Dean Lofthouse
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I'd love the opportunity to use a crane on a TD but it's finding a customer willing to stump up the dosh. It'll be £1400 to take your tree down luv, or I could fell it across your lawn for half of that but it will leave a few divits. Oohh, fell please Dean !! I dont mind a divit or two !
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I use them quite a bit, especailly tip reducing such as a big wide beech with the silky
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As in a 30 ton tyre tracks
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98.6kg Thats half a kilo less than deano you fatty
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Yes, they are loverly round his neck of the woods
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Hahaha, your so slow Darren, you need to stop spending so much time with your head inside that hair dryer. Been waiting ages for your response
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Stevie, if we all started using cranes and humogous whole tree chippers, doing the TD in ten minutes flat with very little work involved we would run out of trees to take down in a few years time, I'd rather take a one big tree down nice and steady over 2 days than take 4 big trees down using a crane in two days. Do you see my point? Its not all about speed, it's about conserving future work aswell, yes, use a crane where it is warranted and awkward but not unneccessarily
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Sorry Dave, been out for a bit, the tractor is a Kubota L2550HST with kubota front loader and cab, it has 4x4 and shuttle forwards and backwards and fits perfectly into a container heightwise Its 30hp and classed as a "Midi" tractor but copes with everything I throw at it, it lifts a bulk bag full of split logs up full height on the loader no problem.
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You were subbed in Frank we know that, what I am trying to find out is the justification of using a crane ? There appears to be plenty of room and grassed area below the tree as a landing area. I just feel that when a company gets to know a local crane firm they tend to go down that, add the crane hire on and use a crane route. Dont get me wrong mate, having a mewp sat there at my disposal FOC I could quite easily go down the using the mewp all the time route, but I understand that it will make me lazy so I dont use it unless I really have to. Craning a tree out when you dont really have to seems barmy and the easy option to me. I would like to have seen the tree and priced it on a standard TD and then priced it on a Craned TD. I just feel it is uneccessary cost to the customer.
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Looked plenty of vigour in the crown and plenty of live wood in the cross section. What was the emergency .... did you have a hairdressers appointment at 2pm ? Me and Shrek would have had the crown out by lunchtime without the crane
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We all have our own ways Pete, there's no right or wrong way and theres a multitude of different reasons for doing things different ways, I can see the advantage of keeping it off the deck for cutting up. I prefer a brash mat for the simple reason there are no marks whatsoever and it acts as a shock absorber, the log bed is solid so the stem can kick or bounce about, which I am sure you already are aware:thumbup1: Did the little twerp take any keeping in check or did he behave himself
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He must have got fed up with you texting him
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You might need to explain to Tommer how to set the washing machine going and where to put the washing powder
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You dirty young man, wash your mouth out with carbolic soap
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There was a little discrepency with your weight Hucky
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I think you've fiddled the scales hahaha
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Wouldn't use auto lift again. In my experience, they lacked a backup service, I took mine back in a week after it was fitted with a damaged back, they all came out to look, gloated at how powerful the ram was (damage caused by a log stuck under the body when it was tipped), laughed between themsleves and said they would get back to me, they never did despite repeated phone calls and pleading. I ended up in desperation having to repair it myself. Now about 4 years on the back is like a rust bucket, the powder coating is rubbish and now it needs another new back. Would not touch Autolift again, my opinion
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Oh ! Are you supposed to do it with TWO hands ??
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Not lost one yet then
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78 mine are the shiney big ones
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why
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I think the row of logs to fell onto cause more damage, if the stem contacts one of them before the others it buries it in the soil. Much better doing a shallow gob and a small pile of brash for the end of the stem to hit. Just my tuppence for the skinny little twerp
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Not value for money to the customer then
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Climbers with big gahooners get jelly legs often mate
