Ian C

I’m off Friday and Saturday, be good to meet some of the old timers, @Mark Bolam @aspenarb @Tommy B @eggsarascal @Richrule @Joenewton  plus all the others guys who spot me.

Yep, get trained and get a 7.5 tonner, there actually very cheap to buy compared to 3.5t but that will change as more have to move to them. 

12 hours ago, Steve Bullman said:

Cheaper yes, but less economical surely?

A modern euro 6 Diesel engine is 5-7k more expensive than the same petrol would be with out all the shit on it, that’s a lot of fuel !

Personally I would go petrol if they were available, petrol is a bit cheaper and it gets rid of all the shite on a modern diesel  which when working really only mask a problem and at worst is a nightmare when they go wrong.

You need to back the poly chain off first, that will help a lot then as Bob mentioned, it’s not hard when you go about it the right way .

Fell the trees, job done ☑️ 

8 minutes ago, Joe Newton said:

Fair point Ian, I'm not thinking like an employer. One company I work for will designate a saw user on hot days and the draggers can wear shorts. The saw guy can swap with another if they want. 

I'd have thought that was a pretty obvious answer. 

that is a way round it and sensible option provided they actually do that 

1 hour ago, Joe Newton said:

Do people really wear chainsaw trousers in this weather?

If you employ people Joe what’s the options because as sure as shits brown and smells if one had an accident it would come straight back, obviously depending on the job 

Think it depends on what your doing, sun cream on, shorts and a hat doing simple hedge cutting first thing will be fine, full on job with saw pants, boots and a helmet and guys are going to suffer, remember it’s not Monday and Tuesday it will be hard if you get dehydrated or sun stroke you can write the rest of the week off! 

4 hours ago, doobin said:

Of course the costs change. All that is required is two men and a ladder. 
 

So he either sends two men and sends the machines on another job, or he says ‘I’m sorry, the job is too small for me’ Or he prices stupid, hopes he gets it and doesn’t care if he doesn’t. 

 

What he shouldn’t do is come on here, acting the big ‘I am’ and slating a firm with just a hedgecutter for doing a decent job at a fair (and profitable for them) price. 

I don’t think John is being the “big I am” or slagging  another firm off, he was making an honest statement in that it doesn’t look too professional with limited Ppe and I’m with him on that, yes it’s hot but whilst working if I saw my guys up there like that I would be telling them as well. Ftr I would be around the 450 mark to trim that but it also depends on area.

Yeah have one

Might get another [emoji23][emoji85]

I'd have that 955 and the 56 series in the back ground [emoji41] 

Agree on that Chris, I love a big Nashers!

Here is a cheap option.

Hands up or down mick?

The lower powered chippers won’t throw as well as the bigger stuff and struggle with greens, a mate has the Jensen a530 with a 25hp petrol and that won’t throw leaf to the truck but that is a joke!

Schisling 6 inch chipper runs a 3 cylinder 23hp engine and is a fantastic chipper. 

 

Greenmech evo 165 will out perform most 6 inch 35hp chippers just like the Schisling. 

 

Its short sighted to think that 6 inch chippers need to run at 35hp when 25hp is all you need with the right engineering. 

 

All the Evo needs now is a turntable[emoji106]

 

 

But there 6” the Jensen in question is classed as 8”

Ah so your GM150 34hp chips @ 1800 rpm and the new Jensen and Forst 24hp @ 1360 rpm! Quite and significant difference of flywheel speed!

Wonder if the throttle can be adjusted to re-tune the new one to chip better?

Tbh, we sold loads of 25hp x 6" units over the years, top seller in parts of Europe and our 165 was designed using the Tier 5 version of the 1505 and mated to a suitable rotor works damn well!

I wouldn’t buy a 25hp chipper simple as that, well not a proper 6” never mind an 8”

Check a trade, waste of time. 

As far as websites go, find a good designer. A really quick tip I always give is that if a web guy / firm asks you how many pages the website needs at the early stages of 'talks', walk away, they don't know what they are doing. Any designer / web builder with any clue will know that amount of pages is in no way relevant to price. 

Why’s that then? Surly more pages, more content so more time and effort to build it ???? Didn’t know you were so clued up on web design.

Your telling me

Didn't they go small crappy engine?

You can have the 37 hp yanmar in some of them but yes most are 25hp and not worth a wank .

I’m just getting to the bottom of a 205ltdrum from rye oils, have let it down with about 15lt of diesel to make it usable, you could almost slice it it was that tacky .

Danish oil then briwax on top

What oil did you finish it with Steve