Big 'Ammer

Two combi spanners with the ends bent over and some baler band made an emergency front prop universal joint on a Roadless Super Major. Got me out the woods and back to the toolbox, still with a big elm log on the back.

According to the photo they were felled in February 2011. Should be quite valuable now they are seasoned.

No harm in enjoying your work and a skidsteer beats dragging it out by hand. Sometimes the only way to see if somethings going to work is to have a go at it. Tree's on the deck, they all got paid and went on to the next job. Happy days. Most people would have tackled that tree differently. I like to see how others do things and its good to discuss the merits and faults of their techniques.

Nicely done, elms good to steer. Nipped the nose of your bar though.

We have a couple of beer knotted long slings made up from the excess of some ratchet strapping I cut off. Live in the bowels of the truck somewhere, but there if needed.

Nice one. Liking the conifer fell.

I was going to say £340 incl. seemed about right. £180 hire £40 each way delivery/collection Plus Vat =£312 15% hire insurance. =£27 £339 all in.

double post????

What sized tracked mewp? Was it plus vat or including vat?

Is that including or plus vat? Who's doing the cutting, the mewp operator or you?

Depends how they died .....

If the bags too heavy, put the clippings in a heap and have a fire. No one will be able to say you're not qualified, will they.

I've had both and they are great when new, but both have had the problem with material shifting inside near the little toe and rendering them unwearable. 3 pairs of Tibets and 1 pair of Pros, 2001-2009. Pfanner Tirols May 2009 - today, only just nicely broken in, still on the original soles, loads of life in them yet. You pays your money .....

Swilling it off with a scoot of mix from the combi will take less than 3/4 minute of fannying around.

We don't know the circumstances of what actually happened to the men whilst the accident happened, so we can't speculate on how they were actually injured. What I do see time and again on sites, is other trades using MEWPS and sure, they'll maybe have a harness on, but with a Fall Arrest pack and lanyard. If I ask them, they shrug and say its what the boss has issued them with Mewp operators should have a short Fall Restraint lanyard to hold them in the basket in the event of an incident. I'd rather not wear one at all than wear a fall arrest pack. I don't fancy being ejected from the basket and then being fastened 10 feet on the outside of the basket like a giant conker on a string as it goes down. It would be like a medieval trebuchet. At least if your still held in the basket, you have some light protection. I always wear a work postioning harness with a short lanyard, I can then add a rope and access the tree if I want to. If I'm working at three metres or less, say cutting a hedge, I won't bother. If I'm working over water i won't wear one either.

We just dab a bit of copper grease on the threads every so often and it tightens and slackens ok?

If the OP has a 281, it would probably tell you to clean the filter like that in the manual. .....it does in my 262 handbook.

Doesn't anyone rinse them out with 2 stroke mix anymore?

Cheers Rob. From my perspective, with logs like that, I would prefer to have the site cleared and tidy when we finished the job, rather than more mess be made at a later date by another party. ( Not a dig at you mate, just generally speaking, as have had some poor experiences in the long past with involving other people in timber removal from site.) If the same logs were available for collection from a yard and could be loaded into your vehicle for you to take away, how would this affect their value?

Tragic, just a couple of people getting on with their job. RIP. Hope the injured guy pulls through ok.

Rob, did you pay £70 for the timber and remove it off site or did you pay £70 for the timber and mill it in situ? If it was the latter, did you clear up the debris from milling? We have had a woodmizer and operator in on occasions to mill timber to customers requirements, but I have no experience of chainsaw milling.

Good move Chris. The roads like a river and the drains can't cope at the moment.

Its torrential here, Chris. Office day for me.

This lad is making a nice straight job of it. Wouldn't fancy clearing up after him though. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrw5kxCmSRg&feature=related]Tree - Shelter belt Trimming, Hororata, Canterbury, New Zealand - YouTube[/ame]

Then you have still set the mewp up in the wrong place.