josharb87

Nah, general opinion is you’re pretty thick 

8 vs 2  on echo vs stihl 

I liked the 150, bit lackluster performance but quite an ok pruning saw, went through two of them then got the echo, revolutionary wee saw! Definitely in the top 5 saws released the past 10-15years, it’s what the 150 should have been. 

got it with the echo carving bar (tes-c) which is a rebadged tsumari I believe 

No problems with it, no retuning, and I don’t look after my saws/do maintenance tbh but do run aspen 

What advice are you after? 
 

Caddy 4 motion 

a car/estate/suv looks unprofessional imo. 
 

Inc 25% Vat 

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Probably. Closest I know off, you’d be just 50kg over with this one

2 hours ago, Dan Maynard said:

Depends on the emissions, pickups probably towards the top of the scale so say 35% for example . This means under company car rules you are taxed as if you have been paid cash equal to 35% of the list price of the car per year.

 

If you're earning in the 20% bracket then tax bill is 20% on that 35% of the list price say £30k, which would be £2100 per year. Obviously if you're in the 40% bracket you'll have to cough up £4200.

 

Electric vehicles sit at silly low tax rate, hence why so many company cars are electric despite high purchase price.

 

And @PeteB is working out if he can import a Tesla cyber truck.

is that if you’re using a company owned vehicle privately? 
 

What’s the road tax like on new pickups in the uk? 

What’s that all mean in practice then? How much would tax be? 

I’ll echo the others, a tirfor clone, great for the odd tree or when getting stuck.

 
slow and heavy but relatively cheap 

lives in a crate in the depths of the truck all but one day each year. 
 

just had a quick google, reckon the prices here have doubled since I got mine 5 years ago, mental 

Not on a Timberwolf, (they wouldn’t entertain the idea of hydraulic and I wouldn’t entertain the idea of electric)

But I had a 3,5t one on my Jensen, can’t remember the make, American, Ramsey perhaps?

if you’re spending a bit of dough in a winch and plate etc have a serious thought about going remote controlled - that’d really be the icing on the cake!
got a remote controlled hydraulic winch on my wee forwarder, improves winching efficiency immensely 

where are you planning to mount it? Under or above the hopper? Mine Was mounted low down under the hopper, brilliant for heavy work, pulling trees over, skidding whole trees, logs etc.

 there’s a Norwegian firm that supplies brackets to hold the winch over the hopper for dragging, less capacity, faster and remote controlled - good for dragging bundles of brash and tops straight up into the hopper 

On 21/01/2024 at 23:02, Mark Bolam said:

We have piss wet winters now.

The clay expands.

 

Our summers now are basically a drought.

Clay contacts.

 

Fell a couple of 100 year old oak trees.

 

Shitty house still subsides and shows cracking every year.

 

’It was the trees that did it’.

 

The planners that allowed it, the architect who specced the insubstantial  footings, and the builder who built it all just walk away.

 

The poor bastard next door who is the proud owner of two decent oaks is now facing a bill of thousands to remove them.

 

What a great world we live in.

great isn’t it! 
 

taking a snippet out of John’s link, This ultimately sets the shape of things that were to come, as the precedent set was one of outlining how a tree owner must be able to recognise that trees, by virtue of their mere presence, can cause problems. Failing to recognise this and deal with such problems appropriately is, therefore, negligent.

In which case building a house near established tree’s should also be a recognisable problem and therefore negligence on the planners part! 

Snap! 
 

100k of arb kit you say? 
 

reminds me of a mythical story 

Once upon a time, many years ago, there were two conifers…… 100ft tall he said……….

18 hours ago, Cain said:

Unfortunately rates are the rates hence why I started this conversation!!  I get payed the higher end of what contractors are getting up here. What do you get payed or pay ?? 

different country so irrelevant. Probably the equivalent of 250-300. A few years ago now though 
the two good subbys I had I wouldn’t have batted an eyelid if they upped their rate 20% over night. might not have been as many 1pm finishes though!

the bearably average guys wouldn’t have gotten any more work had they asked for even 1%  though.

tree works not rocket science, you don’t need to be clever or have a degree, it’s simple, grubby, grunty manual labour. 
 

there’s no such thing as market rate, just the balance point of a climbers productivity/money. 
 

it might just be that your productivity is only worth £200 a day. 
If you’re able to get shit done more efficiently/quicker there’s no reason the employing company can’t get through more work that day and therefore pay more. 

Just like bringing a machine to site, you don’t necessarily charge more, but you get the job done quicker so can do another job that day, upping the daily turnover.

52 minutes ago, Cain said:

Done that for years trying to wynd down a bit but still work bloody hard so no shortage of people that want me just the rates are crap but thanks for your detailed input on the subject. 

if there’s no shortage of people wanting you, up your rates! 
 

people want you because you’re either cheap and good, or cheap and bearable/average.

True, if you’re the latter and up your rates you’ll be unemployed 

if you’re good, you’ll still be needed

Seen quite a few, normally with a Volvo BM (Swedish brand in Sweden I guess) 

why? Better maneuverability than a tractor and trailer would be my guess 

Waste of time, waste of a container and waste of logs

but it looks pretty! 

Well I best be the odd one out  and say at least some of it looks like oak, first pic to the left, colors and how the fibers have split 

but as the others, I’d be extremely happy to be paid £300 for that! 

10 hours ago, Mesterh said:

It's called being part of a society. .

 

are “van-lifers” part of society though?! 

for some kids the school dinner is the only decent meal they’ll get, there’s much more to school than education.

Alex, Eggs, I’m being a bit presumptuous, but neither of you have kids? 
 

“over here” spend about £100 a year in dentists, prescriptions, chiropractors, doctors etc and the rest is free. 
 

(school dinners is obviously free too 😉)

Just twist their necks

Should be done by the 250th revolution 

Snows here!

Years back working in Cambridge for a scientist who was on one or many spectrums-

“any chance of a cuppa tea?”

”oh, er, yes, I’ve only got red tea, is that ok?”

(Diddnt know wtf red tea was) 

“yeah sure”

“I’ve only got goats milk, That ok?”

(again never had goats milk)

”yeah ok, you got any sugar”

”yes! Brown sugar….”

I took a sip, and tried to hide my disgust 

my colleague took a sip

spits It out “THATS FCUKING DISGUSTING, WHAT THE FCUK IS THIS SIHT!”

(followed by vomiting gestures)! in front of the customer 

Fantastic!

Black Friday

 black week

even seen black November! 

Thanks America 

1 minute ago, AHPP said:

Crossed wires there. See edit above.

Returning to matter at hand, what battery saw are you talking about that runs out of oil before battery? I've got a Stihl 120 and 220 and they run out of battery before oil, as they should.

quite ok for a retard to make mistakes 😉

husqvarna backhandle, can’t remember the model 

maybe my sharpening is just so awesome it’s no effort for the saw?!