JaySmith
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About £800 + vat delivered and collected and with operator for 8 hrs
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3t at close range and about 800kg at 9m. Max height was 19.5m
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Some footage from a two day job. First day stripping crowns of 2 x Limes, 1 x Oak and 1 x HC. Second day lowering off and extracting the timber with the help of a tracked crane. Battery gave up so only got small amount of footage. Nothing massive biggest pick was around a ton
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That's new as well I think, only reason I know is we had to show insurance docs to show we were covered in case I put it on its side! Not a massive lifting machine only about 3ton at close range and 800kg at about 9m
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All Aspects on here has a friend who has an 8 wheeler with a crab, she'll probably reply in a bit
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Only £180K wanna go halfs?? be a nice edition to your vermeer!
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Don't think so, we used Coppard plant hire and I think COL used someone from Essex or further afield from memory Edit - I did get the idea from David's job though
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A few from today using a tracked crane to finish off some trees we started yesterday
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What he said, only thing is it gets wet in winter up there and you can get stuck of you drive to far down the track/field although they do have a tractor on site
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Good price then mate if that's esso, still only use v power though! -
Is that bp/shell prices or supermarket stuff? I personally always use bp/esso or shell as had bad experiences with the supermarket stuff and only use the v power stuff in my truck
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Coming down a bit here too, I paid £1.24 for the shell v power diesel today. Normal diesel was £1.16
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Very nice truck mate, hope it earns its keep well and will no dought go on for years and years as its isuzu.
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Sounds a lot but it is a lot of truck for that money. I really liked the isuzu when I looked at them but the l200 all in with vat tow bar etc was around £15k with 3 year servicing and 5 year warranty. If I wanted a tipper and 3500kg towing then isuzu is where I would look. Very nice truck mate, was it Roger Young you got if from?
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Really like your isuzu. I was down in devon on holiday and spoke to the isuzu dealer at the totnes show and went to their showroom to look at the single can etc. The isuzu is a quality truck, albeit a little dearer than others but I really like them. We've got two isuzu 3.5t chip trucks and they are very good. In the end I brought an l200 single cab as they were doing the best deal and I don't need the 3.5t towing capacity for my personal truck but I really do rate the isuzu's. What sort of money was the tipper, all in on the road if you don't mind me asking?
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How close are your friends units to your Rayburn? Is this the stuff you mean: Knauf Fire Panel Tapered Edge 2400x1200x12.5mm | Wickes.co.uk
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Cheers, should have been clearer with what I meant. I have a Rayburn in the kitchen that has units near it and I want to add some type of fire protection to the side of the units. For this what would you recommend? Thanks Jay
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Yeah it is actually four sided as it goes round in a square but you'll get the idea from this front side. We've got another one above the Rayburn in the kitchen that does the heating and water etc. Nice to make something out of a tree that I'd worked and taken down. Behind the beam in the lounge is a bit of paper with the details of the job, the crew and date so in the future if they knock the cottage down or do any work when I am gone somebody may find the piece of paper and see where it came from
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That's nice David. Is that the tree you used the mobile crane on? I've done the same with mine, used the tree that I did my first crane and hiab job on to make one so have a bit of personal value as well
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With regards to the fire proofing material what do you recommend for this? Cheers
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All of the guys at work use the silver bull kit bags and they last well, they've also got shoulder straps which help if you've got a long walk into the woods. They ain't cheap bit worth it IMO For ropes we've just brought a few of the petzl bags and they are holding up well. Both bags were from honey's
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Most of the guys I know that climb on hitch climber use 11m ropes, maybe they tend better I'm not sure as I've never used that system so can't help there I'm afraid Also I find that 11m rope hurts my hands in long ascents where 13mm doesn't but then I've got small girly hands so that might have some bearing!
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Depends what friction device you use. For example I use a lock jack and find the higher gauge ropes perform better such as Xtc and agama rather than the 11mm offerings. Personally preference really
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compilation video of some felling/crane work and light rigging
JaySmith replied to Tommy O's topic in Video forum
Nice video, looks like some nice scenery also some big lumps on the crane -
Cheers I'll give that a go
