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I'm looking for someone with Lolered climbing kit for few coming jobs. I will climb all the trees, just need someone with rescue capability and usual ground work. Work is in South Cumbria between Broughton in Furness and Kendal. Get in touch for more details. Cheers Peter

I need someone with Nptc certs for brushcutter and/or strimmer plus 1st aid. Own brushcutter would be handy but not essential. Few days end of August between Grange-over-Sands and Ulverston. There might be more chainsaw work afterwards. Get in touch about further details. Cheers Peter

Out of interest how do mobileTrakmets compare to Woodmizer? Are they very expensive?

Wow, you're my inspiration! I do loke to swing my axe on some nice straight logs as a very relaxing activity. Agreed here on processor, I seem to be bringing more wood from jobs and it's becoming a part of my income (plenty of woodburners in Cumbria). I want to make it as efficient as possible. Typical processors are limited on width of logs and that's where this box wedge seems to be a cool idea with top of the log coming back with the return of the piston.

My mate has one of these, nice idea with vertical-horizontal system. Good for the oversized arb waste rings in vertical but the horizontal seems to be slow. I use vertical one (forgot the name) with waist high table to operate. Pretty good if you don't have to lift big rings. I was thinking about second machine just to deal with big stuff on the floor. I have a 16hp Iseki tractor that could power something. But it just adds to the whole system. This box wedge looks very handy.

Yeah, I've seen worse road legal trailers on roads🙃 I have Timbery m100 sawmill on a road legal trailer and it looks fragile. Was your Trakmet mobile? We have a large, stationary, electric one on our estate. Well built. I looked at the mobile version it looks chunky, over 2 tonnes in weight. Rock Machinery stuff seems to be reasonable well made, I just thought it's not the fastest the vertical-horizontal ones.

That's Plan B. But it would save extra fuel if I could tow one thing. Eastonmade would be the choice. But the price...

Which probably is a hassle if they sell it without approval. Is it a more substantial axle, tow hitch?

I contacted Rock Machinery and that's what they told me- it has Indespension units but it's not road towable.

Hi everyone, Rock Machinery have this new splitter that looks like a copy of Eastonmade. Box wedge seems to be a pretty efficient setup combined with a conveyor belt. It's not the cheapest and the splitter is not legally road towable. My questions: how hard would it be to make it road legal? Are there any other brands in UK making something similar? Cheers Peter

Thanks for pointers. It is Lucas Mill. Swing blade. Doesn't relate to chainsaw qualifications. I think a good risk assessment, method statement should give them enough confidence that I know how to use it...

Thanks for your replies. It's Natural England. I do regular tree surgery and coppicing/felling work for them. Part of the annual woodland management is fencing around freshly cut areas. Normally they provide materials but I thought I could get some extra work with my Lucas Mill. It also ticks their box of using available materials. I will talk to them about experience rather than paper tickets. They are supportive, it's just that they have to follow their paperwork framework...

I provide mobile milling services. I use bandsaw mill, chainsaw mill and most recently swing blade Lucas. One of my regular clients asked for RAMS and qualifications. I can write risk assessment and method statement but is there any recognised qualification similar to Nptc?

Thanks Jase, Silly me, it looked obvious but I thought it was a solid lump of metal. Thanks

Hi everyone, I recently bought a second hand Greenmech Quadchip chipper. I love the turntable and light weight. It also chips everything we throw at it. I was doing some basic maintenance yesterday. Greasing points, tightening of roller spring. I was trying to get to disc blades but apart from the access hole at the front (allen key side) I didn't know how to access the whole flywheel. On Greenmech video you can lift the whole cover but it doesn't seem to be the case on mine. I'm attaching few photos. Thanks for any help Peter