The Rutland Arborist

Stalling, that's not good, the stress relief should kick in, never ever had the TW190 stall.....the odd roller feed jam but that is about it,....

Cool, took me a few secs to work it out....

I haven't heard anything about the new 190?

Me neither, I thought they were discontinuing them...

I thought the 230 was replacing the 190?

Thanks Badger...in what way better, build quality or chip capability?

Think i will demo both machines now anyway...

No one else used the 235 or 300???

Okay, cheers matey, i will try and search him on here or if you know him can you ask him to post or give us a bell...07834 594 291.

Thanks

Anyone on here currently running a schliesing 230 or 300mx chipper?

Opinion?

Currently running a Timberwolf 190 but am looking to change...wanted the TP200 but due to side facing hopper am now put off as i don't want to have the turntable (additional costs and weight) although TP should be making a rear facing tow behind 200 in th enot so distant future.

So that really leaves me with either the Schliesing as it will chip 190 or at a push the Forst ST8.

No way will i be getting another Timberwolf, great machine but fed up of the shoddy paintwork, lucky if it lasts a year without any blistering...no excuse for it and now the 190 price is in the same league as TP and Schliesing chipper i will go elsewhere.....

Rutland Tree Care.

Looking for a subcontract climber to work regularly a couple of days a week in and around Rutland (Lincs & Leics).

Depending on experience and kit provided (i.e topping saw), round and about £100 per day (must have own safety/climbing kit).

Works are varied generally working in a team of two/three.

Must be experienced and hold relevant CS units and ideally although not essential be qualified to ISA Cert or similar level (level 2).

If interested please send CV to:

[email protected]

Many thanks.

Lee Overton - Tech (ARBOR.A), ISA Certified Arborist

Rutlandtreecare

Tel / Fax: 01780 411 470

Mob: 07834 594 291

Hi thanks for that, they are for a Carlton SP2000 and a larger Rayco 13, sorry for delayed response have not been able to log into Arbtalk recently!?

Hi there

Any one know where i can get any 700 series Green teeth with the nut at the back for the low profile pockets??

I have not been able to get any for several months, i used to get them off Listons but they cant get them any more due to having disputes with supplier, Saturn machines don't do the new tap and turns with a nut, the American dealer won't deal direct with me and a European dealer never got back to me!! PROBLEMS!!!!

I was fine using my older heavier poockets but was told by Listons that the teeth for these are becoming obsolete and was advised at several hundred pounds to change to the 'new and better' low profile pockets which i did........nothing but trouble the teeth kept snapping (at £7 a tooth) due to them not having a nut and now i can't get any more and neither can Listons! I know i'm sure there is a breach of contract there but hey

So if any one can advise please do so!!

Many thanks!

The way i see it is.....your only in business to make money......if your not making any money in what your doing your either too cheap or not doing it right!

So you either oik your prices up or have to go about gettting your wood processed cheaper! ie get a few loads split end of a day or employ cheap labour to split it while your out earning pennies on taking em down!

heres some of mine mate

Not bad for an afternoons work!

I think you'll be automatically be on the course! Good luck on yer results!

Gutted, tried to get on to Tech Cert management day exam a couple of weeks ago and was told the course was booked up!!!

Passed all written exams last year but unfortunately had to miss the practical day as my son was born!

Not a problem i thought, will just do it next year!

I was told they have already put on an extra couple of days and that they are still having to turn people down!

Just goes to show how many people are doing the course now!

It would be great to have live bands in the evening and camping, with lots of workshops for the kids, lots of demonstrations, lots of local ales and cider etc etc.

 

Make it into a family thing that you can spend a relaxed weekend at without rushing around trying to look at everything and try/buy stuff all in a few hours.

Alot more folk would turn up from further away i should imagine.

 

It would be like an arb festival...

Anyone with me on this?

Wow!! Great finaly some one is thinking the same! We,ve been saying for years that it would be excellent if there was some evening afternoon entertainment and camping!

Unless you want to buy cheap kit or have never been before it is soooooo boring:thumbdown:!!

My Mrs was bored stiff!!! How about putting a bit of fun into it! Come on AA sort yer self out! Less stiff upper lip!

The honest answer to 'when is the best time to prune' question is - never!

 

If it must be done (let's face it, for the benefit of the customer, not the tree), it will nearly always be species dependent.

As i said it is a formal garden and to let these trees become what they want to become, they would completely dominate and be out of place!

And its not a case of right tree wrong spot due to the fact through the apprporiate pruning these trees enhance the desired effect of the garden!!

IMO Loffthouse and Skyhuck got it right about pruning!

Obviously there are times you shouldn't prune certain species, ie, Prunus 'cause of silver leaf!

The reason i am going to do it in the winter is merely aesthetics!

But there are debates about winter or summer pruning but i am not asking that, i merely want to know if any body personally has pruned 'Globossum' hard to get them back into their lovely brought from the nursery shape (perfectly round)!

It seems there is mixed opinion here, even amongst the dip arbs! The only time I personally reccomend not doing work is just before bud burst and just before leaf abcsission.

Cutting back all the growth to just a framework, not necessarily back to the main trunk though. They are about 10ft high. I think this will be the best way to get them all uniform again.

Depending how they take it, it could be done every winter or every other!

Hi

Has anyone any experience pollarding Acer platanoides 'Globosum?'

One of my clients has an avenue of them in her garden and they are now too big they have lost there nice tight form and very rounded shape. It is a formal designed garden and these trees are supposed to look like lolipops! (as opposed to natural looking trees!)

My client requested we trimmed them back into shape, however i feel it may be better to pollard them in the winter as this may well give a better result as often is the case with Limes when in the same setting.

Need advice from someone who has first hand experience with this tree please!

No its a petrol, the chinese engines are pretty good to be honest, starts first time every time. The main problems are cheap pumps, rams and wether you get a "Friday night one"!

 

don't get me wrong, it's split a lot of wood and is still going but i am always tinkering with something to keep it going. To be honest for 1600 quid i would go for a quality machine but second hand from either a dealer or someone you trust also it will hold it's value so if you don't get on in the log job at least you can sell it again, chinese stuff is really worth nowt second hand, just my opinion as i got a friday night machine.

Okay, thanks! There are so many out there its a job to know what to go for! It must be petrol or diesel and fairly moveable although it doesn,t have to be a tow behind but i thought that would be handy.

I suppose for if it isn't a tow behind you'll get more for the same money!

Has any one come across ALS models (honda engines) form logsplittersuk?

I know in my area all of my work colleagues and I charge around and about £200 per person per day and generally an extra £100 per day to use MEWP. Most jobs we do we use a three man team. However all our kit is relatively new, my total insurance is about £4000 a year.

There are boys in our area cheaper but then look at there kit! We turn up not looking like pikies and always get complimented how professional we look!

All our men are highly skilled and experience, even groundsman are on a £100 a day, a good groundie is not just a brash monkey he is also worth his weight in gold!!

I was told that an AA approved contractor should be charging about £300 per person per day!

I have a 26t version, there ok and do the job well but remember most are chineese machines and build quality can be iffy, mine was half the price of a german or UK machine but i wont buy another, next time it's the real mccoy as i can't be bothere fixing em all the time. The other thing is spares, half the time there waiting for deliverys and it gets really frustrating or you ring up and there "out of the office"

IMO go for something pukka and save the hassle

Is yours the diesel type? I am currently looking at one its got a diesel ISO engine on it?? It costs £1600 and for testing the waters in the log selling game i thought it would be ideal as a starter, quicker than by hand and no serious heavy out lay. What do you think??

If you've got a lot of work colleagues who are tree surgeons with out stump grinders then that would be a good start. One of my friends owns a big Rayco and does all the big stumps for me and most of the stumps for a few other tree surgeons in our area. He regularly gets 2 days a week stump grinding, and does 3 days tree surgery for someone!

So if your well networked i think it can be well worth it. People charge appx £400 per day for grinding, which is £1600 per month. That will easily soon cover the cost of the grinder. Obviously you'll have to replace teeth and wear & tear!

Stump grinders get a heck of a lot of abuse so i would think about getting a as new a one as possible.

Oh yes!

I recently brought a Carlton SP2000 and it was one of my best investments, you can charge a min call out and do loads in one day ( providing work for 1-2 guys), or if the job isn't really worthy of charging a full day rate, grind their stump out and charge a full day rate!! Every ones a winner! Complete tree care service! Also the Carlton SP2000 has as much grunt as some of the bigger machines(25hp) and is only 29" wide.

We've ground out a 5ft poplar stump with it, not much fun but it did it! It also goes a lot deeper than some of the bigger machines!