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  1. Gray git
    Got caught up with some fixing today Slave cylinder on rb had popped last week so replaced, brakes had seized on ifor nd wrecked a tire so new 1 on and new pads in as nowt left, got the bench set up for sharpening greenteeth so while doing something a tooth can be set away. Serviced the chipper, new blades and cut out and welded a crack in the plate that holds the hood shut.
  2. Gray git
    Na would have still been worth it, don't quot me on it but should have been about 200 ish but how people charge for part days varies so much it's hard to say. Too drier timber or stuff that's slightly turned due to being standing dead or windblow can cause a lot of fines as can badly set up machine. Species can make a vast difference as well western red will produce a lot more fluff than pine and Spruce chips finer than larch, even the size of the timber can alter how it is presented to the drum and the size/quality of the chip.
  3. Gray git
    That's tosh, it won't produce as good chip as it's cleaving bigger chunks off the side rather then off the end grain but I've never seen a ring explode and as for causing damage have you ever seen how well built these machines need to be to cope with being fed by a crane all day. More likely they didn't have the skills to feed arb waste effectively as gathering up mixed shortwood and rings takes good control and more patience than just grabbing 2.5m + cordwood.
  4. Gray git
    That's a cracking deal on that especially with electric solenoid valve which could give you the opportunity to fit remote control should you want.
  5. Gray git
    That's complicated to add a value to as I help the owner out when he's stuck for an operator in exchange for use of the machine on odd jobs. If anyone is interested in the machine working for them it's busy daddy's on here so worth speaking to him as it's incredibly productiv on both biomass timber and whole trees for site clearance work.
  6. Gray git
    This is 1 of my favourites of his, always liked his ability to tell a story in song
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    For starters trying to shift softwood logs round here is nye on impossible and what you'd get probably wouldn't cover the wages needed to convert such mixed size arb waste, also included all the nasty bits of hardwood it's just not worth chewing on with to split and all the rotten stuff no one else wants,I did cut some larch logs out of the heap with the palax but only nice easy stuff for myself to mix in for early autumn and spring burns. Simply put my turnover would have potentially been more in logs but profit was definitely better in chip just simply in time saving so by lunchtime everything was done and I was off to another job and the next day everything was sold where logs it'd have been best part of a week for a man on splitter then no guarantee it'd sell till winter then probably in dribs.
  8. Gray git
    Why not consider getting a big chipper in and turn it into a salable product, did our heap which wasn't a patch on yours in 2.5hrs and got 90m3 of good quality biomass which I sold 60 for nearly 500quid as biomass and 20odd for play parks on 2 stattic caravan sites we were working on at 80 for 6m3 ifor load, money for old rope if you ask me
  9. Gray git
    Nice set of pi nd some big sticks , what's that crane on in 8th picture?
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    Holly tree

    Gray git replied to Gbaz's topic in Firewood forum

    Had a harvester driver say the same about rown trees, wouldn't cut them down with the machine even though they were in his way while clearing the windblow over them, quite happy for me to rip them out the ground with the botex but wouldn't let me cut them while he was on site.
  11. Gray git
    You've definitely missed your calling as a career motivational speaker 😜 Sadly you speak the truth and we have all been in that place, exactly how I started off on my own but soon said sod this for a game nd took the plunge on finance and the business has never looked back despite the stress that go's with it if your in it for the long haul sometimes it just makes sense.
  12. Gray git
    Did that come from Dean little in Carlisle by anychance, looks fermillior to 1 I hired of his some years back, it was a beast!
  13. Gray git
    Mmmmmm ale 🍺😍🍺
  14. Gray git
    😁👍ow yes it's a saver, couple this with a pantin and it's a flyer, really want to add a knee ascender into the system soon.
  15. Gray git
    Handy quick guide, thanks for link
  16. Gray git
    Ow yes, same back at you. you'd love my new flask http://www.stanley-pmi.com/store/stanley/en_US/pd/productID.324177700 I digress, people need to have properly worked in the industry or are still working in it to be really able to do these updates else it's just teaching grandma to suck eggs. More suitable for occasional uses or people who have had a brake from the industry
  17. Gray git
    Think this is why I'm getting on with getting qualified to train and assess, being experienced enough to deliver a usable update/refresher courses will be in higher demand over the next few years especially since recently iv come across and heard of more trainers who can deliver the expected level of training to satisfy the level to pass the tests but that's about where there level stops also.👎 Not saying all are like that as I know a few who still pull tricks out to blow us away 👍
  18. Gray git
    Especially since it's next to a busy road!
  19. Gray git
    Remove deadwood so monitoring of any decline within the crown is easier to see, light retrenchment of about 1 - 2 m on overextended laterals and possibly around 1m off the top but that's still to be decided then remove a ring of around 2 m around the stem, mulch and apply potassium phosphate to hopefully help with reactivate growth against the fungus.
  20. Gray git
    Drove past a tree we had has a survey done on a few weeks back and found these little beauties starting to show, interesting how they relate to the image.
  21. Gray git
    It hasn't but some of the big companies have taken it that you need it before working for them, the likes of ground controle, Balfour Beaty, Ringway, even some district councils are starting to ask for it. I can see the point in rescue and 1st aid refreshers but for everything is getting ridiculous.....
  22. Gray git
    I think if you're continued your training and done a higher ticket say large trees or cs50 within the last few years and are continually working within the industry you should be covered without being refreshed by someone who probably won't understand your system of work as it's far more complex than what could ever be taught on a conventional course Trainer I spoke to about doing some rescue and rigging refreshes wanted us back on prussic loops, no macanical climbing aids and definitely not using our x rings and rigging bollards as they were not fermillior with them so was decided it was a total wast of time and money as I'd be teaching them!?!
  23. Gray git
    Low top speed is the problem as we can cover bigger distances between sites especially working for County council on road jobs, tractor isn't out often but I'd think if it was quicker it's go out more. For what your doing it's absolutely fine.
  24. Gray git
    Really liking my 399, she's heavy and very stable on bad ground with ballasted tires, plenty of low down grunt off road but just wish it was faster on the road as by the time you get anywhere you've forgotten why you went. And that's the only reason why I'd change it.
  25. Gray git
    Just wouldn't happen here unfortunately, everything has to be minimal movement from site, as little landfill as possible and not so many tub grinders around, very affective way of doing it like! Especially on construction sites where all the roots will end up being dug out anyway. Drove past a site yesterday that is being developed that was cleared and stumps ground about a month ago, massive pile of roots in the middle from where they have pulled them up when doing the top soil strip before digging founds. Going to cost a fortune to get rid off unless they get a forest mulcher in to run over them but still expensive. That's why I'm always careful to find out what's happening with the ground afterwards before I start so expectations can be managed better - stump grinder...... not total root removal grinder! 😜

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