Ty Korrigan

Well, Team of us out strimming long grass in a rural area of Brittany when 3 Velociraptors came after us from all sides. We ran for the truck but they caught the work experience lad and ripped him apart as we made our escape by throwing ourselves over some falls where my groundy got snatched mid fall by a flying lizard and carried off to be fed to its young. I hit a deep pool and blacked out. When I came too I was tied to a cross over a roaring fire with naked semi-evolved simians dancing and waving spears at my man bits all shouting the latin names of trees I have trouble with like Metasequoia glyptosroboidies... Now that was a genuine nightmare. What you had was just a SH#T morning....hhhhhh! Ty

And so the moral of the story is... Grind the teeth in short sharp touches and they will be fine:confused1: Ty

Really, some of the language here is appalling! (if you read in between the lines...) Hedges I love doing them and would rarely turn one down. I even use the tag line "Extreme Hedge Cutting" for the oversize windbreaks of Lawson and Laurel we often come across over here. The French love a nicely squared off effect and seem obsessed by trimming lawsons until they go brown. New bylaws for new builds now dictate no more lawsons! Damn, there goes our bread and butter in 10years! We bought a henchman to help with cutting, its an expensive piece of kit and not that well made for the price but VERY useful indeed. Hedges, to be frank are too good an earner to pass on to any-one although we get hedges from others less well equipped. Best of luck! Ty

Ah, that all sounds to be good advice but can I ask... What do you mean about 'inclusions...?' Metal, stone etc...? Ty

Back again, short day today. After a days work I usually clean the and sharpen some of the saws. As the saws are partly dismantled for cleaning the time to take off the chain etc it changes nothing. I was thinking of the grinder to save my aching elbows as well as time. Also, each saw has 3 chains allocated to it and so we normallly just change chains in the field except when I've been too tired to sharpen any at the workshop. Stumpgrinding eats chains... Although I clean off the bark with an axe beforehand the chains still take a beating often losing half a tooth on one side only. I just can't face sharpening a whole half chain at the end of the day! So then... I like sharpening but not that much to take up my evenings. Should I buy a grinder to save time and elbows or just put up with hand sharpening? May have to vote on this one! Ty

Thank you the responses so far. So, I guess the technique is to touch light and fast several times rather than holding the wheel to the chain continiously. Basically, at the end of the day, I have several chains to sharpen and what I really want to do is go home... So I am considering buying a grinder from Honey Bros (£450+v.a.t+ If I win time then over just a few years it will have paid for itself and also helps my tendonitus. Cheers Ty

Ha... There is a French way of stump removal which involves drilling holes then pouring 'Lait Ribot' a kind of vile yoghurt drunk by Bretons. It tastes like vomit from the last lepper in hell and has no effect at all on the decay rate but it is promoted as an 'ecologic' method of stump removal. Ty

By grinding. Here in La Belle France I am told by now 3 other arbs that this can 'case harden' a chain and so make it difficult to sharpen by hand. My question is this... "Really?" Answers please! Ty

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