Le Sanglier

Massive tree (tulip is very heavy wood) much to close to the house. if the client wants it out, and there is no TPO then do it, You are not the tree officer, or, if your feelings would be hurt by taking it out, there are many contractors who would fight back the tears and pocket the money for a fully justified removal.

Thanks Tony, Sound advice based on experience,I had guessed that remotes had their limitations. The vermeer 352 sounds like a beauty, I have checked on some yankee sites where a number of folks have complained about reliability but people are more likely to complain than praise. and nothing is without faults. Now its just a matter of raising the funds.

not many tears shed here either, ludicrously expensive almost no return, except the sort of people who get fifteen quotes.

I understand remote is a option, but on a grinder you need to be close to the machine to "feel" the machine struggle or not. anyone use a remote?

one more for vermeer then.

Impressive, it looks like he is having to look around the rad, whilst using one hand, can you not see the stump from a comfortable position by the levers?

Just Googled those, you are going to get a serious workout using that all day!

Thanks Tony, just the info I was after. I will do some investigation.

Got a 130 tipper for sale, 300tdi, remote hydraulic winch, piped for a splitter, with ally sides and roof, pm if interested I will send some photos.

Hi Ty, Yeah I saw that you had that big job, congrats, I find prices for sharpening here scandalous, Timberwolf blades €22 against seven quid at home. work has picked up now the second homers are coming back, you have a 4012 don't you? which engine has that got?

From the other side of the fence; and partially nicked from Treebuzz. How to be a good climber. I am not a mind reader, I cannot read lips so do not expect instructions from 50ft up in the tree to be understood with all the machines roaring. Do not come down from the tree spend an eternity reeling up your rope, and other timewasting activities. if you must, have a quick fag, slip off your harness and lend a hand. Its not illegal to come down halfway during the job and get on top of the clearing, use the ladder to get back up. Climbers often have gravity to help them, groundsmen don't. just because it took 10secs to cut does not mean it takes the same to clear up. groundies do not get a lot of money for a tough job, they will not throw themselves in front of a badly dropped branch to save a patio door etc, rarely is there sick pay. Try and drop the branches pointing towards the chipper or lower them on a rope so the tip just touches the ground and it can be steered towards the machine. Lastly (this is lifted from elsewhere) if you think you can clear up any faster, come down and show me. From a long suffering ex groundsman,

It was a joke Forrest (see the start of the thread)

Pm me or phone me, might be interested,

I want to enlarge the grinding side of things, running a Rayco 1625 at the mo, Can anyone who has had this size of grinder moved up to a 35 to 55 hp size offer any guidelines? I want significantly improved productivity but I don't want a beast, something that can be loaded and unloaded easily, thanks in advance

there is a guy on here calls himself Timberwolf, usually answers tech stuff on the machines. I would PM him if I were you.

I am no Man U fan but I will be watching praying and hoping They stuff Barca, Fergie is a legend responsible for so many great teams. Has he ever sent a team out to lose or draw? no. I live in France and you can be sure almost every Frog wants every English team to lose every match, so to have an English team win is sweet.

I use one of those steel lined strops for an additional line round the branch itself if it gets hairy, plus its a second line for the climb itself. sorting out another anchor point higher up would probably be met with some heavy sighs and muttering on the ground, unless you were really fast or it was v. dangerous. But like the man said don't feel pressured into doing things that scare you. although obviously you have got to push it a bit.

A machine like that will murder thuja, they are the easiest, as for getting a foot in the door, when you start low they expect you to stay that way, remember how much the government takes! don't let the small customer who pays well subsidise the larger one, who will wait 6 weeks to pay and screw you where they can. anyway good luck, Mick

Hi Ty, Mick here down in the Charente, Seeing as you will pay half of your profit in cotisations. i would charge €560 per day plus TVA. Your teeth should last longer than a day, depending on the rock you encounter. I saw you lost the other grinding job, were you competing against a tractor mounted grinder?

Did you get paid?

Just to qualify I had knocked the tree over before I found the nest.

Anyone working with trees or hedges in the summer months is going to find nests, Halfway through a job (especially on leylandii) you cannot stop and walkaway. I was taking out a load of leylandii the other day and found a goldcrest nest, Luckily they were fledging and the mother continued to feed the surviving chicks, It was upsetting, but what can you do? I am not paid by a government body, so to misquote that northener " no workee, no payee"

how much?