Ty Korrigan

It's hardly worth the cost in chains and time to cut them low. Hire yourself a wee grinder in. Ty

See many of these around do you? Sciadopitys - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia You'll see one less around Rennes. Sadly, last week, I watched as a beautiful specimen in a local private park got crushed when a rival tree gang with limited climbing and rigging skills topped out a cedar onto it rather than work around the tree. It pains me to think of what the owner lost by taking the lowest bid instead of looking further into what was offered by others. Ty

A confessional section, multi-denominational, open to all. Somewhere we can confess to incorrect use of spikes, tipping saw fuel tanks onto lawns or over running our trucks over weight. Oh, hang on, we already all confess to that last one! Ty:laugh1:

Dean, It's all very well posting images of enormous chippers where you can actually walk between the engine components they are so large but Aspen probably runs a wee CS100 or that pencil sharpener you keep under your desk that masquerades as a Bandit wee chipper. Bolting a vice to that would just topple it over...ha ha ha! Ty

Another case of 'wood for the trees' I am in your debt and likely to remain so Thanks Ty

Hello, Where can I find chains for pulling out timber using a winch? I've tried looking at the suppliers on here and not turned up any. Regards Ty

O.K, thank's for all that. I'll take it apart again and super clean it all. That spring is a knotty puzzle to get back in place eh! Is it easier to refit the spool and spring without the starter cord in place ? Looks like I'll be climbing with the 261 tomorrow! Ty

Hello, On 2 saws, 260 and 200t the starter pulley mechanism has become stiff and the starter cord does not wind in. I've taken the 200t apart and cleaned it up, re-assembled it (oh what fun...) and it STILL remains sticky. Is it a case of the springs losing their force with age? or am I missing something else? Both saws date from September 2009. Regards Ty

Oh my word! I'll be trading in my green Quadchip for that Union Jack version. Le Jardinier Anglais 'must have'! Ty

Hey, I think your a man of great character and good humour to shrug off the negative and come on and tell us about it. You should be dining out on this for a while yet eh? Ty

As above. But buying the bigger chipper also brought us 'credibility' as well as the ability to undertake far larger jobs for a more competitive price. Ty

Vertigo. Before Xmas I fell ill with vertigo and couldn't even crawl without vomiting. Walked like a drunk for a week after. Everybody laughed. Apart from me. Ty

HAH! A new lad started with us recently and did just that. I was up in the tree, Seb drove the truck away to tip it and the new lad fired up the chipper and sprayed chips all down the road. I couldn't make myself heard over the noise and being up in the tree was reluctant to come down. He soon realised his error and got busy with the broom... Ty

Ah, When we are working in Rennes, parking space is of such a premium that cones and signs are of no use. So we apply to the city council for permission to work in the road. A sign, like a planning application is put out days before warning that no parking here on these dates. Even so, when we go to lunch we leave cones, piles of wood, bins, upside down wheel barrows anything to prevent people encroaching on our work space. Ty

Ah, high stumps... I cut the bark off these to clean it for cutting lower still. Trouble is some-times a chain gets ruined on stone and earth included in the buttresses. I also make a platform using earth and chips to help raise the machine. Still, not many I can't get at! Ty

A mere grand a year...? Man, you've really got to sell those stumps! Ours turns over a euro grand a month on average. It only needs to go out a few days a month to rake it in. Ty

Tank tracks from a WW2 Water Buffalo tank fitted with 'cup' on it's tracks... Weird! Ty

Evening, The stability issue comes up rarely. It's not an easy machine for slopes as it's a narrow top heavy machine and the swivelling action that make stumps such a breeze can in a few situations cause the machine to 'jackknife' an topple over. I have no doubt the new double wheels will do much to prevent this and as I say it is a rare occurrence and once you are at ease with the machine you get used to it's little ways. It comes with warning stickers in Spanish and American English warning you of this so it's not as though it's an unknown phenomena. In 3 years I've had mine over 3 times with no damage done. Oh, and the exhaust guard like most of the ones I have ever had just falls off after a while. I take mine off before that moment as the rattling just adds to the noise. The machine does come with warning stickers advertising this as a risk. Regardless of this, it's a great little earner so stop procrastinating and go and order one NOW! Ty

Nothing that Global didn't sort out. It handles differently than non-swivel machines. You've got to always ensure a level surface to work on and sometimes that means cutting a step for it when working on a slope, I've had mine over on it's side 3 times. Things like belts and bearings are much less expensive from specialist dealers but Global always have them in stock and some-times it's better to pay a premium to have the part there and then via 24h delivery. The French Bandit supplier laughed at the HB20 and thinks it a waste of time so I deal with Global instead. Chalk and Cheese in terms of service. Grease bearings twice daily and stay on top of belt tensioning. Blow out the filter daily when the going gets dusty. The pro's out way the con's . Ty Also it comes up like new if you wipe it down with white spirit and give it a wash. Don't karcher it, you'll push water into places it doesn't belong!

There is 'Pharkum Hall' near Grinstead Sussex. I spotted out cycling one day. Ty

I used to hire a Laski 18hp machine before investing in our Bandit. It weighed 195kg against my 63kg and was not self propelled although it was electric start. Worse was the lack of any clutch so the wheel turned immediately upon starting. Expensive to hire, tiring and unsafe to use. Stretch out for an HB20 Sidewinder if you can:thumbup1: Ty

BLERK! What a horror, worse than poison ivy! In 2009 I cycled across Oz and bush camped when not at road stations or city hostels. I never strayed far from my tent at night (snakes come out to play then) I always shook my shoes out before putting them on. When taking down my tent I would gently pull away my ground sheet in case of serpents. Nothing, not a scratch, just a few mozzy bites. I get back to France in the September and within days got bitten by a viper in the garden spending 2 days and a night in hospital.... Ty

HB20 was out grinding today. Biggest pine stump was 1m10cm across the buttresses and took 1h 15min to grind out fully and 20 min to dig around before hand to remove stones and cut the bark off to clean up for the saw to cut the stump lower. I won't tell you how much I charged as you'd think it obscene but I've got another day grinding at the same property in the future. (Sea side towns have Parisian prices) I must take a day off to visit a bearing shop next week and buy a spare belt for it just in case. 3 years grinding and only changed the belt once. Bearings 'almost' twice despite greasing daily. Other than that it is pretty much trouble free. Ty

Dean, You've got the 27hp 2250 at 15k then the 2550XP at £27'500. IS there anything coming in between around the 20K mark...? Diesel 35hp blah blah blah... Ty

Hello, We just signed for our new 'yard' 12'500euros Currently a paddock 2400m2 with these buildings. Permission for an extension has been applied for and another 10k in electric and ground works before April then we can look at moving in once the building is made secure. There goes another years profit...BLEH! Ty