tim361

We currently have two road tow 6” chippers and a multione 6.3 which has been alright. Have had moment where we have been towing the chipper into site and the multione has got stuck so hasn’t been the ideal solution. We got a fair bit of working starting next year which will involve getting into the middle of the woods so I don’t think the road tow + m1 option would be the best. Looking at getting rid of one of the road tows to replace with a tracked 6-8” chipper. And the replacing the other road tow unit with a newer one.

Does anyone have any good or bad words to say on any of the current offerings of tracked chippers? Will be looking to trade in my current 6” road tow for a 6”-8” tracked. cheers tim

From looking at the house the wall nearest the boundary with the tree are original, the extensions are on the other side of the building.

Sorry was writing it in the van in a hurry It’s a lawson cypress, we’re clay soil, and the house dates from the 40’s. Haven’t got a picture the on thing I forgot to do. Tree at the base is 30” in diameter.

I’ve been asked to remove a large conifer on the boundary of my customers property. Less than 3ft away from the base of the tree is the neighbours house. The neighbour is concerned that if the tree if removed it’s will cause movement around his foundations and result in structural problems with his house. Very much out of my depth here so looking for advice moving forward? Don’t want this to fall back on me at any point in the future. Cheers all

How robust do you think it is? I was weighing up this or the husky battery one. Bought the husky because I have batteries on site more than my Milwaukee gear. Was letting a mate use it and a small chop hit the shaft and bent it so we couldn’t retract it. Have been waiting on a replacement shaft for nearly 3 months now.

Does anyone know why they’ve all of a sudden shut up shop. Have dealt with them quite a lot and always had a good experience. Will be looking for some to sharpen my blades now if anyone has any recommendations.

Seems to be unusually slow here in mid Sussex. This time of year things normally start to pick up with people heading outside and finding trees/fencing that needs doing. Looked at my first job for two weeks today, started off as a load of trees and some fencing that needs replacing. By the time we had had a look at a few bits it went to just a few trees to remove. By the time I left it’s one small maple to remove and I doubt I’ll get that so a complete waste of time. Out of every 5 jobs I look at I’m loosing 4 to people working for peanuts. Recently lost a job which i had priced at £3500 + vat for two of us for a week. Guy I lost it to had come in at £1200 and said two of them would have it done in two days. Spoke to the customer a couple of days ago about another job and asked how the guy got on with the trees. Said it took them 4 days with 3 men on site….. I honestly don’t know how people like this can exist running a business. Were fortunate that we still have 8-10 weeks work in the diary, just hoping it picks up in the mean time.

Sorry to jump in and hijack the thread. I’m also looking into getting a mewp later in the year when funds allow. Would anyone be able to help me with which are the better brands to be looking at and if there are any to avoid? Will be looking to buy second hand unless I can either find or a good deal or you get very good warranty cover when new. Also would you look at better machines with more hours over a cheaper machine with less? This is a completely new area for me so have little to no experience with purchasing these.

If your trying to work out the value of something that has VAT included in the price divide it by 6 will give you the VAT amount, times by 5 will give you the price ex vat. 120 / 6 = 20 the VAT 20 x 5 = 100 the amount before VAT

Just to jump in quickly. The 540i xp rear handle version has a metal side cover which is night and day compared to the plastic one you get on the top handle. Keep meaning to swap them over on my saws and run it on the top handle

I’ve just finished my first year since being VAT registered. Spent 3 years just skating under it and got fed up with constantly having to check my turnover to see where I was so took the leap. First VAT return got me a rebate of £17k which they didn’t fight to pay back just asked for lots of documentation to show the purchases/finance on the big items. Yes I’ve lost a few of the regular people I use to work for who decided to get other people who aren’t VAT registered. The vast majority of people don’t seem to care, they have to pay it with other trades so makes no difference to them. I’ve found you get more of the work you want to be doing and less of the people who want it doing as cheap as possible. Normally just mentioning in VAT registered is enough to stop me wasting my time going to look at a job I wouldn’t get anyway.

etsy.com WWW.ETSY.COM I’ve got this bag in 70l. Has the loops on the side for clipping carabiners on. I’ve got a 16mm 60 metre rope, a portwrap, rigging rings, and a couple of racket straps in there. Pretty heavy but holds it all fine.

I’ve got one of these bags to carry my rigging kit. Really good bag for the money and takes a beating.

Are you after the stihl/panther chain or is it to fit the standard echo 1/4 carving bar? If it’s for the standard echo bar it’s .050 or 1.3mm rather than .043 or 1.1mm which is the stihl chain

QRMS do blades for forsts. Think they’re about half the price of genuine (rotatech) blades. Not used them but I’ve never had any problems with the green teeth copies I get from them.

Try this guy. He lives near Ipswich but travels all over the country. He’s been to me a few times for services and bearing changes.

Got one about a month ago. Replaced my sequoia, Just wasn’t comfortable in it. MB harness is really comfortable but quite a big harness, really like it. Even with my sister bringing it back for me worked out quite expensive.

Just to throw my 2 pence worth in. Rather tan doing all the tickets in one go, get your maintenance, felling, and possibly your chipper ticket done. Should take you just over a week to do those bits maybe two. Find a good firm locally to you and either do some weekend work or take a day or two off a week and work for them then. You’ll soon decide if it’s a job you want to move forward with or not and providing the company is half decent you’ll learn a lot while you’re there. I’m 10 minutes from plumpton, probably the other side to you. I did my climbing tickets with Scott frazer. Would highly recommend him.

I’ve got both. Both have 25” bars on them, but the 461 has been ported. Can’t really say I have a favourite. Just alternate between the two. Major difference is the 500i seems to really drink.

You’ll also have to make sure the saw has a 1/4” sprocket rather than the 3/8” one

You can get a stihl bar to fit, just have to re drill the tensioner hole. I wouldn’t get a panther bar until they’ve sorted the manufacturing out.

I use bits of gravel board off cuts fixed in an L shape with some braces in the corner. Take maybe 10 minutes to make from the off cuts pile. Lasts me a few months before I have to make a new one. Protects the wooden floor and stops the teeth chewing into the head board.