ukminch
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Just had to pay for haulage, will work out at about £100 plus the dreaded for this job. R
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Monday/Tuesdays job two pop removals, big skip meaning no running back and forward tipping, chipper went inside skip for the brash then logs went on the top. Also meant less mess where you feed the chipper to clear up, just a quick blow once the skip had gone.
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I'm currently compiling a risk assessment/method statement for a job I've got coming up this winter - Providing tree officer approves of the survey I had done........ I've got an IPAF cherry picker ticket and CS39 which I was told was fine to use for treework. Recently somebody told me that you are supposed to wear a ballistic jacket when working from a mewp, anybody got a definitive answer? Chances are the trees will be climbed anyway but if the paperworks in place the option is there. R
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A Picture of the beast.
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It never ceases to amaze me how quick information comes out on here. I take it that means that the bar off the 650 won't fit it then. Now decisions what size bar to get..... R
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I've just acquired a stihl 075AV not tried running it yet, but was told it did run ok. Anybody know what chain/bar I need for it. I was thinking that I could use it with an Alaskan when I finally get round to getting one. R
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Thats what I did, just the artic to go which hopefully I'll get round to doing this year. R
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I'd disagree with you there, but be prepared to be proved wrong. I was told by VOSA that they would weigh the vehicle with everything removed, although he did admit that the chances are they wouldn't mess about if you were confident that you were correct, and it seemed to fit in with their boxes. Every vehicle will have a slightly different weight, any weights will be generic to the model not the individual vehicle I would have thought, again may be wrong. R
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I've put a tracked chipper in the back of a van before now. How heavy is that chipper and trailer setup? If you were to go for a slightly smaller trailer than that one you've got it maybe that you could be legal with your setup, if you can keep it at about 1.5t I think, depending on how heavy the landy is. You need to keep the combination weight under 3.5t and the maximum mass of the trailer cannot exceed the weight of the towing vehicle unladen. However if there's something heavy welded into the vehicle it's part of it..... All depend how low you can go with the weight of the trailer. Ring me if you want me to dig out the paperwork. I printed it all out so I was legal before I did my trailer test. R
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You definitely did the right thing to walk away. I do wonder why people work for themselves for so little return. If I'm not earning a reasonable amount I work for other people, and let them have all the stresses and running costs. I turn up, do what I'm told go home, no hassle with clients or breakdowns or anything else. Self employed I firmly believe you need to earn at least double what you would as an employed person to cover holiday, sickness etc. R
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Just a quick note to say had Bret in climbing for me, and barrowing out logs.............. Top notch guy, knows what he's doing, gets stuck in and gets the job done.
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self propelled chipper (Shreks wee chipper)
ukminch replied to Stephen Blair's topic in Large equipment
How did you get the ton bag to stay upright to start with. I often use fencing stakes, but they don't work on concrete........... -
I thought it would come into it's own on banks. I tend to use the smallest strimmer I can get away with for the job as it means I end up less tired. Do you get less vibration with the back pack one or is it similar with most of the vibe coming from the shaft?
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Off topic but did you find the back pack strimmer beneficial? I've got a few jobs that involve strimming banks and often wondered about buying one, not sure if it would just be another gadget in the arsenal though? In reply to Mozza: If you just want to borrow one I've got a couple of spares, sure that I can lend you one temporarily if your stuck. Rob
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Is this PTO Driven?
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The trouble is an alarm is only any good if it's monitored. My container is miles from anywhere so no good at all. Some muppet (me) managed to lose the keys for it at sompoint and with a whizz wheel is only took me about 10 mins to get in. You've just got to make life as hard for the scum as possible. As I cover large areas I also try to make sure my kit is spread out so I won't lose it all if some gets knicked. Doesn't help when your big saw is 200 miles away though.............. R
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You got over your pig flue yet? It can be surprising though, at helsby I overcammed a big camalot in a crack. We thought it would come out with a good pull so on a top rope I lobbed off on it, didn't move even with a fat git on the end!! Was there for a good few years until someone managed to get it out somehow. R
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Just a little bit of turf. They did decide to seed the middle of the island in the drive as they felt it would have a chance of succeeding. With Bobcats I think it's more a question of access, as there is just loads more space out there so there useful whereas for Mrs Jones' garden they're not much help. There also used for snow clearance in the winter, which is about 5 months of the year. Certainly different working out there. It was in Prince George, BC Brilliant time and been invited back out there next year to start another section for them!! Twas hard relaxing at night though - See attached picture! R
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Might be genuine, but he wouldn't be getting my money with an advert like that. R
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It would be expensive to monitor. I did a job in a quarry in W-S-M that was similar, in a conservation area but no TPO's. Cracking two days work in the sun with nice views. Personal opinion is at somepoint it will be a problem, sandstone doesn't hold rock climbing gear well and I'd have thought it would be similar scenario. The question is when will it become a problem. For liability purposes send in a TPO app then if it's refused the council has a liability as they have refused the work. Obviously doesn't help if it's more than property thats damaged. R
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A couple from my trip to canada. Idea was not to come up with a finished product but to carry out the heavy stuff so they could potter round planting, putting grass seed down etc. Felled about 30 trees and ground stumps as applicable, placed 20 cubic yards of rockery stones, put down 30 cubic yards of hardcore, 20 yards of topsoil, 50 yards of sandy loam, and laid over 800sq yards of turf. Small excavator and bob cat helped no end without a shadow of a doubt.
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And the saw he had wasn't as good as a black and decker one, think it was a perfromance pro or something like that!!
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LOL. No not me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - I sent him home I was guy that snapped the chainbrake R
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I did once as a shop was advertising the fact they would sharpen chains for £8, seemed almost rude not to drop in the chain off a 42inch bar that I'd hit a lot of metal in the tree with. It came back brilliantly in fairness to the shop. They changed the ad after that though. R
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If I've booked someone in for the day I pay them, they've not been able to get work elsewhere because there working for me. However most people will say that they don't want the full amount which I think is very fair of them. I always price things like that into jobs now having been stung in the past. R
