josharb87

That's a fair sized tree!

It was a multi stem, where the split is marks the union of the lowest of the 4stems. Which was also the stem I left on after dismantling the other 3 then felled it from the ground

Gunpowder and cherry blossom green tea with a spoon of sugar

Couple more today

If you're being paid as a Uk subby its ok. It breaks down to 25quid an hour, which 'top of the game' subby climbers can achieve in the UK too. (200quid on an 8hour day) If you're a swedish tax paying subby, own kit, own van, if thats +VAT, 250sek is very low, inc VAT its shocking! (25%VAT, 51%tax) :lol: Yeah, who in the UK will work 14 hours a day 6 days a week? Quick way to save a fair whack!

Theres a bit of a knack/skill to grabbing and moving brash with the muck grab efficiently, having it flat on the ground and driving in is useless. i find it best to boom out half way, grab open, tines pointing down between horizontal and vertical, almost scratching the floor, then as you drive side on into the branches you kind of roll them up, up with the boom a little, pointing the tines down as you drive until they're all the way back which is actually down and a little towards the undercarriage. then pretty much stop, push down with the boom to crunch things up and grab. maybe a little more of a brash roll up if you can. If that pine stem on the deck was snedded out and not moved i reckon id have taken 2 grabs to get the main brash out, unsure on grabs on the timber, then boom out, tines down, and backed over the remaining mess to rake up the worst of the small stuff

And as I did, if over 21 you might as well do the C (any weight rigid) as it's pretty much the same test/cost

The 3.5 tonne variant without chip box has something pitiful like 500kg payload I believe that the point of +3.5t sub 7.5t is that the pre 97 licence holders can drive up to a combined vehicle and trailer weight of 8.25t, vehicle max 7.5t, trailer max 3.5t. so if driving a plated 7.5tonner, the maximum trailer allowed would be one plated at 750kgs. but if the truck was for example a 5.5t iveco daily, the trailer could be 2.75t-allowing a payload of about 2-5t on the truck and tow a big bandit chipper for example. going over 8.25t would need a C1+E as i understand Just found this, on certain old licences Vehicles between 3,500kg and 7,500kg carrying no more than 8 passengers plus driver with trailer over 750kg if combined vehicle and trailer weight isn’t more than 8.250kg

The west coast is beautiful, but a little damp at times....

Cheers The bottom cut is a snipe. Makes the spar slide off the stump a bit more softly Yes Stevie, hydraulic winch too!

Toothpaste won't help your crab bites mate. Sprinkle some sugar down there....doesn't kill them but rots their teeth out

Cheers Adam

Cheers tom and steve A fair bit big j, i had an idea about loading containers up with elm and oak and shipping them to the uk mills but that idea never took off, no one wanted to give me an idea of price they'd offer so couldn't figure out if it would be worth it

Had some fun with this old girl today. Dutch elm disease. Had a 6 story underground library archive under the tree, so had to be a bit careful with the size of chogs. Decorative stone work around (as seen in last pic) and a few up lighters to avoid. Not my job, Just hired in. Less than 2 hours later time for a water break, 34c... 88 with a 4ft bar... Got a timelapse filmed, will add to the thread when I've edited it

Those are the first (i think) realistic figures given in this thread Tom for what our jobs worth imo. I couldn't imagine coming back to the uk and working for some of the wages on here

Nice pics James!

You should be extremely happy with yourself for that, top class job!

31s good! is that mixed driving and towing? Have you had any problems with yours?

Very nice Eddie, is the hilux the 3.0? Auto? How'd you rate it?

Thats one hell of an adventure!

Depends on the gearing surely? I know that when you do you're hgv test they train you that 1st is only really for loaded/hill starts. starting off in 2nd is perfectly acceptable if the gearing is low enough. The iveco daily i used to drive was low geared, only needed first when towing the loader or loaded or on a hill new truck looks smart, looks like typical arb rubbish fell out the cab on the ldv!

Sits on its arse if loaded to the original sides (well the single cab does anyway) Would have thought the 4x4 crafter would make a better option

that is rough, condolences to you and those also who've lost their nearest and dearest

That first picture is awesome!

I like it, quick scan through though, the over use of capital letters i find annoying. On the home page, between the trees, you have "Sectional Felling / Dangerous Limbs Removed / Crowns Lifted & Thinned...." It might be correct to use capitals in titles i just think it looks wrong! Then next to the picture you have a list of services, some of the 2nd words have capitalisation, some don't. Then I guess forres is a place? in which case it needs a capital F. I think your phone number should be split up, now its 01340810481, i think it should be 01340 810 481, make it easier to see the area code. Firewood page, Morray needs a capital M. I had to re-read this sentence a few times "2m3 which equates to 4 ton bags" 4x1 ton bags or a single 4 ton bag? "David Wakekley Tree surgeons, Bankhead Cottage, Carron,Aberlour,Banfshire,AB387QP, Te..." add some spaces after some of the commas I know its being picky, but small details matters