Daythe trees
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I have had one of the rock machines for a little while, it's alright ish. Not very well built it's always having little breakdowns, throttle cable snapped due to poor rooting, deadman switch failure due to lack of adjustment had to fix it by welding a m12 to it, bolts on the belt shroud snapped. However for 1500 quid it does the job and halfords have a half price sale on socket sets I suggest you invest in both at the same time!
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Nobody else suspect that this may be a wind up? Or am I the dullard for mentioning it and spoiling the joke?
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Vast amount of Arb timber going spare. Rugby
Daythe trees replied to Joe Newton's topic in Firewood forum
I took your lead bob and have a free wood pile outside the yard. Works a treat and keeps my pile of arb waste free of stuff that people think doesn't burn. However due to your experience and me being a tight git I don't put it on a pallet! -
It's been said in this conversation many times but master the Prussic then move on but never forget the Prussic and three knot system. I climb on a hitch climber and occasionally use a zigzag or sport jack if jumping on a line inserted by one of my mates when swooping climbers. All good systems but take a little practice. However when I drive to work and can't tie a Blake's in my head without having to strain I make sure at some point that day I tie a three knot system and use it. It's also worth considering with which ever system your are climbing on how will you rescue with it, do you need to add extra friction when an extra body is on the system? It maybe as simple as a carabiner on a gear loop to run the tail end through to add that friction....but if you didn't take that extra crab up with you what then?
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A bloody great tirfor with plenty of cables and strops! Climb the back leaner? No thanks I will speak to the farmer/ local authority and haul it onto their land instead.
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Working evenings and weekends is what I have done and literally yesterday gone on my own. One issue I found is that this gives you very little time to do your own work unless you are superman so be careful how you advertise, I took the view it's better to never get a call from a potential customer than to turn one away. Electronic/social media stuff takes some time to kick in mine has just started to pay dividends but local rags can bring in loads of work which is where I found myself run ragged! A few good mates to subbie to is a nice safety net, one which I've been careful to craft.
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What make of firewood Vertical Splitter do you use?
Daythe trees replied to cessna's topic in Firewood forum
Got a rock machinery one, wouldn't describe it as up breakable but it's done a fair few ton and is holding it's own. For the money you can't go wrong, briggs and straton engine so cheap and cheerful. -
Dan you're right and a little chipper that with a set of spammers can be taken anywhere is worth it's weight in gold if you can convince the customer to let you chip on site for that bloody awkward back garden job with no access and sets of steps involved. I wouldn't be without one unles like you I am faced with a decision of keep it or take on debt!
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Just bought a forst but have kept the cs100 for this very reason. Could have done with selling it to put more cash into the new machine but decided I'd keep it, nothing to do with senitmentality you understand purely practical decision.
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Maybe get an impact block instead of a pulley, impact block is designed for shock loading and has a bush instead of a bearing. I could be wrong but that's what I was taught, to always use an impact block at the top anchor and pulleys for redirects.
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I was about to start looking for an iveco daily tipper to run alongside the supercab ranger tipper which has become the bottleneck in our work rate. But now that truck would make me very happy going to work!
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Just bought a yard and registered for business rates, mine had a rateable value of 6k they wanted 2.7k for this financial year. Gave the number on the bill a call and spoke to them, they emailed me a form and put a note on my account to cover me until I returned the form applying for rates relief. I now have zero to pay. Local authority website is how I registered, there doesn't seem to be an easier way to avoid the to and fro however its not a long process.
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I just bought a winch which looks identical to a Tirfor and is CE marked its an ACE winch 3.2t lift 5t drag, got it off amazon and it arrived the next day. Comes with a 20m 16mm dia stainless bond. Great bit of kit bought for hauling over a row of back-leaning firs. Depending how much the monolith weights can you not install a rope in the tree and a pulley at your intended anchor point then use a klemhiest or prussic as a lock as you advance the system? Could then tension it to prevent any backwards movement and use hi lifts or a bottle jack to lift it over? Best achieved with two men or one very fast runner!
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Thanks and done.
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Does anyone know where I can get rid of two loads of chip on Saturday 2 Jul 16 in DN22 Retford? Willing to reciprocate the offer if it's someone's yard and they ever work near DN12. Or alternatively I can pay in beer or beer tokens. If anyone can offer any help that would be much appreciated, please either PM, call 07925319595 or email [email protected]. Alternatively please post in this thread. Thanks for reading and I hope somebody can help me out. Chris
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It's clearly business, get the emails printed off or text messages which you used to sort the deal out. Also the bank statements showing payment of some money which, I am no lawyer, shows acceptance of some kind of agreement. Then contact a local lawyer and pay for an hours time to sit down and have a chat. At which point you're informed enough to force the issue enough to decide if courts are required. Or could you change the locks return the money received with base rate interest and re float the sale?
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Personally I have no issue with tattoos. When they are done well I really like them, prison or Indian ink work not so much. However political, zenophobic, sexually explicit which are visible would cause me some issues when employing/contracting subbies. The majority of my work is domestic and I have to consider image and customer perception of professionallity. Sad but true that most of us judge a book by it's cover. My best mate is a six foot six muscley Glaswegian, who intimidates many but is the nicest gentlest fella I have ever met. Wordy as all my posts generally are, apologies!
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Chip site needed BD19 Cleckheaton Saturday 25 Jun 16
Daythe trees replied to Daythe trees's topic in General chat
Cheers Kev and those who PM'd, I got in touch with Beadsworth Nurseries this morning and all sorted. Very handy its literally around the corner. -
Evening folks, as per the title I am looking for a chip site this Saturday in or near Cleckheaton BD19. It's one or two ranger tipper loads of horse chestnut, holly and a little (10% of one load) Leylandi. Willing to pay in beer or beer tokens and there will be a tipper of horse chestnut timber if wanted. Thanks for reading, any help is much appreciated and if anybody needs to dump chip or timber near DN12 I can arrange please Get in touch for details, Please PM or call 07925319595 or email [email protected]
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I used Owen springs in rotherham to make mine, got five plus two now and much heavier duty steel. Somebody at some point had moved the mounts on my ranger and fitted Navara springs so they made mine bespoke and kept the sizes. They were two hundred and seventy from memory with u bolts etc. I'd recommend them.
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Well exactly! I'd rather it work every time I want it to, hence the 620sx and a spud dr'd 460 are the two saws which live in my truck. It's only heavy when it's not in the timber! However when you're on spikes trying to start a felling cut with a 66 or 88 with a big old bar then weight matters a lot. The rest of the time who bloody cares!
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The rear handle saws are heavier than the competition but I think they are more robust and I'd rather have sore arms from using it than skinned knuckles from fixing it in the workshop. Got rid of my 560xp and replaced it with a 620sx nine months ago and it's had more work than the 560 ever saw and has never broke where as the 560xp....... Triggers broom?
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Here here Ian! I know I shouldn't make this political but VAT is one of the reasons I'm voting out of the EU! I know it's foolish to think that if we leave the EU that it will disappear but I would then at least be comforted that the nation had more control over what it is used for and the headache of charging it as a small business doing domestic work would sit more easily. Political rant over.
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I've just gone ltd and VAT registered and timed my decision with the arrival of my new tr6, yard and a pending 7.5t. My plan being to work faster and smarter therefore lowering my prices to absorb VAT and be competitive. Oh and chasing every lead and scouring the net for more to avoid the lag. Seems to have worked for the last two weeks. No doubt be crying in a month!
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I take delivery of a tr6 tomorrow from the nice people of forst, I like you needed something to take on an increased workload and decided on this because of it's reputed strength. When I compared the competitors in the six inch'ish bracket the extra weight of this machine stood out, I like stuff built strong! But I'd already decided that I wanted a six inch machine as I keep everything bigger than that on my own jobs as fire wood and most of the contract work I have seen specify 120mm and smaller to be chipped everything larger to be stacked on site or dropped at a specific yard. I will let you know how me and the machine get on. Have to say the people at forst are a pleasure to deal with.
