Ty Korrigan
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Places we get to work in. Chateau 'Shabby Chique' Spent a couple of days clearing non-descript tree and shrubs for a new swimming pool at this former 'Pineau' distillery in the Charente. 4 hours drive for me but I love to travel and am very interested in historical buildings. Quadchip runs like a new machine after its recent overhaul to no problems with small stringy material, it all went in and came out as small square chips. Apart from Elder, due to the large amount of fruit came out as leafy jam...bleh! Besides, a couple of days work here pays for 2 weeks in Morocco so a good exchange rate there. Ty
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I won't own up as I've not that many fingers:blushing: but we do try to disconnect the lines from the poles wherever possible and sometimes throw a line over the 'lines' to pull them clear a little. Some lines are badly attached to old houses and it is the hook in the wall that gives away. It's no fun when the line has actually been absorbed by the branch! The French are pretty lax about their 'reseau airien' as they call over head lines. To the point that recently a chateau we are working at found (or rather we found) that it's electric supply had just be casually laid on the surface through the woodland to an out house as a previous owner didn't want any unsightly poles in the garden. Ty
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Where do you want to be and when...? I 'may' have up to a week available 17th to 21st August St Aubin du Cormier a charming town in Ille et Villaine, Brittany. There is a basic but good camping run by the council by a large lake and a ruined fortress chateau. We'll be felling and grinding out alot of conifers in another chateau a couple of kms down the road. Just waiting for the contract to be signed... Ty
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Oh, and yes to the flap angle. Chipping in tight corners we've blocked on conifer when the flap angle was to severe. Ty
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Bang on the money Mickolas! I was running disc blades until recently when we chipped 100m of 2m high conifer hedge. Almost no wood, just thin whippy material that got chopped into 24m3 of string! You've seen the slight rounding of our shearbars on the other thread. I now know it doesn't take much wear to make a great deal of difference. Pre-soak the shear bars in de-grippant (I can't remember the English for free-ing up oil) Ours where proper gummed in, no rust, just crusty plant juices. Best of luck Ty
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Sharp rollers (but not too sharp) Reminds me of 'Jaws' from the 007 movies. Ty
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Parts arrived at 12:30 today. Just so the apprentice knew what to do we stripped out the shear bars again and replaced them. Apprentice sharpened both rollers before together we fitted the new fixed roller motor, plumbed it in, filled up with hydro oil and ran her up. 3hours it took us. Then off to a local job to chip up the thuya and lawson we'd left from earlier in the week. Quadchip gobbled the lot greedy as a new machine. Then a dead cherry 5" diameter which went in whole all the way without a blink or roller slip. Chip quality is better. Fine chips with no string. Feeling quite proud of ourselves tonight. Thanks as ever to Peter in parts and Mac in service at G.M H.Q for all their help. Ty
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Ah well... Ty
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Knickers and damnation! DHL took the paperwork and left the parcel behind chez Greenmech:sneaky2:... Ty
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Well we got them out after a struggle. 3 years of sap and resin glued them in well. Vertical shear bar is back in place but the horizontal is held in place by 2 bolts and shimmed with 2 washers, one of which is proving rather 'testing' to align with the bolt. A hole should be drilled in the chassis to allow access to this same bolt, perhaps it now is on later models. The bottom shear bar has very little wear whilst the vertical one (images of) has been well rounded off. Best of all, the feeling of doing it myself with a mechanical mate to help out. Not many mysteries left for us as far as Quadchips are concerned! Once the bottom bar is in place I'll install the new fixed roller motor when the parts arrive Tuesday. Looking forward to testing it out! Ty
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Same here for 2 years but persistance worked. Mind, the old bitch we bought it off is now a bitch of a neighbour. At the last minute tried to jack the price up to 150euros per m2 because she heard that a plot nearby sold for that. True but as a building plot. Ours is agricultural. Ty
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That's it! Ty
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Ah, you know, when chipping conifer hedges we have noticed a fall in chip quality this last year. I usually sell the chip to a farmer for his furnace but recently it's become too stringy for his feed system. I moved back to square blades from disc and this has helped. I'm off to wrestle with the machine this very minute! Ty
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Weedy lilac.. ? Ty
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We bought 2400m2 with a business mortgage, buildings with permission to expand, main roadside access, great advertising and it will all only increase in value over time. Well worth it, repayments less than renting. Ty
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Wear such as this is so slow that noticing it goes...un-noticed. Not as if I just woke up one morning and thought "merde alors mon broyeur marche tres mal" The bars go from a nice sharp edge to a very slight smooth one. So the drop off in performance is such a slow process as to be very hard to notice. No dings, no chunks missing, just a small detail that may be worth acting upon. I can see the bolts but access is as ever tight so I will need to become a contortionist for a few hours (may even be easier with a mudguard off oddly enough) Even looking forward to acomplishing the task! Thanks for all the advice guys. Ty
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Did you replace or turn them and did you do it yourself? Cheers Ty
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Hi, I'm just overhauling the Quadchip at 750 ish hours/3 years this month. Whilst replacing a roller drive motor I notice a distinct yet subtle rounding of the 2 shearbars. Is it worth turning these? Or is the effect minimum for the effort required? Cheers Ty
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A way around this is to run 2 vehicles. We run a 3.5t tipper plus a Navarra towing an Ifor tipping trailer which gives us 7m3 plus 3m3 legally. Tipper can tow loaded trailer if required and Navarra does for quoting too. About £25k for that set up depending on your taste in 4x4 bling... Ty
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I've a new lad on a pre-college work placement for 2 weeks. 24 years old, no ambition at all in life, living in a hostel for young people and unemployed of course. I like to help people and have connections through the social workers network. Given him Friday morning off to sort out some driving lessons via a government scheme of an interest free loan payable at 30euros per month. Only available until your 25 though. Ty
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I'm on 2 weeks solid of hedge cutting whilst the 2 climbers take a holiday. Just me, The Afghan and an agency guy on rake. Aspen, Aspen all the way, no headache or stinging eyes at the end of the day. Ty
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Cruising this site 'Le Bon Coin' I came across this. Here: Broyeur de branche timberwolf Jardinage Sarthe - leboncoin.fr Might be of interest to some-one. (Not trying to diddle Steve out of his Arbtrader fee) At todays exchange rates it is only £4366 plus vat Sterling is very strong at the moment. Ty
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Lunches while at work- How important to get it right?
Ty Korrigan replied to Sharpy92's topic in General chat
Today's 4 course lunch took 35min from start to finish. Healthy, balanced and delicious all for 11.50euros or around £8 If you read others telling that it's heavy going then yoyr mislead. Most Brits won't eat like this, they never actually integrate enough to enjoy real French living. French portions are smaller and I've never felt stuffed afterwards but charged and rested ready for an afternoons graft. That's filet steak in a red wine sauce by the way... Ty
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It's NOT the wage! The wage is what you draw after all your costs. There are legions of people in this industry who look at costing a job by adding wage+fuel to make up a day rate. They forget real time depreciation, general and longer term maintenance costs, fixed costs such as insurances and that dirty word PROFIT! Why do guys charge out a groundy at what they pay him? Why not charge out with a margin on top? £80 for your brash rat but £160 to the client. Ty
