combined tree services

can a send my 51 plate ldv up to you that i have just bought mate ha ha i have a good old steel tipping body that im going to change when i get time , but i must say your truck is looking sweet mate

The information board is again a requirment under the street works act . i think that may be the answer tho if you want to advertise whilst using TM make your own info board up making sure that id does comply . as for trade signs , down here in cornwall the council are now taking down any un lawfull signs causing a distraction to traffic this includes all forms of signs , vwhicles for sale etc etc . but i will say that it is all going to far now !!!

nope road signs are meant for the road not the kerb according to the street works book the only signs permited on the pavement are foot path closed signs etc . the sign should be placed on the roadside with a cone on carrage way side of the sign . how many of you put out a safty cordon i:e a length of rope or barrier tape around the road cones to stop anyone entering the live carrage way ???

unless the legend ( the space where tree cutting , enn etc etc goes ) is in the street works book then i would not do it .

i was 22 when i got my mazda and was only paying £495 a year , give trust a call and ask for cammeron im sure he will sort you a decent price out

im really not tryng to be funny but i really hope that your above statement works for you and does not end in an accident because with a proabition oreder over you the mortgage wont get paid , your guys may well be able to put out the Tm correctly or as close to it as poss but there are lots of bad drivers and oppertunists , i know of a company that had to pay just over 8k in compo because one leg of a road sign was on the pavement and a pedestrian had a little "trip" the job in question was worth less than £400 . but i can see where you are coming from Dean

i worked for a company a few years ago and had the joy of plot maintinence which involved taking tree guards off of trees , rther than try to re use them they siply chiped them and sent them to land fill !!!

i cant wait to see what you produce pete , i used the mill once for about an hour and that was about it , tbh i didnt know and still dont know anything about miling ! however i may well have a chat with tommer and see if he has any milling to do one week end and see if he wants some free labour lol . i would love to see how its done

i saw a chap doing some tree cutting the other day with his mate in a pair of short and t shirt stood in the middle of the west bound lane waving a white bit of cloth in one hand and pulling on a bit of old rope in the other trying to get pull over a leylandi towards the main A30 into penzance . not a tree cutting sign to be seen anywhere

you are best off marking your signs by ainting the frame of the sign or marking the back . there are specific sizes that road signs must be and only certain legends such as "tree cutting" or "hedge trimming" etc are allowed to be displayed as part if the sign .

how long ago did oyu take them andy ? have you ever sat a refresher ?? i took mine 18 months ago and will be siting a refresher within the next 6 months altho i think you need to sit a refresher every 3 years , but that is only a guess . i can have a look at work tomorrow if you like and let you know

sorry i thought that the question was regarding to the suspension liftin due to there bein less weight over the rear leaf springs , but as tommer says yes the bed of the tipper will be higher than what is origionaly fitted to the hi lux

also there is now a new revised edition to street works as from jan this year if i remember correctly , but as and has said it really is plain and simple , my example above is probably a bit further on as we were working on a motorway

verry true , i felt the same untill i had to do both courses, should the road sign be half on the pavement if the carrage way is narrow ?? what is the minimun lead in taper ?? what is the minimum sideways saftey clearence , what size cones and signs are to be used on which speed limmit road etc etc there is much much more to TM than placing a few signs and coes out as im sure you know i still have to refer to the manual from time to time . but trust me if there were a traffic acident they will leave no stone un turned . i was on a job on the M5 working in the central reservation with a crash cushion and 4 sign boards behid us for protection when a loory driver lost concentration and plowed into a small car in lane one resulting in a fatality . we were not allowed to leave site and it felt like we were all suspects.

one operative is acceptable but it means only that one operative can set the TM out and your correct the supervisor does not need to be on site but must be able to get to the site within a reasonable time scale . With regards to using one qualified operative and 3 blokes that are not qualified means that should one of them are injured or killed whilst setting the the site out then the site foreman will the one primarily responsible . also should there be a Road traffic accident of a serious nature it would be highly likely that both the police accident investigators and the highways agency would investigate the site taking into account the TM ste up and its possible implications to the accident . i personally would not want to take the risk but if you can get it in wrighting form your local highways office that they feel its acceptable to work in that way then i would .

your correct andy , highways have the right to close down any site not complying with street works etc and if they see fit they can serve an on the spot fine, also if you set out your own traffic management equipment then all opperatives must be qualified to do so ahd there must be an appointed supervisor (qualified) that does not have any input in the setting out of TM equipment .

i dought ranger springs from millner off road , failing that try jap parts

for 3k you should get something roung thet-y reg age mate , putting a tipper the truck will not lift the suspension but i would recomend going to some where like milner off road and gettin some heavy duty springs . as for miles as long as the milles are not excesivly high i would not worrk , my truck has now done 165k and still going well

will take one tomorrow and post it tomorrow eve hope you have plenty of lego bob get building

had a look and cant find it mate

will have a look , you going to bid tommer ?? i was going to pop in today as i was near your place woking but thought that the precipitation we are currently getting would not have stopped you working lol so didnt bother:001_tongue:

im currently using a mazda B2500 pickup , its basicly a ford ranger . its an S reg not turbo 4x4 , i have been using it for the last 3-4 years and has been worked hard doing alot of utility and similar work . i fittted it with BFG mud terrain tyers all round and so far have only got propperly stuck a handfull of times , im looking to fit my 6 ton winch to it before the winter starts as i felt that it would be a great help when towing the chipper off road etc . IMO the jap 4x4's are really really usfull in tree surgery, as and when the back of my truck starts to look rough i WILL be fitting a tiper to it but untill then i will be using it for carrying the kit and night time call outs as its fitted with flood and spot lights , beacons etc . the only draw back with my truck in some ways is that its an extra cab so the tipper would be smaller but on the good side you have room for wet weather gear and lunch box anyway good luck with your boild mate hope all goes well

nope sadly the pine was removed with tweezers mate , however i think he would have the european record for the amount of timber possibly loaded onto a timber truck:001_tongue:

best way mate much less trouble . it has now got to the stage down here where it is expected than any plant such as a chipper , mini digger , stump grinder must also comply , thankfull wheel barrows dont have to lol , granted this is only on the A30 or A38 but its still a pain in the arse

lol i went down telegraph hill in an overloaded transit tipper a couple years ago , would much rather a lorry but i guess i would still overload it , there used to be a chap in torquay called mad harry , im not sure if he is still arround but he used to have a Maurious deutz scandinavian loggers truck , i saw him take that down a hill in brixham and could not belive he kept it on it wheels lol