Tom D

It's either the circuit board under the engine cover back right, or the pressure switch on the stop bar. Possibly the restart buttons on the side of the hopper. Start with the pressure switch, grab the little wheel on the switch with some grips and pull it outwards, if it sorts the problem remove the switch then unscrew the 4 screws and clean and lubricate the piston. If that's not it, look at the circuit board and check for broken tracks, and loose spade connectors, make sure the relay engages when the revs are up and the reset button is pressed. TD Tree & Land Services Ltd.

I have heard that fuel efficiency is nothing like as good as some of the other small vans, how ever it is a bit bigger than other small vans.

I did some dead ones last year, the timber was ok, I'd avoid rigging and go for stunt fell / cut and chuck dismantling techniques though. rigging off dead stuff is never a great idea. The worst thing is the bark coming off, I fell 10' in on I did last year after both spikes popped out with huge lumps of bark attached.

Not the tractor in the pic LOL, my wee alpine...

Mossy lawn, loads of moss on the tree, grey skies, looks just like scotland.. Are they like that because your climber was too chicken to go any higher? He he

Thanks for the PM James, Vented bags are definitely the way forward, its all the handling that takes up time and effort, and therefore eats into your profit. These are the ones that we are using at the moment, they hold 0.8cube, problem is they are too heavy to move by hand, I tend to drag them off the trailer too but its seriously hard work. Also when they are filled with green wood they are so heavy that my wee tractor struggles to handle them. smaller bags would be better for me....

So if I get some 80x80's in will you take some Dean? You can split streight into the bags and not touch them again till delivery time.. TD Tree & Land Services Ltd.

is that a chipper? Global recycling have a second hand farm chipper in at the moment...

It might be nice but I would be worried about damage, a silky nick that may take out a couple of strands on a thicker rope could do serious damage. It may be really hard on the hands on those occasions where you climb on the rope, there is a noticeable difference between 13mm and 11mm 8 may be a step too far? Why not buy 5m and make up a lanyard, try it out for a while?

They will be vented Dean, I have been using vented bags for a while and they dry logs really well, no mould or sweat. Problem with the ones I currently have is they are not UV stable enough to sit out for a year.

Comet buterfly, xtc, a 110 and trailer and a second hand 254.

I am looking into getting some UV stable vented bulk bags made up, in order to make it worth while I am going to get more than I need and sell the excess. So I would like to know your preferences in terms of size. Personally I prefer a standard 80 x 80 x 80 bag as it only holds about 0.5 - 0.6 cube, this way when competing with other suppliers who sell by the bag you are not giving logs away. There have been loads of threads about people selling 1m3 bags and finding they are undercut by customers selling smaller bags with customers who can't understand the difference. My philosophy is sell in smaller bags and you win in terms of profit, why waste time trying to explain that your bags are bigger?? An 80x80x80 bag holds around 200 logs, my current 97x97x90 bags hold about 250-270 and and a 1m3 bag holds 300+. However as I would be hoping to sell my excess bags I would like to know what people would like to buy. And if anyone would like to "come in" on this deal and pay up front then there could be some real bargains. PM me if interested...

Jesus,,, get a processor...

Do they do a circular saw one with its own power unit?, they are faster than the chainsaw ones. The chainsaw ones really come into their own once you get to logs over about 40 cm as you need a massive circular saw to cut that size. I have used a jappa 700 circular saw type, it was ok, very fast on the thin stuff less than 6". The build quality is nothing like as good as the posch stuff though. I just bought a posch 300 and it is light years ahead of the jappa. The jappa was great for thin stuff that didn't need splitting though.

Anyone know what the treatment for this is likely to be?

Its definitely doable, I just bought a 30ton splitter and a processor, with arb waste we can do 25 - 30 cube a day, maybe more if the timber has been laid out in lengths which some of ours has. If we sell a cube for £60 thats £1500 quid a day, there will be less productive days of course and you still have to deliver it. My operating costs are around £450 a day allowing for everything. I will probably sell wholesale + delivery at around £40 a cube so I will make about £500 for each day spent splitting. So I am happy with that!

Scheduling rates for tree work is a nightmare... for obvious reasons, access, targets etc.... Don't aim too high, for every nightmare tree there will be 5 that will be easy peasy.

So if i build an office next to my house and plumb it into my rayburn system can I get paid?

Pentland Biomass...... They may even buy the stuff too..

I'm sure its possible, but you would need to do it in a big way, serious processor, serious handling system and serious marketing....

Paint's not a very good match ace:001_tt2: Nice job

I can get Ram Kits Dean, you buy the cylinder, piston and rod and cut to length, there is a weld on cap and hose fitting that you fit once cut, cheap and a perfect fit. Needs a very good weld obviously, but that shouldn't be a problem for you.

Just what I was going to say, weld a braced rod with an eye at right angles to the top of the grab, fit an adjustable pin and the grab will close much tighter. Or if you want to achieve a wider opening as well fit two rods with a hinge between them..

I have both, an 08 defender that gets washed when it rains, and an 08 freelander that we keep nice. They both have their uses. I would much rather do a long run in the freelander, and off road in the defender. TD Tree & Land Services Ltd.

It's the same for the employers, I'd love to charge £2k a day and pay my guys like footballers, but so long as there's someone willing to work for less..... TD Tree & Land Services Ltd.