Gray git
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We have had a few local authoritie jobs where a mewp was in the job spec due to storm damage or decay but no reason the trees couldn't have been felled with a road closure but if they want to pay, fine. It's more when I spec correct traffic management and pedestrian controls and B comes along with a lad in a vizy vest waving his arms at the traffic and 3 cones that I get annoyed. I use mewps a lot and hence own 1 as it suits the work we do and is more for ease and speed than for safety although I do believe not being knackered ringing down a big stem will make it safer. Some jobs I charge for it being there some I don't but it makes it faster so we make more that way others it'd be a PITA and in the way so we climb, as said it's all down to how you assess the job. To add iv been on the receiving end of sour grapes and had another contractor try and stir it with a large client after my bid was excepted and not his which was purely down to the size of equipment we took to the job making it far faster.
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Meetings with remarkable trees, the Arbtalk version
Gray git replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Picture Forum
Like someone said, size isn't everything. -
Bout time i had meself a picture thread....thread.
Gray git replied to sean's topic in Picture Forum
You're a star, I'm more than likely going to take you up on that offer as the way the wife is talking it's a when not an if anymore! Thats a pto chipper out the window for a while I guess but having a work space at home out the lounge will be nice. -
Bout time i had meself a picture thread....thread.
Gray git replied to sean's topic in Picture Forum
Last but 1 is a really nice image, black and white of winter trees just works so well, if we get to afford the house extension nd another bedroom to turn the box room into my office I'd want something like that quite big infront of my desk 👍 -
Nice Is that a blue 6x6 landy in some of the shots? Yours?
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End of financial year so trying to make a bit extra profit and a running on red conviction is quick easy and takes little further investigation with a decent fine!
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You will find it fills better if you turn the feed speed down a little Mick, say around 3 with the forst, it looks slow but you can keep piling stuff in and hardly have the stress controle come in and the chip just pores out butifully often have ours side by side like this and tend not to loose much at all.
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Nice Going to make a effort this summer to get some drone footage done and into my videos
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Often don't chip nd just stack in a safe place to come back in daylight to clear up properly but we have had angry people in pj's going mad at 3am when we have had the need to clear a road in the middle of a village, always a good laugh 😁
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540xp then back to a 201 what's going on 😉 Cool work, looks tiring up N down on spikes like that but at least no tidy up.
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We use the back handled battery saw as a chipper saw as it's so quick to pick up nd just nip a bit off to help feed it in rather than pull starting a cold saw for a 3sec cut and the top handle is definitely a favorite for pruning especially reductions as light and lovely to use at full stretch if needed, also used them for nighttime call outs around homes where the saws have become known as the stealth saws because of the lack of noise, can't wait till technology allows them to make something of 560xp power with an hour's run time.
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We think it's about 6-8ton from what we can find out, never stopped it pulling yet as without chocks it just drags the truck around 1st.
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That's very good, lifelike 👍
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I can still see the panic in Sonia's face when he was talking about not coming on anymore "#### we are actually going to have to talk to each other again " He must have more time for working now although I suspected his text allowance has had to be increased 😉
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6 for normal conifer 4 for hardwood as gives a nicer chip 3for full size timber 2 for micro chip if we are running out of room in the truck or need it to come out a bit more gently like filling the last bit of the trailer.
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Visas looking pickaroon on top as well, home made?
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It's brand new, should have been fine!
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Top man, I'm only up to 150hrs on mine in 6month but it's only running when it's chipping, tracked machines will always have more because they have to get themselves to the job 1st. Have you seen the funky new features on the hill climber version where it has an electronic hydraulic pump so if the engine go's down for whatever reason it can still be tracked off site nd to a point it can be sorted, just shows they are really thinking!
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Thought you might like this picture from today's burn up
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Stop you rough gets busting it 😜
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You tried to keep up with the st8 didn't you, foolish on your own! Hopefully your good again soon, hate a bad back!
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Surprised hannah didn't just tell him he was a prat and to leg it, must have been under orders to behave. Scary how a little misplaced knowledge could cause something very dangerous!!
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The machine we had on demo had a similar tendency to not want to pull stuff in to the point we battled to get a bit of conifer in to no avail so started the quadchip and just fed it in much to the surprise of the rep. Not nearly as bad as your machine sounds but I was sadly very disappointed with its ability to pull stuff in aa was really expecting good thing after the truly awesome little quadchip. Keep us posted how you get on...
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I got some cobra bracing sheath and put it onto the rope so it it's running over anything it can run through it to protect it, ours has had plenty of unsympathetic treatment and lasted fine.
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That looks realy impressive!
