PeteB
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"Dad, can I go on the play station for 10 minutes"? "Yeh, right"!
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Are we not sure about the integrity of those northern neighbours? Have you had a bad experiene that needs to be shared?
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I side with Mike, to be honest I cannot be bothered to respond as it would result in handbags at dawn. Nuff said. Sorry to all those who thought a scuffle was on the way. Suffice to say a Combi being demo'ed to a contractor did not get blocked up, did trimmings in both sides and the demo came to a halt only after to ate a scaffold clamp. Hardly any damage done bar some scuffed blades. That would not have happened in a chipper! Even if it had interlocking rollers.
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Have you seen the one with the Isreal F16(?) that flew with only one wing, and the pilot didn't know until he landed. It is possible using vectered power. A good pilot is one who has the same number of landings as take offs! and every landing is a controlled crash.
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help parking for 2 transits in surrey area
PeteB replied to Tree cutter Stu's topic in Large equipment
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I agree, experience is great, I hope my 21 years involved in the Arb game and the variety of machines available doesn't come across as sour grapes. Having owned two GreenMechs and an Arboreater (as well as using most other machines), I can confirm that all handled hedge cuttings with aplomb. Non of them liked stones or mud as indeed no chipper does. However, my point stands - a Jensens interlocking rollers handle hedge clippings the same as any other chipper and when the rollers are apart namely when they have material between them, they are no longer interlocking. Am I correct?
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Ay Up love, can you sow a button on that and make it tighter?
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There was a young girl from Coleorton Who had one long leg and a shortun Together with that and a big fancy She could fart like a 750 Norton!
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The post about the interlocking (meshing) rollers is, in my opinion misleading. They are indeed intermeshing but only when there is nothing between them. Once open, they intermesh about the same as every other twin roller machine ie they don't. Don't try and mislead someone who is after straight advise.
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You're never alone with schizophrenia.
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What ever you decide on, please consider what the resale value is going to be in years to come. I've come across so many people that have purchased "not so mainstream" machinery and then cannot find a buyer for it when they need to trade up. Have alook at the GreenMech website, there is a section that explains the difference between a chipper and a shredder and what they do. But, as others have said, by the sounds of it that a chipper could well suffice for most of your work.
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back up from a big outfit, yada yada yada......
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I glad to say I started out with buggar all and being the frugal chap, I've still got most of it left!
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Why not, I've always beleived that whilst trees have a high "amenity" value, they are also a crop which has to be maximised. Nobody moaned about the amount of timber that has been used to prop up the countryside in coalmines. Nobody has complained about the amount of wood going to bio-fuel.
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Hi Ed, you probably have seen them in France, but they are made in Belgium.
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Steve, morning. Hope all is well, like the new site. What happened to the thread "Favourite sayings"? I cannot find it and I fancey a laugh.
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I ought to post about the GMR 100, twice the price of the TW but more than twice the machine. Nuff said.
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Why do I get the feeling that if HSE was "around" forty years ago, we would be a real weedy, weaked knee'd bunch of risk averse pen pushers. I'm rather proud of the fact that I had a Matador on two wheels, had about 12 088, 084 and one 090 with a 6foot bar and they got used. No one got hurt because we were careful and aware. I take my two kids swimming every wednesday and have been instructed, by the young Lifeguard lady, not to be so rough with the kids. I not allowed to threw them in, duck them, make huge splashes, bomb, backward dive and they say the there is not a pool around with diving boards as they are dangerous. Forsooth! My ex-wife has moaned at the kids that I drive too fast. A friend has moaned that I work too hard for too long. Why moan if a competent old timer wants to start up his old 090 (many young guys could not carry it, let alone start it) and cross cut a stick. He enjoyed himself, enjoy his enjoyment.
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I ran one years ago. Should have been nigh on 30k, got it from Stormont Trucks @ Dartford for 18k including a spray job from white to red. Okay off road with a load on, fine on the highways (as long as you weren't in a rush). George Walkers had it after Barrowcliffs went bump. I heard that it got nicked from the guy they sold it to.
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Is it a road planer? possibly for a gypsum mine.
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70 squid for that!, They got big windows there - seen you coming a mile orf! Fair Play tho' for spending that much on you partners 40th. Mine told me she wanted a divorce - so it cost me a hell of a lot more in the end.
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I'll change the avator on a regular basis for fun.
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Nigel Wright from GreenMech will be there!
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Once had to take a load of stuff on a demo tour of France and Spain. Filled the lorry up in the local garage, the lass says "your home late", I reply "Home late?, I am on a mission to Madrid"!, "Got your passport?" she enquires.:scared1:The 3 hours it took me to go home, get the document, then head for the ferry meant that every transport plan I'd organised was no chuffing good.
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Andrew, my thoughts and best wishes to you.
