richy_B
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Farmi blades are £250 a set so 6 or 7 would be a hell of a spend. I have had a set 'lost in the post' as well. It's more about reducing the amount of messing about. Spending 20 minutes sharpening some blades is preferable to sending them away. This tormeks have a wetstone on it.
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I am thinking of buying a small grinder and planer jig to sharpen my chipper blades on. Mainly the blades for a Farmi 260 which are 300mm x 135mm x 14mm. I was looking the Tormek T8 and their planer jig. Anyone used it or similar? Any reviews? I can use postal services for sharpening but the pain in the arse of packaging, dropping to the post office, hoping they get there, waiting a week, hoping they get back and so on is starting to p*ss me off! Usually ends up costing me about £40 to get two blades sharpened so its not a huge issue to sped £400 odd on a grinder. Obviously need a decent grinder but the main aim is I can just pop the blades out, sharpen up and put them straight back in.
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I have a farmi 260 pto and you need 90hp plus to run it. 130-150hp ideally. It's a 1000kg as well.
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Interesting items coming up. My immediate issue - A lot of suppliers have said haulage is going to anticipated be tight Jan-March. The word is foreign hauliers are not wanting to send drivers and lorries over incase they get stuck at Dover for 48 hours etc. 2 days of a lorry sitting in customs, 2 days of drivers being paid, etc. A reasonable assumption I suppose. I've got all my stock and supplies in to see me through till April but certainly something to watch.
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Supply of nursery stock might be an issue as well. More landscapers perhaps but people like Barchams import loads of their tree stock.
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Not a for/against thread just a bit of a discussion on the likelyhood we won't have a trading arrangement by the end of December. Just wondering what everyone is expecting/thinking? -Machinery. Vast majority of our machinery, from chainsaws to chippers to MEWPs to Unimogs and onwards are European. What is availability, lead times and prices going to be like for new kit and parts? Climbing kit as well I suppose. -Firewood. Could this be a good thing for domestic producers? I can't see importing kiln dried European firewood by the container load being as easy/cheap as it was before. Could this boost local producers revenues? -The overall knock on impact on our economy. Will people have more/less disposable income? Will commercial customers have more/less budgets? Same for local authorities. I'm not panicked about it but I am mindful certain parts of our industry will be impacted. Interested to hear other people's view.
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Hello, We are looking for some occasional experienced climbers for local authority tree works. Deadwooding to pollards to removals. Ideally own LOLERed kit and climbing saw. 0730-1530 is our usual day. Happy to pay good rates for good people. PM with your prices. Work is ongoing.
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Hello all, I am currently running a nifty 120 tracked mewp. Has been a good little unit but we've been getting a bit more big tree work and I'm looking at maybe selling it and getting something like a Multitel SMX 250 for the extra height and outreach. I don't have 'new' money, I'd be on the look out for a 2-5 year old machine. Are there many SMX250 owners on here? How do they rate the unit?
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Whatever the case the climbers is a loon. Life is cheap in some places.
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You'd fill a bulker in 5 mins! Can't imagine anyone outside a power station has this much chip to shift.
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We run a Timberwolf S426 (Road tow). We use it for bumbles of bramble, hedge cuttings, Christmas trees, conife, old tree stakes, pallets, root balls, lime epicormic and ivy. You can feed it carefully from a machine but I find it easier to crush a bundle with a grapple then place at hopper mouth and someone pushes it in by hand. Eats these up no bother, great tool. Compost it all grom there No good on matted, wet stuff. Grass cuttings, bad compost etc. You'd need something more like a Menart.
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Other than running the hedge off an auxiliary unit (beaver power pack or something) I think Matt is right.
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I had one of these many moons ago. It was a lump of a unit. Can't even find a picture of it now. 5.2t double cab tipper. Was from Bury Council tree team from late 90s (and it was old then!).
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I've been agri registering a bit of plant kit recently. I'm told there are huge delays in this (and many similar) govt process. Several months was said - but who knows how accurate any of that is. Might be easier as change of tax class - mine was a first registration so no V5, numberplate etc.
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I am still getting the hang of it. F*cked up the other day - I had just parked up and my phone rang about a site issue. Got distracted and left my tacho card in. Didn't get use the truck again for 2 days so it seems to have put me as other work for about 40 hours straight. I did a print out of the days and wrote on the back what happened. Signed and dated it. Hopefully covered.
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Thanks for the info. Good to know. Its just didn't tally with me as I was still driving (albeit) stationary. Working in London im constantly stop start in traffic.
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Tacho query. I'm driving along and stop at a red light. For the 20 odd seconds I am there it defaults to other work. But I'm obviously no doing other work, I'm just stopped in traffic. Is this legit/Do I have a dodgy tacho?
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How much do you charge as a subbie for the use of your own truck?
richy_B replied to Brian Jones's topic in Arb-Trucks
There are loads of tipper chippers running around London, I could tell you of 40 plus outfits within 10 miles of me. The competition drags the price right down. A groundworker with a newish, good condition high sided tipper is about £200 a day. Good climbers are obviously going to be a lot more for the combo. -
Hello, Hyva PTO driven tipping gear on our Iveco. Today it is just hissing air from the control when you try and use it. No tipping. PTO seems to be engaging. Hydraulic levels and filter seem OK. Any ideas where to go next?
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I found that true and mad! My euro6 iveco 75 was significantly cheaper than a transit tipper of the same age and miles. I'm a big transit t350 fan but compared to a 7.5t it's words apart. Apart from the obvious payload advantage its tows a 3.5t trailer like a dream.
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How much do you charge as a subbie for the use of your own truck?
richy_B replied to Brian Jones's topic in Arb-Trucks
It depends on your existing day rate in my opinion. If you are a freelance climber with own climbing kit, saw and decent condition tipper, all in you should be £260-300 in London. -
I looked at an Isuzu N75, aluminium tipper body and 1.2m high sides - came in at 3600kg kerb weight, 3900kg payload (inc driver). It would need another row of ally planks and a roof but I reckon you could go a hundred or so KG over and get away with it - 12m3 of chip. Cab was really uncomfortable though. I ended up buying a eurocargo tipper. Less payload but so much more for your money. Auto, cruise and a comfy cab.
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Maybe a daft question but I'm not sure! My new iveco is 24v, I'm used to a 12v! A good 12v battery is usually high 12s maybe 13v. What should good 24v battey(ies) be? Mine (2 x 12v in series) currently sit about 24.6-24.7 and I'm wondering if I need to replace this autumn. I'd ha e thought I'd want 25-26v with the engine off.
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Spend the extra now and go for 7.5t . My eurocargo tipper was cheaper than a transit to buy and carries triple. 3.5t vehicles are so limiting for arb work.
