skyhuck

Thats a Grey, not a Red.

No house can sell ale without a licence, so I don't think it's any thing to do with deed's, it's a planing matter .

This is a truly tragic for all concerned, you all have my deepest sympathy. I've given this a little thought since you first posted this thread. I have come to the concussion that there is only one course of action that could not lead to any future strife. If I were you I would freeze the "Business", "Company", "Partnership", I'm not sure that what you and your bother had conforms to any of these, but you SIL does, so to avoid upset I'd just accept her definition. I would then suggest you sell the whole thing, "as is", "lock,stock and barrel" and then split the proceeds. In this way you are putting yourself and your SIL very much "in the same boat" so to speak. This way there is no scope, now or in the future, for you SIL to feel short changed. Your business was YOU and your BOTHER, it was you two who bought in the work and you two who did the work and thus generated the income, unfortunately your bother revenue generating ability died with him. It appears your SIL thinks the business generates its own revenue, to which she is entitled, unfortunately small tree firms don't really work like that, sure being established make finding the work a little easier, but the work still has to be done in order to turn any enquiry into profit. Trying to convince your SIL that the business has very little value and that it does not throw off any passive income could be very difficult. The easiest way to find any items true value is to sell it. Obviously I don't know your circumstances and you may not be able to do as I suggest, but IMHO it would be the best long term solution. At least this way you and her are both in the same position, there is no scope for any future claim on yourself. Could you just sub out for now and then start up again in the future? Business with family is notoriously difficult, the relationship with you bother must have been very special and must make your loss all the worse, I really hope you can resolve this situation in the least painful manor for all concerned.

Its a Sycamore.

And if you'd cleared his drive too, you would have been the bigger man and possibly made him feel very small indeed, as it is you have simply reenforced his opinion of you, he is no doubt waiting for some opportunity to get even.

Do you not see the difference between 7AM and 4.30AM?? I would get very angry if my bin men came at 4.30AM.

I think you will find it will cost a fortune to make the changes you list. You really need to try and find mog that has the spec you need, its far cheaper than adding stuff later.

You can use de-icer inside as well as out, although I find a warm hand clears the inside pretty well.

I would get three different specialist business valuers to value the business and take the middle price as fair.

A motor ticking over for 10 minuets at 4.30AM is pretty bad, IMO. The problem is he's your neighbour, so you can't just ignore it and hope it goes away, you need to try and enter into some dialogue with him and find a compromise thats doable for both of you.

I would think its an Igland.

Its a "double drum winch" as per description.

Was it for a contractor or the FC???

Were you contracted in just to fell and sned Tom, or did you chip the bash and take the timber?????

Thats fabulous!!!!!!!!!!!

Thats a grave offence and dead bad!!!!!!

:confused1:Really??????? I had a front chipper (Ducker) on my U1200 and it was great, I only parted with it because I wanted the increased payload of the U1600. I have been running a unimog with front mount chipper for well over 10 years, IMO its the best option for tree work. IMO, putting the chipper on the rear, adding to the weight of the chip is a mistake, they end up looking like a speed boat and have similar handling characteristics.

I know what you mean, on very tall trees you drop a piece of timber, turn to cut the next piece and the thud of the last one startles you.

No mate, front only, the reversing gear box is an integrated part of the chipper, plus it fitted to the front on a Schmitt (sp) plate, not three point linkage.

The Duckers are, they are direct drive, however the Schieslinger has a built in reversing gear box, so the chipper is still standard drive direction. The disadvantage of the Ducker is that the discharge shute goes in front of the driver (on LHD mogs) meaning it needs folding down when driving.

If you "pulling on the tail of rope" why would it need to self tend???? I presume by the "tail of rope" your referring to the rope below the zz?

Schiesling, are the best, IMO. They are just so well built and blow into the back no problem, without the need for an additional blower. The Duckers are also good, they are basically a TP, they have an integrated blower, which does have the advantage that it will blow into a trailer behind the mog. Jensen are good, but not designed for blowing into the back of the mog, so if you want to you need to existed the Shute and add a blower.

You would:sneaky2:

Not sure you need to be working alone, if your the boss and the climber, then even with ground staff you should be OK with out another climber.