jose

Hi Guys

Thats the guy i spoke to! Kingwell.

I will have a word with him and see what he has to say.

Part of the timber is older and tbh probaly not worth anything as its be say out for some years. But who knows what route he will take. I am just trying to help put him in touch with a viable contact.

I know the other firm, tbh not looking to put another tree crew in there or else i may lose the work myself!

But thank you for the advise.

cheers

Hi All

I have a customer that is after loads of arb logs chipped up. Its a mixture of old and new logs that need sorting.

Hes a little vague on the exact amounts but he says 2-3 days of chipping/ grinding it all up.

He wants to keep all the chip as it will be used on footpaths.

It would need a loader or digger to load onto the machine due to quantity and or amount. 

Its based in Reading, Berkshire.

I did chat to someone from here once before who had a whole tree chipper but was many years ago now and im afraid i lost your number.

If you want to pm me i can pass it along ( He is not into publicity !). After a rough price to give to him.

Many thanks

i wear safe eyes under my helmet. Not sure if you could fit glasses under them but they are brilliant if theres fine dust flying about!

Otherwise these and wear contact lenses perhaps?

No joy. I tied it all but to no joy. I think what happened was the plastic sleeve had broken off from the 2 indent holes that hold it in place and had gone down and wedged in , jamming it solid. 
solution?

hacksaw! 
it was coming out one way or another. It’s now about 60 mm shorter but at least I can extend or shorten. 
cheers 

Hi all

The guys were using this the other day , had it out the maximum length and now it wont go back in. Its rock solid! cant turn it or go in or out.

i loosened the bolts that are by the orange release lever that is used normally to move it in or out but nothing.

I am afraid to do anything to brutal as its all soft aluminium and plastic. 

Has anyone experienced this and has a solution? 

Sprayed lube in it but not made a tiny bit of difference.

Many thanks

hire van and some ply sheets. 20 minutes and you good to go to get u out the S''t for the week.

or sub in someone with a van perhaps?

oh and when ur employee runs over your polesaw u can swap a load of parts over which was very handy

ive found the heads where the motor sits pushes out a bit, then its grinds the drive shaft teeth.

Had one just stop for no apparent reason.

Small plastic stopper inside the shaft broke so u can over extend ( they 2 parts come apart and u can see the electric cable inside). This would be a easy quick fix but didnt bother me so never bothered to fix.

They seem to be permanently dry ( in terms of grease). U cant over grease as it overloads the battery and it wont let u work. So little and often but every single one ive had develops a horrible dry screech ( quick spray of lube sorted) but still not a nice sound.

Makes it sound bad but by and large actually small things. Ive had 4 now and for me in terms of actually using them they r the best hedge cutter ive used.

You still want a short one to compliment your set up but the extension means u can do so much more ( height wise) over a fixed standard length one.

No pull start is lovely

They are quiet too ( thought the short one isnt so nice as its much closer)

No fumes.

And u can share the battery with other tools ( ie lawn mower etc).

If ur bruting ur way through thick brambles etc then no this isnt the tool. If however ur facing a tight conifer hedge, this especially when sharp is the dogs!

Love them.

That said not as tough as the petrol ones ive found.

I use daily and they are not given any slack so to speak. If i get 2 yrs out of one im ok with that.

The petrol ones have more grunt and seem to last longer. 

But id chose electric all day long. ( but not electric saws , they are not there yet). 

Pole saw is awesome too by the way.

does it work well for taking note say when quoting a job?

i am old school in that i use a paper note book still ( obviously write it up on the pc back at the office) but my current phone is giving up the ghost so time to move on.

I see the new samsung galaxy note 10 plus has a stylus and i guess it can convert or send to a email or pc. or is it not good enough yet?

cheers

On 23/07/2019 at 07:37, billpierce said:

On 23/07/2019 at 07:16, LeeGray said:

Anyone spending 50 grand on a truck surely isn’t going to work with it anyway meaning towing limits, vat reclaim etc all unimportant. 
The working man would just have a van, work type truck and unimog for the same money

Damn right, 50k gets a lot of toys

have you seen the price of all the new pickup trucks now. They are all getting up there money wise. £35-40 k seems to be a regular thing. 

Yank trucks can be had for similar money ( nearly new 2017 or so) but out gun it in every department ( including size unfortunately).

But with the yank u can get a 5.7 hemi included in that which is a toy in itself! guess it depends on what you class as a toy

Ive got these.

They are on the whole the best hedge cutter ive every used.

But not perfect in all ways.

Ive got 3 batteries and a quick charger and can keep 2 battery hedge trimmers going all day with 2 cutters.

Not having to pull start the engine sounds so simple a thing but not having to do it is bliss.

The reach is awesome, especially when up a ladder.

As said i dont use mine for thicker stuff, it will go through inch plus but i dont see the point.

The down side is the housing that holds the motor in place can break, not worked out a fix yet. I am on my 3rd one in 3 years ( first 2 lasted about 2 or so yrs before getting problems) and thats working every day ( not always treated right either if im not keeping an eye on the boys).

I find the short one loud enough that i wear ear protection but the 85 is so quite i can chat or play music.

Batteries are still going strong which is good.

Also have the saw, polesaw ( again awesome kit) and a lawn mower so it makes it versatile.

Electric isnt the way to go for the bigger machines or for rough grunt work but its coming on fast and i cant wait for it tbh.

18 hours ago, eggsarascal said:

If I worked that much I'd be wore right up, cue, Mr johnson, @aspenarb.

am i the only one that doesnt understand what hes saying here?

doesnt help but i saw a us video or a ram towing a massive trailer with about 4 or 5 cars on it, never allowed here but over there seems to be fine.

It was a dually one ( double rear axle).

so got all the grunt thats for sure

id second that!

swapped from a predator 460 to this. half the power almost but still awesom.

The predator just didnt move on in terms of development.

And build quality the fsi is like a tank compared to the 460.

Hi All

My tw230's fan isnt working it would seem as we overheated the coolant today. 

It happen the other day too when i wasnt on site and the guys did some digging and wiggling of wires and after a while it started again so i thought it was a loose connection

Well today was a hot one and it happened and i got to see it happen in person. after letting it cool down it fires back up nicely. I ended up putting the blower on it to give it a constant flow of air for good measure. 

Is there a fuse that controls the fan? 

Anyone else had this issue?

Did a search but didnt see anything come up.

Many thanks

Thank you Mick

I cant remember the answer so i thought id ask here.

Been asked to reduce back from a building to suitable growth points but there is no growth points to use. 

Will it regenerate new growth or will it be similar to say a scotts pine and end up with a limb that dies off?

Many thanks

ha dont worry didnt read it like that at all!

dont get me wrong its last call, got a fsi b22 and one day when i can justify a ZT bandit ( that thing is the bollocks!).

but for when i cant get a bigger one to it it comes through. 

ive got a little rock grinder 6hp or so.

Hard work but can be picked up and turned sideways to go through doors etc.

Cracking machine and took a handful of stumps to pay for itself.

Not broken down yet and not useda  set of teeth up yet.

its hard work yes and last resort but if access it tight its their.

cost about a grand brand new.

that screwfix one looks dodgy as hell though!

Not sure if this is the right location for this 

Ive been asked to quote for installing Cobra bracing on a scotts pine. It would require 3 limbs to be braced.

This is not something i do so i would be looking for someone to sub in to perform this. After a general idea of cost for this.

Its in Bracknell,  Berkshire.

If anyone can give me a cost or point me in the right direction that would be great.

Many thanks

Jose

naw its still a land rover!

we greased our 230 all the time ( one of the guys is anal and it was almost daily) but still had this.

You can buy a shim which is about £20 all in with the postage or did as i did as advised by Aspenarb  ( thanks Al!) and cut out a piece of and old oil can. Mine was a blue plastic one, took about 3 minutes and solved the problem instantly!

Before we had bungees and ropes to no joy, not solid as rock and cost nothing as had old cans hanging about.

got a fsi b22 thats a cracking little thing.

Had a predator 460 but it would shake its self to pieces and dont get me started on the wires that control throttle etc. Really lets down a otherwise capable machine.

B22 has a small engine but this doesnt stop it, and its built really solid. the 460 feels like a coke can compared to this.

these things are great.

I got a track barrow 350, from Cautrac at the Saltec show years ago. 

dragged many a chipper about ( its only down side is its so light it doesnt have enough weight pushing down on the tracks) but then again by that time i should probably hire in a tracked machine.

Moved a massive beech tree not long back, up a hill and all. never broke a sweat! 

Kinda wish i could mount a seat lol.

Done use it for brash as its not really a long bed but thats what the arb trolley is for i guess.

 u can take off the bucket and theres a tow hitch underneath , its a 2 minute 2 bolt job. Cant go wrong!