Tom D

I have tried the 8mm OP on tachyon and found it needs a while to bed in, so give it a good workout at low level and keep am eye on it. Having said that I found the softer cords like tenex, ice tail, and probably armor prus better suited to the vt. I prefer the martin hitch for stiffer cords like OP, bail out and bee line.

Not wanting to turn this thread into an anti AA rant BUT... I find the AA's boast that thanks to them we can still use a chainsaw a bit rich when they have done nothing to defend the use of roped access in favour of MEWP's. Here are a few points on that front, there are far more accidents involving MEWP's each year than in conventional tree work, ok there are far more MEWP hours worked in a year.. But if you only count accidents where the guide to good climbing practice was being followed there are none that I can find. All the roped tree access accidents involved a breach of the guide in some way. So the AA should be saying " there are accidents in tree work, we need to make sure people follow the proper proceedures." whereas what they are actually saying is "there are accidents in tree work we need to completely abandon our tried and tested proceedures and use equipment not designed for the job which is ultimately less safe. Which is however testable and certifiable therefore better (but worse)"

Liked that Mike, now hurry up and get that Mog finished so we can see that in action.

This tree is in England although I can't say exactly where as it was a "ninja climb". Its part of a large woodland and may not have been the tallest tree there. We taped it at 60 metres although I only climbed to 55.3 and we estimated the last bit so it could easily have been over your 60.2. I may be prepared to PM you its location:001_smile: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DlMeIHejZk]YouTube - big firs 0003[/ame]

Been meaning to post these holiday snaps from a couple weeks ago. Can anyone tell whats going on in the last one?

You guys are amateurs, I once sold a transit load of poplar brash for £350:001_cool:

Sad though it is I'd rather young radical muslims from the UK went to afganistan to fight "our boys" (as many of them do) on our terms than attack civilians here as on 7/7. At least over there we get to fight back and there are no hotshot human rights lawyers standing up for the terorists. The real scandal is the way they are crying out for helicopters out there and we have a hanger full of brand new chinooks that cant be used because of software problems, they have been there for 8 years!!!

Sent you an email Dean.

The ldv I have now appears to have 76 Hp where as the transit that I am getting will have 115Hp, this should make a big difference. I cant vouch for the newer LDV's as I haven't tried them but when I had the 6" chipper which weighed less then a ton it towed a lot better.

I'm just geting rid of mine, and going over to a transit, Its just too gutless to tow a 1.5 ton chipper and a load. Not been a bad truck though.

I have had a couple of locals interested but neither are perfect and a couple of gugs from on here who live miles away. I don't have accomodation myself but could ask around, I just hate the idea of someone coming a long way only to find they dont like the job or me or whatever. Not that I'm a **** to work for or anything but you know what I mean. I'm not saying I'm not interested just cautious. Pm me your number and I'll give you a ring tomorrow.

I quite often pick up bundles with my Igland winch, although if you are moving big stuff a winch with a high pulley is good as you can get the butts off the floor as ploughing them through the mud saps power. Mine only has a low position which can be a pain at times.

My grandad used to say (about a blunt knife or tool) " you could ride bare arsed to london on that"

Been looking at vans today, options are a ldv 03 plate with a 90hp engine and 40k on clock for around £2500 or a trensit 54plate with 31K on clock and a 115 hp engine costing 5k. The transit is the better drive and will hold more value, the ldv may be trouble if I need parts for it since they have gone bust, but its half the price?? Happy to hear any thoughts on the subject, and no I don't want a cabstar:001_tongue:

If everything is all stacked handy by and ready to go through, my 8" greenmech will do 3.5 cube in around 30 mins. I have never actualy timed it, but we were taking down a big lawsons hedge last week and took 20 cube of it so I reckon I'll not be far off.

One lad's worth a lad, two lad's are worth half a lad.

Sometimes Polyporus can feed on the redundant wood left after a breakout or pruning wound and leave the live timber intact, especially if the wound eventually closes. But the gano is definately bad news.

Thanks mate, maybe 90 would be ok then.

I have been offered a very good deal on an LDV with the 90hp TDCI engine, does any one know what the horsepower of the old transit normaly aspirated 2.5 DI is as thats what I have in the ldv at the moment and I'd like some sort of comparison.

Hi mate, the waste site at dunbar charges £50 a ton for non inert waste:scared1: PM me, I may be able to sort something out for you.

But has it got a timber crane?

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I'd love a Mog but we do 80 miles a day and a mog would'nt put up with that for long. Plus I dread to think how much ribena it'd drink. Whatever I get it'll be a 3.5 tonner, it just suits the way we work. The question is which one. Does anyone know wether a landrover tdci clutch will go in the transits?

Putting squirty cream on that would have been a crime. Trust me it didn't need anything.