Tom D
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The difference is: although climbing is every bit as tough as forestry, if not tougher, who climbs 8 hours a day? The toughest climbs for me have been a couple of 2 hour stints, or maybe 3 or 4 different trees a day at an hour or so each, there's still time on the ground where you get a breather. Forestry work is about pacing yourself because you just can't work at a climbers pace for a 40 hour week.
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I had some one cancel on me recently, I told them that I was charging £180 for the council permission, the other guy was still cheaper! so they were happy to get the other guy in and i got my £180...
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Legally you are within your rights to charge them, assuming they didn't cancel within 14 days of getting the quote. However in reality this just happens from time to time.. just suck it up. We have all probably done it to others: You are working on a street, a neighbour comes out and asks how much to do his tree, as you are right there you give him a good deal. You weren't to know that he had already booked someone else to do the job....
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The detail on the maps is every bit as good as a paper one, and it will give you your location automatically, even in thick fog or if you can't read a map. If your phone is in a case then it can get wet unlike the paper map, I used to have paper maps in the car, they all got wrecked eventually.. To but paper maps co cover the area that I have in my phone would be very expensive...
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You won't pay any data charges as you have already downloaded the maps on your wifi at home. Make sure your phone has sufficient memory space... You can also download the 1:25000 maps too but these get pricey.
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OS MapFinder. Unlike other mapping apps which rely on downloading maps via the network as you use them with this App you buy the maps and download them to your phone. What this means is that where ever you are and whatever the network coverage you can see your location on a proper OS map and obtain your grid reference with a click. For those of us who work in remote locations being able to give the emergency services a grid reference this easily could be very handy. It does other things too, but I find it most useful for finding my way round big sites when pricing. The maps seem expensive at £10 each but thats for a huge area, i bought the south scotland map which goes coast to coast... Well worth a look. https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/shop/mapfinder
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contract chipping and value of g30 woodchip
Tom D replied to John Shutler's topic in Business Management
You can't compete with the big boys on the big jobs John, but many of the 200kw size boilers just don't need huge volumes of chip and thats where the smaller chippers come in. The big jenz round here costs £200 per hour plus travel. Its just not worth getting to round to chip any less than 100 ton. I have a few clients who like the fact that I can turn up and chip smaller amounts at a sensible rate. Plus I can go off road and chip where the timber stacks are, most farms have grain / silage trailers, few have forwarders. So for the farm customer its easier to haul chip than timber. All food for thought. -
Forestry cutters are rare these days, but if you meet a good one they will pi55 all over the average arb guy. Production cutting on a tonnage rate will weed out the pussies in a matter of days, those same pussies will be dragging conifer and feeding the TW150 for years. Forestry is way harder than arb work. I'll bet the forestry sharpening is better too.
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I bet its a bit of crap in the pressure relief valve. I take it the 3PL arms work ok? in which case it will be the valve on the crane block..
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Try it out John, see what pto rpm you can achieve, in both settings. You can push the heizo to 800 so running at 1000 speed 800rpm on the pto should be well within your torque band. or over revving at 540 speed may yield 600ish... You need to try it out. Do you have the agrodata switch? can you see pto rpm displayed on the lcd display on the dash? if so just fire it up now and have a look at both options. Once you get the heizo it will tell you the rpm on its own display. For site clearance you could over rev at 540 speed for max power and if you do biomass or want to save fuel, under rev at 1000 speed.......
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The problem is, there is no perfect setup. That said if money were no object I'd have one of every gadget going, a massive shed to keep it all in and a huge hyena to guard it all. Thing is in reality if I had that kind of money I'd buy a house on the Mediterranean somewhere and bank the rest to live on.
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Pressure relief valve gone?
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I like the big shot idea, I reckon that would be good sport.
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3 Point Linkage Winch Used/Reconditioned wanted
Tom D replied to Ribble Valley Logs's topic in Large equipment
That'll be the brake band not the clutch Dave. They are so easy to work on the Iglands, good winches... -
That is a worrying development if its true...
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The only way you get bumped is if they go bust, otherwise you'll get paid in the end. Well I always have. There was one small building firm who took 2 years to pay but it was only 2 grand and we still got it in the end. I have more trouble with domestics not paying than commercial.
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Maybe if you put an upturned pan or something over it to create an oven it would work on the top...
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Furlo Gorge, Italy. Its something to do with the limestone I think, it looks blueish some days.
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We d loads of work for builders and developers, as well as big construction firms, they all take ages to pay, its just the way the industry works. If you are prepared for it and have sufficient cash flow then its a nice way to work. You just need to make sure that you can afford to work for a few months without the money. We are constantly owed a big chunk, right now its about £35k 2 months ago it was £80k, its never normally less than 20k, once you get used to it its fine.
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Less than 50m, I didn't start at the valley bottom, it was half way up, on a ledge accessed from a road. The drop to the bottom was high though 3-400' maybe more.
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I think I could do it, psychologically at least, not sure I'd have made it up 20m of armoured cable though, that stuff must get slippy with sweaty hands. Physically there's no way these days I'd be doing chin ups of anything like that. I climbed this ladder on holiday last year, I had to chin up the first 6' lol, as it had a locked trapdoor on the bottom, I had to go through the side of the safety cage.. This one was no where near as scary as that one though...
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Chilli is awesome like that Mark I did a massive load for our bonfire night party, 2 kilo of shin, cooked the day before, served on a baked tattie.... I bought a load or pork belly today, gonna try jerk pork with yams and dumplings.... The hugh fearnlley whittingstall lancashire hotpot is awesome BTW, that would probably work in a slow cooker, maybe in the oven at the end to crisp up the tatties......
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If I docked wages for all the stuff my guys have broken recently they'd be working for free till april LOL. Seriously though, it is illegal to dock wages like that, fair play if the guy wants to pay, but as his employer you have to swallow whatever damage he causes.
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I think the big issue is that chlorine forms dioxins when burnt.. I'd love to know where in the wood its coming from, is it the bark?
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You're right. All I know is there is higher chlorine content in brash than in virgin wood. Per haps someone knows where it comes from....
