Ty Korrigan

Me but no more. Once I thought the benefits of a business partner outweighed the negatives. Now I realise it was akin to being trapped in an abusive marriage were one partner feels afraid to leave for fear of what they might lose when in fact they have everything to gain. Ty

7 years I've worked with some-one who is often tardy in the mornings and who never apologises for delaying the depart. Then falls asleep in the cab or simply sulks for the entire outward journey. Never felt he had to justify his time keeping to me. Back in October with 2 vehicules and 3 of us kept waiting for 15min I drove off to the job without him. The begining of the end. Ty

Won't reducing the branches cause resin to drip and potentially be a nuisance or just unsightly? Ty

LDV Vans - LDV Van Dealers - LDV Van Parts - Eco Concept Not much technical info on the site though. Ty

Any one notice they are back? Auto trader has dealers advertising them. Prices of 16k plus vat. Ty

I've twice had cycling holidays in the South and West of Eire. Although we did briefly experience the sun we never enjoyed truly dry socks in all that time. Ty

Surely a week of West Cork rain would wash the logs clean, no? Failing that, a pressure washer perhaps? I take your point about soiling the logs. If accepted, the work will be done during the summer so hopefully no mud. Ty

Ah...but if I know the weight and it's do-able, I might be able to avoid the expense of the 360 and get a local farmer to drag it up the slope with a tractor. Ty

I've been contacted today by TW France as I expressed interest in the 160. Pie Eater Pete has been pressuring me to go Wolf. Apart from the lack of a brake, I see no obvious reason why I should dislike it before I demo it. Ty

Hah! Plan is to leave a healthy hinge. It's got a slight lean away from direction of fell. So once it's ready to be pulled over, I'll be beating a well planned retreat further away than it's height. I have now thought, if we leave it as long as possible, a neighbouring farmer may be able to drag it up the slope in one... Certainly it will be one to film! I could set up a GoPro in a neighbouring tree... Ty

Plan is to either zipline branches to the top of the bank or just free fall them and have 2 guys make up bundles of branches and winch them (cone on front) to the top of the bank. It is hidden by the 2 beech trees but the top has sustained some damage since I last worked on the site, maybe even reducing the height a little. The top is a bit of a tangled mess and this could be free falled for the winch or digger to lift up the bank. Now, my pto winch is a 3.5t Uniforest normally attached to a 26hp tractor but I can borrow/rent a 35hp tractor for the job. It's evacuating the stem in useable sections which might require the large 360. The only reason the client wants the tree out is that 'should' it fail one day it will either crush the roof of the farmhouse and 3 phase lines or land slap across the fishing lake. Either way prove to be a far more expensive job than a preempted removal. All advice welcome. When the weather has improvedr I'll return to take some better images. Ty

The weather was very poor yesterday. The tree on the left is the one estimated at around 45m. It is growing in a well sheltered hollow, you can make out the lake behind.

7200kg Ty

Ah... I arrived at 7.2ton myself. Ty:001_smile:

Hello, I've an old client who has asked me to remove a fir of around 45m height. It sits at the bottom of a steep slope on the bank of a lake. It will need to be topped out before felling due to proximity of electric lines. The stem has a 100cm DBH and does not narrow much for 20m. My client would like to recover the stem for possible future milling. Question is... How much will this stem weigh? I might have access to a 20t 360 with which to drag it up the slope. Regards Ty

In Morocco, Eucs are pollarded and left to regrow decent size poles which are harvested for building materials and smaller wood for charcoal which is an important fuel for cooking here. Ty

Peg Leg Dempsey... New generation of chippers conforming to the E.U regs make it harder to get a ''brasher boot' caught in greedy rollers by having longer infeed hoppers. Ty

I wouldn't know. My business partner has effectively locked me out of the company since shortly after this occured. I do know however that my business partner ignored the clients emails concerning the matter. I've certainly not been lucky with any of the chippers I've bought. 3 in a row have all had numerous serious mechanical and design problems but the letting go of the same hydraulic connections 3 times in 9 months ruining a new laid driveway was just the icing on the cake. So I'm giving up working for myself for the time being and will either go and work for others or seriously considering going to Syria and help at an aid station near one of the frontlines. Ty

We are of course in France and the taxation on the money we draw as non-salaried directors is around 50% again so 1000 drawn 500 to the state. Added to the end of year company tax on profits and again your personal income tax it can all add up to a mighty 62.5% global tax rate for the self employed. I certainly could earn far more as an employee but be tied to a 35hour week. Few firms here pay overtime and generally prefer employees to take off owed hours as time in lieu. Ty

Not worth the inevitable fallout. Business partnerships can be as ours should be a highly profitable arrangement. Yet, human greed almost always takes a hold of one partner which can destroy even the closest of friendships. Today I am at my lowest ebb since certain events of 2014 to where I can positively trace the start of my partners project to take the company for himself. Delays in legals arranging meetings, obtaining answers, the horrible uncertainty of the future as a foreigner in a complex land. I woke this morning contemplating terrible endings before I heard my 9 month son wake and cry. Ty Sent from my SM-G935F using Arbtalk mobile app

From my own experience of working up through gravity feed to 6" and lately 8" I'd always invest in the largest machine possible at the time and feed it smaller diameter material than it's spec allows for a longer life. I'm sure that feeding chippers up to the max every day must shorten their working life considerably. Ty

Business partner has signed up to a contract without my permission for a contract, .fr domain with complete web development, management and hosting. 192euros per month. Our current site is a .com, homemade and managed by a griend in Scotland. Many French web companies will charge in relation to your turnover. Much as accountants do here. Our budget for publicity is around 5% of turnover. The new web contract is 2.2% of turnover. Ty

A stump like that might be mattocked and winched out if a good stem is left. I'm a greedy sort so I'd punt 150 post brexit pounds for the whole job but if it's just the tree I'd put that on Gumtree as free standing firewood £50 and watch the crowds trample one another to get at it... Ty

Hence the use of turbo diesels to boost acceleration. This must also keep the weight down but add to the overall price I guess. Ty