Dean Lofthouse

Turned a hard marathon interesting a jog round the block. Use a progress capture device to pre tension and haul the branch up then simply pull along to the chipper.

I assumed the same, thought they were a one piece job but no, its a 110 cut in half and a big extension socket welded between. I only got the rolling chassis. I,m going to keep the salisbury as a spare, as I have just rebuilt the diff with all new bearings, going to get it all cleaned up and powder coated.

An extremely rare find on ebay, a new 130 front shunt, luckily no damage behind the extension joint so it was just a case of, cut the welds, slide the front of mine out and slide it into the new one and re weld. Just as strong as factory joint.

But thats because your old, nothing else

Yes..even the wheel nuts matty

old back end in back ground, new back end fitted.

I,ve had mine 12 years, its a 98 and it has not let me down once. Ive just cut the back end off and replace the rear 3/4 with a brand new complete back end off a puma. The chassis was still good and could have had another 10 years in it, chassis's only disappear before your eyes if they are not looked after and things only break down if they are not looked after. A "looked after" truck should not let you down, the defender must be one of the most abused vehicles for not servicing and working to death there is.......I think they have proved themselves beyond any doubt. PS: I would not have one for pleasure mind !

Telehandler | Wacker Neuson

I think its 1.2 or 1.4t

Adams got the price right, don't know about the next model. Cabs really small...well saying small....I mean no bigger than absolutely necessary. I think this machine fills a gap in the market. Its also trailable weight wise

Mini tele handler, about time! Available with 3 point linkage

Lucy is mine...I don't want to share

Lucy verasamy

Nice !! There's a commercial building near me that has had to pay a lot of money to have anchors installed all around the building both high up and low down. They were made to install them by their insurance company for window cleaning as ladder ties / safety anchors

He was Ben, yes.

Monica is a myth without pictures

I haven't posted this until after Martins funeral which I attended today. There were many other tree surgeons there and the church was packed. I,m posting it because there are valuable lessons to be learned and the accident could have so easily been prevented. Martin was a very experienced Tree Surgeon with many years under his belt. He was working on the ground this day and two climbers were in the tree. Martin was hit by a chog of wood whilst picking up branches beneath and was killed instantly, he was still holding the branches in his hands. The two climbers tried for 20 minutes to revive martin but his injuries were too severe. A branch had been cut off and dropped and the stem was being chogged back in sections. The section was released and hit Martin below, obviously the climber didn't see Martin but you can draw your own conclusions as to what should have happened and how it could have been avoided. The climber that dropped the lump was one of Martins best friends and is obviously distraught, what he did right or wrong is not worth debating with him as he has to live with the consequences now for the rest of his life. He didn't go out that day to kill his best mate. Lesson to be learned from it for everyone in the industry, never drop any part of a tree unless you can see where all your ground staff are, if you can't, wait till you can and they have eyes on you. Lesson for ground staff is, if that saw is buzzing, it's cutting. Its a sad loss of a true gent and friend. Tragic death of Barnsley tree surgeon - Barnsley News from the Barnsley Chronicle

cut one of the wires and see

Is there any limit switches on it ? ie: will only operate when the legs are out or other saftey cut out switches

Only thing I'll say is do whatever makes you feel at ease. I break protocol every day of my working life, if I didn't, it would take me two days to do a one day job. If the job you describe is a regular job painting the tower, then I would personally have proper anchors fixed above the work position on each h face of the tower and a proper descent rope system in place and not bother with the fall arrest shite or being attached to the basket. None of us stick to protocol, it's about think outside the box, working out safe ways of doing things, the big rope thing is just not a good way. If there were no other way then it's better than nothing. But there are many better ways

I know of someone that jumped from the basket on the way down and suffered broken leg and other minor injuries. The other person in the basket suffered horrendous injuries because he couldn't undo quick enough and broke his back because the short strop he was attached with kept his waist suspended when the basket hit the floor, which probably caused the broken back

I just use any rope that fits

Still on the mk1

I always carry a rope to descend if theres a fault on the machine and it cuts out, its much quicker to get to the ground and see to it than have a groundy spend half an hour pumping the descent handle. Theres absolutely nothing wrong with anchoring into the object or tree you are working on, if you are going to be doing stationary work, but you really do need either some rope training or experience. You can only anchor on to one or the other ( Basket or tree) and need to be able to assess your actor point for suitability. I anchor in to alternative points rather than the basket under certain conditions such as knocking out a large top or limb, wheres theres a chance it could hit the mewp. The most important thing is to use your common sense.

Course I do Josh, its a right pulling machine, women love it. I only use it for pricing mind and Ive been round Huddersfield town centre a few times. It fits into any parking spot.