Mike Hill
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If your business has evolved into the larger jobs,then it is wise to retain the paid off smaller kit.Small kit makes small money fast,Big kit makes big money faster.
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Maths please,not supposition. Tom can do 5K a week,Dick can do 3K Tom makes 40% more per week Tom also uses a Tractor (A Valtra) Runs on Red Diesel Has only one Engine Four tyres instead of the Eight on a Chipper and Tranny Eats big bits so the saws run less Has a higher value when traded in Do you do Tree work Vespasian?I am curious as from memory you are yet to post a single picture of your set up.
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You seem to only get the "right jobs" when you make the jump to big kit though. I understand your point with personal aspirations though,however it is cringe worthy when you see a two man gang flogging their TW for a week on a takedown that would be done by 2 pm with the right kit. Those guys are never going to learn or make enough to justify higher production equipment.
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Do I become more employable by having my own climbing gear?
Mike Hill replied to Kyle_haynes's topic in General chat
By "Us" is it the company you own or do you work for a Company? Is it a policy you have decided or one that your Boss as implemented? It might be the way English people construct sentences,I find it hard to know. -
I think you are missing the benefit of efficiency. Big gear does jobs really fast,fast means more done in a day and more money made. Lets say your day rate is £600,you look at a three day job for £1800. Tom comes along in his Valtra and does it in a day for £1000.The client is chuffed,so is Tom and the client goes around telling all and sundry how great Tom is at 1/3 your price. Tom gets more jobs,be like Tom. Also big gear breaks less easily than little stuff,the repair costs are higher but so is the output.
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Thanks Matty and Dean. Dean I have shot you an Email.
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Are there any other Farmi Dealers in the UK apart from Corwyn Foresty?
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You used the wrong cut. A "finn" cut was required,there was too little wood at the back to prevent the saw from being pinched. [ame] [/ame]
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"From the land that brought you two World Wars-JENSEN!" "Jensen! Its got Panzer's in it!" "Alles fur JENSEN!" "JENSEN-The final solultion!" "JENSEN-Reduce your down time,just like the Luftwaffe" "JENSEN-A free copy of Mine Kampf with every chipper sold"
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Fair has nothing to do with it. My call out rate-100% over day rate for anything after business hours,they pay for the quote too, Anything during business hours is charged at half the cost of the job I am on,plus 100% over day rate for the call out.This way I don't loose any money going back to the first job.
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"Chair cut" Cut about 90% of the way through horizontally,monitoring the width of the cut (cut opening up means too much tension,sitting down on the saw means to little tension). Then remove the saw and cut down on a 45 deg angle to meet the horizontal cut.This way all the fibers are severed and there is little of chance of anything hanging on under tension and shooting up into the air when it snaps.
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Great info,thank you guys! It was great to learn about the leaky valve block,things like that are great to know. I would be chipping mostly brush though,more horsepower is never a bad thing.Tractors are flipping expensive over here and the large ones are alot more "sinky" as its minging wet here pretty much all the time. Its rated to 115 Horse Power Chipped it would run 135 Horse power. It would be only for running a chipper and loading logs onto Trucks.
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I am after a tractor to power a 12" crane fed chipper.This one is within the recommended horsepower range. Has a front end load Is small enough to maneuver on jobs Looks tidy Is within the age range the finance company will fund What does arbtalk think?
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Morbark make excellent machines,remember that serious tree companies in the states run 12" plus machines. 6" chippers are in the home owner and landscaper category.
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Alloy Zarges Boxes. Not cheap but some of mine have been in Daily use for 9 years. Boxes | ZARGES
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Because the you are better off with a transit van and a yard tractor
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You can see the fill level on the front of that tank. It is the Line and two opposing arrows in your picture
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Great Post! I am getting to the stage when I have done nearly everything I want to in this industry.When I have done,its time to do something else
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Filter is in the top of the Tank.Unscrew the big lid on the tank (the tank is on the left hand side when you open the bonnet) the filter is under that from memory
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£10 per hour was decent in the late 90's mate.
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You are quite right.BDC my good man.
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I used to tell ladies in Pubs that I never they were going to sleep with me. Cheap way to get drinks after they stormed off in disgust.
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You must be a lot of fun to work with. Were you "the safest climber" on your college course per chance?
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Take the spark plug out and move the piston down to tdc. This will help in the third step. Get a saucepan in a electric frying pan and set up a double boiler.place some HE in the saucepan and cover with the lid. When the HE has become liquid poor it into the cylinder.Filling all the way up to the threads on the spark plug socket. When the HE has solidified,push a Detonator into the HE.Place in a Hole . Run your wires back and connect to a battery of 6 volts or more. Then buy a ms201 tc
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Also check the wires to the solenoid for continuity
