Stephen Blair

I do miss a tractor and crane though.

I was just about to put a reminder in my phone!

You underestimate the force young Arb, those big tanks can take a beating, it's just the breather caps you need to watch

Ok ok, if I'm honest, I'd pump through the bottom stems with the 46 at head height and run out the way, use my Jedi master mind steering non hinged undercuts and fix the gutter with my plug key standing on the huge pile of brash

I'm a better safe than sorry kind of guy, I see a kids trampoline in the garden andis already proven that being the size it is isn't safe for its location, I'd go hard get it over and done with and then he can relax! Leave enough for a swing and a tree house. Chestnut is very britol and grows back very well.

If there's room and depending on thickness of limbs I'd put a rope around the top limbs, back cut them below the gutter with my pole saw and pull them away from the building.

Happy new year folks:thumbup1:

I bet that winch helped!

Love the crane shot! Lowered 1 thing this year! Ta da!!

It's called the firewood forum Members already do it.

Now that's a good idea! Sell them to the campers:001_smile:

What do you wish to use the chip for? If chipped with sap in the branches and put in dumpy bags, it will decompose and try to compost and basically rot out your bag and if you want the chip for chip then this is not the way to do it. Unless you are working with some one else, heading off to chip and bring back the chippings your using 2 vehicles so your going to do a fair bit of walking back for the other vehicle. An old 35 is a great tractor, but for woodland work and running a chipper, it won't take long to realise its maybe not the tool for the job. If you do stick with the 35 then look for a gravity fed pto chipper, very simple and no hydraulics to bother about. If you have a Kawasaki Mule then look for a cheap tow behind chipper, you'll get 1 for a grand and stick some flotation tyres on it and away you go, put high sides on the mule and you have a great little chipping unit, stick a winch on the front for woodland work, I have 1 on my RTV and it's great. Hope this doesn't come across too doom and gloom:biggrin:

Great pic! I bet that ash skid mark is still there:biggrin:

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It's not yours to sell, it's the finance companies. If you want to transfer the finance over to the new owner you can, costs £250 as long as the new buyer passes the credit checks. What you can do is get the buyer to right 2 checks, 1 for you and 1 for the settlement figure. When I sold Chris the Iveco, I gave my finance guy his details, Chris gave his finance guy my guys details and they did the work and I got a cheque back with the change and Chris got the truck. It does take a week of emails and calls since the 4 of us stayed in different parts of the country .

No it was the welder s who was fixing something

My dad had 1, I remember being terrified because they said there was a bull onthe field if we got out the van, they left us in it to go for a drink! Then the roof collapsed when we were in the damp stinky bunks! I hated the thing! Then he got a square 1 with no window and concerted it himself, with no windows!!!!

My wife was expecting our 2 child, she wasnt well for 3 months with low iron, :thumbdown:my eldest was toddling and 1 of the dogs had a litter of pups, oh and my worker chucked it that I had trained up on the tractor., my mortgage deal was up and was going to increase by £600 per month and basically my head was fried as I couldn't get to work and had to look after my family. I'd also bought 3 other houses in 2005-2006 that I was going to sell and make loads on but after the downturn they were worth 25% less than what they should of been and I had taken into account their appreciation when spending so much money on kit:001_rolleyes: It was 2009 so work had almost died of death, so I sold All my kit as I couldn't stand seeing it sitting when it could be money in the bank. So I sold that and my Mog, paid off 10% of my mortgage, all my vehicle finance, de registered for Vat and did as little as possible work wise for a couple of years and spent most of my time on here while I kept as eye on the kids:thumbup: Then it was the Gloria years:biggrin:

Awesome lawnmowers, I think FR Jones does them.

Luckily when your butt clenches your left hand always brings the boom back to centre! I did have a close 1 , 1 day with a soft bit of ground craning rhody to the Mog! I think the back wheel lifted about 3" and felt like 3'!

never tipped it mate, Johny i think it was about 10m, i dont go into specs, if it looks cool, makes a big noise when you press the right pedal, ill buy it:biggrin: i sold it to a lad from Manchester, it was in the FBT magazine a couple of months back as they did an article about him. she weighed 10.5 tons with tyres ballasted, ok so i know 1 spec:laugh1:

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ill see if this works

I'll shall go to the slow laptop for,pics, may take some time! I'm sure Stan said he was going to Oz at the time!