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Going average hourly rate for felling only service
doobin replied to Philby4165's topic in General chat
Personally, I find that when dealing with big posh country houses with a multitude of different jobs and a long run of work, day rate can be OK for both parties. The caveat is that you charge well, and charge for every machine. £480 plus VAT for a man and mini digger is pretty strong money, but the results are worth it and I have plenty of recommendations to other posh friends. Customer selection is key. If in doubt- price it. -
Whatever you do I think you'll need to up your budget a bit. If you want a pro saw for that size timber it's gonna cost more than £500.
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Grease or oil any pivot points to start with.
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Best brush cutters/clearing saws?
doobin replied to drinksloe's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Long cord, no guard, but bump head here. Of course you can strim close to the ground if you need- just tilt the head! -
Gonna cost you then.
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Some trees drop branches. Shit happens. You can’t remove all risk from life. I applaud this, and hope it prevents knee jerk reactions and removal of decent trees.
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Best brush cutters/clearing saws?
doobin replied to drinksloe's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
I find the friction welding is with ‘bad batches’ of cord. Had a terrible time with it once, bought a new reel of the same, problem solved. -
Lots of new 4ft euro bracket muck grabs with forged tines around on eBay for around a grand. I’ve just ordered an 8.4 with tilt hitch, 4 in 1, leveller and forks. Tempted to get a multione to euro bracket adaptor and see how it handles like that before I start cutting brackets etc- would make sourcing attachments much easier, plus I could borrow attachments from the farm.
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It’s hilarious. Just bad timing for the radio, how can it be bad taste?
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Love it.
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Going average hourly rate for felling only service
doobin replied to Philby4165's topic in General chat
If commercial cutting yes. I assumed this was for a large private garden or suchlike. -
Going average hourly rate for felling only service
doobin replied to Philby4165's topic in General chat
I’m charging £60 plus vat as we speak to do this. I’d want at least half of that if there was no digger- although I would just get staff to do it if the customer thought that it would be cheaper overall without machinery!! -
What do echo have around that size? Loving my cs501sx today.
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^He’s still here? What is he, the forum pet gerbil or something?
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Not done any felling for a while. Glad I haven’t lost my touch. 😂
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As above- those with some insoles were great for me.
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Not easily. How will you stop the pins from acting as pivot points? Any mechanism involving square or double pins will place a huge amount of stress on the original weld point via leverage. Clevis points on dippers have to be bob on when hydraulic rams are involved, to avoid 'grounding out' and potential catastrophic failure.
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Lit my yard stove today to dry things out a little.
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Best case scenario is that you can get them to accept some collateral damage. That's a skinny old pine, a good man and machine should be able to smash through them without too much damage. You need to be looking for a forestry crew, not a tree surgeon. Whereabouts are you and how many trees are we talking? If a good quantity and the timber is sellable then this may be able to offset some of the costs.
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True that. You either need to shell out for warranty (new machines) or redundancy (multiple machines), otherwise you are just on a hiding to nothing (or an early grave with the stress) Nothing compares to knowing that you are paying wages for a gang who can't do any work that day.
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Whilst I applaud your purchase of the RTech, I must say that since buying the RTech 180, the 250 is rarely wheeled out. I have .8mm in the 180 and 1.0mm in the 250. For 90% of my work, the smaller torch they supply with the 180 is far more handy to use, and there's plenty of power for most repair jobs too. Luckily, the Euro torch fitting on the 250 means that this welder will happily accept a 180 torch. I'd highly recommend using the 180 torch for .8mm wire, as it's hardly any more effort to swap the torch over when you go up to 1mm wire and it's a much more pleasant experience. As Will says, they will happily work on 13 amp supplies for lower draws, so give it a go.
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Lots of photos and get it gone. It’ll keep living and the tpo will still be valid!
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The suitability of using standing dead Elm for a garden structure.
doobin replied to Baldbloke's topic in General chat
That's hardly a fair comparison- West Country zider will pickle most things! -
I'm really lucky- got a farmer locally who sells meat under the counter. Some cracking sausages too, makes them himself. The pig is slaughtered happy in the barn it lived in. Piglets run around free range. Food miles are very low- from the farm to my house!
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Yes to all three. New diggers, old vehicles, mainly groundworks and site clearance. if it’s any consolation I sometimes scan a post by dumper and think that it’s one of mine! 😂 down in West Sussex.
