Stephen Blair

Very well done, amazing work!

It's no diferent to what a bus driver, shop worker, delivery driver or anyone working around a lot of people had to endure on a daily basis. Of course it's not ideal or how people should act but they do. I used to get worked up about it, I've had cars appear on road closures, an 80 year old get stuck on heras fencing, threatened, driven at, had stuff thrown at me, called a murderer I can't remember half the stuff, the answer I have found is to remove yourself from that environment. I now live in a community . I broke down 3 times this week in very awkward places causing people to break suddenly and hold up their day, each time people stopped and helped me and offered me assistance and got me going. It was amazing, really puts my faith back into people. I used to just put my head down and ignore people at the latter stages of tree work in bust urban areas, then I had enough and moved!

Slider on the cable, so obvious and simple and cheap!!! I think I'll order a couple now and a new chain from Clarks!! You had the answer all along:thumbup:

What if I said being verbally and physically abused is part of the job description and you just haven't been told? What if I said part of our job is not getting paid for work carried out? What if I said part of our job description is getting our equipment stolen? If you are starting a career in Urban Tree Work you better get used to being abused verbally, you better get used to people not liking you, you better get used to people not listening, not caring and treating you very poorly on a daily basis! Its time to get a new instruction manual, the 1 you are following does not suit! This is what happens in life, we change direction but not our ways. When you buy a new telly, the basic knowledge you have will get you by but the new TV will have so many new features you will never know about to make your to experience so much better because you didn't look through the new instructions! When there is a problem with that telly, we repeat the same actions over and over again and still the problem is there or repeats itself. i am typing this as advice do with it as you see fit:001_smile:

That stays on the tirfor end you only need the hook, how you attach it to your turner end is your choice, personally a swivel hook is easy, saves undoing shackles.

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Get a chain lock thingy! You get them on lifting chains for shortening them, the chain slides in sideways and locks. Got to a place that sells chains, take your chocker and get 1 that fits and put a swivel locking hook on it.

People are busy, they have stressful lives and unfortunately you are just a guy getting in the way of that. A traffic cone or Arco Hazard tape is not a law, you may think climbing a tree and dangling in a harness is cooler than Tom Cruises Ice Box on his fighter jet but unfortunately you may just another thing to annoy some people on a daily basis trying to get through their day and on with their lives. That person in the car moving the cone could be visiting a dying relative, have a child in hospital, maybe just lost a loved 1 or late for a job interview that could make the difference of their kids eating that night. Be tolerant, be nice, be a part of their day and they might start a thread on their favourite forum titled. Saint, A nice person I met Today!, A kind person, A cool guy up a tree helped me! Ranting on a forum solves nothing, it adds to the negativity that seems to fuel a lot of people's lives. If you have to wait a few minutes to get a car moved, so what. Look at what you are trying to achieve, a Forestery operation on a busy street, to have the expectation that everything is going to run smooth is unrealistic. Yes some people rant, call you names and act badly towards a lot of people but then there are the good folk, the kids waving and pointing thinking you look cool, the woman nudging each other as they walk past, people thanking you for cutting back the tree as it stopped them getting wet or their car covered in stuff, cups of tea and biscuits from thankful people! Oh then there's the view from the top, looking down on the world going by, enjoying your health and feeling good you are part of a team, doing a skilled job and generally living life.

What I would do and what I have done in the past to get me by, is have it set so it works level and low and I know the point in which it falls out when lifted to high. It will get you by 90% of the time, when if falls out on a bigger drag you simply put it back in when you get to your work area, not ideal. It does the job

What I would do and what I have done in the past to get me by, is have it set so it works level and low and I know the point in which it falls out when lifted to high. It will get you by 90% of the time, when if falls out on a bigger drag you simply put it back in when you get to your work area, not ideal. It does the job

So what you are saying is there is a geometry problem? The adapter would need to change the positioning of the link arms is this correct?

Matty they all get longer and shorter as they go up and down, the secret is getting it cut correctly so it work properly. You can get away a wee bit by extending and shortening the top link but you only have to do that if the shaft isn't right. Sit it level and measure the distance between the end of the pto shafts. Take your pto shaft to an agricultural dealer and leave it to him they should know what to do, even better take the whole unit to them, call them first. When off road and winching on wet or steep ground the winch will want be lower than usual, the shaft will fall out you just have to stick a bit of wood or rest on a stone or stump.

You need a new pto shaft, simples

That's shocking, they must of been following you! As far as claiming for old stuff with no receipts, I doubt it! I wouldn't pay you for something with no proof of purchase so I can't see an insurance company doing it.

On it thanks

I had an Rev for a year or 2, faultless! Amazing little machine. Then I saw the new gator, it looks amazing! Huge tyres, very sporty and being a John deer it has to be good. I think for moorland work the clearance and tyres would be a big bonus if that's your thing, whatever you get, put a winch on it

That pretty much sums it up.

I like that!! Big ugly beech!!!

That guy knew his stuff, must of been a couple of hundred feet, fare play! I've knocked a 90 ' pole in half before so that's about 15m, but no photo evidence so goes for nowt I suppose. Heaviest lump was just under 7m with no hinge

If you have a member of staff who can drive then shuttle timber and sweepings in that . Use the Mog as a chipper and lifter. Or dumpy bag everything and go around on the weekend with big ifor and collect stuff, the time and energy saved not hand balling logs and bucket loads of sawdust means you can use the staff to do the high profit side of the job and then at the weekend you go a jolly, collect stuff, price stuff and be seen. Start selling timber as lumps in ton bags, no point using dismantling time faffing about tidying when you don't need to. As long as the jobs neat and contained the customer will be happy

Ian they sag, and chip can't get into the corners or up front! A solid roof will get you so much more stuff in! If you are thinking for loading with the Hiab, it's a pain getting things in, clambering in and out, then you have to lift them out as tipping risks too much damage to stuff under the Mog and coming back onto the wheels and chassis,mother it gets stuck under because you think you can drive over it in your monster truck, then you get stuck lol! Mogs are great chipping units and I'd run the transits and Ivor's beside it for dumpy bags full of sweepings, wood and obviously bigger timber!

Ian the Mog will sit on its backside a bit, but that's because it's on springs, I broke a good few on the 2150, mainly due to the speed I was going though Personally I prefer a solid roof, great for standing on for high hedges and you will get so much more chip in and have close to no spillage

That's sold now Matty

Best 2 I ever removed were straight fells onto a rd and a JCB dragged them off into the bushes! You don't get skelfs off them, just bone numbing pain for days from the spike jabs!

the saw will cut them easy enough, they are just jaggy, very jaggy, real very jaggy, sticky and generally horrible in all ways possible!