JonnyP

Old post I know but did this sell? 

Looking to fill odd days here and there

4 years experience varying from utilities, commercial and plenty of domestic work to forestry.

Tickets:

Cs 30,31,32,38,39,40

0021-03(assisted felling)

UA 1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

Mewp

Skidder

All own climbing gear, 200t, 362, 660

Also have tipping 130 defender.

Get in touch via [email protected]

1 or 2 contract climbers available

Also available as an experienced rigging team providing own heavy rigging equipment

Contact Via PM

Quick pic of mine in its natural habitat.

Now sign written.

The grab on the botex 360 decided to break while unloading the last load of the day Saturday.

What rope is it? If it's double braid 20 minutes is probably a world record!

Sirrius 14mm double braid

Only took about 20 mins. Nice new rope too.

Managed to do this at break time today. New cambium saver rope guide thingy with art cocoon.

The 3/8" pitch noses can be changed for a .404 nose - a .404 nose is £18-00+vat if you wanted to swap one over.

Thanks rob. Looking for a 24"

How hard is it to swap the noses over?

Hi rob.

I'm looking to convert a husky 372xpg originally 3/8 to run 404 chain.

Have you anything that would suit?

Sugi or otherwise?

Ball locks are fiddly as someone else said if you have sausage fingers.

 

The plastic gates are not great as was proved when one failed on me dragging my truck after it buried itself half a Meter in the ground. This made me think what would happen if I fell 30m shock loading my system by a million tons my ilegal carabiner could fly open and hurt me.

Dragging a truck out with a climbing carabiner isn't really a comparison. I think if you fell 30m the crab wouldn't be your first thought. More likely the crack as you broke your spine.

I really like the ball lock on my main line. Fair few times coming out the tree I've had a standard 3 way crab catch on a branch and move the first two actions by itself while I'm writhing around trying to move past branches.

I own and use a 362 daily for power line work. It takes all the abuse I can throw at it never let me down and It is just over a year old now. Lots of power and it'll cut all day long over bar length without missing a beat.

All the times I have used a 560 it just feels like it has no power apart from flat out revs. And it feels a lot more plastic-y.

I have a 660 an the Lad I work with has an 880. 36" stays on the 880 all the time and my 660 has a 25 and a 36"

The 660 isn't much slower than the 880 on the 36 but it's so much lighter for using for longer periods of time. Having the 25 is also handy and it does rip through almost anything with ease with that bar on.

So it's 660 for me over the 880. Obviously the price difference too.

I'm 24 now. Pay 424 on my 130 with aviva. Driving 7 years and no claims

Here's the latest project in all her glory. A PNW MS361 with a bit of lathe work done to her and a few bits replaced this day. A new bar is also on the way from Rob:

 

 

I want that kit for my 362!!!

Are they available in the uk?

Got a chance to work on a really posh local hotel/golf club grounds yesterday, (2 full size golf courses within the grounds!) unfortunately too busy for any pics, got started at 9 and felled the final tree in the dark using the light on the back of my landrover which was attached to the pull line.

4 climbers on the job 4 grounds, 12 mature beech trees and an oak and ash all dismantled, some with heavy lowering.

Absolutely knackering day, but good fun.

Will ask the grounds if they got any pics and post them up if they did.

Jonny.

Hi Ross.

We had our landrover and chipper stolen from the Leeds parkway mercure.

Think I spotted your van a couple weeks ago when we were staying at the bingley hotel though. That night the fire alarm went off at 3am!!

Real Shame to hear about your gear. Was it insured at all?

Think I saw it on the back of a recovery truck going through huddersfield yesterday late afternoon

That'll be it. On the way from the garage of the thieves to recovery place to be gone over by soco.

The landrover had made it to Huddersfield via a "farm" (with fancy iron gates and caravans) in Bradford where the chipper was dropped.

Hopefully the will be put down, CID got involved due to it spanning 3 forces and 2 of the 3 suspects having previous for similar offences. Also the garage one worked in had been previously investigated for the theft and distribution if stolen parts.

Fingers crossed they all make it to prison and are nicely greeted by the locals.

Phew what a relief, that's the first big chipper I've heard stolen & more worrying as I'm in Leeds tomorrow. Best take the German Shepard again:001_rolleyes:

Even more worrying as it was on a nato hitch. So not just easily swapped between vehicles down the line.

Well after a completely hectic day both the landrover and the chipper have been recovered. Three scumbags are in custody.

walked out of our hotel (Leeds murcure parkway) this morning to find our company vehicle has been stolen from the car park!

It's a white 130 tipper with Gpmc projects sign writing on towing a vermeer bc1250 single axle chipper weighing 2.8t

The chipper is on a nato hitch so can only be moved with the landrover that it is attached to.

If anyone spots it or has any information please either call 07885396851 or the police.

Thanks Jonny.

Proffessional jet-wash...every yard should have one!

Watch you don't end up taking all the stickers off the van with it! Haha

Depends what the main type of work is. If it's all gonna be garden work it'll be different to if you are going to be contracting out on bigger jobs/ trees.

Between 2 of us we have

200t x 2

362 x 2

372xp (25")

660 (25/36")

395

880 (36")

But if I had to choose 4 I'd say

200t

362

660

880

They went to the effort to pull one set of earth cables out the bag to put the saw in to run off with it