Tom D
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Buy a quality crank for your socket set, one with a bearings in the grips, you'll soon spin em off.
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advice/help with ifor timber trailer and crane
Tom D replied to GreenCoToM's topic in Large equipment
I came very close to doing the same thing, my problem: I never want to lift timber. I have an alpine tractor and loader which is great but takes up all the room on the trailer so I have to leave it on site if I want to haul stuff away, this is fine on a week long job if there is somewhere to store it, but often that isn't the case. I have bought a valtra with roof mount, and that is fantastic but not worth taking out unless there is a lot of wood. I looked into the 3.5t crane trailer combo and eventually decided that a decent crane would eat up so much payload that it wouldn't be worth the effort. However I did see a scissor fold crane that folds flat like a hiab and thought about mounting it on the rear of a landy and having a toolbox in front. then you can tow whatever trailer you like.... Maybe I'll do it one day... -
Cleared up the two pines that hit a house today, a few pics...
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I use sage, very good, it won't run on my new mac tho...
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I would also try and stand it up a little prior to putting the gob in, the way you could allow it to fall to one side if you wished. I suspect the mistake he will make will be too weak a rope....
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Great stuff! What time's kick off?
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was it thrown or snapped?
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If you can find a 385xp that is a great saw, I've had mine 8 years now, still runs sweet.. I wouldn't normally buy second hand, but if a decent 385 came up I'd have it.
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There was quite a bit of damage, there was a balcony over the conservatory, the roof has been damaged and the balcony is pretty fecked, the conservatory is damaged too, the frame is bent.
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crammond
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some more from today...
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The big one was near the morton hall crematorium, just saw it on the news, shame it was before we got there so no free advertising:thumb down: The other on the cars was at oswald rd,we didn't clear that one tho, I'll be passing it tomorrow so will see if its gone...
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That was before Andrew turned up with all the cones and stuff, that "cut" was pretty weird, the tree had just snapped off about a foot below ground, there was no roof flare whatsoever. I suspect due to the ground level being raised some years ago. Big tree, was probably 80 foot.
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Couple of pics from Edinburgh today. TD Tree & Land Services Ltd.
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Help me with your quitting smoking success stories!
Tom D replied to samthescam's topic in General chat
I stopped when I was 31 and stayed off them till this year when I started again, I had smoked when in the pub a few times but other than that I had gone 6 years without. I am now 24hours into stopping again. I have tried several times to stop this year and always end up cadging fags off Andrew who works for me. I am banning smoking at work so this time I might have a chance. Sorry Andrew. -
Surely if you invoice them for 1000 and get 600 back its easy enough to work out? I find it fairly easy... well my book keeper does... you can deduct the amount you have "lost" from a any paye and NIC that you may have to make in respect of any of your employees.
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I've been watching that david attenbourgh thing and apparently there aren't any trees at the poles....
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If you weren't in the log business, would you burn logs or use coal?
Tom D replied to BobG's topic in Firewood forum
I worked out that to buy the logs we burn at the price I sell them would cost as much as the LPG that we used before the stove and rayburn were fitted. So Maybe we'd burn gas instead, although I like a real fire and I like cooking on the Rayburn. -
How about a bit more in the way of magazine style features, I was interested to receive the latest arbmag the other day" arborage" but was a bit disappointed in the features. Maybe as well as the reviews section there could be some articles covering some of the more popular discussion topics that pop up all the time on the forum. Issues regarding the more modern chainsaws and the level of training in the industry often receive hundreds of posts, but threads can become a little confrontational and repetitive. I think there is a place for a series of well written articles covering any issues in the arb world, then we can all pick over the bones of the article in a thread later.
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Glad you're back mate, Have a happy new year!
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I just mix it all up together, soft, hard, pop, willow, oak, beech. never have any complaints.... Just learn to say no to a customer....
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isn't that ireland they are talking about?
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if I get the impression that a customer is doing that, (if they say they want a tree "cutting" thats good, if they say they want a "quote" then you need to push them on the tree, size, location etc) If its clearly a small job and its a long way off I'll tell them over the phone that it won't be less than £180 and so that way either they are serious and want the job done or they let you know there and then that its too much and save you a wasted trip. There is so much competition for these wee jobs from landscapers, gardeners and one man band tree cutters that I rarely win them, far better to be upfront with the client and let them know rather than wasting £10 on fuel and 2hours of your time.
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Never found a tree I couldn't fell with my 28" bar, big ones are handy if you have to ring up a fat stem, but although I have used a 48 on an 88 and a 3120 I have never felt the urge to go out and buy one. If you get your cuts right you will be hard pushed to find a uk tree you can't deal with with a 28".
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Looking at a first Unimog - Advice please
Tom D replied to northumbriaforestry's topic in Arb-Trucks
If you want to have a look at the valtra / roof mount combo I will be using it around the kelso duns area over the next few weeks. Although you could get a trailer crane and then use nay tractor you liked.
