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Good job chaps. When the winch started to go down in pitch I was waiting for the landy to appear sliding across from the right of the screen! You could have anchored the landy with your tirfor if someone had remembered to bring you it back on time.....

Brilliant news Ian! Glad to be of help.

Thanks for clearing that one up Kev.

Narrow chippers should have a flexible marker that folds out on each side so you can see where they are to reverse them with a chip box truck.

Get it copyrighted Phenom and take a royalty on every one sold!!!! Funny, as when my old boss first got a chipper in the early 90's he thought about firing the chips straight into bags to sell. I said it was a waste of time cos it would it would obviuosly shred the bags and I was not going to be the one holding them! What you need is a capped funnel to decelerate the chips so they fall into the bags, and pointed to the one on the roof of the woodyard I used to work at that was above the shavings loft that collected from the cyclone. About five years later Greenmech invented this! It was on one of their leaflets with a machine for councils to drive about and chip hoseholders brash and leave it bagged for them.

Thats what I was told. Kev, is it correct then that those who have cs47, but don't have cs39, cannot use a top handled saw in a mewp?

Phil is the man! They very kindly faxed me a wiring diagram when I had to replace the box and rewire the first 222 I had. It was the shorter bodied one with the 2cyl ruggerini engine. The grey box was behind the panel near the hyd filter under the hopper on that one and a tw@t to get at!

One of the first jobs we did with the 4cyl turbo 222 was felling a big leylandii hedge. 2 lads chipped 34m3 with that machine in a day! (2 x 12 tonne grain trailer loads heaped up) Your no stress might be shot, but have you had a flat battery, or disconnected the battery on the 222? If so, it could just be that the rev counter gizmo needs resetting, its easy to do, like an old digital watch. Sorry if I'm teaching you to suck eggs, but it did it once on mine and thats all it was, less than 5 mins to sort. I actually found it ran better set just slightly lower than recommended, as it would take the average sort of branch that you put in and chip it in one without tripping the no stress, just as you got to the last couple of feet and the revs were dropping, the turbo would kick in, and pick it up again. At standard setting it used to trip earlier and pick up speed without the turbo kicking in, so it wasn't really doing anything unless you were feeding it with logs. Sorry for wandering off a bit, but this may help Ben.

23metres?

21m / 69feet

Don't know about NPTC MEWP certs on sites as opposed to IPAF, but in theory any form of approprite training should be satisfactory. I had a discussion recently with a NPTC trainer and assessor about this. No one should be using a chainsaw in a basket unless:- 1. they are a certificated MEWP operator, either NPTC, IPAF or LANTRA or other recognised training provider, and 2. they hold CS30,31,and 39. OR CS 30,31 and 47. No-one who holds CS39 only should be doing any lowering, rigging or pulling tops off with a tag line unless they additionally hold CS41. Those who are not climbers without CS39, but who hold CS47 are not permitted to use a top handled saw in the basket. Basically, the minimum accepted by HSE is some form of aerial chainsaw training, either CS39 or CS47. ( I assume the older aerially saw tickets will count as well) The guys on your site with mewp and ground felling tickets are not properly covered, they should be getting CS47 if they are not climbers.

Agree with that Ed, I had an ex council LDV for 4 years and really flogged it to earn a living. It was nothing special but for what it cost to buy and maintain, and for what I got back for it on sale, it was one of the best investments I have made.

A shedload of LDV's?

The Tunnissen 190 is a newer version of the Kwik Chip 222, of which I have had two and was very pleased with both. The Tunnissen has a clutch rather than direct drive and a newer engine. A few other bits and bobs and yellow paint work. Kwik Chip was the UK brand name for Tunnissen. They had TS on the back of the hopper. Stands for Tunnissen Spezialmachinen or something Germanic. VIN plate said Tunnissen on. If a turntable version of the 190 been available at the time I changed machines, I would have seriously considered it.

I think Buzzsurgeon does or used to do something like this. PM him.

Doesn't always work perfectly though! Last Friday night, filled the trailer fuullllll of logs, daft groundy had backed it up just off the hard standing, but not so you'd see. Went to set off and trailer wheels sunk in, it wouldn't set off with diff lock in. Had to give a tug out with the Jensen and a chain! Set off no bother , which was good, cos I didn't fancy unloading 2 1/2 tonnes of wood at 5.55pm on a friday!

I've had 4 landy and trailers of chip away off a job today (24m3) and tipped them at the back of the site up a muddy track. I'd would have been stuffed in the van, no way would it have travelled. Back tomorrow for more. Tranny is out on a pruning job, so the advantage of two vehicles over one larger one with more capacity is you can do two different sites on the same day, or take everything when theres more to shift.

You could knock another 200kg off for you, groundy and a ladder. Then knock off your diesel can, brush, shovel, rake, cones, signs, etc. Add the chipper nose weight and it all gets rather depressing....

How are you finding the Teupen 15 John, now you have had it a while? Do you like it for the type of work you use it for? Which other models did you demo?

"When does a person become a Tree Surgeon?" When the landscapings gone quiet, theres no grass to cut, no-one wants a new fence, all the hedges are trimmed and the drives are power washed, gutters are cleaned out, short walls, patios and decking are finished, etc, etc, etc...... Or they seem to doing round our way anyway! They're all at it, were tripping over the beggars, after all its easy isn't it? All you need is a bloody saw! And they charge a fortune, they're raking it in ......

Forewarned is forearmed, after the last time with you. The first thing I asked McSarnie was would he like my wife to make him a packed lunch. He insisted not, but I just think he was being polite. This time he drank my water.

Does it go away at 40+ when you get a bit steering lock on, like going round a tighter corner? If so, sounds like panhard rod bushes to me.

Many thanks to Pete McTree for his help with the lime 'pruning' job! - Not my spec! An excellent piece of work in bad conditions of on and off sleet. Pete had to keep coming down to warm his hands up and change gloves. Thanks also to Dave and Chris, and not forgetting 18 Stoner (pete) who only called in for a natter and was put to work on the chipper! Heres a couple of pics of me doing the last lime yesterday.