Ty Korrigan

Have you had a drive ?

I guess there is little to no pollution tax with that new hybrid?

I've suffered depression on and off since I left school in 1986 though never diagnosed until I was in my thirties. I do find a few days in the sun ☀️ transforms my mood. A short break, cheap package holiday is an effective alternative medicine 💊 I'll not take antidepressants again, not since 2004 at least. It's been particularly grim here in the North of France recently and it manifests itself physically like a crushing pressure or negative radiation surrounding my very being. Also sharing dark humour with strangers online helps.

In my early days in France, we once removed a large cedar to make way for a new sceptic tank installation. Again, I was told the 'terrassier' would deal with the stump despite my sales pitch. Weeks later, a call to say they got the stump out but cannot lift it onto a truck. Could I come back and grind it ? I was running a Bandit sidewinder at the time. In no rush to return, I breezed in at my convenience to be met with ball of clay and stump part blocking the drive which was almost head height (O.K, I'm 167cm so at least 120cm) Local professional tips won't take stumps here as they cause subsidence when they eventually decompose. Instead there is a biomass depot with a large grinder for such things if you can transport them of course.

I recently had a call from a client whose building plot we cleared in September. She was asking if I can come back to remove the stumps now her builder has dug them out. We hashed this out on site at the quoting stage and I made it quite clear just what stump grinding involved but they insisted their builder had it all in hand and would be cheaper. Bizarrely lean on the stump side of things too with only one cedar to my name since September. Stuart

Thanks but I really need a splitter that doesn't require lifting logs onto a bench.

Bon-jew-er, Has anyone experience of these ? Ifor Williams LS256 Log Splitter - Tuer Trailers ALANTUERTRAILERS.CO.UK Brand New Ifor Williams LS256 Log Splitter * 25 Tonne Hydraulic Ram * Petrol Engine * GX200 Engine *... For a genuine road tow, they are significantly less expensive than the French Rabaud or the excellent AMR brand. No experience of Balfour. Currently I own a generic Xhinesium 'towable' (basically a Rock Machinery 22t) I loan it to clients as a sweetener, to encourage them to keep their wood. It's a very popular initiative, saving the hire and transport of a similar hire machine at €120 per day Trouble is, although I tow it, it's not legal and the two hand security feature which is different from the UK versions, made the operation fatiguing until the metal deformed and fortunately disabled it without impairing the machines function. The Xhinesium has so far split all three hoses, rattles terribly whilst being towed and has developed a leak on top of the hydraulic valve block. The wheels don't have sealed bearings and these are pretty basic too. I dismantle and grease them every few months. Regardless, the machine has certainly earned its keep for me and helped win alot of work. Stuart

"Photocopier Repairman?" Niche Super Hero like Bicycle Repair Man? My hero ! https://youtu.be/Tq_xTeWiv6I?si=zHK9QWScm_p8hQSs

Who else takes their gloves off, lifts the chipper bonnet and warms them up on the engine during coffee break ? Video of a Ligier micro-car warming an entire housing estate for Oldie-wonks last Friday. I could feel the heat through my type A's VID_20251121_121725.mp4

Look at you both, unable to function without drugs eh? Bringing the industry into disrepute by confirming the stereotype of 'climbers what do drugs' Tusk tusk...

None of us are much used to working in such miserable conditions. I found myself cupping my hands over the chipper exhaust, bracing the mono-oxide and particulates for a moment of relief from the stabbing pain in my cold fingers. VID_20251120_091915.mp4

It will called the Green-wolf 150P I would buy it solely to have something to complain about as since buying an Evo165D my life has been too quiet and stress free...

Staying afloat in 2025 be like...

Where is the 'F' word made ?