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I’m in west.

where are you hoping to move to ?

I think they did really well
sound engineer let them down a bit. Great effort , just needs mixing 

You will need the aerial rescue for working on a two man crew.

I’ve worked with some super groundies who don’t like climbing, 

happier on the ground and often more focused on their roles than some climbers who would  prefer being up the trees.

I agree.

You wouldn’t safety pull anything substantial without being tied back , 700kg machine is not much of an anchor anyway.

with winch/mounting plate tied back (properly for angles of pull) stresses should not be on hitch/machine.

 Also need good understanding of winching and limits of what can be safely attempted.

On 18/06/2021 at 20:44, Dave Alviti said:

The finished article 

Looks really well built.

was hoping to get similar built for some river jobs where nothing else will fit.

does the fairlead allow you to pull at a high angle (30 degrees ish ) ?

for pulling over trees or pulling through pulley in tree.

would have serious pulling power when tied back. Handy in lots of situations.

For tie backs , I’d say.

Nice!

is there ash dieback over there?

I think they have to replace line from house to pole with box on if broken or damaged. Not cost effective to repair.

not cheap I’d say 

Company (in Ireland) that I bought my cabstar/mewp from has given me ballpark quote to remount on a newer cabstar , repipe,new electrics and replace pins & bushes : €12k

I would think refitting to mog would be more expensive.

Whoever would design/fabricate the remount would have to be approved by CTE I would think.

3 minutes ago, Logdaft said:

So true!

2 hours ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

What I meant Mr Stubs was, if using in an area where bogging down is even a remote possibility, is the MEWP the right tool for the job. 
 

Granted it may have got bogged in transit to operating zone but was operating zone firm enough?

 

Don’t know, just surmising, MEWPs have a place and a time but I can’t help but feel they also present a potentially greater possibility of injury / harm when not properly deployed. 
 

Right place, right job, right operator - undeniably a suitable option but if any of those factors don’t exist the chance of injury / harm is multiplied many fold - we can look to the States for an early indicator of this and as MEWP use is presented as the ‘preferred’ option in UK I anticipate a corresponding rise in associated accidents here - sure as night follows day. 

 

Not necessarily machine / equipment failure or defect related (assuming it’s late machine and properly serviced) but it will be inappropriate use / operator error / complacency related.  Just my tupenny worth for what it’s worth. 
 

 

I think I read somewhere (or maybe I made it up 😃, I like mewps )

that there are more tree work accidents with mewps because so many amateurs hire them for diy tree work.

Sometimes they are  safer and faster sometimes they are not and shouldn’t be there.
A lot of the dead ash crowns we’ve cut lately from mewp,there’s no way I’d climb into them.

Friend of mine had one, got rid of because very heavy on fuel 

Moving some beech today 

There’s a big problem here at Lough corrib with zebra mussels, not good for the trout stocks apparently .

I think they got in stuck to boats that were also being used on infected lakes in the midlands.

ironically , some of the lakes in the midlands were very badly polluted 20 or so years ago from slurry run off etc and the zebra mussel is thought to have cleaned the water back to levels that fish could live in again.

I think there was a thread on these a white back under Major Stumpgrinder.

I think the same grinder comes as a greenmech and they are pretty good 

I suffered with lower back pain for years until i found out I have fallen arches in my feet .

the right insoles sorted it straight away.

also suffer regularly with trapped nerves in shoulders and hips, have had physio for this. The right stretches, swimming and climbing regularly works for me.

long shifts on tractor or sitting down seem to bring on the aches and pains 

Now I’m Irish and not much of a royalist but I think there are thousands of things we can share jokes about besides making light of the passing of Prince Philip r.I.p.

23 hours ago, skyhuck said:

540i and 5 batteries is all I use these days.

Do you use all 5 in a days work?

Many of the rural/village pubs have been struggling for a good while 

The groundwork/plant guys will take a lot of the ash dieback work.

everbody and their dog has a tree shears now 

Probably small  tracked units are most versatile. 
I would hire a few different machines and see what works best for you before committing.

for us , a set of ground mats was a huge advance, both for getting mewp in and getting truck/chipper closer to the trimmings

19 hours ago, bolla said:

Hi am in the process of fitting new hydraulic infeed  motors to my entec 30 dh chipper same as timberwolf 150

am also replacing the green plastic bearing bush, the old green bush was stuck in the roller the new one is a loose fit Is this correct ?

Does the green bush need greasing and do the splines on the hydraulic motors to the rollers need greasing

If so what grease should be used

There are no grease nipples on this machine

Thanks

Hi.

we had one of these chippers , there were definitely grease nipples for the feed rollers.

Bush would be stuck to roller from no grease.

Any type of grease and lots of it.

we always gave a few shots every shift and bushes were still ok after 2500 hours.

11 hours ago, topchippyles said:

 

Bold doggie!

Here’s one we did last July on a very wet day. 
had to walk the crane in on mats.

8 wheel Mercedes 50 tonner.

crane company said it was the lowest ground pressure unit they had .

brought the timber out with Valtra/crane and trailer on the mats also with no damage.

Green trimmings might fall short sometimes if not much stemmy woody stuff with them or if wet but most material will hit the headboard no problem (11 foot long body)