Ty Korrigan

Sucks being a former member of 'team Lemon'...?

Single handedly re-branded them as Lemon Plant...

Do you think these issues can be traced to engines installed around 2018 or are there more recent Efi engines out there with owners reporting similar issues?

Running like one of my dreams? The ones where I'm naked from the waist down whilst people point and laugh?

Back in 2020 Jase took out a court order limiting the number of phone calls I could make to the Service department and I'm not allowed within 500m of GM's Alcester HQ until August 2024 After that, I'm only allowed to ask 3 awkward questions per quarter and when visiting the factory am to be accompanied at all times. Bit mean really... Stuart

@Shaunpaul Got any news for us?

I've blocked mine a few times, mostly on leylandii with rollers set to a fast speed. Large lumps have wedged themselves in the chute. Slower roller setting sorted that.

Taking the piss out of my piss are you?

I meant the Iveco 7.2t Fools...

Indispensable accessory...

I have had one since August 2021, a 165D. A very different machine to the 150P it replaced. 300kg heavier at 1000kg, far more solidly built. The fuel and hydraulic tanks are set low which makes towing more stable reduced bounce and wear on tyres. Horizontal rollers make the vertical rollers of other models seem comically weak. Floating stop bar is flush with the wide infeed tray and 3 knee height buttons with roller over ride which is excellent. The deep infeed tray folds up for transport and has enough room for a backpack blower, my climbing and rigging bag. I bought a wee U lock in GM colours to secure it when we are at McDonald's Folding chute for garage storage is important. In 240hours over two years, no breakdowns. The curtains in the infeed which prevent chip ricochet will need replacing. I've not got a bad thing to say which is unusual for me. The trail of snotty whinging emails to Ashley at GA Groundcare and Jase ended September 2021 which demonstrates GM have indeed 'got it right' with the Evo. Aside from that, I'd like meatier tyres and side lights for security. I'd have liked move to the Evo 205 but my garage isn't tall enough.

I collect my piss in a wheelbarrow because I can't afford to collect model trains.

The rot pocket sample I beat clients with...

You'll need to put your argument forward with more than a one word response with emoji...

People want to keep the shade and some ambience which isn't given by a wee stick of a tree. Even a poorly pruned tree has more amenity value than a newly planted one when in leaf. Besides, poor pruning with it's rip cuts, rot pockets and a dense crown are great urban habitats for wildlife. I'm not arguing the case for poor pruning practices but maybe it has it's upsides.

TBH, many of the birches I get to work on are on the limit of property and subject to French laws on height and distance. Often require a silly prune to appease a neighbour taking umbridge over seeds, leaves or shade. I've done terrible things to birches at the customers request but only where my fellow brothers in arb can't spot it from the road. A terrible prune versus removal. Well, at least retaining with a recipe for rot pockets give someone future work...

I keep a typical birch rot pocket in the car to show clients who desire a 'fifty-percenter' Stuart

Strange times. I've barely 3 weeks worth accepted which equates to 12 full days as I only work 4 day weeks. Only 4 days for my subby climber too. Nothing tasty is coming home, just hedges and small tree nibbling. So quiet that I'm taking the whole 2 weeks of half term off to visit the UK and spend time with my kids here. I have no idea why it should be like this. Since September I've done several quotes of value, €8k and three around €5k Maybe there is a new kid on the block hoovering up work by filling his new work diary with underpriced quotes... Maybe I've lost my touch estimating. Maybe my client base is worried about this Winter, the economy and politics...

You are 'celebrated' in a recent post on Tradegie des Arbres... FB keeps asking me to celebrate members so I do...

This is me calling @Jase hutch Greenmech Service for answers.

I'll look at my own devis (quotes) and try compiling a list of terms to do with pruning and felling. @5thelement might chip in.

I know Aspen is lighter than water. This isn't the issue. I had a batch which when poured into my fuel can was consistently 500ml light. I approached my supplier who took my complaint to Aspen who replied that the containers must have been stored incorrectly. They revealed the fuel could evaporate through the container walls. Well 500ml is alot to lose, €2.50 per container. So I weighed one of the batch then reweighed it after the Summers heat having stored it in my garage mezzanine. This was to see the weight loss over a given time. I will weigh it again over the Winter and again before I open it 12 months after I first weighed it and measure the loss.

@Jase hutch are you permitted to disclose the Efi fault diagnosed on Shaunpauls machine? Come on man, it isn't a Pratt and Whitney R-4360 or a Napier Sabre... Got to be a dodgy series of parts or something of nothing.

I noticed a batch of Aspen was light by around 500ml Dealer told me the containers are porous and a loss was to be expected. I looked at the packing date. Contacted Aspen for the statistics showing expected loss through the container wall. I suspect they sell Aspen at short measure then use the porosity and storage by clients as an excuse to cover up their fraud.

Not my theory Jase but one punted above by the dealer of paddyvero. I could see through this lie but wanted a response. Chipper dealers, more spin than a Conservative party dealing with a threesome sex scandal.