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  1. I'm after some advice from those who know and have some experience. I'm going to sell.my alpine and get a digger primarily for feeding a 12" chipper, but I would also like to be able to do some flailing, shearing small trees and hedges with it as well as some.digging. I'll be moving it behind a mog so not too worried about weight. I've sort of narrowed it down to something in the 5-8t range, probably erring towards 5t due to the compactness of the machine. We use a bloke with a super reach 21t for big stuff, so not worried too much about working on big trees with it. My gut feeling is whatever will be a compromise between nimbleness, stability and lifting/flow capacity...

    What are poses thoughts and experiences? Cheers

  2. Bullsh#t.
     
    That would mean each year, 143, 000 arbs are admitted to one of the UK's type 1 Emergency departments. Nearly 1% of all A&E patients! 
     
    My sis works in A&E and has never mentioned seeing an arb. 
     
    Plenty of gardeners though.....
    Apparently, theres only about 21k arbs in the UK. I don't know about you but I've never been to hospital nor have any of my guys, so some lads must be in there every day [emoji23][emoji23]
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  3. A bit late tothe party here, but going through similar considerations.  I currently run a Land Rover 130 tipper, a 15T lorry with crane and tipper.  I need a second tipper capable of carrying at least 3 people and ideally no bigger than 7.5t GVW.  I have narrowed down to either a Iveco Daily 7T crew cab or a normal 7.5T tipper.  I think my preffered option is the Daily as it is less liekly to be over loaded and slightly smaller.  Where as it sounds like it would be quite easy to over load a 'normal' 7.5t tipper.

     

    Any thoughts? And has anyone got a 7T Daily, if so whats it like?

     

    Cheers

     

  4. Thanks,  It's in the buttress on both trees, hence with further consideration i dryadeus seems more likely to me now, and in a less busy area I'd be inclined to leave it alone.  However, the large and sustained footfall around the trees, both which have sizable and over extended branches.  hence i think I need to try and reduce the risk of limb failure...

  5. I think that this is an old Inonotus sp bracket on a large oak I've been asked to look at. Could anyone confirm this? I think it's hispidus...

     

    My current thinking is a crown reduction, largely as it is in an area of high footfall. Any thoughts?

     

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  6. On 1/1/2018 at 20:57, aitch said:

    Here's my alpine. BCS Volcan 950 dual steer, 91hp.

    Not fully put it through its paces yet as I spent all me budget in the tractor! Just got a fork lift for it and have some duals and a flail on order.

    Next step is a winch and a timber trailer when I've saved my pennies.

    Available for hire with an operator if anyone is interested.f3138f35fcaf02618503bb317cfc7da0.jpg32401295486244be7277d9bfa0ac8a0c.jpg

    Nice, I'd be interested to see how you get on with the duals.

  7. I'm looking to fit a loader to my BCS Volcan 750. Obviously no where is open, but I've emailed Kilworth for prices etc.  My question is do any other loaders fit and what attachments do people find the most use?  I was thinking a bucket with grab for brash and timber (possibly based on forks) and a 4 way bucket for chip.

     

    Cheers

     

    Mark

  8. Check the paperwork, but that should be easy to sort out. It's the condition that I'd be concerned about, some may be ok but others may be is a state having been christmas treed or sat about for a long time. Not saying don't go for it but check and take a battery to check the thing works! Some of the kit has been out of service for a long time. Normal auction stuff really, but if there are lots of the same types of vehicle, it's easy to swap parts about etc to meet larger sales and so on.

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  9. I've had no bother, but although it's a special vehicle, I run it on white ( customer pays anyway). It has 12 weekly inspections and mot etc. You need class 2 to driveit and class 1 to tow anything. We are tacho exempt due to doing tree work and driving the lorry only allows us to do our work, rather than driving being our work (had long discussion on my O Licence seminar about this and got this advice from 3 different VOSA inspectors). I keep a driver's log sheet anyway.

    The only concern I ever have is being over loaded, but think it's unlikely as we'd bulk out before hitting the max payload of 7t or so.

  10. I've had no bother, but although it's a special vehicle, I run into on white ( customer Pas anyway). It has 12 weekly inspections and not etc. You need class 2 to drive class 1 to tow anything. We are reaching exempt due to doing tree work and driving the lorry only allows us to do our work, rather than driving being our work (had long discussion on my O Licence seminar about this and got this advice from 3 different VOSA inspectors). I keep a driver's log sheet anyway.

    The only concern I ever have is being over loaded, but think it's unlikely as we'd bulk out before hitting the max payload of 7t or so.

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  11. Was looking at this earlier today matty as though it would be very useful for exactly what you are describing and with the crane at the back it'd be able to reverse into somewhere and clear up as it go's

    https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F132343216811



    That's mine! Bloody good bit of kit, but time for an upgrade. It's much much better off road than you'd think as long as it's not wet! The crane is in a great place to make the most of the reach!

    I need a tipper now though... There's always something!
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  12. Thanks,. I can't get on to the AA website either, password epic this week! Funnily enough I just used the FISA guide, reckon it's about as good as you are going to get! I did manage to get on to the FCA web page and the toolbox talk (that I looked at) was next to useless! Cheers Mark

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