tree climber

Hi, I'm really sorry but they have already gone I had advertised elsewhere

Hi I have a copy of modern Arboriculture and body language of trees id be willing to part with if interested

Depends on how heavy duty it has to be in relation to material you are moving timber and aggregate wise a fordson major, david brown selectamatic, Massey Ferguson 165 or nufffield are all good choices good range of parts available and all still capable of a good days work, id personally choose a fordson major, easy to work on can drop a ford cargo engine straight in for extra power if needed can get a 3 tonne winch on the back and mower etc so universal id expect to pay anything from 800-1000 for a half decent one a bit more for a restored painted up one same for the other tractors above although massesys can be dearer and multi power ones can be troublesome if you want something a bit bigger and 4wd zetor are a good choice cheaper than more well known brands although pretty basic they are well built can get one for anywhere between 1000-2000

that would be great thanks very much, will keep you posted

I doubt she would appreciate it!!! I blame it on touch screen phone just as well she dosent look on here otherwise I would be in the dog house, however just in case she is I meant my lovely wonderful wife..!!

UThanks for the advice guys. Yeah I meant 3.5 gross weight, will be pulling a fergie tractor and topper/logsplitter most of the time, but will need sides for logs and carrying round bales of hay for wides horses!! So will take advice and price in what I need and see what figures I come up with, the only benefit of this one is I know exactly what it has done as its only had one owner being used for moving coils of land drain pipes, hadnt thought about buying new but may look in to it, wont be used everyday so not sure if I can justify a brand new one would be nice though!!

has any one else had issues with husky 357xp starting to shake themseves to bits after a while, i find im constantly tightening up the screws holding exhaust and main handle up, cutting gear sharp and depths ok and av mounts changed regular any ideas what the cause may be? also it has started the annoying habit of stalling as soon as i put it down then have to choke to re start again any ideas have tinkered about flushed fuel system out etc but no luck up till now has been an awesome saw any advice appreciated thanks:thumbup1:

just after a bit of advice ladies and gents thinking of selling my ifor williams twin axle trailer as its too small to fit my tractor and topper on, i need to sell this to fund buying a bigger trailer. a mates dad has an indespension twin axle for sale will take 3 and a half ton good tyres floor brakes etc but has no sides and no ramps and he is asking £1000. do you think this is a realisitic price without sides and ramps as its just essentially a flat bed at the moment and i would have to buy ramps and sides for it to be any use. Any advice would be appreciated cheers

i have been meaning to do the isa for a while, i have the old workbook so would probably need to update it for new questions extra? just wondering if you had to become an isa member to take exam?

i did some work with the company i previously worked for, for Griff Rhys Jones, went and did work at his house a couple of times, really nice place only met him the once though and that was briefly, he spent most of the time poking about in the undergrowth and tapping trees with a stick!!

hi everyone not sure iof right place to post this but here goes off on holiday to devon/north cornwall border near Bude on saturday, just wondered if anyone local may be able to tell me if there are any good arboretums or cool tree places to visit. i have looked up in internet but can only find obvious ones like Exmoor and Dartmoor national park. May get in trouble for taking work with me as supposed to be on honeymoon !! but seems a shame not to take a look at some places while there!! cheers fellas

hi joe, the chainsaw sawbenches are quite good i have used a few before, im suprised you havent got a big sawbench for the back of your dexta yet!!

i also worked for Mick for several years, throughout my time with him at eastwoods he helped and encouraged me to progress as a climber and a tree surgeon with training and by giving me the opportunity to just get out there and do the job, i appreciated everything he did for me, RIP Mick

dont know if im being daft but i cant seem to find how to register for the christmas raffle, checked my inbox and cant find anything, anyone steer me in the right direction?!!!

i can honestly say i wouldnt choose to retrain in anything else, sure it has its bad days but imo the good definately outways the bad, nothing like going home after a big takedown or reduction thats gone just right, not many jobs where you get such a mixed group of people who all genuinely enjoy their job as you do in the tree world either, just my opinion anyway!

Thank god its not just me who cannot stand those stihl wire ear deffs, i really like my stien helmet but i just cannot wear it with those peltor things, i shall definately be either buying some adaptors or just redrilling the sordin ones i have!!!

cheers for the help guys, i shall follow the advice and hopefully that will cure the problems!!

hi guys was using the timberwolf t150 the other day chipping a load of conifer and poplar brash all going well till after lunch, when putting in brash of pretty much any size the engine started struggling almost sounded like it wasnt firing right even when the stress control had engaged, the rollers seemed to be spinning faster than normal as well. if you backed off the revs though and then put it back up to full it ran fine again all would be well for a few minutes and then same thing would happen was wondering if it may be a possible fuel problem as the tank was about a quarter full and seems to be a fair amount of crud in there, wondered wether it may be sucking this in under load as the tank is low, just wondered if any of you guys had any similar problems in the past or any ideas what it could be?

it is a fairly big stump was quite a large multi stemmer, trouble with hand digging and exposing the cable was it was so close to the stump i was worried that the grinder would catch it anyway, it might of been possible but as the job had been a nightmare from the start the last thing i wanted to do was to hit his cable and cause more problems!!

thanks for the feedback guys much appreciated, just winds me up there are some idiots out there trying to stitch honest hard working guys up, have put the bill in the post so watch this space!!

hi guys, just after a bit of advice really, recently qouted for a job to remove a row of lawson cypress in some ones front garden and to also grind out the stumps. the qoute was sent to them in form of a letter listing exactly what had been discussed and was sent back signed and accepted. turned up to do the work client had said they were not going to be there so we just made a start. Anyway just as we felled the last tree the client appeared and then claimed that he did not want all the trees felled with just one left as all the water from his soakaway drained to this one tree?? i tried to reason with him and explained the nearby willow tree and ash had a far higher water uptake and showed him the qoute which clearly stated on both copies remove row of trees (basically a tall hedge). any way to cut a long story short i managed to calm the situation down by saying i would replant another tree. went back to do the stump grinding asked if there were any powercables bt line etc was told no cat scanned just incase and low and behold right next to the end tree stump power cable showed up so i couldnt grind that stump. to make matters worse he has bought a tree with 85 litre rootball to replant, there is no way i can plant that between the old stump and exsisting trees without causing more problems (i have told him its not the right time to plant the tree i think he just thinks im trying to get out of planting it though). im just looking for a bit of feedback from you guys as to how far i should go before just walking away and cutting my losses, i dont want to get a bad name for myself which is why i have tried to please the guy even though im sure i have done everything i should have.

id go with trust, phoned around a few insurance brokers looking for mine and found them to be really good!