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  1. Tom D
    We have one of these, its a very handy tool and way more versatile than a permanent mount. you can carry it into a back garden and a stout rigging line is all you need, it can save loads of time being able to fell trees that you would otherwise have to dismantle. handy fro recovery too if needed.... A decent snatch block for re-directs or doubling the pull is a good buy too.
  2. Tom D
    Proper job. Winching it out?
  3. Tom D
    A few more from Carlton hill.
  4. Tom D
    Its not done much work John, nice little machine really, it will be getting used a lot over the next few weeks.
  5. Tom D
    I can't fault them either, just bought that TP160 from there..
  6. Tom D
    Nice view from the office today.
  7. Tom D
    Yep, saw it last week when I was pricing some more work at the same site. I love that oak BTW, amazing its still standing, can't have long left though?
  8. Tom D
    Crap pictures, but this is a record white poplar that we found a few years back..
  9. Tom D
    There's a wee TP150 on arbtrader I think, click the link at the top right of your screen...
  10. Tom D
    I think in general forestry work pays less than arb work, for the same investment. Get something that will come in handy on the larger domestic jobs too, (like an alpine)
  11. Tom D
    Ha Ha, you can come and work for me anytime Joe lol.
  12. Tom D
    Actually Andrew might be on blue tounge rather than cougar blue as I said earlier, its thin and blue/grey and has a slightly square profile when tensioned.
  13. Tom D
    The tractor is 55hp, its a 3cyl VM turbo, its a way tourqier engine than the 4 cal lombardini on the old alpine. It sounds like a proper tractor engine too, its at 2500rpm at 540 on the pto.
  14. Tom D
    A couple of short vids of leylandii timber going through the little TP that I bought, I'm well impressed with the torque of the Alpine. Its impressive for a 6" chipper The first one was about 7" at the butt end and the second was 7x9" and pretty much filled the infeed.
  15. Tom D
    I have this setup, but to be honest I hardly climb any more. It does work nicely, although andrew prefers his cougar blue? can't remember the name, maybe thats a website I have been on LOL.
  16. Tom D
    Nice one Paul, its sometimes easier to post on here than look it up..
  17. Tom D
    If you go back to the dealer that you got the chipper from they may do you a deal if you explain the situation and haggle hard, you will loose a little but thats to be expected. You should be allowing for depreciation as one of your overheads anyway. Far too many outfits forget this and end up working too cheap, you should be writing your kit down at 25%-40% per year or so. That way you will be making the profit to replace things as required. So if you have £40k worth of kit, which isn't much for an arb crew when you consider saws and climbing kit too, you need to allow £10k a year minimum for depreciation, that way you'll be able to afford to replace stuff as required. Its all tax deductible anyway.
  18. Tom D
    Does anyone have a definitive answer as to wether it is necessary to tag and survey every tree in a woodland area for a 5837 survey? We have been asked to survey a large is area of mostly sycamore re-gen, many trees all of maybe 200-300mm. It would seem pointless to survey every one and make more sense to survey all those requiring work and then make general recommendations regarding the rest. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts.
  19. Tom D
    No I just have a regular screen... How do you find that one?
  20. Tom D
    Here you go...
  21. Tom D
    Now that I have had the heizo for a while, I think the chip quality is very good, I had some samples tested and they made the g30 spec no problem. It is a nice robust machine and has made its money on a lot of site clearance jobs. My regular biomass clients have had no complaints. The other good thing about Heizohack is the blade system, on site clearance stones and metal inevitably end up going through. We recently chipped a big piece of steel..... The cost?...............£7
  22. Tom D

    Fisa

    Tom D replied to MattyF's topic in General chat

    So how do I know if my or my staff's NPTC's are recognised by FISA?
  23. Tom D

    Fisa

    Tom D replied to MattyF's topic in General chat

    Hi Paul, this is a sorry state of affairs, refresher training may be a good thing for occasional users, but for professionals like Matty it is pretty pointless. That said we all have to go along with it. If however it transpires that some NPTC assessors are more 'equal' than others this really is a disgrace. What is the AA doing about this? Cheers Tom
  24. Tom D
    The bandit 90 is a massive machine and not really in the same league as the others, it is more than twice the weight of the quad chip and twice the weight of the others. It will be twice the length of the quad chip too. Good chipper but built for the back of a big truck, you'll be pushing 7 ton with a full transit. I'd have the TP, good basic machines.
  25. Tom D
    I think its to do with pedestrian safety, and not the strength of the bonnet. It would probably fail an MOT with it on, if the examiner knew his stuff.

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