monkeybusiness

Over £700k I believe...

Yeah, Oliver has done a couple of jobs for me. Awesome setup and very good at what he does. Make sure you stack tidily and keep everything free of contamination - he can get rid of hundreds of tonnes in a day.

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Sounds like a real bargain too - got to be worth £10k plus surely?

Stack it up and then get Oliver Lord to chip it for you with his Albach - I don’t think there’s a faster, more efficient way of getting rid of lots of trees if you have the access and space.

Get the builders merchants to come and spray oil over the rest of your wall and drive so everything is evenly stained...

You lot are weirdos getting excited about how good looking a saw is! The ‘ugly’ panel gap is to allow the AV mounts to work - saws are built in two halves (one for each hand) held together with rubber and/or springs.

Definitely don’t use stokboard as a fixed trailer floor as it moves a hell of a lot with temperature changes. If the trailer has sides then consider using a slightly undersized 3mm sheet as floor protection instead of ali though - it’s incredibly resilient stuff!

And??!! How does it compare to an 880?

This time of year with dark nights and often stormy noisy weather always plays into the hands of the thieving dirty scumbags - layer up your security as best you can and don’t tell anyone about the measures you’ve taken. It’s a pandemic sadly, in reality a matter of time before anyone is a victim of it.

That tree hasn’t grown there overnight/over the last 5 years etc. To cut everything back to boundary is ott in my opinion - is this a relatively new resident by any chance? However, if you end up taking the job and the council stand by their (rightly justifiable imo) guns and won’t grant you access unless working to their spec then just take a caravan or two and chuck on some fake plates. The local authority will even lay on welfare facilities and clear up all your brash/shit/anything else you choose to tip on their land FOC (think of the profit!!!).

No - it’s Clark’s product made by them. Nothing to do with Stihl.

I bought a load of Cut and Climbs for the lads many moons ago - Clarks made them out of an orange material for us and they were lovely (but expensive) things. Unfortunately the feedback from the guys was not at all positive - they reckoned they were too hot and similar to wearing a crisp packet... It was probably the fabric used as I’ve never heard anything other than glowing praise for the standard Cut and Climbs.

I’ve just gone down this path and started a similar thread on here a few weeks ago (for both climbing and groundwork in our case) which had some good replies and is worth looking at (I don’t know how to link it but am confident you’ll know how to find it Steve!...). If money is no object then Swazi gear from New Zealand looks amazing. I put the question to my preferred supplier and their list of recommendations is below - I then gave the lads the choice and we’ve gone for the Harkie Innovation smock. It is early days but they seem great quality, very waterproof and hard wearing. Pretty warm though (although there is a sawdust skirt inside which is apparently removable that may help let some heat out). Arbortec Breathedry Smock- very popular, lightweight, comfortable to wear, aimed at climbers – needs treating with NikWax now and again. Stein X25 Exo jacket Fairly new- Designed for the network rail contract, better than the last Stein jacket, added comfort features. Harkie Innovation II smock, fairly robust fabric, little heavier than others, not a bad shout if you are prone to ripping your jackets. Lyngsoe Hi Viz Jacket – Strong fabric, waterproof, probably not ideal for climbing as a little bulky, well priced. SIP Keiu jacket – Comfy, breathable, not too heavy – but jacket is a zip style, and the hood is it a bit weird when rolled in and tucked out the way. SIOEN Mildura rain jacket – not in our current stock but we can order it in pretty quickly and has great word of mouth feedback for de veg crews on NWR contracts, looking at around £130ex. Pfanner nanosheild rain jacket, pretty much goretex but they use Sympatex– brilliant quality, not overly heavy, but need to take out a mortgage though! The hi viz orange one is £165ex vat each.

Cable ties are a great shout - I bet you could fit them straight to the brackets and not need the plywood backing either. You may need to drill the holes out (or drill a new pair of central holes) to accept the big ties possibly.

If they are only temporary then strap them on using your plywood method. Screws into bark (and not relatively deep into the timber below) will potentially fail anyway.

Make the alarm trip wherever their first point of contact is - no point them having plenty of time to break through your perimeter without your knowledge. And layer up, don’t rely on one deterrent. Make it as hard as possible for the bastards!

Not worried about you Mick - France is probably a bit too much of a trek for the majority of dirty thieving scumbags who do their research on uk forums! There used to be a brilliant poster on here called Dean Lofthouse who regularly put pics and vids of his setup on the forum and was then subject to multiple break-ins. Possibly unrelated, but also possible that he’d dangled a carrot in front of the great unwashed and they had the opportunity to do their homework before ‘going shopping’. He has now disappeared from the forum as far as I’m aware (I hope he has dropped off the radar to reduce any suspicion that any missing pikies have anything to do with him - with a bit of luck he managed to exact some form of revenge somewhere along the line!!!).

Don’t want to be a kill-joy but be careful what you post on here/the internet in general. There are prying eyes everywhere sadly, and pikies are all over this site and any others to do with easy-to-steal-and-sell-on machinery.

How many hours on her Steve?

What’s going in the 1928 Safetrak in the future Pete?

£1000 a week on a plate sounds good to me - no fannying around with customers etc. If it’s a proper firm it’s a no-brainer surely?!

I agree entirely. Make as many enquiries and as much noise as you can, and don’t be brushed off by the powers that be if you manage to uncover any leads. Every victim of theirs needs to do this wherever possible to raise awareness and make life harder for them as far as I’m concerned. Don’t expect any sort of acceptable outcome though, as you will almost definitely be disappointed. Just hope that unending pain and misfortune comes to these snivelling thieving unwashed inbreeding scum at some unexpected moment.

Sadly, from a law point-of-view they won’t be idiots. They are definitely very clued up con-men well versed in what they will easily get away with. Your neighbours have been ripped off by members of a massive criminal enterprise that exists in plain sight in our society, and is apparently pretty much immune from the law. They don’t have traceable trading addresses, property, or even names - it isn’t possible for the systems of society that we law-abiding ‘normal’ people are subject to to locate and prosecute them as they know and exploit the systems inside out. Once you employ them you are on their terms - you will definitely end up poorer though!

Your best bet is to get another phone and ring them as a ‘totally new customer who has received a flyer’ (you obviously need to try and find out which other letter boxes have been targeted). Ask them to quote a massive tree removal at a different address, and be ready to ambush them outside that address at the organised time. Take firearms and a disguise, and arrange a watertight alibi before the event. You will unfortunately never get yours or your neighbour’s money back (accept that now), but you will get revenge and do the world a massive favour! Also, spread the word that anyone touting for business flyering letterboxes is not to be entertained. There are many many brilliant tree surgeons out there - only employ one recommended by friends/friends of friends etc. There is no need to use anyone totally unknown (this won’t guarantee a pain-free experience, but will definitely improve your chances of getting a decent firm in).