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i like the stumpgrinder idea but best to try personal visit route, polite calm and businesslike. angry scenes and big gestures may cost you other work elsewhere. the type of person who will not pay their bills will think nothing of spreading lies to justify themselves and damage your reputation. slow payers are a fact of life,unfortunately. 6 months is not at all unusual in ireland. i find monthly statements,polite phone reminders,and personal visits wears them down in the end. as a professional and and a business person,how you present yourself and behave in difficult situations can be the diffirence between success and failure.

i think it costs alot to repair those insulated hoists when they fail their electricity insulation test even though they may be otherwise perfect. thats why they are often sold off while they are still in good order. ideal for avenues etc imo

i.ve just noticed how dirty my sceen is

dont know how our irish poplar would work out. i used to have a 764 with cabmount crane and trailer. spent a winter in the forests around Coolaney and Acare extracting thinnings with it once. had a good time there , nice place/people

county 1174 i,d say.looks like they floored everything first, made life a bit hard on themselves. where in ireland ?

my utility crew have being using all stihl models for a few years . with everyday use lots of bearing/shaft problems from 6months on. tried the echo last year ,went 14 months without any probs. needed shaft bearing then.stihl nicer to work but echo will take more punishment imo

does anyone on here know anyone who still runs a tapio 600 or 400 stroke head? i have a box of spares (seals,electrical bits,measuring springs etc)taking up room in my shed. free to good home

noticed quite a few ash over here also (we had a crap summer)

why do you assume i make no profit?

win 100% too cheap. win 20%either too expensive or maybe other issues (reputation,presentation etc)50%+ pretty good i would think. just trying to contribute. is that a problem ?

self explanatory ,i would think

was told by both utilities project supervisor and by client who runs marketing company that 60% is a healthy ratio

i,ve been told 60% acceptance should be target

non runner?

:thumbup:nice

like your mewp. what reach does it have?

wow! that scenery is very much like the Maam Valley near me (except no potholes or sheep on the road

we use a ex30 hitachi with just a brash grab. it feeds chipper,carries brash logs roots everything,will pull small roots, great for pulling gorse. briars etc. tows chipper etc. loads logs. general lifting around yard. runs 15 ton splitter faster than tractor. its as good as 4 groundies on some jobs. i prefer minidigger to roofmount because i can track and gather a lot of brash to one chipping point also easier to get in and out to trim forks etc .i can see how the avant would be great on lawns though

my 01 tranny self bleeds (when ran out). always found kubota v easy to bleed.

i dont wish to intrude or butt in but your quiery reminds me of when i started to climb first. my intro to climbing was setting up spar trees etc for skyline timber extraction. we did (very)basic climbing and aerial rescue training for that but i thought using a chainsaw aloft was maybe a bridge too far.i had about 9 years experience of forestry cutting and extraction at this stage and was often asked to fell roadside or dangerous trees.i used to climb and rig such trees and fell and pull them with a tirfor winch or with my county tractor if space permitted. if not i would leave it to the proper tree surgeons of the time (c1896-98)who were (or were percieved to be)very expensive in this part of the world. on st. stephen.s (boxing ) day 1998 there was a very violent storm and sadly a road fatality from a falling branch near here. as a result , dozens of roadside trees were condemned and lots of landowners decided to fell suspect trees. qoutations for felling these trees were (or seemed) very high. the main tree surgery company over here at the time were part of coillte (the state forestry board). all of a sudden i was being offered what seemed at the time large sums of money to fell or top trees. as a young man with a lifestyle to maintain (and an otherwise mediocre income), i was tempted into the world of tree dismantling etc. my first dismantle was a freebie for my uncle,the (spruce) tree was probably taken down in 4 inch pieces,the audience was suitably impressed and my reputation snowballed .in those days one could earn your weeks wages on a saturday domestic job (our economy was on the up also). sorry to ramble on but i think what saved me in those blissful days was good work positioning(maybe by luck ,instinct or accident)on the ground or in the tree. taking trees apart in small pieces and i suppose being already experienced (and respectful of) with chainsaws. there is really no substitute for the proper training, methods and kit. would i advise cutting /climbing without formal training? i would have to be honest and say no. im sure lots of us have had several near misses and are lucky to have come through our early careers intact. best of luck.

thank you, o wise one !

its got almost new 40 inch bar and chain. i only need a really big saw a few times a year so i make do with my 640 or solo 681 but will be nice to have a big saw for the odd big fell. oh, and the feeling of power and machoness!

hi, i.ve been offered a stihl 084av in exchange for 500 euro worth of logs. very tidy,pot and piston not long ago by my own saw mechanic. good deal or not? 084 good saws ?

found problem. dodgy connection on one of wires to stop bar switch.cable had been repaired last year(after being chewed by dog) . i had missed a block connector under the feed hopper when checking earlier. many thanks to tw tech support, a great service.

happened me a few months ago but not as bad, was able to continue, damn sore for a week after especially at night. silky just as dangerous , always brings to mind the probability versus severity matrix on some risk assesments