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  1. Tom D
    I heard a local hire company had problems with them cracking up too.... Basically this is a 7-8" chipper built as a 5" chipper to keep it under the 750kg weight. There comes a point where physics takes over.... If that machine had another 500kg in it it would be great, but then it would be a shliesing......
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    Still got the atlas too, although to be honest the ifor is better, the steel on the atlas is soft, bends easily. If the brian james tipper is built like the tilted it will be good...
  3. Tom D
    I have the new ifor tipper. I like it the design is more monocoque and I think that's a good thing. I'd have another. I also have a Brian James tilt bed and that's a great trailer too. Before the Brian James I had a Bateson which is made of bakofoil when compared with the Brian James. The old Batesons were great but now they are soft.
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    My latest musings on arb waste.. TD Tree and Land Services Blog
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    Until people report this kind of thing to trading standards it will just carry on. That's what I'd do. For every clued up customer who smells a rat there'll be ten who just pay up.
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    Time serts are great, but they aren't cheap
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    How big is the job, I know someone who would travel with a big machine if there were a few.
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    Its just the ratchet Mark, but its cut into the tree, we botched ours on the other day without cutting it in and it slipped up about 6 foot, they are pretty solid when cut in however.
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    How the **** did you take that picture? Mine needs replacing actually as it has a significant nick in it now, they are pretty standard lorry ratchets think, shouldn't be hard to find...
  10. Tom D
    I've had a couple of calls from people fishing for my biomass chipping rates, i'm happy to tell them what I charge. I still find it a bit sneaky though.
  11. Tom D
    This is it... the sap is very nasty stuff, I'd wear paper suits and gloves, and a mask, don't chip it, take it somewhere and burn it.http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/general-chat/91564-id-test.html
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    Unless you have other work for it it's not worth getting a big chipper. Mine was 44k and then you need a decent tractor to power it. I could travel as far as you if there was a decent quality to chip. I can chip up to 16". Chipping 250 ton with a hand fed machine would be torturous you really want crane fed.
  13. Tom D
    The fuel ones just need to be wee stickers...
  14. Tom D
    We had trouble finding the bog standard HSE one that you have to put up in the workplace, so stocking those might be an idea, we also need some wee ones to go on the vehicles to indicate that they have fuel inside, I'd take some of the timber stacks ones too. I might be interested in some logo'd ones if they weren't too much more. Cheers
  15. Tom D
    Just shows how a picture speaks a thousand words, we have known for months that refugees were drowning, yet now that a picture shows up everyones interested. Its also worth pointing out that net migration in 2014 in italy was 4.29 per thousand population, UK was 2.69, france was 1.09 and germany 1.06. seems like the french and the germans need to do a lot more! Unless we fix the problems in syria and iraq this will only get worse, and with the political mood in europe heading further to the right adding thousands of migrants will lead to more problems and bolster the far right anti immigration position. .
  16. Tom D
    Whats the safe working zone on that, brave man having it so near all those houses. Those things can chuck stuff a long way. We've used them before but never so close to public areas.
  17. Tom D
    We have a 6100, its a good saw, not as fast as the 560 but pretty good, better than the 362 IMO.
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    Id test.

    Tom D replied to Tom D's topic in General chat

    Thats the one! Take care if you ever prune one.
  19. Tom D

    Id test.

    Tom D replied to Tom D's topic in General chat

    Very close Peter.
  20. Tom D

    Id test.

    Tom D replied to Tom D's topic in General chat

    Between Darrin and Python we're almost there... latin name anyone?
  21. Tom D

    Id test.

    Tom D replied to Tom D's topic in General chat

    No, here's a big clue!
  22. Tom D

    Id test.

    Tom D replied to Tom D's topic in General chat

    No. Its not the wood in the violin...
  23. Tom D

    Id test.

    Tom D replied to Tom D's topic in General chat

    Nope. Seems to have got everyone thinking... here's a clue.......
  24. Tom D

    Id test.

    Tom D replied to Tom D's topic in General chat

    Nobody right so far.... I have never officially ID'd this tree myself but it has been done by a consultant who's pretty good so I'm pretty sure I know what it is.
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    Id test.

    Tom D replied to Tom D's topic in General chat

    Good guess. But no.

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