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I saw this video and almost passed out thinking of the fatigue of feeding that machine. Dessouchage d'une haie de Thuya. #paysagiste #plappeville... WWW.FACEBOOK.COM 1,7 K vues, 6 J’aime, 0 commentaires, 1 partages, Facebook Reels de Marconot Paysage: Dessouchage d'une haie de...

Chateaubourg Brittany Tom forgot to lift the 3 point so the draw bar dug in. Towing this out snapped a not inconsiderable rope though it was old and perished stiff. This short clip is merely part of a far greater lesson in why Bandits are best taken off road in drought conditions... VID_20230118_122047.mp4

So... Back before Covid I bought a generic Chinesium chippette for a couple of similar jobs in medieval towns. It ended up being used rather more and on some quite large jobs when my GM150 was having issues. We also used Jérôme's CS100 The machines are really quite different. Chinesium is far louder. Blade life is about half, the guy who sharpened the last pair was surprised just how soft the metal was. Infeed 11cm narrower, makes a vast difference. Bolts, replaced. Body alignment. Ease of feeding, Chinesium has an inconvenient void before the anvil which traps branches. Anvil alignment too is less accurate. Security electrics poor so disabled. Loncin engine has good power, easy electric start and a centrifugal clutch. However it has developed a crank shaft seal leak which is a simple and cheap fix for my mechanical groundy. Value for money, can't beat it if you can live with the D'merits and use it only occasionally but otherwise CS100 is the machine of choice. Needs a swivel chute and a chute extension as options though...

Since you're going to ask about the stumps, plant pot stands...

I wasn't sure if the CS100 would get up the stone steps and around the corners so I brought the Evo as plan B. The idea of dragging everything out down steps, around corners, through narrow snickets into the garage to chip in the street gave me anxiety as I thought I've blown it on this quote. Thanks to the wee chippette, job done by 3pm, loaded by 3:30 cheque in hand. There was a birch removal too.

The quote is for brash removal and digging out of speared ends. You'd need to be on a whole Blitzkrieg of Pervitin to get through that in a day!

Ooooffff! Perhaps they left off a zero, seriously. The client may shortly find several dismayed tree guys cussing in their garden or just walking out of the job. My former business partner left off a zero once which saw 4 of us working 2 days for €250. We were subbing to a landscaper who held us to the quote which in France is a signed contract. Are you going to ruck up and watch from a safe distance as jaws drop and the air turns blue?

Before we know it, Mick Dempsey will be lauding the positives of wee chippers and the world will hold hands as one and sing Hallelujah, blessed be the meek for their 15hp shall inherit the back yard jobs and the devil take your crane and 12". Amen

What is the target turnover for a 3 man team such as the ones you run? You mention 4 admin but what about the maintenance/mechanics side? Are your teams expected to undertake these tasks too? Regards Stuart

@HRG I have a question for you. What in your opinion is a realistic profit in the UK after tax? For running a second independant two man crew equipped with 6" chipper and 3.5t tipper.

In Brittany, most houses post war are rendered white or cream, it can be a real problem at times but only one that requires water and sponge. Paint though and especially more recently exterior insulation which is über fragile as I found out recently when I tripped pulling a Monkey Puzzle and fell against the wall instantly making a hole in the polystyrene. I had no idea just how fragile exterior insulation is, a liability if your kids play ball games. I'm still waiting to hear about that one. Back in March I stacked a few small logs against a wall as indicated by the customer at the time. They moved them in June and found marks on their wall. They demanded my insurance details saying the wall required re-rendering. Now my memory was of a dirty gable end with cracked render. So I called round with bleach, bucket and water and as the gate was open started cleaning the few insignificant marks left by the logs. This left a few whiter patches on an otherwise grubby wall which had indeed multiple cracks in the render. Another case of a client trying to obtain betterment through insurance fraud by exagerating a situation.

Name dying out, they are not naming boys Ken anymore.

Personally a 10-12 tonner would be excessive given the size of business and type of work we do. I'm rarely more than 15m from a free tip site and run a 6" chipper and don't often remove the wood so no crane required. An 8m3 chip box on a compact 7t will mean I'm never overloaded and can access all the places my current truck can. Local parks dept. runs a 10t hook loader but they often carry soil and gravel.

Not just arbs but every trade. Builders, barely a pallet of blocks and over the limit plus the earlier post about a truck overloaded with a few young trees and a sack truck.

My previous company owner an Iveco 7t about 5 years ago. We've no requirement for an operators licence here fortunately and I recently spoke with the police municipal about parking it up in town which requires permission normally (We currently occupy a family house on a housing project for the elderly) Nothing required if it is the same size as a 3.5t.

Before long he's writing in capital's, cross posting in the wrong threads and telling us about the 'good ole days'...

Luckily, our equivalent of VOSA is not very active in our area. I have been pulled twice at the same rest stop on the N24 both occasions empty but for kit. Then once only 5km from home loaded with chip on a forest backroad. The truck had saggy springs on it which alerted the Gendarmes. Fined €180 but they did escort me to our yard to tip off which was good of them. Any future truck will be 7t though none of my colleagues have a licence for that. A cause of anxiety is getting involved in even a minor shunt whilst overloaded. Not the criminal aspect but a civil action. Some litigious character dragging me through the courts in a civil case over whiplash and stress that prevents them from leading a normal life (whilst still managing to enjoy annual skiing holidays) and having to retire early even for a Frenchman.

Iveco double cab, normal arb kit, saws, ladder, chip box, two crew, 3420kg on the weigh bridge...

My old Dad...

Why does this category exist? Parked up in Ikea this afternoon next to a tasty new arb truck, well sign written, distant competitor from other side of Rennes, guessed the crew were in the restaurant chawing down on meatballs and pickled herrings. I walked around the Grafter, the wife hissing at me because I looked suspicious. Single cab, large wide toolbox and a tipping unit at least 3.2m with alloy plank sides and a tarp top. It was a 3.5t and looked very low despite being empty. Worse than my own saggy arsed Iveco before I put 5t springs on it. It didn't look like it had any legal payload left at all. So just how did this weight category come to be?

"I love trees but not in my garden" is the line I most hear when quoting a birch removal. The seeds drive many people to distraction, the pollen many a young Mother's concern. After Leylandii, birch prunes and removals are the second course of bread and butter.

My Iveco manages 28mpg doing regular tree work towing (had to use an online converter) When towing the tractor on the Ifor it can be 23-25mpg When I look online at newer trucks and cars, I notice little improvement in fuel consumption. My old Kangoo used about the same as my recent one and they were ten years apart.

I might well ask my local garage to plug it in once warm and the EDC showing. I've not the time or experience beyond Youtube and helpful friends. Stuart

I feel burned out this evening.

After several hours of refitting the cleaned parts I took it for a test run around town. No yellow engine light present or red EDC. Once it reached temperature though the EDC light came on and it ran poorly. So tomorrow I'll remove that plate and try again. At least the system is clean.