailer & crane combi Tractor drawn
Andy Gentle replied to Yorkshireman's topic in Large equipment
We use this, made from one of those 8wd military trucks you see, trailer wheels both drive, have found it an invaluable piece of kit for bigger jobs. I tried a botex trailer/crane once but found the crane could not lift the bigger sticks. -
Used one for a few years now and reccommend it
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20yrs running my own firm, before that on and off for 6/7yrs while trying other stuff. First saw jonsereds 49sp, no ppe....Seen a lot of changes some good, most not so good, was it more fun back then or was I just younger??
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A happy, healthy and prosperous year to ya'll.
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From my experience a lot depends on there being a buyer about at the right time who wants your business, if not you may get interest but not at the price you want. I bought another tree surgery business about 5 yrs ago and basically bought it for the value of the kit with very little goodwill which was about 50% of the asking price but the guy sold it to me so I guess he did'nt have a better offer. As someone else mentioned it's going to be hard to look at past performance with whats looming ahead.
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I have seen two like this and I know what happened to one and am told the same happened to the other. To big a piece with the device wrongly set up for the size of the lump, enough friction to swing it back into the trunk, but not enough to stop it dropping at some speed and hitting said portawrap between trunk or butresss root and bending it.
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Husky have changed the spouts within the last 18 months and they are crap. If you take them back to your dealer they will replace them f.o.c, maybe if enough people do that they will realise there is something wrong and do something about it. Saying that we have just bought 2 stihl ones cos we got fed up with replacing them and we'll see how they compare.
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Bob, Next time your down you can borrow my copy. When I first started over 20 yrs ago I used this book a lot.....just dug it out, how things have changed.
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This one never started out as a practical joke but has since become one, and is most unpleasant....A few years back some of the lads had taken a pee in the back of the wagon in the chip box as there was nowhere else to go. New lad comes along decides to discover what is leaking from under the front of the truck and is so enthusiastic that he dips in his finger and smells it, does the same again and tastes it and announces there is antifreeze leaking from somewhere, not nice but we all fell about laughing, should have seen his face, priceless!
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Well Done
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Sorry wrong part of link try this. Practised by Oxford dangerous sports club. [ame]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=67fFDiPRsrk[/ame]
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Trebuchet! http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/oxfordshire/4401024.stm
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Got a No2 pot the same day as you Andy, going to christen it this weekend with some venison... and beer.
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There is nothing left for Bob to buy..... He has it all already, king of the kit pigs:001_smile:
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Tannins Bob
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ok Steve would be happy to help.
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All Carlton, small 13hp for confined spaces, 2000sp 27hp macine and 4012sp diesel with remote control.
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Yes Andy it is, thanks to you Bob and Steve for putting my name forward. I'm looking to offer good quality arb machinery for hire at competetive rates, now also hiring our 20m mewp and stump grinders too.
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Only just read this thread, if you need a chipper in the future we have got several different models for hire, all less than 12months old at competetive rates and would be happy to help, why not give us go.
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Interesting stuff Perci, I've travelled in France a fair bit and have never seen much tree work being done. People I've spoken to out there have said that there isn't really a tree surgery industry as such with most of it being done by forestry workers or farmers in the rural areas but maybe this is changing? What chippers do you use out there?
