Stephen Blair

there wasnt much life left in her anyway josh, good call with it being right beside the main rd

looking forward to pics of that one, when are you doing it??

if you do it right then its ok, but it isnt a recomendation, its a naughty thing to do that you learn after making a mistake by getting it stuck in the first place, do not try this at home kids:blushing:

get a 3 tonner with grapple and i will sell you my big bandit tow behind:thumbup:2 toys that you can use fot other applications:001_cool:

i would think very carefully on what you want to do, i know of others (myself included) that have spent a lot of money on make do attempts, and end up spending big money on the right thing. you will have to butcher your chipper to get it to owrk woth a crane, then it leaves you un able to hand feed legally and safely. then feeding disc chippers with a crane will end in tears. i wanted to iliminate staff and haulage so i opted for the roofmount and i wanted a heizo and narva grip, but i couldnt source the work close enough to home and it would of meant borrowing about 100k. if all you want to do is compliment your chipper and you have staff anyway i would get a 3 tonner and put a grab and rotator on it, you could low load it to the job with your tractor and away you go..this way you could set up the tractor and feed it with the digger or at least present it to the lads feeding it, save on the back ache. good luck

spear cut is fine for a girly yorkshire tops off a tree, but a meaty scottish top doesnt do torpedo unless you get the lean on it first, if you get the butt really moving then it will spin right round and lie flat:001_smile:

i went down this route a few years back, the mowi 3000 was 8k, i was to miserable to buy it for my tp250, so i sourced my own crane, and a fabricator. long story short it was crap, the crane was great but just the wrong one, the base was too heavy and you couldnt see by the kingpost, it probably cost me more than 8k in the long run and i never used it, i would buy whatever is compatable as edd says. a good 3 point crane takes minutes to change, and i would spend the extra money on elctro controls and a rotating seat. but you will soon be into 20k i reckon with that, thats why i went down the roofmount rd.

sometimes i will fell the top onto another tree, cut throught he hinge and push it into the gap butt first, this is more of a naughty trick though, and sometimes its worth the ear slapping. lol. if this gets deleted i will understand why

i hate those solar lights, they usually break off at the plasticy bit. or when you move a big pot plant and it falls apart..

hucks 96 mate, he loves the younger fresher ladies lol

well done mate, i would gladly have that in my living room. fantastic

when removing whirly gigs on small stoned areas watch they dont fill up and yo cant get it back in, or if it is in a lawn then mark it because they are hare to find again.

these are great boilers josh, is this a friends one??

customers with fur coats and no knickers!!

yours is only big because ours are so small. i have a huge one but i struggle to find places to put it

storm damage or a fell mate??

by the time you source a good crane and stick it all together you might be easier getting good roofmount, you dont loose any visibility with a kingpost and you can use it for other operations too..but then you will find your chipper wont keep up with the crane, and then you will want a bigger chipper. lol

that has never happened to me, honest:lol:

when reducing privette hedge with a saw, tighten the chain up more than usual to prevent the chain getting knocked off. watch out when cutting through string or twine with a stihl, it can tangle up and knock off the circlipp that holds the clutch on, you might pull out the string, and you will be able to carry on but it will all just fall apart and the roller bearing will get wrecked, and the chances of finding all the parts are slim. always make sure your saws engine is going to fit into the fork before starting to knock out a stem, you dont want to get half way through and realise you cant finish the cut. sycamore is brittol, dont rely on the hinge for slow leaners, to much pressure and it will just snap, have the guts to cut level right through to your hinge and let the constant momentum take it over. birch can make you look like a magician. oak is fine unless the sap is just starting to fall, can be very brittol at this stage. avoid cutting up something multi stemmed til last as it will be full of crap and wreck the saw.

door step them johny

wow, the ash trees got a right hard time then. they are really heavy in leaf this year i reckon. or is it just that the rest have started to drop theirs??

ha ha, good one

there will be politics in their job that we could never understand, we would need to do their job to understand this i reckon. i suppose its like either doing thousands of 100quid connies all day every day which is easy money compared to huge tricky take downs that are few and far between, i bet they have to make money aswell for the force to justify stuff

lol:thumbup:

and you love using them mate he he