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  1. Ty Korrigan
    Cheers Lads, I've emailed the mobile mechanic tonight. Regards
  2. Ty Korrigan
    Hello, The diff on our Iveco Daily tipper gets well hot when the truck is loaded. To the point that today when shifting soil (over loaded) with it, the diff was VERY hot but touchable just and I could see light grey smoke and smell burning oil. What's up with it? Do diffs get this hot normally? Regards
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    Well, So far, I've not lost a job in a year due to not being able to access with the quad and I've not had any miserably unviable drags to contend with either. I also don't envisage I will lose any significant work from not owning a wee chipper anymore either as I would just price it accordingly. So in my book my CS100 would have earned me zilch and rusted slightly for a year. Shame, because I was very attached to the wee chipper but I can't have it all... Last week I met a guy on a job locally who was filling up skips with branches as he reckoned that was cheaper than using a chipper! 80 for the skip and 80 for the fill. Each to his own...
  4. Ty Korrigan
    Moroccan Thuya is not the same though, that really confused me for a while. Heavy dense wood full of burls but smells the same.
  5. Ty Korrigan
    Pitching a Deal on Pine Parquet...hhh! As funny as I get these days.
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    I totally agree with that. We now run a quadchip thanks to the money generated by a CS100 which I sold for £620 less than I paid for it after 230hours use. I couldn't face going back to using one full time though, it would certainly kill me with the effort! Regards
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    Is 'deal' also the same stuff? I imagine that a conifer that grows in colder or even drier climates has a closer grain and a denser structure. My wifes home town of Essouira in Morocco is surrounded by Tetraclinus trees, known also as Thuya. They look like scabby Italien cypressus but because they grow in semi-arid conditions their wood is close grained and hard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraclinis Regards
  8. Ty Korrigan
    One of my better 'sales pitch lines'...hhh!
  9. Ty Korrigan
    Hello, I say get rid of it, get the stump ground out and plant a Liquidamber or a Paper Birch instead. Far nicer with thinner crowns so more light also autumn colour and a lovely form. Regards
  10. Ty Korrigan
    Sap rising...
  11. Ty Korrigan
    Cheers for that link! I've ordered 2, just in case... Many thanks
  12. Ty Korrigan
    Ha! You may mock but that is just what my French boss gave me to use back in 2008 when I was employed to climb for a large firm of landscapers. I asked him "is this a test...?" He pointed to the CE mark and said it was all I was going to get!
  13. Ty Korrigan
    Cheers! I'll try bidding on this but if you find one that is just for sale let me know. Thanks!
  14. Ty Korrigan
    Just ran over mine today. I left it hung over the sides as I pulled forward but a branch snagged it off and I crushed it under the trailers wheels...nuts. I can only see them for sale on the web at Barlow trailers for a handsome £72 inc vat. Are there any other sources of this style of handset? Regards
  15. Ty Korrigan
    Cheers, thanks for the advice. I'll go for the 'drop test' on the 16th when my itinerant mechanic visits for a cambelt and fluid change. Regards
  16. Ty Korrigan
    We bought an Atlas with the mesh high sides. We then cut the mesh out of the frames and pop-riveted alloy panels on to make a chip box. We strap a groundsheet over the top when chipping to stop re-bounds and it can carry about 5m cube. Regards
  17. Ty Korrigan
    Yes, I tend to agree with all of that. But for the size of the ding...I can't see how that would knock the axles on each side out. I guess a chipper is a trailer running at maximum load 100% of the time BUT it really should have a greater tolerance to cope with the stresses surely?
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    Hello all, Any-one out there any remarks on the axles and breaking mechanism? We are experiencing poor tyre wear on both wheels, inside of the tyres has worn bald in 10months. We have a small ding on one rim from traffic calming but surely this couldn't cause the axles to run out of alignment...? Our dealer just shrugs and says it is this that has caused the mis-alignment. We have owned various trailers now for 20years and have and NEVER seen this kind of wear before. From new, when following the chipper we have often thought it looked 'pigeon toed'... Any thoughts...?
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    <p>Hello,</p>

    <p> We have lot's of sheds, gates and awnings being booked in.</p>

    <p>The tree work is drying up especially from Brits.</p>

    <p>The last quote the next guy was 40% cheaper WTF!</p>

    <p>Also, I seen to be getting timewasters from my ad on A.I.</p>

    <p>They go like this " Normally my husband would do this but it's leaning towards the house" OR " How much to cut down this tree? as we are on a tight budget"</p>

    <p>I say, "Send me some images and I'll give you an idea"</p>

    <p>No images=bored timewasters...</p>

    <p>We are buying some land with a workshop for the business which will be a weight off my mind.</p>

    <p>How many grass days have you? If you sell your house then you could invest in some kit to kickstart your business well and truly...I did and it worked!</p>

    <p>Another thing, get yourself a web site made up, best advert you can get.</p>

    <p>I'm off to Villandry with my wife tomorrow, google it, amazing gardens.</p>

    <p>Right, laters friend!</p>

     

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    <p>Chap,</p>

    <p> I have a client for you.</p>

    <p>Annie Sloan ([email protected])</p>

    <p>Requires some fruit tree pruning, laurel and other tasks.</p>

    <p>St Lo area.</p>

    <p> Regards</p>

     

  21. Ty Korrigan
    Blunt, to the point but actually quite correct really, sorry!
  22. Ty Korrigan
    I love your grammar, second only to Mendip Logs..hhh!
  23. Ty Korrigan
    We run an HB20 and although it does have it's limitations the number of pure gold jobs I have turned down because it couldn't manage are...NONE! In all, it does very well for us and it is difficult to justify a bigger better machine costing 2-3 times what we paid for ours. I am sure we wouldn't win 2-3 times the work from it. However... There is such a thing a credibility. This is to say, when people know you are equipped then you are likely to get more jobs to suit. I have observed this now run have moved up from a wee CS100 to a Quadchip.
  24. Ty Korrigan
    So which is it then? We have a 2007 Daily we bought last September. Twice now on a Spring morning it would not start/turn over after running well enough the day before. No alternator warning light showing and the battery charged up after a couple of hours enough to get the engine going again. No lights or radio left on. Battery looks old and mouldy... I can tell by putting a volt meter across the terminals when I get hold of one but is there any test for an alternator or anything else I should look for? Regards
  25. Ty Korrigan
    Imagine if you had looked at the sun! Fried your brains perhaps...hhhh!

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