Gray git
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Clearly a case of "well it aint my tool" syndrome...
Gray git replied to wisecobandit's topic in General chat
Too true felix!! Last time anything go's out without an opperata, won't guarantee against breakage but at least I know who to question and bill if it's misuse as apposed to misshap. -
I made the hole's, like a little trap door so I could climb up the middle and poke my head up and do the top in 2 stages, getting down was harder as everything was trying to grab hold of any bit of clothing. If only they had let me cut down a scabby little plumb tree I could have got cherrypicker in and really done a neat job of the beech, yews were all ladders and long reach as didn't want dints in them from leaning ladders against them like last contracts did. Just found out over a ton of yew clippings which have gon to friendship estates for cancer treatment drugs:thumbup:
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Clearly a case of "well it aint my tool" syndrome...
Gray git replied to wisecobandit's topic in General chat
Lent my rg13 to a friend of a friend who apparently was very good with machines and just needed a small grinder too get into 1 small stump. When he dropped it off all was fine according to him and did an excellent job, as it was late and I was in the middle of childrens bedtime I just stuck it in the garage. Next day found teeth worn completely away(never manages this before) and a cracked bairing casing, dismantle it to find other bairing totally fubar and a big grove worn in the shaft, pully bent, 2shredded belts and a big chew mark in the top guard where the teeth had been hitting it. £300 quid later and I have a working grinder again but strangely the lad never answers any of my calls to cough up for it. Not happy!! -
It's actually my fs 90r strimmer with the head swapped over to a hedge cutter off a dead Combi system. The dog is a legend and belong too the head gardener at the property, loves being around people working but hates noise so solution found ;-)
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Story chair and 30 mushrooms seats delivered to my daughters school for part of there outdoor classroom project. Got a few benches still too do but not sure about design as they want solid chunky and rustic but still be able to reposition them by hand, almost impossible speck me think so going to draw up a few ideas and go see the head.
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That depends on how many staff were on site, did they turn up with £100k worth of gear which ment they could do in that time what would have taken another company 2days, pre work starting were tpo reports and applications needed which take knowledge and time. Insurance... Wages are only a part of the daily running costs of a tree firm which is something iv found young lads out of collage or still at college coming to me for work placement seem to struggle to grasp this concept that just because I'm paying them,x and charging y that I'm earning myself a mint and living the shampain lifestyle, I wish! Saying all that over 2k is quite a lot.
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3 days for 2 of us of solid hedge cutting, no tidy up just cut and move on, 2 days on big yew stacks that were planted in 1902 then this monster beech. Iv actually climbed up the middle with the long reach to be able to do the 12' wide top. 12ltrs of aspen used and no bad head's which is about the only bit that don't hurt tonight!
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Good luck too them, that's some amount of work and time to free the logs in that lot!
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What you also have to remember is, and this works both ways between employees and employers that generally local firms know each other and word spreads about bad staff being unreliable so getting work is harder but also about bad employers so getting workers is harder. It's back to the team thing and a trust thing and remember **** does happen to us all at some point.
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That is a big stick, hope you don't have to ring it up!?
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These are from workware, most handy ladders iv ever owned. How many others could set up like this?
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Sorry if I've missed a post in this thred but how will this affect a nill rated tractor, will I still need to apply to have nothing sent too me and pay nothing to have the valtra logged on the daterbase yearly :what: Or will the system be clever anough too do it automatically till told otherwise. And when selling a tractor do I get a £0.00 refund transfered to my account
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That's a mad price for blades which I didn't want to hear as mine just cracked in half today :-( Prob just as well getting a whole new head as knowing my luck if I replace them the gears will go in s few jobs time.
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Tried that, my Mrs is of the thinking that if I do it badly the 1st time I'm made to do it again till it's right so now I get a man in to do the stuff that'll take me a lot longer..
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Yes so ideal for call outs and when we need big trailer on site the rb can take that so still only running two vehicles too site.
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Done the same and got new toy to help with the workload, need to uprate the rear serspension as she handles like a boat but the boom is rock stedy with hardly any movement as you work. Get a few decent locker boxes found for a bit of gear and jobs a goodun
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Freaky Ian, almost said something when you said you are from Thirsk but didn't quite link it together lol.
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Ah cool that makes sense will have a look tonight back in the yard, cheers.
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What we need is a slim line backpack battery like a camel back shape with a lead out the bottom that also acts as a saw lanyard for the top handle saw and anough power to give a climber anough cutting time for an average day without recharging. Hedgecutting yes! Backpack battery as cable will be short semi retractable so shouldn't come in contact with the sharp bits it'll be lighter quieter and smell even nicer than aspen
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Looking on a few landy parts websites at trailer light sockets of a td5 and it comes as a kit that just plugs in.... Where? Need to get me a new Haynes manual for this 1, so used to 200tdi it's all a bit different.
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Glad we don't have to cut and chip at that pase every day but what can you do when only allowed a 1day closure when you request 2days. All that chip and the quadchip only supped about 15ltrs of red stuff, excellent fuel economy! Was very proud watching how well a 4man crew worked so well as a single unit progressing down this Rd smoothly achieving the clearance :thumbup:
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I'm not the best time keeper in the world and freely admit it but when I come out and lads are waiting for me after I might have had to find sort a bit of paperwork etc and then start putting boots on going back to there car for bate bag with a ow didn't know what we were doing today I get a bit peeed off. As said by treequip, on time is early fulledressed, fed, with full bate etc for day next to truck.
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Horrible rotting ash tree today, the trunk virtually exploded when it hit the deck that's my 390xp for scale farmer picked out the few decent bits of firewood from the top and the rest was pushed into an almighty bonfire!
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That's getting like asking the difference between blondy and Debbie harry
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You can say that again!
