richy_B
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Cheers guys. Good start on the research. Non-conductive handle seems to be a good choice that I have previously overlooked.
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Tool cover adds a lot on. I pay around £2k for pli, eli and around £75k tool cover. I expect postcode has a lot to do with it.
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Hello all, Looking for a stove to go into my new place. Its a 55m3 room, double glazed and well insulated so only want a small stove - 5kw or under. Will only be wood fuelled. Not in a smoke control area. On exterior wall and I want direct air ideally. The fireplace and chimney is relatively large so plenty of space to play with. Will have new flue and accessories at the same time. Black and quite traditional probably. Any recommendations?
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Even red handed they generally walk away with a caution. Pretty sickening situation.
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Is that 5m public liability and 7k tools. Sounds about a bit pricey bit in my experience policies are a minimum of £750 as they (the broker and actual insurer) need to make something out of it.
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I did have one incident with the the wire 'birdnesting' (first time I heard that used for this and I like it!). I was pulling a fallen tree down a slope and it slid towards the redirect point. This caused the cable to bird nest and get tangled around itself and jam. A bit of a fecker to untangle in the field. This was early on and I don't think the brake was tight enough. Slight adjustment and it hasn't happened again since.
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Tractor weight is probably the limiting factor on alpines/compacts even with the 35m.
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I have one on my agt 835. It's the first forestry winch I've owned so haven't got anything for comparison unfortunately but I am pleased. It seems to pull well, pretty basic maintenance, not too heavy on the back of a small tractor. I got the detachable towbar fitting on it so I can pull my small forestry trailer behind it in the woods. Can't remember exactly but I am sure it was less than £50.
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When you get to £80k then panic. You never know what's round the corner so keep on grafting in the meantime.
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For hardwood species I get them all done in November and December. I find higher failure rates for ones going in after Xmas break.
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Am I missing an opportunity to become a log Baron
richy_B replied to Dean Lofthouse's topic in The Lounge
I get these every week as well. It's mainly 'if you come and cut down my overgrown Connie hedge you can keep the wood as payment!'. I am tempted to turn up, straight fell a few onto their lawn then say actually I've changed my mind and bugger off! -
I have a ifor 3017 with caged sides. Had it about 6 months now and use it 3-4 days a week. I've been very pleased with it. It carries 1-2 tons most of the time. Sits happily at 50mph behind a pickup or transit. I bought it specifically as it was the same width as our L200's and for urban work having the trailer the same as the vehicle is a help. No issues with build quality so far. I've get about 40 full tips without having to charge the battery. My local dealer was very good but Ifor were a bit of pain when ordering. I wanted the solid sides as standard but after 6 weeks wait there was no light at the end of the tunnel so had to go with the mesh ones. Also took 4 more weeks to get the light protectors to me.
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If it was me I'd have your logo taking up half the greedy board with garden and tree work as three lines on the other half. Same both sides. Then your email and phone number just under the rail on the pickup body. On the tailgate I'd have phone, email and website as three lines on the right. Tree work, Gardening, Fencing on the left. The doors don't have enough room in my opinion. If you were pushing the greenwood working side of things you could do three columns on the greedy boards, each with an imagine. Different both sides. Would be quite eye catching.
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Well its cheaper to add more later if you want it, than rip off stuff in a month because you don't like it!
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Probably can't hurt to have it on there but I prefer the 'less is more' look. I see a lot of arb trucks with a list of different tree operations on there. All the customer wants to know is you work on trees! Doubt they give a monkeys if you plant, prune, pollard, coppice, reduce, reshape, fell, dismantle, crown thin, deadwood, etc, etc. For a niche item such as greenwood work I think graphics are key. An example of your best work with greenwood working below would be great. I do that with planting. Nice example of a memorial tree, a really nice shot of an avenue. Row of pleached hornbeams in a formal setting. A picture is worth a thousand words as they say.
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I'd go simple on the doors. Tree and garden work. Hedge Trimming. Fencing. Forestry and greenwood crafts are not the kind of thing people buy because they've seen it on a van, its a niche. You say removals people think of moving house. I think people like to see a location as well - It builds confidence. "Covering X, Y and Z". Obvious bit - landline number, website address, generic 'info@' email address.
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What I hate about politics is its always the lesser of two evils. You don't vote for who you want to win, you vote for who isn't as terrible as the other candidates. I appreciate no-one is perfect but out of 300 million people are these the best two people they can find to represent the worlds biggest superpower. I ask the same in our elections. I yearn for the day that someone actually inspirational comes along.
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It's always the way in Arb work. You want a 7.5t vehicle, so you need a yard. Get a yard, get a 7.5t vehicle all of a sudden you want a bigger chipper. Big chipper fills the 7.5t vehicle too quickly. You want an 18tonner. Maybe a larger yard to accommodate and while you are there, maybe an even bigger chipper! I have a bit of a 'habitat' when it comes to this and I am never satisfied with a machine for more than a couple of years before I want to go up one or two.
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Everyone considering the jump from 3.5t to c1 and beyond is always going to be put off by the initial cost. Getting a O license is maybe £500 in fees (provided you have a suitable depot), putting someone through a C1+E is going to be £1500 odd with medical, theory, practical, vehicle hire etc. 6-12 weekly tests are likely to be £100-180 ago depending on where you are. Lets say in the first three years you are looking at £3500 more plus the insurance. Not an insignificant amount of money but if you look at it as a 5 day a week, 48 week of the year cost its a fiver a day. Once you have a C1E or CE you've got it for life as well.I think its definitely worth it if tree work is your main job. The biggest stumbling block is the operating centre. Lots of guys working from home or residential areas are pretty stuck. Even if you chose to register elsewhere people will soon start complaining with bigger commercials parked up.
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I have an agt 835 which is 37hp. I run a 35m winch, zanon tfx 1300 flail and a skidding grapple. I pull a small timber trailer. My work is a bit niche as I do low impact stuff in urban woodlands. For me manoeuvrability was the biggest factor hence my decision for articulated steer as well. For most of what I do 37hp is fine but when flailing bramble/light undergrowth an extra 15-20hp could let me run in a higher gear or a slightly wider flail (jump from a 1.30 to a 1.5m) to increase productivity. If it am going up hill and flailing you really feel the power issue. Obviously you can plan around this but if it's a regular thing more power is the obvious answer. My opinion is go for the biggest machine your situations allows for. If you are self propelled and not trailering it around I'd go for a small 'full size' machine around 70-80hp over a large compact with 50hp.
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Give me a PM with a price and location and we could have a chat about it.
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Yeah. There is definitely a knack to it and the extra time snedding really helps. After a few hour you get a really good feel for what it can and can't eat though. We've not had it that long and now we're rarely have a blockage. For us its mainly bundles of finger width lime branches which I thought would have been a nightmare but as long as you keep the it to a handful at a time it is great. You can easily create a few cubic metres an hour of chip so it's pretty productive. We've filled the caged 3017 in an afternoon without too much effort. I imagine the m300 and m400 are great machines as well but they were a bit pricey for my use. The m200 was around £2k and pays itself back in no time.
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I do something similar with our m200 for basal pruning to 5 metres. Not sure about the m250 but two guys can lift our in and our of a trailer etc which makes it very flexible. I can put it on our plant trailer at the head of the digger or it can sit in the bed of the transit tipper for very restrictive jobs. I found that the m200 is the perfect height for a wheelie bin as well. We've done a few jobs down long tight alleys and you can chip into the bin then walk back to the main vehicle.
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I really like the L200s. I have had a few of older 2006 models. They are basic but as a work truck thats what you want. My current L200 is manual locking, manual windows, white,cloth interior. I put mud terrains on it and it's great. Can tow 2700kg happily, ok in general off road settings, reasonably comfortable for 4 blokes. It's not a motorway cruiser necessarily as it gets noisey above 60mph. Are you looking for double, king or single cab? You can pick up a decent 3 year old, 60k L200's for £8-9k plus VAT. Mainly double cabs but you get singles too. Get one without a tow bar and add your own. I do most if the servicing and repairs myself. I find them very straightforward. Get nearly everything from Milners but have found mitsubishi are not that expensive for more specialist parts.
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+1. Been using them for years and they are great. I'm a leftie (hand rather than political) so my only issue is having the scabbard on my natural side or facing the wrong way.
