Stephen Blair
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I've joined the Greenmech cs 100 club
Stephen Blair replied to Gillsgardening's topic in General chat
Cheers Darrin! Blades on Gloria are like a chain on a polesaw, rarely you make contact with dirt and rarely need sharpened. Branches don't usually touch the ground. -
Within reason or necessity then yes.
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I've joined the Greenmech cs 100 club
Stephen Blair replied to Gillsgardening's topic in General chat
Pete you can send me my commission as usual mate 😀 If you want to make the most of the chipper, promote leaving chip onsite , if not you have just got a small gravity fed chipper sat in a driveway or street, chip behind the hedge, onto a compost heap and you then have a magic wand!! Good luck and don't chip blunt! -
First job I took my 2nd hand chipper too that cost £5k broke down, cost £400 to fix, 2 100 mile round trip to the dealers to deliver and collect and I had to cut all the brash down into the van, took me 3x as long as priced and the chipper was a constant pain, heavy and unproductive! Chippers make you money, if you are in this game for the long run then you are going to have to take the jump at some time.
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We were the hottest in Scotland I believe. Carrbridge 30 degrees
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Fully agree Steve, most of my work now is pine removals, so great for the arms as its so light. Only thing is the vibes, man it's wild! You don't know on prunes too much but my fingers don't half tingle after using it.
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No bother
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Whats the current state of the industry workwise?
Stephen Blair replied to Steve Bullman's topic in General chat
I don't miss that ! I used to be the same up until last year! I stopped doing them, fed up with tingly fingers and pains in my hands. -
Take the day off and go to the beach, simples
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Whats the current state of the industry workwise?
Stephen Blair replied to Steve Bullman's topic in General chat
I relocated last September. I haven't advertised and have been busy from January until mid May. Only working locally. Last 3-4 weeks have been quiet. I am just working myself and doing more digger and ground work lately. -
Pm Steve Bullman
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ground off the old nuts, 1 was threaded. Welded on new ones, got new bolts, tightened up a treat so fingers crossed for tomorrow.
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Fixed post, machine had 2000 hrs on it.
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Will let you know how I get on. Hopefully that's all it is
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Thanks Rob, I will give it a clean up and put new bolts in. Would a small bit of rubber help under the clamp?
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It was the lack of power that was frustrating. Everything else was very impressive and the advantages over a standard set up is emmense. I jumped on a 13 tonner for 30 mins loading dumpers and was blown away by the speed and power! The experienced operators on site even commented on the lack of power of the 8 with the head on so not just my lack of experience on it. They were also commenting on the extra stresses on the slew ring, what are your thoughts on that.
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maybe! I will put new bolts on and drill the bar too as yesterday was a complete pain and dangerous.
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I was on an 8 ton Hitachi with engcon head for nearly 2 weeks building hill roads Eddie, really cool and handy but seriously effects the power of the machine and speed. side push was non existent. After using it, i now dont have it as far up my wish list.
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had a great day, boys woke me up to give me their hand mad cards, had fresh pancakes then we all went a walk with the dogs. Spent the rest of the day dossing around the house.
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thats Eddies machine
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Hi, I used my mill yesterday for the first time in about 3 years, everything was tight yet the frame kept moving, the chain would then hit the bolt and snap it! It's the twin saw version, it was on the pushing chain side. We reckoned the best solution is to drill the bar and bolt straight through and remove the outer bolts. Any thoughts?
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lets not re-light any embers guys, its Friday
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Mobile -Sawman, I was trying to show a bit of humour in reply to your post to get you to maybe think about what you wrote, it didn't work! I will keep it simple and be straight to the point, your replies show a bad attitude and are making the forum look bad, being very negative and not helping the OP, it will not be tolerated, to save me deleting or editing this thread and asking the OP to start a new 1 and putting him off this excellent forum , please contribute positively or don't bother . Thanks
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What winds me up is after a day cutting trees , grass, driving diggers, hiring out diggers, dealing with workers and sub contracting road building, I have to come on here and read posts that have very little to do with the OP's thread. If you can find someone local then you should get the best price for your tree or buy an Alaskan and mill onsite, watch a utube video for 10 minutes and you will have an idea of what to do .
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If you sell it for more than its on your books, you will have to pay tax on the profit, only then. A new chipper is an as asset. The % you are allowed on it will be knocked off your profit. Also the depreciation of it over the years will reduce your tax. The interest on the payments is also able to be claimed. There is a limit to what you can spend on machinery and offset against tax, £100k I think. A few years back they dropped it to £25k, that cost me a fair bit as I'd bought a lot of stuff for a job.
