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Good luck with it Ben, let us know how you get on.

Those platters are lovely, I'd like some of those!

I shared this on FB and a new user with whom I went to college, and is now a rather off the wall gay abstract artist, and seems to comment on everything, posted the most wonderful observation.... you may even want to use this slogan in the marketing... Catchy don't you think!

If I do that I could stand on a box to fell it! Thanks for the advice chaps. So, avoid relying on choking onto the trunk for anchors, guess a decent branch beneath at the back of the rope to stop the pulley sliding would do the trick. I've been climbing without spikes recently so hopefully this one will be laid out in such a way that I can do the same here and avoid the risk of gaffing-out. And cut and chuck. Sounds simple. Better go take a look at the tree!

Absolutely no reason at all why you couldn't, front links & PTO fairly common on ag-spec mb tracs, perhaps more so on the continent than here...

Ha, I did nothing! In finding myself my own boss I very rapidly got promoted not a non-exec role and put my feet up. That couldn't last forever so think it was about day 3 I knuckled down and did some work....

So what that means is since your original sarcastic intentions came to zero, there's still some room for some legitimate sarcasm in the thread.... hmmmm, wonder where it will come from....

Not sure why it died yet, will know better when I get there. MEWP access is a no go from memory, their garden's a bit wild! They've asked me as they're a friend & neighbour and I was working down the side of the lane opposite their house. I guess if it's a diddly one I can climb right up into the crown and prune it out with the Silky, cut & chuck like I did an Ash the other day.

Pobably not really worth it then in real terms... Would look smart though.... How about aluminium sheeting riveted onto a hot dip galv'd frame. Would be a way round the distortion issue and get you a bit of bling. Another alternative would be powder coating in the body colour of the vehicle it's going into, that would be slick.... You can have those for free!

I would agree that primary production is your least profitable way of making money out of the site. And selling unprocessed poles for furniture making doesn't seem to be any more lucrative in hard cash terms than firewood at the moment. To put together a scheme for a campsite wouldn't be difficult, tent sites are a whole lot easier than caravans or statics. Without seeing it, I would suggest you do the following: Have a browse round here: Planning and building control | Wiltshire Council to see whether you can find your site on the local development plan, download the forms for pre-application advice, get yourself a map / plan of the site, draw yourself a 1:100 set of plans for a shower block done in timber, show some cleared areas for tent pitches, few gravel paths, small FC style gravel car park at the entrance, and submit it to the council. They'll then come to site, have a look at your plans & the scheme and tell you whether it's feasible. If they say it is, get a proper application knocked together [PM me if you need help] and get it in, or retain someone to do it for you. I think this is an eminently more sensible idea than timber harvesting and could actually become the bones of a decent business. And throw in some nudity and you're onto a definite winner...!

Been asked to take down a dead Euc for someone, been dead a while from what I can gather. It's in their garden so will need rigging down. I've never worked on a Eucalyptus, never mind a dead one, was hoping someone could give me the benefit of their wisdom on things to look out for specific to the breed when selecting decent anchors etc. I know Euc dries out well, does it go particularly brittle or does it get very hard and bendy? How does it compare to dead Ash in terms of strength? Are there any tell tale visible signs which would indicate serious internal rot or cavitation I should look out for? I'm going to pop and take a look at it later today or tomorrow, will let you know what I find. I don't lower big lumps but it's nice to know if I'm on something which could fall over at any time... I wouldn't want to end up sitting on a tree on top of their nice new garage! Cheers, Simon

That's a fantastic piece of equipment, big respect. I will share on Facebook! Have you thought about building them in ali to save a bit of weight / increase the payload? Presumably make them quite a bit more expensive?

I can't believe the penny never drops....!

By the by, I'd be concerned about guarantoring anything for China, I don't trust them one jot!

White unfortunately. No legal way round it. Not that it saves much these days anyway, over £1 a litre now apparently according to my supplier this morning...!

:lol: Pete wins!

When I started I had an old Talbot Express tipper truck, 025, 019T, blower, hedge trimmer and a few other odds & ends... happy days....! Now that I'm just an 'amateur' I have more shiny stuff but I don't have a tipper anymore and just use my old Discovery. I don't do anything with chip, it's all disposed of by my 'clients', and I have a 12' Ifor Williams trailer for moving cord wood.

A small point Arran, do make sure you use an appropriate name. Obviously avoid things like 'Cut & Run' or 'Robin B. Astard' etc, a name can make all the difference in the first instance. We changed our company name last year, only a small part of it, but it made a HUGE difference to how we are perceived and has transformed our enquiry book. So, if you want tree surgery work, include 'Tree Surgery' in the name. If you want to do felling, coppicing, firewood etc, use a more expansive name. These things say different things to potential customers: Turner Tree Services - 'Hmm, stuff to do with trees... maybe everything? Is it a good advert? Let's phone them to see....' Turner Tree Surgey - 'Tree surgery... I need that, I'll call...' Turner Woodland Services - 'Maybe forestry, or perhaps woodland consultancy? Probably not tree surgery, I'll keep looking...' Turner Landscapes - 'Could be lawnmowing, could be groundworks... not what I'm after, I'll phone someone else....' Turner Arboricultural Services - 'What's that mean?' I'd use 'Turner' in whatever you choose, it's a good strong sounding name, sounds established and trustworthy. 'Oh, you're Arran Turner, we got the boss, excellent' As you establish & grow you can abbreviate to simply 'Turner's' Good luck with it buddy, let us know what you choose!

I agree [with Peter Griffin!] that it's an unbelievable thing to have been printed! Make the editor responsible for his columnist's actions, that is afterall the legal standpoint. It is up to the editor to 'edit' submissions and ensure the press stays within legal boundaries. This mag has sailed awful close to them and I'm pretty sure that a quiet word in the editor's shell like to point this out will be sufficient to put a swift end to it and instigate a full retraction.

What a monumental tosspot. My two penneth worth Ben. 1. Don't get too worked up about it, he's quite clearly a jumped up pillock with nothing to do in his retirement other than count his money. And logs. 2. Contact the editor, explain how you feel and that it could be construed as libellous and while you wish to rermain anonymous, to avoid legal action being taken against his publication, you expect the magazine to print an editors note something along the lines of the following: "We have received comments regarding Paul's article in the last issue relating to firewood. As editor of this magazine and a satisfied customer of the same supplier I am duty bound to point out that the firewood supplier used provides an excellent service and Paul's comments, which are perhaps skewed by his own limited personal experience of free fuel and bear little relation to the situation of people who must buy in fuel, are not an accurate representation of the quality and value offered by individual log suppliers. This publication apologises for allowing an individual columnist to use the magazine for his own personal agenda." End of the matter. Paul looks like a berk, for those who can identify you from the article, you get a good testimonial from a customer on a public platform, and best of all, no solicitors are paid in the making of this apology.

I'm trying to get my daughter into climbing to give her some options for when she grows up, I reckon she'd make brilliant tree surgeon....

Have bought quite a bit off ebay, 2 Disco's, X type estate amongst others, never heard of this situation. Avoid like the plague if I was you, tell them cash on collection. Have you seen enough photos of the vehicle to be sure it genuinely exists and they haven't just pinched them from somewhere else? I always ask for photos of specific things to make sure it's the genuine article....

Very very slow progress at the moment chaps! We've suddenly become VERY busy on 'proper work' so I've been burning the whole candle all in one go, haven't had a spare second to focus on this properly. I think the same has happened at the engineer doing the prototyping, not heard anything for a while, must kick this on, deadline is approaching! Have also got a couple of other things on the drawing board as well.... Keep watching!

ha! My sister rolled our parents Freelander and that was the first thing the copper said to her when he arrived on the scene.... needless to say she didn't find it as funny as I did later on...!

Can of worms! If I get a few minutes I'll write out what I have found. Briefly, PPE needs to be CE marked to sell within EU. Rope not classed as PPE, pulleys are. There is an EU standard [which basically covers being safe & fit for purpose] which is untested & self certified which applies to everything, it's one of the few EU things which is actually sensible, it essentially means that any product has been designed, tested and manufactured to be fit for purpose, or, to put it another way, 'I'm selling it in good faith, if it fails, my name is stamped on it and I take full responsibility for it'... As it goes, I don't think I need to get my widget CE tested / marked because it doesn't fall into a category requiring it, although a couple of my other things will need it. So if you buy something not CE marked, it's not the end of the world, unless it's PPE, in which case it should be, especially if you're hanging someone else off it... Have a look here, may be something which helps you... CE Marking Association – CE Marking & Product Compliance Specialists