Big 'Ammer

Hasn't she been 'scaled down' recently!

How about Ulrika?

Rules and regs aside, a large telehandler with man basket is an excellent piece of equipment on the right sort of job.

Tidy.

Normally 10 -20 mile radius. We'll go anywhere if someone wants us, time, fuel, etc obviously factored into the price.

I have two apologies to make. 1. Gibby, sorry for derailing your thread. 2. SWB, I am sorry if you don't like my comments. I stand by the fact that doing tree surgery work in return for the logs that may make some money, someday, is a another nail in the coffin of an already struggling industry. The logs should be the iceing on top of the cake served for dessert. Not the bread that makes up the main course.

Late Saturday night, I'm only playing Devil's Advocate for a bit of fun. Clearly there is money to be made from selling firewood. However, I don't see how firewood from tree surgery waste can be more profitable than the actual work itself. To suggest that you can do tree work for nothing, because in return, you will get the raw materials to make, process, store & season, advertise and deliver a saleable article, is ridiculous. Aside from the fact, that while you are doing all this firewood, you are not doing any more tree work, and if you are doing less tree work you will have less raw material timber to make firewood from.... So you have to go back to doing tree work..... But, no-one wants to pay you for doing it, because last time you did it for nothing. And this time the customer wants to keep the logs for his wood burner. Ever decreasing circles.

Well, as long as you can find ash trees of that description to cut down 5 days a week .....

Reg, I tip my hat to you sir. When is your lowering device going to available to buy?

£240 according to SWB. And you get to cut them down for nothing as well. http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/180661-post341.html

Here you go Pete. Towing trailers or caravans with vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes : Directgov - Motoring It would seem, therefore that the gross weight of the towing vehicle doesn't matter, provided that the whole rig doesn't exceed 3.5 tonnes. Stick the chipper on the double cab, you drive the V8, the insurance will be cheaper! I was nearly right.

You should be ok. The EEC Kerb weight is the unladen weight, plus a driver, plus a tank of fuel. As long as vehicle kerb weight, chipper, and the weight of anything else carried on the vehicle ( people, tools, logs ) are under the Maximum Authorised Mass ( gross vehicle weight) you're alright. Remember, that this only works for trailed items over 750kg which can't carry a load themselves. So you can't tow an empty trailer weighing 750kg because it 'could' carry 2000kg. Hope this helps.

Whats the kerb weight of your Landy? 3050kg gross weight like mine? If the kerb weight and the chipper are less than the gross weight a post 97 driver will be ok.

It makes all the difference Pete. If you have a 3500kg towing vehicle, which weighs say 2500kg empty, like a transit, LDV, 3500GVW Landy, or whatever, you can tow up to the gross weight. Providing that you are not towing a trailer which can carry more than its unladen weight. A chipper is a plant item. It is not designed to carry a load. Its the same rule for caravans. An empty LDV tipper for example could tow about 1200kg and still be under 3500 kg gross weight. Its a grey area and is specific to the towing vehicle and the plant being towed.

Whats the M.A.M. (GVW) of your Landy?

What will it be towed by Pete?

I always file by hand.

I occasionally use a long tape sling with a Klemheist to make a quick balancer rig on a lowering line. Girth hitch onto branch with a karabiner.

You rascals! After further thought, I'm now leaning towards a rear lock. I don't fancy a front lock inadvertantly engaging due to the switch getting knocked or an electrical glitch as I'm going down the main road! If theres no significant advantage in having a front diff lock over a rear one, then a conventional rear one will probably suffice. If we reverse while pulling over a stem and the front starts to get a bit light, the weight of the vehicle is going to go on to the back wheels. I like Toms idea of the on board compressor for cleaning saws. Any more Landy boffins got any advice?

I don't want to do extreme off roading. I want a bit more grip on loose surfaces and don't want to scrat up customers lawns when pulling over trees. And I want to set off with a fully loaded trailer without making a mess either. The front axle lock would seem to make more sense for my purposes, but it doesn't seem the conventional thing to do??? Anyone else shed any light?

Wasn't him, Jim. Just a chuntering, greedy, redneck mate of mine.!

Greedy boards! The very pinnacle of greedy board construction was witnessed by myself at a branch of a well known pizza restaurent chain some years ago. A friend of mine took a small bowl and crafted said boards entirely from breadsticks and careful stacking and loading. Thus ensuring the 'one bowl per customer' rule was not breached, his appetite sated, and his budget not overstretched!

Front and rear lockers would be ideal, but a bit pricey. I'm thinking about one axle. If conditions were that extreme that all four wheels needed to be locked, the trailer would probably be bogged anyway. Likewise, if conditions were that loose or sticky,I wouldn't be contemplating using the land rover, I'd do it a different way. We often pull trees over with the landy. Its handy to reverse and the driver can watch the cutter easier. The weight of the engine is over the front axle. The trailer should really only put its nose weight on the back end. I don't load the back of the truck with a big lot of weight, its mainly tools, signs, cones, etc. I don't expect to need to travel any distance, and certainly not on tarmac, so I don't think steering would be an issue. So I was wondering whether a front axle lock would be more suitable for my needs, rather than the conventional rear axle lock as fitted to Jap pickups? Or, will it not make any difference?

I have been considering putting an axle diff lock on my 110 pickup for some time. This is to assist with pulling loaded trailers away on soft ground and with pulling trees over. Come on you landy boffins, should I put it on the front or rear axle, and give reasons why?

Great pictures, thanks for sharing!