Stephen Blair
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It’s a world championship course! You can go on utube and watch the riders view. Not for the faint hearted or amateur. There may be a gentler way down but I don’t think so.
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Amazing work! heres mine, it won Carve Carrbridge 2017. Not my work, I just bought it.
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I remember a groundie trying to scramble up a rock face as I was chasing the hinge on a big oak I was felling and I could feel the ground lifting. I soon learned that day to rope in and leave the groundie up top. I was trying to teach him how to be more aware, think it worked! Great work as ever Reg! Needs your wits about you on those trees!
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Fantastic!
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AWPR? Inverness David. Got my guarding made too.
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Some machine Eddie! If you ever get any scrub stuck in your tracks I could help you out with my new flail ?
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Screwfix, £30 including inserts
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Deep fried with chips or sitting on top of a scallop.
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3.5 ton plant trailer for 2.6 ton digger and other duties...
Stephen Blair replied to benedmonds's topic in Large equipment
If needing a 2.6 ton max pay load then avoid a tri axle, too heavy and the middle wheel takes most of the load on uneven ground. Unless you want length for a lighter machine and loads of room for other stuff. As for knocking someone down loads, I say what goes around comes around. Find a good dealer who is fare and needs to earn a living just like us, support him and he will be there in 2 years when you want to replace it. Ifor Williams has served me well over the years. -
Digger topiary mate!
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My new flail got fitted tonight, only tried it out on a small Rhodie to make sure everything was ok. Very well made and seems up to the job.
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If you want tracked, buy a tracked barrow and a cs100. Benefits of both machines and less restrictions. Once you build up your leg muscles, you won’t bother with the tracks. On wheels is very manouverable and you don’t rip up the ground like tracks.
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Snowing here again.-12.5 degrees here last night, coldest in 10 years.
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Only 57! RIP
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I bought a tree pusher last year, excellent tool for tall skinny stuff. Even in moorland ground, i do like the strop onto the tree idea, I’ll be using that!
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Sorry I missed this thread Mark, poor Doggo! Glad you have come up with a way of feeding her.
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All good points and something for the operator needs to consider and keep in mind. I think it’s just a new operator with a new toy. On the end of a digger it’s easily kept upright.
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No different to a chipper bouncing behind a transit at 50 mph most of its life, or a mower doing embankments. It won’t tip over as much as pedestrian stump grinders I bet on uneven ground.
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This has certainly caught my attention! https://youtu.be/LZUBRvo3tTM
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Wade would be the man to ask, he’s been using his grapple saw for a couple of years now. Well worth subscribing to his channel, he really knows how to deal with trees from backyard felling with a grapple saw to huge clear fells. Action starts around 9 minutes.
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If you made it £30k a year full time, vehicle, mobile phone and 6 weeks holidays and a pension. You will entice the guys that are doing their own thing with 2 groundies and can’t be arsed with the stress of owning their own business and stuck in the rut of too big for cutting hedges, too small for descent commercial clients. Guys in their early 40s with 15-20 years experience that will appreciate a good boss.
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Well done Jonny!
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Cool vid Tom
