Ty Korrigan

Why didn't you just cut it down like they taught you...? Save all that frigging around:001_tt2:

Chap, you should be able to register a U.K tipper, just add some home made (yet pro looking) cycle bars in front of the rear wheels and changing the lights. Just don't buy an LDV... Ty

YAY! Go Greenmech! I've been there and seen the factory, had the tour and been bought a fry up by one of the directors. My next investment is a Greenmech BUT due to E.U regs I can't buy a new road tow at U.K prices until Oct 2012:confused1: Nuts... Ty

Ah what the devil... The word from Mr Turner boss fella head honcho of Greenmech is that the new E.U regs for trailers don't come in till October 2012. Somehow, I've got to manage until then with the wee chipper or bite an unsavoury bullet and buy a French homoglated chipper which is several grand more than the versions sold in the U.K. Nuts...

Right, Consider leaving the stems about 2m+ Using pulleys and a mattock you can just dig around and cut through the roots and rag the (insert bad word here) over! No need for a grinder. Ty (3 sugars)

Chap, If it for a friend then I do this. Its cash right? Sorted. So I calculate my costs per hour then add my wedg and give them an hourly rate with a VAGUE estimate. Be Ballsy about it! Don't mess around, tell'em! My prices often include a feed at lunch too. Ty (2 sugars)

Hmmmn. Its a serious 'brown' matter this. Despite cleaning it up around my work area I still stepped in fresh ones I missed. So when it came to collect my cheque and I was invited into the kitchen I left a trail on the white tiled floor. I'm no diva but if had done a dump in the garden or patio there would have been merry hell to pay so why is dog and cat poo acceptable.? Later friends... Ty

Looks rather 'Tolkienesque' As though it comes alive after dark... Ty

If turning a saw off is bad for the life of the motor then so what!? I've only one life and two arms. FFSAKE! a saw costs what...? £400+ An arm...? Priceless but there is always Barclaycard I guess... 'Two armed Ty' I offered Ty for 2 but she wouldn't ask her sister...

Fair blows the wind for France... Although it will be sold for double its original over here... Ty

Yo! 200T is switched off between branches/cuts. (or it melts a chuffing gurt hole in my pants) Nipp myself with the Silky regularly but not seriously. One major hospitalisation to re-attach tendons when cutting a yew hedge in '07 the ladder moved and the hired hedge cutter kept going after I let go of the throttle and it came down and went through my left arm. I bought a better hedge cutter and a henchman:sneaky2: (which is a pile of crap but does the job...just) Ty

Hi, Going SARL (limited company) in the early New Year. Laying the footings for that now. Currently we are 2 autoentreprenures and 1 micro BIC (me) who is with the MSA. Just too much investment in materials and turnover is too high to remain on a micro regime. My new home number is not the one on the web site, that is Sebs and he parle frenchy seulment. Its 02.99.68.43.46 Sunday, and I've just got back from a quote. Ty

BUUURK! Arrived at a job to find the tree ringed with steaming piles of brown matter. Got out a trowel I keep for the purpose and got on with cleaning up, flicking the offensive material into the hedge. The client was mystified and couldn't understand the problem until I explained about ropes, feet, ladders etc don't mix to well with the brown stuff. Even so, the lack of forethought of some clients and also the lack of garden hygiene especially with kids, swimming pools and free running dogs really does amaze me at times. Even dogs step in it when running around then trail it into the house or jump up onto laps. The same issue with cats and flower beds. An animal that actually buries its turds must be applauded but not when it enters a house and jumps onto the bread board using the same paws! Attached link to remind those who think I'm being precious about hygiene just how nasty animal faecies can be. Ty Toxoplasma gondii - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Basic information on the parasite. Study: Cat Parasite Affects Human Culture | LiveScience Revealing information on how far reaching a widespread infection can be.

Hello, I recently spoke to a fellow arb who informed me he was fully booked some 2 months ahead of our lead time. My jaw dropped until I understood that he works alone most of the time and that I run a team of 3 some 50% of the time and growing. Effectively, we are working many more hours than the single man. Its also makes life far smoother and safer with 3, one climber with a second climber/groundy operating the chipper and a third highly competant older arb capable of anticipating the jobs that need doing and getting on with it. Next year we are going to take on a work experience youngster who will probally work a week on/off or longer periods with spells in college (or correctional institution ):001_tongue: Next year we hope to have 2 teams out regularly. 5 of us, 2 chippers, 2 trucks/vans etc One team with the wee chipper and another with the new road tow. I don't think I can handle more than that for now. With 2 teams of 2 and one boss fella to float between, mend stuff, price up, prospect for work etc. 2 business partners (the climbers), 2 groundies and a spotty. Its all going forward and I just wanted to share things with you guys and generate a chat about expanding without too much stress. regards Ty

Morning, Currently, at least until 2012 there is no single E.U spec. Britain, Germany and France have different standards. For France, the cycle bars in front of the wheels, the tow hitch and the distance from hitch to axle seem to be the main differences between the British standards and French. As for most things, you are fine until you have a prang and then Gendarmes look closer at items such as registration and insurance. Hundreds of Brits run around in 'illegal' vehicles in France towing unregistered trailers, the Gendarmes (thick as pig **** and just as stubborn) don't always know what they should be looking for, if they did then they would have a field day. I'm having a cert.con done special for the trailer now at the manufacturers expense. Now off for a jolly Saturday grinding near Dinan, 12h days 7day weeks at the moment K'ching! Ty

Yo! My Bandit Sidewinder does and I bought it new. I let it idle before I turn it off and even then it still does...pop. Rather than BANG! Ty

Ah, but how did you register your TW125...? Was it a French model? Its over 500kg so requires it own Carte Grise (V5 document) I have been waiting until 2012 to buy a road tow chipper because of this arse of a regulation. In France you need to have cycle bars in front of your wheels and a French homoglated chassis, brakes and towhitch before you can register a trailer. Its a chuffing minefield! Ty

Minefield? I just bought a £4000 trailer that fully conforms to E.U regs and YET cannot be registered in France... I am...livid, both with the bloody small minded French officials and the manufacturer for mis-representing their product. I will resolve this even if I have to use Sir Charles Simmons our family lawyer. Now he is a right B#?!ard...

Hey! then your really lucky. L.D.Vs are notoriously difficult to reregister in France especially as they have sadly gone down the tubes... For chippers, all trailers over 500kg need to be registered but I'm not splitting on you! Trailers The maximum laden weight (Poids Totale Autorisée en Charge - PTAC) and unladen weight (Poids Vide - PV) should be shown on all trailers, whatever the weight, on the nearside of the front of the trailer or on the draw bar. Trailers greater than 500 Kg (PTAC, laden weight) need: to be registered, hold a Carte Grise registration document and have registration plates (apply at the Préfecture) a certificate of insurance (certificat d'assurance) to be shown in the front nearside window of the towing vehicle, in a waterproof holder on the front nearside of the trailer or next to the insurance certificate (certificat d'assurance) of the towing vehicle. I'm hopeless at cut and paste... Ty

Yes, we call them 'Dave Dix Euros' or 'Ten euro Dave' I get expats telling me that my rates are outrageous. Yet, I'm about the same as a U.K based business. The French say we are good value though! Regards Ty

Hello, If any Arbs are intending to make the move then I would be happy to offer help and advice on the setting up and registration of an arb business here in France. One question for you guys, how have you managed registering your road tow chippers? I've delayed the purchase of one until 2012 when the new Europe wide regs come into force. Until then I've chosen to run a CS100 wee chipper and burn alot which is illegal in the summer here. Although I could get round it all with a tracked chipper on a French spec Ifor Williams but thats alot of investment. Cheers Ty http://www.lejardinieranglais.com

That boys funnier than a whole mess of turkey gizzards by god! I approve of a good dose of danger now and then to remind me that we are in fact MEN! Ty

Hey, all you Ex-pats over La Manche. How many of us are there? I know of 7 teams in Brittany alone (registered busineses) Breton Boy is one on this forum, hello friend! Lets do a search and rake in the others. I've read the 'Connexion' newspaper and cab see others out there down south and I know of at least one in Normandy. Get in touch guys! Ty

I'll add a pennyworth for what its worth. When I cut cypress specie hedges I generally find lots of ladybirds. These bugs eat aphids, no? Therefore, lots of aphids in these hedges. However, I have never observed an aphid yet!... Ty

I tried to talk about cleaning my helmet with my aged Gran. Gran said she'd never heard it being called a Petzel before, it was always called a 'thingy' in her day... Returning soldiers Petzels smelt the worst apparantly...