JaySmith
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Nice, Jamie said he spoke you at the APF and you were doing a bit of work out there you go back and forth or you moving out there? We had Martin Snowdon and his lorry on a job the other day and he said he hadn't see you on any of his jobs for a bit
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Nice work. Where's that Rich, don't look like South London to me?!
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One clutch in ten years that must be a record for a tranny! We've had three clutches in about 4-5 years, but then that is towing a large chipper or a trailer with a tracked machine. To me transits are more like vans (like what plumbers drive) and the Isuzu or Canter are more like little trucks and as such are better built and suited to tree work and carrying large loads. One thing to bear in mind is servicing, not sure what Ford charge but our one year old truck has just gone in for a service and it is around £750 plus vat Couple of pics
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Around 6 - 9 months for a pair of hi flex leggings and unto a year for Meindl boots, but that is working 6 days a week. Not bad when you cost it down per week really
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Towing is 3.5 ton
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What he said! We have a 63 plate grafter wide cab which is essentially a 5 ton truck down rated. IMO there is no comparison between the isuzu and a transit, we have both and the isuzu wins hands down. It has a better clutch and box, is better geared for towing, has a larger towing capacity (3.5 ton) and I feel is more suited to tree work. Essentially a transit is a van and an isuzu is a truck. Not sure what the current deals are but we paid less for our isuzu than we got quoted for a tranny. Try mc truck and bus, always had good service from them. I've put a few picks on other threads of the truck if you search for it
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Yeah I did want to try and do something with the timber and was thinking of get an Alaskan mill to have a go at milling bit the top bit was very pappy and the old decay pockets on the bottom pick had large amount of soil and rubbish in there so I think it will just go for firewood. Tree was over the main drive of the school and had been in decline for a while so had to come down unfortunately. There is another immature beech behind where Stu took the pics so hopefully that will flourish now it's not so suppressed.
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Finally went back to pick the stem from the beech I took the crown off a couple of weeks ago and finished a medium large willow monolith we started last weekend.
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Only to identify my kit from the other teams. All the saws my team use have that tape on the handles so we know who's kit is who's and that way it all gets looked after and maintained correctly. When I was colour coding all the kit that was the only colour I could find for my gear!
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As long as you are only doing the tree work and not trying to mow their lawns or weed the borders taking his primary work away then i would say no. Maybe if some of your tree work clients need a bit of weeding done you could recommend your mate....works both ways then
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We have a landscaper who passes us tree work and we pass our clients his details for landscaping projects, works both ways; we get the work he isn't interested in and he gets an introduction to our clients for projects we can't do.
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Yeah we like them. The thing is they are cheaper as a chassis cab than a ford transit and perform better: more power, better clutch & springs, better towing capacity etc etc so a no brainer really. We have a transit as well (see below) and even putting the ages aside they are like chalk and cheese
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Just waiting for new artwork I believe
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No its an Isuzu grafter wide cab version. Yeah quality trucks, well built, massive power for a 3.5t and platted to tow 3.5t which is important for us. We've got a slightly older one as well and that still goes strong after years of abuse unlike the transit!
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Lifting of a mature beech that had shed some small branches and cracked the roof tiles on the adjacent property. MEWP we got only reached the bottom branches so ended up climbing anyway
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Cheers jay, it's nice when time constraints allow us to spend a lot more time than normal. Yeah deffo nice when time permits, like working for clients like that who want the perfect shape and don't mind paying a bit more to allow the time
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Can't recommend the Isuzu NKR/grafter range enough. They are like little lorries and pull like trains. The one in the pic below is newish but older ones can be had relatively cheaply and go on and on if they are looked after. IMO they are much better built for tree work than transits etc
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Really? We've got two of the ST6 chippers and find them better hard to beat. Any issues we have had with them have been sorted quickly and efficiently and the back up from the guys at Redwood is second to none IMO
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Looks like a nice bit of kit. But the fact it can only take upto 13mm rope would put me off as you couldn't use it as a supplementary/redirect pulley with larger lines
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Yeah if the job comes through then we will probably use them as them seem very professional and have the ideal machine just wanted to get another quote or two to compare prices cheers
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Yeah they have got two machines were looking at, just want to see if there are any other firms and get a couple of quotes Cheers
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Yeah not too bad to plan. Just looking for a machine that we can track along with the timber attached so we can put it into the truck rather than put it on the floor as the access is narrow we can't get the usual timber lorry up the drive. Apparently compards have got a machine that tracks along with upto 1.5 ton on so going to look at that machine as that may fit the bill
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Approx 1.2 cube as it is in pic according to mitsubishi figures for the tub
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Nothing exciting just removing major dead from line of around 30 odd medium Pine's. Was able to throw line from tree to tree to save a bit of time
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A nice and sympathetic reduction in this TPO'd copper beech. I didn't climb it, I let one of my guys crack on with this. Nice shape
