Old Mill Tree Care

What a joke!

All new saws have many parts that are made from hard cheese that are painted to look real. If you are using the saw and the clouds clear, part of your saw will get soft and break.

Why can't you stump grind Al? I know you'll have thought of it but just wondered why. Thanks Al.

Strike a deal with them: Hire it for a week and if you buy it, the rental fee gets knocked off the purchase price. Of course, after using one for a week you'll decide to buy a Jensen instead! Lol!

This is a great idea. No doubt the first few will be rubbish and then a great product will be born.

Clarke's Cut n Climb.

Does the Spikecender have to be fitted towards the heel or can you turn it so that's it's towards the toes? (on the other foot obviously). Then it would be inline with the usual position of a foot ascender without spikes.

I had an Echo 350. Great saw except for the chain brake lever but now that has been improved there will be nothing to fault. IMO this will be a better saw than the two 'big name' offerings because the quality of materials used is better.

In addition to this earlier quote of mine and to make my point clearer, I spoke to a guy recently who is near me. He has a tipping Landy and a trailer. He has a fee for him as a groundie with his Landy but would not separate the two. (BTW, he didn't have any work) I explained that i can use a freelance groundie a lot and his Landy (for additional fee) occasionally. He replied that he has to drive to my yard in his Landy therefore he'll charge a day rate for it's use wether it's used by me or not. Guess how much work he has got from me as a result? :laugh1: If he'd come in as a freelance groundie and proved himself he'd have found that I'd start paying for his Landy a LOT because it saves me the expense of buying another vehicle. Freelancers must be flexible, adaptable and smarter than the average if they want to be paid more than the average.

The answer to that question is NO. The time to buy a chipper is when you absolutely have to. They are expensive to buy new and expensive to run if bought second hand.

That doesn't surprise me. Glad to hear it.

Fair point but that person won't have the staff to send out if he doesn't have the gear to go with them. The only way your idea will work is if, Firstly, you market yourself as a freelancer. Secondly, with the option of a tipping truck.

Dean, can I respectfully ask that you close this thread down. Every time I see it I feel sick (with envy). Before I started my own business I worked with 9 & 12 Bandit chippers. Horrible employer but great chippers! Lol!

I doubt you'll get any work for your chipper. You're marketing yourself to people who already have chippers. Unless yours is on tracks, 16" capacity and you live near me!

No she didn't. She paid a deadbeat with a chainsaw.

Excellent.

Nice work Ollie.

That's useful stuff for anyone venturing into fixed rope climbing but is also relevant for ddrt climbing. When I need to spread the load through two anchor points, I don't use fixed length anchor legs, as in the video, but set a single bridle between two chosen anchor points. I then fix my climbing rope to a pulley so that it floats along the bridle therefore maintaining a more even load on each anchor point as my work position moves laterally away from the anchors.

Damn it Bolam. I told you not to show that photo of me to anyone!

Stein Kreiger. Best trousers ever for climbing and on the ground. I won't buy anything else for my staff because nothing else lasts as long or is as comfy.

The big question on this subject is not licensing or truck sizes but, where is the bottleneck in daily production. For me, this is what prevented me from upsizing to a big chipper and lorry. It all starts with the climber. If the climber is good or 2 climbers can be up, the rubbish then needs to move away from the tree faster. Can this be done with mini loaders/skid steer? If no, this is the bottleneck and there is no point in a big chipper/lorry. In my case, most work is in back gardens with small gates, steps etc so mechanised waste removal can't be done. An Arb Trolley is the fastest method. If we did front gardens or street trees I'd buy a 12" chipper and lorry with Hiab instantly. The bottleneck then becomes getting to the tip site but a large enough lorry means only tipping at the end of the day therefore no time is lost nor money wasted. I would dearly love larger capacity gear, (especially as a large lorry is so cheap to run compared with crappy 3.5t tippers) but we just can't move the rubbish fast enough to justify it.

I hate these threads! Makes me sick with envy!

I do lots of work at rented houses. The tenant invariably doesn't care and when they won't answer the door, I run a chainsaw flat out in front of the door until they do. No joke. And I don't wait 45 minutes. Two is my limit

You'll feel the effects of the thin rope in years to come I'm afraid. Now, if you were to start climbing on a fixed rope............! Have I mentioned that before? Haha!

That's good Jon. I haven't been in there for ages, although I drove past last week. Hope you're well.