Tom D

Shocking. There's a lot of them on the road, you'd think they would have got it right by now.

vacuum pump / line?

I would say that a processor was quite a complicated thing to build compared with a home made log splitter. Personally I would make a home made splitter to split your wood into billets, then buy a circular saw (with conveyor) which ought to be cheaper. Sometimes building your own kit isn't cheaper, by the time you factor in your time and any re-design costs if it doesn't work right first time you would probably be better off buying a machine tried and tested and designed for the job. I have been using a jappa 700 lately, it speeds up the processing of our cord wood no end, we have also split some of our larger timber into bilets and cross cut them with the saw on the processor. Our next purchase will be a large horisontal splitter for making billets and splitting multiple rings at a time.

Oak for sure. TD Tree & Land Services Ltd.

Your employer is liable for any damage caused by you, just get on with the job. If he wants to do things his way why worry? Unless you think you NEED CS41. If you are being asked to do things you don't feel comfortable with then that's a different issue. TD Tree & Land Services Ltd.

Ditto. TD Tree & Land Services Ltd.

Interesting, seemed to do the job.

Loving the fish room. A few pics of todays beech dismantle. TD Tree & Land Services Ltd.

me and the missus will be going if we can get tickets, on sale friday I beleive.

I'd go hammers, Y are more for grass.

Nice one mike, You couldn't just have a "normal" holiday then.

Very good trailer, well pleased with mine. Sturdy, good extras and good overall quality.

i'd say £90 a cube, Its rare to get it right before the wood goes soft.

Not really Bob, "Recommends" is the key word there take the driving liscence, that has its own legislation, as does Employers liability. this really needs a test case. I suspect that a non nptc'd worker could prove competence under the right circumstances.

Highly. I bought one for a council job, loads of deadwooding big oaks, spending a bit of time getting a bag up on a one tree job is ok but if you want to do 8 a day then getting a bag in quickly is important. some people are great with a throwbag, I am not, if you aren't either a big shot is a great investment.

that's a very good question, they are not, despite what people will tell you a LEGAL requirement, they are however considered to be proof of competence. Proof of competence is important if you are involved in any kind of claim through the courts because if a lawyer can argue that you are not competent then you could be in trouble. NPTC's are a cheap way of buying competence (yes I know that is open to debate). If a cutter with 30 years ecperience was being charged with causing an accident / injury his lawyer has to proove that he was competent to carry out the task that went wrong and led to the accident. So in theory a fresh out of colledge kid is, in the eyes of the law, more "competent" than a cutter with a working lifetime of experience. This was turned on its head however when in "Poll vs Bartholomew" when an unqualified worker was deemed to have sufficient experience to inspect a tree despite having no formal tree inspection qualifications. I suspect that if you can prove that you are "competent" despite having no NPTC's then you would be ok in court. The difficulty is in the proving.... You may have been on the tools for years, and still be a complete numpty. NPTC standardises the whole thing, so while we may argue over wether the standards are high enough, personally I think not, the end result is universally recognised system which when the **** hits the fan could save your business from a very big bill.

Thanks for the comments. Its changed the way I look at jobs, I have a beech to dismantle which I am now thinking of getting a crane for, so quick and so easy.

I think there's a way of turning them round, i'll have a go, there's only about 3 picks anyway.

Skip was from Ricky, I did get a wee bit of video but Andrew had the camera the wrong way up. I'll post it up soon.

Buying a harness is like buying a pair of jeans, what fits someone else might not fit you. Best to try before you buy. TD Tree & Land Services Ltd.

Or stick the wooden part in the vice and knock the ally bit off with a hammer and punch. TD Tree & Land Services Ltd.

It's not just saws, go and buy a discovery or a beamer over there, way cheaper than here. I can't beleive how cheap rifles are too. TD Tree & Land Services Ltd.

FOC mate, they give you a free skip if you fill it with wood. TD Tree & Land Services Ltd.

A couple off my phone, lunchtime pic and the rather full skip. TD Tree & Land Services Ltd.

It all went super smooth, the main top rolled a little more than I expected it to but it didn't flip. I'll be using cranes again for sure.