Timbermcpherson

Nelsons not an easy place to do arb work in, with the council arbs also doing commercial and private work, high housing costs yet people dont seem to be willing to pay arb rates. My inlaws live there and I scouted it out a bit. But at least its not Auckland! Sometimes a good "in" can be the lawn guys, they see alot of property's and try to do alot themselves but often lack the climbing skills or ability to economically get rid of the debris. Stop and talk to them, ask for there card as you have clients "that ask if I know any good lawn guys". Offer them something like an hours chipping on one of there jobs if they put you onto a days arb work. worth a try. Good luck!!

Hey Timmy, where are you based? Your by no mean the first, and by no means will you be the last to try to get around the standard truck chipper combo. I cant think how many times I have done the maths, looked at sliding axles, sliding drawbars, side tipping bins, etc etc etc. But there is good reason the truck and chipper combo is used my 99% of arborists, at least in NZ (we dont have the option of using tractors so much here or I would be using mine!) Trucks are made to carry weight and tow heavy loads in a reliable and economic fashion. Put a chip bin and tool cabinets and your ready to go. Generally with conventional arb work they are the way to go. BUT if you play your cards right, market your niche way of doing things (more environmentally friendly, less carbon miles, better for the garden keeping mulch etc) you could very well charge more while "doing" less and paying less in equipment and ongoing overheads. Get a tipping trailer, set up a system that you mount the little chipper on the drawbar and chip directly into it, and your half way there. Think seriously about getting rid of the van as they can be very limiting, they are not secure for tools, tend to become brain cell killers with various fumes (if you stop noticing this, thats a REALLY bad sign!) and you can look like a failed jims mowing franchise with it. A single cab 4wd ute with decent tool cabinets possibly work much better and can help people take you more seriously. (crazy but its true) Put a chip box on the back then if you need to do a bigger job you can chip into the tip trailer and ute which will be as much as a light trucks going to handle and you only have to rent the chipper. (or do a little contract climbing with other companies in exchange for chipper rental) Lots of options, but you can end up wasting alot of time and money on a system that you end up throwing away to get a truck and chipper. I HATE trucks but until I come up with a better alternative.........

I have not had to deal with ivy like that, but being a broadleaf would something like a huge dose of tordon or maybe escort deal to it then bring in the harrows? Im all for non chemical solutions but ivy takes so little to keep coming back, hitting it first with operation ranch hand first would be tempting.

I put a chux cloth in the dish of a big funnel, and have the funnel in a big clear bottle. Empty the saws oil into a funnel and the chux cloth works as a filter for the wood chip. then put the funnel in the saw and empty the oil back into it then repeat until I have got most of it. Its fast and pretty clean and easy to do before its to blocked

3 of my great grandfathers served in ww1, from what I can find, one was definitely in the somme (I have a flask given to him to celebrate his leaving there, its my most treasured possession) but I think another served there as a surgeon, as did my great grandmother, a nurse. Something like 10% of nz's population served overseas in ww1. 58% casualty rate. I heard of it referred to as "the great european sheep slaughtering machine". Pity the xmas truce didnt stick. was one of the few signs of humanity in the whole thing. Im incredibly proud and disgusted all at the same time. A sad waste of so many good men. Donkeys indeed. Youtube the 1964 series done by the BBC on the great war, its very very good. [ame] [/ame]

To many to count, 50 or so, its an illness

My last double cab Diesel 4wd D22 gave me 7 years of faultless hard work, 250,000kms when sold and I thought it would do near that again. Now got a 2013 d22, double cab, its great but at 53k its unproven. But last week we were using it to load the truck using a spar pole. Loaded about 90 logs this way Maybe ours in NZ werent done in spain....

Here you go mate, live vicariously, one of two I just got

there to feed it tree!

They start great right up to the point they dont! Best thing I every brought for one of mine was a D starter handle, so much easier to get a great grip on. I have always climbed with a running saw if im less than a minute from my next cut, even if its a little 260t. saves time and energy and is no safety risk or noticeable fuel use. It could be a psychological thing, having it running reminds you that your

Much faster and easier on the body to leave the 66 or 3120 running than having to start them again 20 seconds later. I havent been burned by a saw for over a decade

I wonder if you can make a heat proof flap to go on a harness to protect you when you have the saw in a petzl caritool with the exhaust against you when its idling.

The parking was worse than the access

I really like them, for the money you cant beat them and they come up pretty cheap on trademe sometimes. Or mikes chainsaws has them cheap. No dismantle saw but I had mine going through 10 inches of pohut without much effort today. brake is a little clunky and it takes a little bit for them to warm up but other than that they are a gem to climb with. worst thing I find with the echos is that the factory bars are so hard they are near impossible to dress with a file, I have to use a grinder at home to dress em, but being that hard its rare to have to dress them

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Buy him a new bar and chain, you keep the old one and get them sorted Hey gets brand new stuff, you get a usable bar for later, you can borrow more kit next time

The Castle Doctrine does have its place, as nuts as so many US laws may appear

I have given a certain amount back and told them to "buy books for there kids" or "go out for and enjoy a movie". Even dropping a couple bottles of wine around would be neighbourly She will remember if you matched her expectations, she will only tell others if fall short or exceed them

Yeah one of mines about 10 years old! Very tired so now its amongst my collection of semi retired saws

They are in nz, my dealer got to try one out as a rep was doing the rounds with one, one step closer! Pity it takes so long to wear out a 260t!

Dont the echo power pruners use 1/4 pitch?

Took stihl 10 years to make the 150 to beat the 260t, wonder how long it will take them to do better than the 2510

do not run a cable through a pulley unless its massive of you have a desperate need to have an unmanagable 12mm steel pigtail. if we need to redirect, we run 16mm bull line between the cable and load

Theres a good chance its the same as the Isuzu. Alot of the nissan, mazda, ford, hino, toyota, isuzu trucks are "shared" models. same truck, different badges and shapes.

Last owner of one of my chippers was changing bearings every year, he was overgreasing them. we do ours on fuel fill up, and its been 3 years without a bearing issue