kimtree

thats my setup and actually its far north of western aus

i was in surrey at the time,working in a partnership with two other school mates doing treework and farming [we lived on the farm]at 3 in the morning the power went off and us lads were sent down the road to see what was happening,first thing we see is an alder blown over into the powerline going to the farm,where its touching the line there's white fire and little white fairys dancing down the trunk must have burned for 2 minites at least.Once that burnt thru and fell to the ground we cut it up and rolled it off the drive.then we thought we better get sum more gear.all around you could hear trees being smashed but couldnt see them.the farm was on top of a small hill and you could see about 10 mile out towards Woking.from there the view was spectacular,transformers blowing and on fire every 5 mins or so the skyline was just lite up,most amazing was a neighbours scots pine about 60ft tall the top was bending down and touching the trunk almost in the middle.after gearing up we went out on the main road and immediatly found a large beech that needed clearing,we ended up clearing three or so beech,just cut and then pull off with the landy then decided it was to dangerous ,just as we went back to the farm another tree fell just in front of us so we dealt with that then an ambulance came along trying to get to the hospital ,a bit up the road was a 6 way roundabout every way was blocked the ambo was going nowhere.once it was light we got a phone call to go down to the council yard[fat chance]and then proceeded to get about 2 months cleanup work from them mostly roadside trees which we climbed first for a week then got a series of pickers from facelift?{not sure if thats correct company}ended up kick starting our tree bussiness big time.the farm we lived on lost about 50 big beech dbh 4- 6 ft average and on the top of the hill 3 big turkey oak one of which landed front to back on one of me mates car,apart from that no other damage to buildings but just down the road a huge industrial shed was twisted and destroyed like it was nothing

my dog back when he was in his prime

i just got a grapple for my schaffer loader,its incredible,from loading logs and feeding the chipper its tonnes better than a 4 in 1

my vermeer 1250 knife nuts is 180ft lb,and the anvil is 300 ft lb

i could have gone that way only to end up in court

you need a 20 ton squat jack for best results,several years ago we got a 30 plus metre completly dead african mahogany to go over opposite lean with one ,didnt fancy whacking wedges in,when it hit i reckon wood flew 50 metres or so

After having to wait nearly five months for payment from a real estate job where they tried to wash their hands of the whole deal,their attitude is ''there's no money in the account so we cant pay you'' i now get no more work from them,could have been the letter of demand i sent them:thumbdown:

i find when a have a subbie on site their attitude is ''all care but no responsibility''

ive got one.frankly its a better paper weight than a working tool,tried it up in the tree and found it hard work to turn the handle and it worked out a lot better to push them off,when i bought it i was under the impression that it was a geared ratchet.its not.the tree we tried it on was a raintree,the peice 12 inch by 6 ft long approx,not worth the money.

i know its not tracked but i've not had side tipping over problems with my nifty 17 metre lift,but if you going down a hill it can bottom out on the basket,so putting the back legs nearly down does stop that,its got a drive system[a snail would go faster]which isnt much good past 10 degrees.

Get a german made Schaffer loader,its amazing the difference between it and skidsteers or dingo/kanga regarding damage to lawns etc

Just to derail a little bit,the Mit Helicopter on the same page is pretty cool,looks like a training exercise,one oops where the guys saw gets stuck in the cut and takes a tumble

working at a school during the christmas holidays,schools had no tree work done for some time,this lady comes up to us and first says 'i dont like people cutting trees' then points to a very dead raintree over the bike shed and says 'Cant you fix it'

Whats the reputation of vermeer chippers in the uk?

ive got 2 ladders one extendible to 8 metre which i will use for access after ive installed my climbing line,once it gets hot here any height for free is a great help,and a smaller step/and open out for getting on to roofs,nearly all single storey here

Nifty lift 17 metre works well here but i can see its limitations of use when i go down to perth

i havent tried zenith so i cant comment on them,but i have used Blakeley knives for a number of years in my 1250 disc with no ill results, get better life from them than vermeer ones.how many hours do you get with your bandit?

Alopa what sort of chipper do you run?

novel idea!wouldnt work here you'd get electrocuted:thumbdown:

holy crap:thumbdown:sounds like they go out of ther way to make it hard for you

thats going to leave a bruise:001_smile:

tomorrow im going to get fit.feeding 80+ 6 metre mangos thru the chipper,feeding the chipper constantly seems to sort the wheat from the chaff alright!

i sell every load i get except for the really crap loads which i give to the farm two doors up tip fees here are $8.00 a cube.

i have a dingo's breakfast