RobRainford
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with the power of that, id invest in something fairly substantial, youd be able to run a 20t off that. our splitter was an ebay special at £495, its been modified from a point head that kept bending to an axe head, we run it on a JD 6330 and just leave the hydraulics on flow and revs at about 1500, it power through pretty much anything and will cut across the grain! ive seen splitters getting advertsised in a banner here, i saw those, i think it was anyway, at the apf and looked like good solid machines.
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is that the 13/75 or the 18/100? im not too interested in the 13/75, doesnt seem as practical as the GM CS100, i think i may have a demo sorted. Fingers crossed
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Cheers
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My hilux sold on ebay yesterday, guys came and picked it up today, they said they are exporting it to dubai! Nice retirement home for it. If anybody is ever selling old toyotas, those guys are interested! even accident damaged ones they will take, with or without tax and MOT Now to find a new engine for our nissan navara, anybody got one lying around?
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do you mean NPTC assessments? i think the site would have to be deemed suitable by the assessor and you would have to be registered to be assessed and pay the fees.
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Cool. What size is that and is that for a day?
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just mocked up some signs, may not be worth the cost of getting it done though. would turn some heads!
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cheers, was thinking that may be an idea
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very tempting, id love a demo of the cs100, got a good job for it coming up.
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has anybody got a free wednesday next week and a small chipper like a jo beau or a little greenmech? Theres a chance ill be able to justify one soon so will be looking into them. would like to use one of them so i can get an opinion! Cheers
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Anybody got the number for shelby and his log dog Steve you speak wise words. Good post
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notice how its attracted to the cracks in the bark. it must be having a field day theres so much of it!
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spoken tot he customer, they are good friends with the local greenwaste site manager which is where i dump all my arisings, he knows me too so i think i could borrow his manitou for the time on the job, for free possibly aswell. would love to ave free waste costs aswell, which may be a possibility!
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another brainwave, would a hiab be worth anything on this?
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i plan to drag as much as i can, but theres a wall and lots of aesthetics along the bank thats got the best access, i would love to drag it straight out. it looks like a very wet dismantle!
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id thought that too. i said i bet it made a hell of a splash! thats the trouble with the kretz, the crown doesnt always show the signs of decline! yet the base could be proper FUBAR
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thats not a bad idea, but that syccie is too far from the hard standing, as we lifted the pieces they would just swing onto the grass, which we cant get a machine onto. Im thinking a manitou with some nice long slings or ropes would be my best option so far, stretched out it should still lift 3-500kgs so doing small pieces and ill be happy. i guessed around 2 days to get it all done proper. the best and only access is from where im stood in pic 4, from the edge, the top part of the crown wouldnt be a worry as its quite light and some of it floats but the main stem id have fun dragging out!
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So i had a lucky moment, picked up my phone to put it in my pocket and it rings. Yippee! Its an ash that has fallen into a pond, upon further investigation its failed due to high winds and the basal decay caused by Kretzschmaria deusta. Theres a wall about 10m to the right of it, with a hard surface right next to that. The pond is said to be 1m deep around the tree. What would be the best way to get it out? There is access to a telehandler if needed. Ive got waders too! do i just sling it up and drag it out with the telehandler? the customer wants the wood. in splittable chunks! pic 2 you can see the start of the banking on the right hand side, this is a fairly steep slope which is about 2.5m high at 45 degrees. not easy to walk on. pic 4 was taken from the wall, thats how far there is to reach, pic 5 is from the top of the slope of the wall, to show a bit more of the scale of it.
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anything bigger you just drive over it i was thinking of doing this, but have no clue how and no tres fell over
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buy a shorter rope thats from this country, if you run out on the way down do a changeover!
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ive got one to reduce, its been hacked badly in the past, i wouldnt top 20ft off it though. i would rather just take it down! ever seen birch as a hedge? a previous client had 3 next to each other which he maintained as a high hedge at about 5m. clamber to the top, stand in lots of rotten water filled unions and swing the 200t around and voila a trimmed birch hedge.
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weve got a sycamore down in the woods thats pretty knackered, hoping for it to fall to bits in this wind! im hoping for a phonecall!
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swamp loggers is my favourite with shelby. something tells me he was alone for a lot of his life!
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i find the gelert kit bags to be great value for money, rival the north face bags for quality. and half the cost!
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it is, the words and phrases used are powerful, if there was enough then it would make a good book. it sparks all sorts of emotions
