treebloke

If you decide to use a ground anchor these are without doubt the best for many reasons, we use them for competition and work. They are the most poplar make, light, strong and reasonable price. The downside is they are a bit awkward to store. X-eng High Performance Off-Road Engineering

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I once witnessed a farmer park his telehandler on top of my husky, apart from a bit of mud on the handle it was fine.

You are assuming they can read:thumbdown: We had a slight run in with these a few years ago, we had a crew cab Iveco at the time and the lads had pulled up at the traffic lights on the way back from a job were it had been an early start, they pulled up alongside and gave our driver the same load of cr*p and actually threatend him not knowing the other lads had got their heads down having a nap on the way back, there was five of our lads asleep. The driver woke the other lads which changed the situation a bit. Seems they didn't want to fill the driver in after all.

We have a flail mower fitted to a Volvo EC25. It works ok and will flail stuff up to 2" dia but you need patience and a good driver. I think there is a pic on our web site of it in action. We had ours from Exac-one, they had a stand at the APF .http://www.exac-one.co.uk/

That's not far out.

If the remote is elsewhere and you are stuck, I have used a paper clip to short the wires. It's quite easy to wire a permanant switch and still have the remote as well. We have a switch in the cab, a switch by the winch and a remote. We do away with the solonids and use Albrights which are more reliable.

We have used the cheap ones for competition for three years and they are ok, the only drawback is they do not have auto switch off, you have to remember to do it manually which is ok if you have a good memory. I now keep a spare battery in the truck so that tells you a little about what happens from time to time. They can be a bit fiddly if your wearing gloves A LODAR is around £190 but obviously a much more robust bit of kit with a longer range. I use both supplied by this guy Superwinch Parts, Electric Winches and Winch Bumpers, UK – Goodwinch.com.

A few pic's of the forwarder. The grab is off at the moment because we have been using it on something else. It all works. If you are interested I will take some more pics with the grab attached and being used. The blue lorry strap is simply there to keep the valve block and pipes together while we moved it from the yard to the wood. Price is £3,000. + VAT. pics191.jpg pics192.jpg pics193.jpg pics194.jpg

Pete, out of interest what sort of money are they.

I can never remember how to get into my signature but I think I found it in the end so this is a test to see if it worked.

I have one with crane, where abouts are you. Do you have a pick up hitch

1. I carry out verge-cutting on public roads for the local authority. Can I use a tractor licensed as an agricultural machine and running on red diesel on the public road? Yes, this activity is specifically permitted in the agricultural tractor definition. 2. I carry out hedge-cutting on public roads for the local authority. Can I use a tractor licensed as an agricultural machine and running on red diesel on the public road? Yes, this activity is specifically permitted in the agricultural tractor definition. 3. I carry out hedge-cutting for local companies in our industrial area. Can I use a tractor licensed as an agricultural machine and running on red diesel on the public road? No, not unless the hedges are bordering public roads, or if the work is on agricultural land. If the hedges are off-road in an industrial area then you must use white diesel to travel to the site. A very fine dividing line, one day your hedge cutting on a public road then the next day with the same tractor and kit you are on a Ind Est, what are you supposed to do with the red diesel that's already in the tank, no point putting white in because it will become tainted. I guess you could produce a fuel receipt dated for the day you have done the work showing you bought some white but it would not alter the fact you have red diesel in the tank. A minefield!.

Must have been a big job to produce that amount of debris, bet you could see that from the moon.

I worked in Exbury Gardens after the hurricane in 1987 for around six months simply removing hangers and tidying up damaged trees. The trees which had blown over during the storm were simply dumped and burnt, the roots were blown apart with dyanamite then dumped.

Mark Predator is going fine, we keep it for jobs when access is tight and use the Vermeer most of the time and the Rayco some of the time. I have been down your way today, Leigh Sinton, Broad Heath and Bromyard. I have PM'd you a day rate for the tractor. Bob

I have one of these in the shed some where, haven't used it for around 15 years. Need some good earmuffs with two engines going at the same time. A lumbermate is much easier.

One other thing, when you fell the tree leave it high enough (2"/3") to take a thin slice off, this will then act as a lid to cover the holes drilled to accept the stump treatment. Either nail or screw it down or just put a weight on it so it can be removed to treat the stump again if needed. Looks better than a bin bag.

Easiest way out is drill the stump for customer and advise them to go down or up the garden centre or DIY and get there own SBK or Round Up, like what has already been said they can use what they want - or - get your PA1 & PA6 and enter the world of paper chasing.

Possibly a fuse. Do you have a circuit tester.

Did it just before Xmas in Telford, tea and biscuits were ok and I thought it had some good content like the way to work out any speed limit.

Practice makes perfect, we assembled orsfrom flat pack, at least they give you plentyspare nuts and bolts. We have the trailer pack with ours so also have the adjustable legs but like you we have a level base to put it on when it's in the yard. It is most important to get it level. When cutting smaller logs we often put a lengh of 4x4 or 4x2 or similar along the far side and use that as the back stop. We sometimes cut name plates for a local signwriter which takes a bit of working out:confused1: but it is possible.

Hard to say until we actually sell one. A softwood 6' five bar gate is around £75, I think the selling point for this the fact its made from Ash and it's from sustainable woodland in Shropshire so I guess around £125. Not really aimed at farmers but more like garden centres. There are four gardens centres within a mile of my house and various farm shops and boot sales.

I put a few Hazel binders in the gate to tighten the joints up, make it a bit more stock proof, make it look a bit more rural and save on screws/fastners which has worked for now. Not sure if they will stay tight during the summer. pics 159.jpg pics 160.jpg pics 161.jpg

That was quick!.