Ty Korrigan

7 hours ago, monkeybusiness said:

They were a few years old, but had been owned/maintained by nationwide hire from new, and I had them directly off their hire fleet. They were ‘tight’ in all the pins/bushes/wear parts etc, and the engines and hydraulics were perfect. Totally let down by the electronics which were impossibly complicated, horrendously expensive and only properly diagnosable through a terrible uk dealer. 
 

I like a tight bush to thrust a well lubed pin in...

17 hours ago, monkeybusiness said:

Don’t want to think about it - these were the pieces of shite… It is all bad memories!

To my untrained eye, they look 'mature'...

On 28/07/2022 at 23:25, General Confusion said:

I use a CTE 170 traccess tracked spider lift. She is old , 2008 with nearly 7000 hours on her but there aren't many places she wont go. Spec are 17m working height , 7.5m max outreach . 200kgs in cage throughout working envelope. Weighs 2 tons but fits through an 80cm gap with the cage removed

Hello, how do you find such a venerable machine for reliability?

Ease or fault finding and repairs?

   Stuart

On 04/04/2024 at 19:47, monkeybusiness said:

Wiring and control panels were the issues I had. All the dealer wanted to do was sell me new panels (over £1500 a pop, and there were 2 of them) to ‘try’. And also joysticks at near enough £1k each, but they couldn’t tell which was faulty so needed to sell me 2. And no returning parts supplied for incorrect diagnosis. And always money up front. Absolute scam, the machines are way too complicated, they need to only live inside out of the rain and never be used….

How old/hours your machines?

36 minutes ago, monkeybusiness said:

I bought a pair of second hand Teupens - they nearly broke me. The UK service agent was beyond dreadful. The machines were fantastic when they worked, but seemingly impossible to fix when they didn’t (which was most of the time unfortunately). 
I would never entertain one out of warranty again. 

What are the common faults?

This one is a 2017.

I also viewed a Spider 20:95 at a 'local' dealer on Tuesday.

The model I saw was not for sale but hire stock.

Dealer told me they never sell their used stock within France but ship it East.

New €78k, €10k more than the exact same machine in Van-der-Clog land.

Most everything in France carries a hefty price weighting.

Teupen Leo 18 GT Plus

What do people know about this machine and it's price new?

This one has 1400hrs total with 900hrs on the engine.

It's located near Hamburg, about 12hrs drive from here even on Wermacht issue Pervitin.

18 hours ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Are these apples for cider?

This form of tree is for eating.

Cider are far larger and rarely pruned.

It's on one of the expat gardening pages.

Whilst the evening news has articles on producers destroying their vines and trees, not one has mentioned selling them off which seems a good idea tbh.

It is just the way they are removed, ragged out without a root ball.

17 minutes ago, Conor Wright said:

Shame to see productive trees getting ripped out. Is there anyone around you with a rootballer?  If the roots were taken up a little more carefully and you planted them the same day along with a hard prune and plenty of water as required they may well be salvageable as garden trees that bear a few fruits, but never as fully productive orchards again.

As the metrological and financial climates swing then so must the producers.

Some areas hit by successive years of hail, hard late frosts and Summer storms have seen some fruit growers unable to obtain insurance so they cannot take the risk of an insured crop loss when they have finance on the business.

Same with veg producers in low lying areas affected by flooding.

6 hours ago, Botty Cough said:

Good .

Hopefully the french trash and the people like you who live there will finally have a wash.😂

Somebody help me here, just who is this idiot?

2 hours ago, Botty Cough said:

Good .

Hopefully the french trash and the people like you who live there will finally have a wash.😂

Having not bothered reading your posts I'm not certain if this is banter or if you are being a C-U-N-T to a guy I respect.

 If you are being one though, please, just F-U-C-K off and refrain from commenting on my threads, I've not the energy these days to deal online idiots.

Drought, frosts at the wrong time as seasons alter and in some areas regular and outrageous bombardment by golf ball sized hail year after year.

So, many French orchard owners are ripping out their trees, mostly climate change related.

Some are selling them off for a mere €10 each but with very little root.

What are the chances of these surviving transplanting in this condition?

 Worth a punt?

 (Not my trees)

      Stuart

Hello,

 That is quite awful.

Did these guys leave a flyer and if so, does it mention "magnolias a speciality" and something about "Winter washes"...?

  Stuart

And so...

 From the 15th March until 31st July or 15th August, French farmers are forbidden to cut their hedges.

I assume something similar exists in the UK?

Now, restrictions are begining to be extended to the public by individual departments (counties to you)

The Vosges, Haute Marne, L'Oise and the Alsacian regions have all extended the ban and it is a certainty that many others will do so over the following years.

In areas of Belgium the ban extends to trees leaving arb guys with the choice of running the risk of a fine (enforcement is patchy) 

The work I did for my own commune (council) had to be completed by the 15th March even though there was little likelihood of birds nesting and no evidence of prior nests.

There are some exceptions to the rules of course. Trees requiring removal for projects, urgent works etc.

In effect, it is likely that in a few years our viable working period will much reduced to 6/7 months.

Filling those months whilst our harness gathers dust could prove difficult especially if your business has employees and finance.

A smug ecologist informed me it was none of his concern and I could go stack shelves in Lidl for all he cared.

He added that other plans include restricting grass cutting times, banning leaf blowers (enforced in Switzerland for half the year) and even chippers where possible due to the noise pollution. 

Green waste to be taken to a tip and processed there.

I guess as the UK has cut itself adrift from Brussels, Brit arbs might remain immune from all this.

  Stuart

I was at the Chichester boys club where he was a leader. We first met on cycling events and later he'd call into the shop I worked at for a cup of tea and a chat, heavy with the smell of the nights charcoal burn. 

 Nothing but fond memories of an amazing character.

On 12/03/2024 at 09:07, maybelateron said:

As one of my local friendly competitors said:

 

"Now you've got an 18m mewp, do you know what you'll be needing?"

 

"No" I replied, "you'd better tell me".

 

"A 21 metre mewp" came the reply😆

Yeh, I'm still hoping to keep a couple of subby climbers on the boil.

Not many sketchy pops under 18m eh?😆

14 hours ago, maybelateron said:

You could do worse than the CMC S18F. I have had mine for a year now and very pleased with it. Excellent outreach, but only one man for full outreach.

Thanks, I appreciate your reply.

I've already made contact with this dealer near Amsterdam and got some prices.

Cmc S19N Spinhoogwerker, 2022, Moerbeke, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique - d'occasion nacelles articulées - Mascus France

WWW.MASCUS.FR

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S19N Spinhoogwerker à vendre - Belgique - , Hauteur de travail: 1 890 cm, Type: Diesel, Déport horizontal maxi:...

O.K, I have another question, "what tracked mewps in the 18/19m range are to be avoided?" 

I confess I'm not enjoying perusing the internet looking at then enquiring after machines. 

Available mewps in my price range are spread far and wide, Italy, Germany, low countries with very few in France.

Does anyone have experience of the Easy Lift 18 and 19 models?

I was wondering about the differences other than a mere metre.

Also, what length plant trailer would be best?

    Cheers

       Stuart

14 hours ago, Joe Newton said:

A lad i know is selling a 1 year old CELA DT25 complete with trailer and radio package for a decent price. Bigger spec than the leguan at 25m upreach and 12m outreach. Narrows down to 800mm for access.

 

Could be a deal to be had if you're willing to drag it over the channel. 

Thank you, I appreciate the thought.

I had a look at the spec just now.

Being so new I think the customs charges might largely offset any gain in buying used.

(Not made in the U.K so subject to probably 10% or more customs + transport fees)

Also, it is one thing bringing over a 12k chipper then suffering a myriad of irritating defects but quite another to throw a significantly larger sum at almost new kit without the reassurance of technical backup and warranty.

I'll not be able to just go out and buy another if it goes properly wrong.

The last thing I'd want to then do is air my grief on Arbtalk and suffer the back lash...

So we are looking at new or nearly new closer to home.

This is driven by the desire to reduce our dependancy on capricious, often unreliable subby climbers whilst keeping me 'in the game' for along as possible without ruining my body.

I have just recieved a quote for one.

93k euros plus tva (vat) with tracks, 3 speeds and large pads for feet.

9500 for a dedicated trailer.

5600 for radio control though I don't know how usefull that is.

Thanks.

Gorgeous and €10k!

Is that a with vat or without price?

    Stuart 

I have seen a 2011 Hinowa 2312 for sale with 625 hours but it weighs 3010kg

 Are there are any suitable trailers under 500kg?

    Cheers

       Stuart

Perhaps if people had more room behind their sheds, we could leave more brash.

A Gypsy Tree King tried and trusted method.

On 27/10/2020 at 09:11, Stephen Blair said:

Looking forward to episode 2, why do undertakers use Coffins??

 

Yeh, what is up with a sheet or robust paper bag...?

  Or even a old 12" Bandit...?