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    15m3 of Lombardy with a CS100. It would be improved with an optional chute extension for chipping into a truck plus a swiveling top. Stuart
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    There is never a good moment for your main chipper to 'tombe en panne' as we say here. Luckily, both my regular climbers own a CS100 and so Good Friday saw 15 Lombardy poplars put through Jerome Ferre's machine. An opportunity to measure the real time 'rendement' or productivity of the famous wee chippette. 6m cube per hour, 2 guys feeding. Pretty intense work and the 15m cube total produced will all be used by the client as mulch. I must admit, this morning I saw what was before me and thought "f**k my life"... Stuart
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    The school caretaker undone my work with a polesaw. He clearly resented having others on his site. "Trees like being cut" mentality... Stuart
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    I've been on a job with 'no clear up', crown raising, deadwooding, storm damage and made such good progress that the quote now looks a bit cheeky. Well, if it had rained we'd be much slower of course. The client, keen to participate, time on his hands, beavering away with a Bosch electric chipper, achieving in a day what 5 mins with a 6" would. He's now fagged out so tomorrow out of goodwill I'll bring in the GM and let him feed it whilst I drink his coffee. I've also lent him Mrs Lee's battery Stihl for his stick fetish. I didn't drop the price initially for no chipping because stacking is an arse and harvesting wee sticks for kindling a costly affair. Across the way a 12" Bandit roared on and off all day long. A site clearance, house and trees to be razed for another cluster of wee building plots where the only trees will be fashionable olives. Stuart
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    Is this about your own dental records?
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    A question for those in the know. Is the 3.5t a downrated 5.5t? Stuart
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    What is the typical price difference between machines with the 50hp deezle and 57hp petrol? Stuart
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    Hello, from experience the 37hp Efi is 4.5 litres per hour so pro-rata a 57hp Efi should be around 7 litres per hour. Stuart
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    A neighbouring village parks dept. leaving their calling card on mature oaks. Beyond the limits of their mewp... Stuart
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    When I come across a large leylandii removal, when possible, I often save as much wood as possible for chipping separately as the disc blades make lovely square golden chip which I can sell for a premium. The green chip goes for cattle bedding at a local farm. We produced 562m3 last year according to my wee black book. Over half is kept mostly by clients or their neighbours whilst the leafy or conifer is tipped at the farm and the better chip given to the 2 local councils who we work for. Stuart
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    What length is most usefull? I've 60cm to 150cm but seem to manage to place them all. Stuart
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    Mick looking down, dismally reflecting on a massive conifer top lying across the neigbours swimming pool, hot tub and soft top Merc... Stuart
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    I dislike exposure these days. Not doing sufficient larger trees myself to remain 'en form' So when it came to a mongrel bastard multi-stem Douglas I tackled in gusty condutions, it took me an age to take out the last skinny top, lowered on a 70kg rated rigging wrench. Barely enough room to bring my spikes together, Client, neighbours, school kids, fat groundy watching with Mrs Lee on the ropes end, me hoping she would let it run sufficiently not to enduce that rat in terrier jaws shaking moment. All pegs carefully shaved so no chance of impalement. I cut the gob and back cut by Silky, lacking the minerals to handle the wee Echo. It all went swimmingly, no stem shake and I didn't gaff out but I confess that topping out skinny stems is not my favourite aspect of climbing. Stuart
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    You must be one hell of a whiz at plant ident. I'd have pinned the old Leylandii label on it me... Stuart
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    £1500 to hack that yew mind... Perhaps a grand+ in Hewitts flush fund and the rest to a fellow he met down the pub? Stuart
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    Mangled Yew tree image at the bottom of the article: Princess Di's former lover James Hewitt is working as a £4,000-a-year gardener | Daily Mail Online WWW.DAILYMAIL.CO.UK Ex-Calvary Officer Mr Hewitt, now 62, was seen this week dressed in khaki trousers, a smart mauve shirt and flat cap as he sat atop a lawnmower as he tended gardens near Exeter... Stuart
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    Finished the 28 plane pollards now the ground has dried out. Punishing for the old sciatica bob bobbing for skinny sticks all day. Climber would prefer half rather than full days but after he had his afternoon line of coke he was buzzing and those whippy sticks rained down.
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    And don't post any images on social media. Stuart
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    What we need, is some-one to have a go, sacrifice their machine and report back yay or nay... ay...? Stuart
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    I demoed a 26hp diesel last Summer. It was a fine machine in every respect except when chipping to the limit. Up to 4" I detected no difference. Best I can describe it is... My Renault has a button 'Eco' Turns it from a Kangoo into a Kanbarelygo. I didn't find this button for months despite it being me near the gear stick. Fine for daily driving but when you want to join the auto route...meh. If the engine can be de-tuned then great. This engine was a genuine 26hp though. Stuart
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    Tea, any-one like a cup of tea? Cake? Any-one? Stuart
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    I get lonely during Ramadan...
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    Trust me, Google it, others have my back here I'm sure. I dare not post a link myself as I still have warning points given by you going back 10years and do not wish to be banned. Otherwise your advice is sound and I respect it. Stuart
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    Pornhub couch casting...

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