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The saga with our remote continues.. Global couldn't fix it and recommended we send it to the US (quoted £300-£400). We thought this would be the end of it so reluctantly agreed.. It got to the US and their "technicians" could not open the box as it was "glued shut.." They sent it back without even looking at it.. I am so annoyed... We have now passed it back to our dog groomer/sparky and he opened the box in 20 seconds.... What are global/bandit playing at. Either they are completely incompetent, or just can't be bothered.. We have yet to be sent the bill for sending it on a holiday to the US where they did not even look at it.. I am losing faith in bandit and it certainly makes me very wary of buying any more products from them... Which is a shame as the products are great but if they can't sort a basic problem.

I don't believe there is a required method, so an email to the TO could satisfy if you are on good terms. But as treeation says you can just do it via the planning portal and that's how I do 90% of mine...

Can we use one with our 2450?

Just hope the radio control doesn't break.. Ours had to be shipped to the US and they didn't even manage to get past the silicon sealant..☹️.

My post to Dan at gardenscape may have come across a bit harsher than intended.. I had just come in from driving 40 mins away to look at at job that would take one of my teams of 3 men a day. The client had been quoted £300. The point I was trying to make is that if you win EVERY quote you must be on the low side. IMO better to push up your rates, yes you may lose a few jobs but the ones you win are going to be worth more. There are too many people in this industry who undervalue the work.

Having lots of big kit should NOT make you more expensive... Kit is there to make your life easier, quicker, (safer) and cheaper.... I would not expect 1 man with a 4 inch chipper to be on the same rate as a mog and 12 inch chipper. That is 2 different setups for 2 different types of work.. You could do big jobs with small kit, but you are likely to be to expensive, then the big guys.. Same as you can do small jobs with big kit, but you are likely to be more expensive, then the little guys.. My point was that if you are always cheapest then put you could rates up and earn more for doing less.... Maybe devaluing the industry was inflammatory terminology..

Obviously he can price how he likes.. But we all do better if we all priced higher.. The market is set by what people are willing to pay for tree work. If you are always the cheapest it goes to reason many people are willing to pay more.. Why would want to work for less.? A big issue imo with the industry is many people (myself included at times) either do not realise the true costs to running a business or do it as a hobby or lifestyle choice and are willing to work for a low wage..

Stop under pricing and devaluing tree work... Raise your prices to the going market rate, earn more money and do less work.... it's not a hobby.

The title of the thread was have you made financial savings.... Nothing like comparing it to selling a car.... unless there was an alternative such as: "have you made financial saving since owning a bicycle.." People bang on about "free" wood. Everything has a value, if your heating your drafty old house with tons of "free" timber that you could be selling then you should consider the financial implications.. In my case I can see it pretty obviously as I rarely cut or split the wood myself.. When I take a bag I can easily see the costs. I could use it or sell it. For sure people enjoy doing it for themselves and if I didn't have access to free split wood I would still do it. But when you look at the costs to most domestic users, including installation, the cost of a saw, log splitters fuel etc. Rarely will it be financially beneficial. A friend of mine earns over £150K a year, gets up at 4.45 every morning to commute to London from loughborough, but still spends days cutting and splitting his own logs, with a saw, ppe and splitter purchased for the purpose.. He is extremely time poor and financially it can't make sense but he must enjoy doing it..

What do they weigh? Has anyone ever converted one into small crane/chip truck? They are not massive, surely the footprint would be similar to a mog..?

I have a basically unlimited supply of firewood as we have tons of the stuff, but I still can't see me making financial savings after the £4 or £5k it cost to fit and install.. If you consider that I could be selling the logs at £80 a bag rather then burning them.. It makes even less financial sense.. Even though I don't spend the cash it is still costing me £300 or £400 a year to in logs...... I still wouldn't be without it..

http://www.jbtoolhire.co.uk/plant-hire.html

This ruling may change their mind.. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-44697972 Although not sure what they are going to do... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-43882916

I don't think our antistress ever worked, not for long.. Pretty sure someone on here told me a way of resetting it. It would work for a while then not.. I have a vague memory that there way a pin that you pulled out that stopped the hopper lifting up..

They do require a lot of maintenance.. Well ours do..

Kwickchip/tunnison/ts.. Was my first chipper. Comparable to a tw 190 nowhere near 10 inch.. Ours was hse compliant and that was 14 years ago.. Looks to be of a similar era to my machine so nearly 20 years old..

By providing a reference for the source.. Hodson and Busseri (2012)

Hmmm.. Pretty sure that is not true..a fact in science is an observation that has been repeatedly confirmed and for all practical purposes is accepted as “true.” Truth in science, however, is never final and what is accepted as a fact today may be modified or even discarded tomorrow. Assuming this "research" uses convicted criminals to assess the tendency to criminal behaviour it is more likely just to show that criminals who get caught have low IQ's.. Which would make sense. There are a lot of cultural differences that mean the IQ tests given need to change from one group to another if these differences are liable to skew the test results. However, when the tests given are modified to account for cultural differences we all lie somewhere on a standard bell curve (normal distribution). Lower cognitive abilities can be used to predict greater prejudice through right-wing ideology. ... Hodson and Busseri (2012) found in a correlational study that lower intelligence in childhood is predictive of greater racism in adulthood.

There is always an exception.. However as I understand it is not going to happen with pipes under pressure such as mains water. Root ingress may happen but again unlikely in pressurised pipes. It is not a suitable environment for root growth in most cases..

It is unlikely to be the tree IMO. Roots do not squash pipes.. It is also unlikely the roots are in the mains water as that is under pressure. Roots get into waste pipes that are leaking.

Captive bred hawks are worth £250 each...Happy to wait a couple of months for these guys to fledge, hopefully in the future they will help keep the pigeon population down...

These little guys are in a tree we want to retrench... Makes a difference from pigeons..

Well you should... It's part of the job..

It is a beast of a chipper.. Turntable knackered... Engine 92hp Kubota turbo diesel Tank capacity 50 litres Weight 2180kg Length Towing 3700mm / Working 4250mm Width 2070mm Height 2524mm Throughput Up to 12 tonnes per hour Max dia. infeed 254mm (10in) Feed method Twin hydraulic feed rollers c/w No Stress Blades 4 x 6in double sided fully hardened

We have a dead TW250DH turbo. The engine is good 1200 odd hours I believe.. chassis has some cracks, one of the hydraulic motors is broken and we have nicked the spout, for our greenmech... We are currently keeping it for spares as we have another, so we won't be giving it away.... But feel free to make an offer..