Ty Korrigan

Well... If I have a grouch about the Quadchip... its...the lack of mudflaps:001_tt2: Really, it is a tough decision to invest your house deposit in any machine. Faith, I have faith that my choice is a good one. If T.W had updated their models in time, who knows... Regardless, it is clear that T.W have a strong following and also that their current machines have known issues. As for the G.M Quadchip, time will tell...all will be reckoned with in time. Main thing is, buying any popular make of chipper will certainly move your business forward. They all have their pro's and con's, butter bearings to lightweight 'plastiques' In the end, having a chipper is better than having no chipper. Clearly, neither is a product of British Leyland and so thumbs up to them both! Ty:thumbup:

Hello, New Quadchip owner here with 21hrs on the clock. Find the turntable an excellent feature and the fact the blades will be easy to access once they need turning. The blades have 4 sides too. The grease points are easy to use and remember. I didn't like the fact the Timberwolf dealer lied to cover up his lack of knowledge and pestered us like the child support agency for weeks after our demo. Nothing against the TW, its was just older technology and I was put off by the chocolate bearing issue. Ty

Jersey clients second home. Hand cut slates from a small quarry near Rostrenen, lime and hemp mortars, micro sewage system.

Hello, I use greenteefff on my Bandit HB20 and today ordered some redteefff. Any-one used the reds before? I understand they are better on more fibrous woods. Question, what woods other than conifer would be classed as 'fibrous'...? Cheers Ty

Tony, as this thread has interested you, would you mind having a stab at just what the rot was please. I think it was a Norway spruce... Cheers Ty

Well, I'm off work today so I was browsing my images and came across these from last Winter. A Spruce with a gurt fissure running up it. In the fissure, preserved in resin was a mouse! I guess from watching the tree move in the wind that the fissure opened and closed on the timorous wee fleekit before coating it for posterity in varnish. Ty

Hello, Yes, its an oak stump in the grounds of a block of flats in South Rennes. I've only ever seen Laetiporous growing as single brackets on still growing trees. Damn, good eating there and I missed picking it! Ty

I'd like to see that...with a silky I mean... Ty

Can some-one please put a name to this beautiful specimen for me? Thanks Ty

Hello, Any-one any experiences of using vehicles equipped with this system? I was thinking of a new Caddy van and thought this type of AWD would be a help towing stuff as currently the Kangoo is an off road Kantgo... We've got a Navarra but a small van suits us for many jobs such as grinding. Cheers Ty

Any-one killed a client... yet? Ty

Oh good grief, I've really got to get out more on a Sunday... Will the Hamadryad post any fresh images of this tree? I am curious as to its re-growth and recovery. Similar arguments rage on the French forum 'Allo Olivier'. They also confirm I am a truly mediocre arborist deserving of the title wood butcher. Even so, I rather thought although the reduction at the beginning of the thread was well done only anal experts could possibly rage and rant about its pro's and con's. Me, I'd have taken my cheque and moved on. Can't please every-one all of the time after all. I've recently been asked to cut a square through a group of pines to make a 'window' through which to view the sea... Also make a birch 'round'...like in a child's paintings... I'm not telepathic so can't read my clients minds when I removed 50% of a laurel hedge on one side as per the written quote. Now the client is sad because they can now see through it in places. Yes, I replies, only until June next year though! Nature is not a precise material that we can form easily to our exacting specifications. Anyway, where are these images Hama? Ty

Morning... I wish I could employ a brash dragger for £40... Here the minimum wage is 9euros or 72euros per 8 hours day THEN we pay 90% to the state as a kind of national assurance PLUS paying for their lunch. An employee here costs 2.5 times more than you pay them once you factor in all the costs. Huh...£40... Ty

I take it this this flurry of new models is down to the new E.U homoglation regs? I do like the new lights fixed on a flap as replacing light clusters is a regular chore for me... Ty

Hey, its got 'flaps'... Ty

Today, 2 jobs, same area, 5 hours work = 600euros/£500 Can be done and I'm on the same planet as the rest of you... Ty

Hi, I price for each job BUT I try to gross at least 480euros per day average. Some days we do 600euros in a morning, some days we gross a grand, some days we work all day in the rain for a lot less than a shelf stacker in Netto... Mostly, we exceed target for our weekly take. Some jobs are purely turnover, others a high percentage of profit. Personally, I don't go in for underpricing to win jobs although it is a trait many other Arbs go in for. I am proud of our industry and would hate for people to value it as merely 'gardening'... Dress pro, clean your equipment, decent image and for not looking like a 'non-card-holding member of the caravan club' charge a small premium. Ken Shabby tree lopping or.... Ty

Ah, that will be http://www.Jame'shoddy'treeservices.com I think that's the fella! He's on this forum someplace and every time I see his web name I smile:biggrin: Ty

And so to follow... A simple mornings sycamore dismantle straddling one other garden. Concrete 'fence' separating the two. Asked the neighbour who was a good old boy and got permission to drop branches into the neighbours garden and throw them back over the fence. Er...didn't see the vicious old Bonzo NOR his meaty turds scattered like mines deep in the long grass. So, its lowering limbs now and not a twig did we drop into Turdsville. Cost us an afternoon plus but I'll anything to avoid dogdoo...BLERK! Ty

Like, you are ssssooooo weak dude! hhhhhhh! Ty

Only in Essex... Really, it's a gypsy in a jump suit! They are getting fatter every year those caravan dwellers. Feeding off our goodwill and vulnerable oldsters... Ty

Maybe he never really got the hang of laces at primary school...? Perhaps an NPTC in rigging might include lacing boots... Ty:biggrin:

COR! It's enough to make me 'wax my turtle'... Ty

Morning, You can normally unclip the lines and drop them down. Do it over 3-4 poles and you protect them from debris. If you rag one out of a house connection well...its only 2 wires and a few minutes work IF you can get to the box. Unlikely to get into trouble for tree work EXCEPT if you make noise between 1-2 over the sacred lunch break, before 8am and after 8pm and on Sundays. Yup, they have got the working week well sewn up here... Ty