jose

PowerSharp by oregon, just been searching on google.

Saw one today at the show, buxtons stand. Its for 200t saws, u buy the 14" bar and with an attachment that goes on the end and then individual chains which has a sharpening stone. Stick it on the bar and chain and rev up the saw, as the chain goes round it sharpens the chain. done in about 2mins flat. Looks very tempting but i have never seen it before. Matey saw its not actually to be released untill the big show in a couple of weeks. ANy body heard or used this?

They do seem to be jobs worths. I ran out of time today but by the sound of the owner they are going to be adament anyway so i will have to delay the job. Next time i will know better! Cheers guys

Quick question I qouted a job to remove so snow damage. The onwers have a oak with a 20ft + branch( getting on to 4-6 inch dia) from what i can see which snapped off and wedges onto a lower branch, breaking that one too, and also a scotts pine where the branch has snapped off and if hanging from another below, best part of 50ft up. Both trees are in there garden, above kids play area. The area is a conservation area so these trees are covered. I advised them to give the council a call a couple of days prior to work, informing them thats its purely to make safe these limbs really out of curtersy as i know the area is hot on calling the council and complaining if tree work is done. Now as far as i understood if a tree is dead,dying or dangerous work can be carried out to make it safe. So when they called the LA they are adament that nothing can be touched untill they have filled out a load of paper work( not sure what paperwork as jet as i only just spoke to the gut and he hasnt recieved it yet) regardless of it been dangerous. (admittedly it has been hanging there since january but thats not the point, the oak branch would squash u like a bug if it fell on you, is cleanly snapped off and i sure as hell wouldnt walk under it) I am going to give them a call myself in the morning but thought i would just ask you guys first. Also as a side note does anybody know what is the allowed time to start work in the morning? I always wait till 8am before starting saws but in this heat i really would love to start a bit sooner! cheers

i will stick some pic up as soon as i get her. Going to take 4-6 weeks build time etc so will be a little while. Going for the 115hp engine, the one in the middle. cheers Jose

Hi all. Right have done the deal (subject to fiance agreement) on the transit. I got him to do the springs for £300, which are what he gets the kit in for at cost, him fitting for free, another £200 extra for my px and £750 off the truck list price. SO i dont feel i did too bad. Cheers for all your input. Jose

got to be honest i never have heard anything good about the french vehicles. they have all the goodies as standard but within no time they seem to be worthless! got to be a reason for that. The etoyota dealer finally got back to me with a px price and is way down on the Ford guy. I have been talking to the guys at Roy Wood transits in winneersh, Berks and got to be honest he has been really helpful and knowledgeble, which you would expect when buying something but i tell you it seems to be rare to find decent traders these days. to get the extra springs is another £550 +VAT on top. not sure how to get them to give me that free?? ot looked at crafter, will have a look later on. cheers for the inputs.

I am looking at buying a new truck, brand new. Have looked at a toyota dyna, mercedes sprinter and a transit. Merce dealer was useless and came in massively expensive, and the toyota dealer seemed interested but then disaperared. Transit dealer has been spot on in every way so is currently leading the way to getting my money. The only other dealer i am considering is the iveco. Currently the transit is coming in around a snip under 25 k +VAT, thats with a custom made tipper body and seperate tool box. I am after any advice people can give before i commit to years of repayment! I am after new because i want trouble free motoring. new i can garantee its not been abused in anyway. Also an optional extra for the transit is additional leaf springs on the rear. According to the dealer the current springs are fine to cope with the weight but having the extra spring prevents the truck form sagging at the rear visually thus removing the temptation for coppers to pull you to check for overloading. Does this sound correct? ( not that i intended to overload of course!) many thanks jose

How much was it to hire, and how high did it go? I just went and saw 18 lombardy pops yesterday to give 30% reduction on and the thought hadnt crossed my mind to use one. these are pretty damn tall, 60-80 ft tall so would be keen to know the reach of a big on. This would be for a site near the M25, near the M3 Junction. And def want to see the pics!

I have a LDV convoy crewcab so dont know if a towbar can be put on the front. Thanks for the offer on the winch, though i will pass as i am over in Bracknell, berks and i simply dont have the time unfortunately to pop round. I will have a look into the hoists, to see if they work on their sides. cheers for the help Jose

I am after a electric winch to pull my timberwolf 125 into my garage. I have mains electric already in. Getting peed off having to use my current setup ( a manual boat winch) which works but at the end of a long day is the last thing i need. Problem i am having is i can only find vehicle winches (12V) or hoist winches. Anybody got any ideas? I dont really fancy the hassel of having a car battery to power a 12V winch, cost thats a bit cowboy like and also would then have to constantly have it on tricle charge. It would proberly knacker the battery quickly too im guessing. I am not able to back the chipper in with my truck due to not been able to see it at all behind the chip box and the gradient proberly been too stepp for it. Cheers Jose

i worked for a local chap in wokingham. There was a plot of land opposite him with mature oaks on it. The owner of this land had a survey done on the trees and the report came back that one had rot in the base and should be felled, council said no and put a TPO on it. Shortly afterwards( a few months i belive) the tree fell over, writing on his 4 day old car and causing about 30K of damage in total as it also hit his house. Council turned around and said it was not there problem and he would have to claim off his home insurance. so i cant see them bothering to even walk around there own trees and taking responsibility for there upkeep.

DOH keep doing that, got to stop asking questions at the end of a lond day cheers

HI there, just wondering where abouts in Surrey u r? I know a guy but he lives in Wokingham, Berks. He is young and keen to learn to be a climber. cheers

yeah i was thinking along the same lines. cheers guys jose

Got asked by a client about best advice on what to do and i thought i was ask what you would all do. Got a popular growing ( grey) next to a fence, however there is a public footpath ( very busy one of course) on the other side and the roots are lifting it up. It is block paving ( ie bricks). I cant remove a few bricks and chop out and small roots as its 1-2 foot max from the base so obviously they are not small roots. Its quite a decent sized tree ( trunk about 3-4 f), i have not checked yet to c if its protected. The client is a a housing association and so is terrified about being sued and also about having to shell out any money. What would you do/ advise in this situation? Many thanks Jose

DONT DO IT! I love the machines but i am still going through the court trying to recover my money after buying a reconditioned one. 10 MONTHS later! new they are the dogs, however u dont really know whats the history with it. The one i got would ( after 1 return visit to the supplier ) start, howevere after it warmed up a few minutes later was wouldnt grind a single thing! Obviously i cant say the same will happen to this one but its better to be warned/ aware first. I know they are expensive but if u can stretch to a new one its a wise move! i miss mine cos i am always getting calls for stumps with narrow access. Cheers Jose

Where exactly abouts is that as i type it in and there are 7 different hattons. opps cancel that just reread it again and saw where! sorry

but went and saw AVITAR last night and i thought i wouldnt want to chog down the big tree! good movie by the way.

I had a alpine magnum untill some thiving git nicked it. Absolutely cracking machine. Only downside is its quite expensive to buy now, i got it new for aboput 3500 , a yr later it was 4500! 1 man can move it/ put it on the back of the truck no worries. And it will go anywhere. Anywhere u can walk it can go! jose

My first ever big job i did for myself once i set up was a beech to fell. It had a really long long drag, and it was a big old tree. it was only when i climbed up the tree that i thought no way this is really badly priced! I actuall got down before i made a single cut, admitted to the client i had got it wrong and apologised for the mistake. Any way long story cut short, i put on another £700 on top and still got the job( thtas a good indication of how cheap i was) and it turned out ok, though still a damn long drag. Still get wrong occasionally last sat a leylandi hedge which was a nice half day job turned out 3 fully loaded trucks of chips and 1 full load of logs! halfway though the day i really wanted to go home. and as usual i was soaked through to the bone, damn rain.

I got to be honest i dont see too much in the way of problems with the tree stock. I live about 15 minutes away so i dont go into the town that much but nothing jumps out at me. Though i do tend to try and avoid looking at all the trees when not at work as i feel like am going crazy, like i cant get away for a minute! I know with the snow a lot of the older cedars have suffered greatly, but i think that has happened most places. I know they have quite a few london planes along the main routes but these trees always seem to bloom where all others dont! Damn itcy stinkin trees.

reading has its good and bad parts like any town, though tbh i wouldnt want to live there! problem with cutting down and replanting is the town is something like 50% council/social housing and from great experience these people has a extreme dislike of anything green!!! Anything planted will get ripped up/ or cut down. without fail 99.9 % of all social/council jobs i do some one will come out and say it should be down to the ground but i always as why and the best they ever come up with is it drops leave. to which i reply they creat oxygen, the stuff we need to live. They then wonder off after that. But hey i am just a stupid tax payer what would i know