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  1. Nope , there is only one firm in cornwall that has an 80 ton crane with 46 meters of jib !!
  2. What are his lowering skills like ? if hes any good is he free next week ?
  3. as above but if your going to use a grinder i would advise that you use a "flap disk" as they are far less agressive and give a cleaner finnish .
  4. as has been already said it depends on what your work load is and the requirements of a vehicle to get the work done . We run a Unimog u1600 , a ford ranger tipper and another mazda pickup however i am currently looking to buy a landrover utility truck (ex western power) , this is due to most of out work being off road and often in not such nice conditions . Personally if you are looking for a standard 3.5ton tipper then i would get an iveco tipper , they are pretty much bullet proof ! . once you have your self established and know the kind of work that you are regularly bringing in then maybe look at a sepecific type of vehicle ie - if most of your jobs are small and of road then a landy tipper would be an idea or if most of your work is roadside then maybe an iveco tipper with chassis mounted tool box would be a better option . But for now keep it simple and relatively low cost . There are many a person that borrow a shed load of money to set up their own tree firm they buy a sparkeling new trasit and a new timberwolf 150 , they get it signwritten and think that this will bring in work !!!!! 12 months later you see their kit on fleabay as they have gone bust !!!! anyway i hope the above ramblings may help a little cheers Dave
  5. ha ha ha i can assure my self that cornwall will escape it now that i have got a new head torch !!!! much like if i had got a snow plough for the mog last winter we would not have had any snow !!! Dont panic i dont plan on getting any sun tan lotion for the summer !!!
  6. To be honest i was only lookin at the job from a crane point of view and if it could be done with a crane
  7. as much as pictures are not alot to go by i would say that if you have access to a big chipper (9 inches minimum), three decent groundsmen , a couple lorries to take timber and chipawayand someone who has experience with crane jobs then that tree should only take a morning to get down and maybe the rest of the day to clean up etc , this would give you time and a chance to have a go at crane work whilst under the watchfull eye of someone experienced . Hope this helps
  8. How about the M25 then
  9. the last crane job that we did cost £986 per day for an 80 ton crane - this allowed us to lift up to 1.25 tons 35 meters away from the crane , BUT my honest advice is get someone on who has done a crane job before , there is alot that can go wrong and unless you know how to set the slings up for specific lift situations then there is a real chance it is goging to take you longer and you run the risk of a lift going wrong and trust me Crane drivers are not keen on lifts going wrong at all . My honest advice is to get a climber in who has carried out cran work before , see how it is done and the methods used . this will save time and could result in you only needing a crane on site for half a day as opposed to a day - this in turn will save you money and sand you a better chance of winning the quote . I hope this makes sense and i really do not mean to soun harsh and do not intend to put you down BUT crane work is some of the most tricky and dangerous work you will probably ever get to do in this industry . Cheers Dave
  10. A company that i sub contract too has bought several and a few of the guys using them are already complaining that they wont tick over as they should , the saw is sluggish and runns lumpy and several of the gys have said that they can be a pain in the arse to start . i really hope that the Auto tune system was not baised on the work ethick of most teenagers in the uk !!! lol
  11. to be honest there is not much we can imput without some pictures of the site etc , the distance from crane to tree will depend what size crane you need etc etc there is alot to take into considderation when looking at a crane job , have you ever been involved with a crane job before ?
  12. hmmm were you working on a roadside , you left the saw on the pavement to pull the truck and chipper forwards or reverse it and you didnt realise thet the bar of the saw had swung round out over the road and you drove over it
  13. Well i had a play on a 560 and was not at all impressed , the auto tune system works that well that the saw would not tick over and was a right pain in the arse to start !!! so i tried another 560 and that too ran pretty badly but did run enough for me to use it and see what i thought - And to be honest i think i prefer my 357xp
  14. Clear a decent size area , attach Wire rope - attach to unimog and drive off lol . seriously though i think it is all dependent on the situation , often we are sent to jobs where a tree has been blown over and brought the powerlines to the floor without the lines breaking - to the point that two-three poles either side are bending so honestly every tree and every situation can end up with a different sequence of how and what we do to get the tree safely on the ground
  15. to be honest i have found them to be really helpfull , to be honest they dont really help with the actuall weight loss but more a case that they aid in helping you maintain muscle growth when your specificly aiming to lose body fat . but on the whole i have found that my body fat has gone down and at first my weight dropped but as i have been training more i have seen a slight increase in weight . but honestly i would reccomend using them alongside a good healthy bllenced diet and regular exercise (gym trainng)
  16. oh right cool , where abouts in cornwall was he ? , the gym i go to charges for BMI assessments , i bet your brother was not overly impressed !
  17. Yeah that is a good point Huck , i know that down here the costs for that method are quite high but still the calculation does not take into account skeleatal structure and % of muscle
  18. , BMI really does now work , using body fat callopers is really the only accurate way to see what your BMI is
  19. Yeah this is true Judge , also i have found that now im using Yale Imori (poison Ivy) im not going through as many , 1 so far this year !
  20. Hmm im 1.87 meters (6ft2) if that helps .
  21. WELL !!!! i just jumed on the scales and im weighing 100kg - Propper Fat Boy !! ha ha
  22. Bailer twine and a couple safety pins lol ! Now being serious i currently use Yale Imori and a Lock Jack positioner
  23. this is something i had trouble with but then thought about how much hitch chord i used to go through - Lock Jack clutch works out cheeper every time
  24. Give Pete b a shout on here and see if there green mech multi task is still available to hire , if your not sure what it is then have a look on the classifides (i think its on there) Any way if i had 75 grand i would buy it for line clearence

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