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Ty Korrigan

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  1. Ty Korrigan
    Oh well.. It had to happen one day. I have the belt in stock already (350euros worth of belt mind!) Bearings...well I need to source a 9mm(imperial equivelant) Allan key to remove the pulleys first before I can get them ordered locally. As for belt tensioning. How do I judge/measure the correct tension? Do I need to change the toothed drive pulleys at the same time? Cheers Ty
  2. Ty Korrigan
    Never mind driving a tracked grinder across a golf course. What about... Being 14 and riding your BMX across golf courses on moonlit nights, jumping bunkers and doing skids on the holes... I was not always a very good boy... Ty
  3. Ty Korrigan
    Well...what are you waiting for Foxy old chap? Ty
  4. Ty Korrigan
    Work is within a 3-4 man team, mainly reducing and deadwooding for local town council, property management companies as well as private clients. Ty
  5. Ty Korrigan
    For an experienced climber good with reductions. Accomodation offered plus lunch and evening meals. Spoken French not essential. Salaried (on the books) or self employed. U.K self employed will require a statement from the HMRC or similar proof of self employment. Email [email protected]
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    Hello, We have a minimum of 4 weeks work available for an experienced climber. Location near Rennes Brittany. Accomodation with evening meal included. Immediate start. Email [email protected]
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    I am such a martyr. Blessed are those who work for me... Ty
  8. Ty Korrigan
    Back at the Chateau. Flail and brushcutter out to tidy up around the pops we stripped out around the chapel. Then winching lumps of dead and dying Douglas across a soft meadow and stacking it for the bio-mass chipper. Ty
  9. Ty Korrigan
    I saw yesterday a job advert on one of the Arb related FB pages for a U.K climber salary 28k depending on experience. As a company owner I can only dream of such renumeration... Ty
  10. Ty Korrigan
    Yes, just reverse and hit feed. Everything has teething issues. Biggest one for the truck WAS that no-one wanted to be the first to scratch it! I think Seb crossed that one off the list today... Ty
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    Only hope your daughter doesn't colour it in or stick glitter and stars... Ty
  12. Ty Korrigan
    Rollers just stop on larger stuff from time to time, as if they lack hydro pressure. Aside from that it's a highly productive, quality machine. Ty
  13. Ty Korrigan
    Today, loaded to the gunwhales with beech. Good test of those twin turbos. I wanted to get stuck so I could try out the difflock but even loaded on soft ground the truck pulled off. Ty
  14. Ty Korrigan
    What's the story behind this piece of art or is it just photo shop? Ty
  15. Ty Korrigan
    Well... I'm certainly producing more chip now. Which is good because I may have an order for 170m3 come the Spring at the Chateau. TBH, the Quadchip is a great machine if rather fragile and totally overused by us. A Quadchip 190 was what I wanted but an Arborist 190 is what I got instead. Performance wise it's a major leap up. Alot quieter than the Quadchip. I think the rollers require more hydro pressure as they jam fairly often. The body work, well it's built like a Panzer. The Quadchip goes out with the climbing team. Chips smaller stuff, pruning waste. The 190 is for eating conifer hedges and all that nasty wood no-one wants. If 2 men can drag it, the 190 can chip it. Although this week we may have a bio-mass chipper on site which Top Trumps them both. I'll post images if I'm around to see it. Ty
  16. Ty Korrigan
    I would have waited until the wind dropped though... Ty
  17. Ty Korrigan
    Sorry Chap, I have no idea what you are talking about. It's a new chipper from G.M made in U.K. Ty
  18. Ty Korrigan
    First day out for the new truck. Road lane closure with traffic lights. 6m3 of chip by 11:30 then off to the weighbridge on the way back. 2.2ton of chip so 366kg per m3 of small oak and chestnut chip. We need to lower the drawbar on the 190 and lower the towball on the Iveco. The truck pulls very well loaded and is a totally different beast to the 3.5t Ty
  19. Ty Korrigan
    In France I found my tractor winch to be less expensive than the U.K as well as both of our John Deere tractors. The Husky top handle was much cheaper here but aside from that I've not many other examples. Hurray for internet shopping! Ty
  20. Ty Korrigan
    Growing a business... Never refuse work beyond your experience of competance, you can always sub it out with a margin on top. Always upgrade, whether newer, better or larger, don't stick with anything that holds you back from earning more and that includes employees and subbies. Avoiding bottlenecks in your waste management, reduce time to tip by using a second vehicle/trailer. Don't hide your business, be public, advertising on trucks, road side signs during jobs, decent web presence, FB, photograph your work, every-one in the same T'shirt/ uniform. Sounds like you've got the right attitude already! Best of luck with the future. Ty
  21. Ty Korrigan
    BOOM BUSH! I like saying that strangely...hhh! Ty
  22. Ty Korrigan
    A couple of bearings, a few bushes and a kingpin judging by a exploded diagram. There again, have you EVER known ANYTHING made fir our industry to be...inexpensive? I've drive belts in stock for the day they go. 300euros of belt....bleh! Ty
  23. Ty Korrigan
    Carlton's tech dept. in Spartanburgh South Carolina are worth calling even if it's just to hear that accent. Parts around 500 dollars and 6-8 hours work normally. Ty
  24. Ty Korrigan
    Any-one remember starting out and generally being clueless about pricing? I know I was. Seb and I are not A1 climbers. Our strengths lie in being able to find the work and assemble all the right elements to make a 'successfull' business. I'm not sure if successfull is the right word but when I look back to 2009 when I re-started in Rennes with a CS100, Kangoo and trailer, I do feel good about myself. Seeing our new truck and chipper together. Recieving an answerphone message from a happy client. Watching people in awe of my former apprentice climbing. All these contribute to a feeling that is, yes, perhaps awesome. Ty
  25. Ty Korrigan
    I'm not sure what that is. Just a 1993 licence with the 750kg towed restriction. In the process of changing the licence for a Frenchified version. Some say you get upgraded to a 12t gross train weight automatically. I'll not count any chickens before they are well... shown on my licence so to speak. Ty

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