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1350kg straight or 1550kg turntable - Atkinson Vos Ltd TP Woodchippers Have used the 150 many times over the years and always liked them. When funds permit i'll be looking for the 200 turntable. Regards, Steve.

If at first you don't succeed, maybe failure's your thing?

How can you trust something that bleeds for a week every month and doesn't die? If it's got tits or wheels it'll cost you a fortune.

Sorry fella, just took the exhaust off the 201T to find it's a tin opener job - it's spot welded together and i don't fancy screwing the warranty:blushing:

Got me thinking there. I'll put it to the organiser that my donation could be auctioned rather than raffled, at least the winner would be getting something they want/ need and it might raise more money than just buying a raffle ticket. Could just imagine though the bidding only going up to a tenner to have us for a day and the winner being a local tree firm:ohmy:

Couldn't agree more Trailer is a 2001 LM166 (16' x 6'6") with 8' ramps. It usually has headboard, dropsides and tailgate as well, 800kg unladen. For 12 years it's been overloaded with chip, logs, plant and machines and still going strong. For handballing logs etc., it's a good height and you can still get low slung vehicles on there should you wish. Regards, Steve.

Going to offer myself for charity.... You may have recently seen on the national news about the accident in Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan where a car barrelled through the school crossing taking out the Lollipop Lady along with 5 children and adults. 20 mins earlier I was talking with Karin, the Lollipop Lady, as I dropped my daughter off at pre-school breakfast club before a late start for work, so was spared the horror of the incident. I must repeat that it looks like a freak accident and the driver is as much a victim as everyone else. There is to be a charity night at Fonmon Castle where amongst other things is a raffle in aid of those affected. Currently prizes range from items from local businesses to a night's babysitting from one of the local mums. For my part I wish to contribute. If I still had any seasoned logs, a load would have been an easy option. However, I feel a larger donation would be the offer of services for the winner. Half day/ full day? But what if the winner does not possess trees/ shrubs/ hedges etc. What if they do, but require no services? Should this be transferrable? Has anyone been in this position? Is there any sort of etiquette for this? Probably just looking for a sense of majority feeling as to what to offer. Any suggestions welcome. Kind regards, Steve.

With acknowledgement to Silky Fox............ Good work positioning is everything

I've heard there's money in that type of work:001_tongue:

There's a good reason you were born with two ears but only one mouth.

There's no such thing as a problem merely an opportunity, it's just every now and then i come up against an insurmountable opportunity.

Don't wrestle with a pig because you'll only get as dirty as the pig and the pig likes that. Don't enter into a battle of wits as you'd be completely unarmed. You couldn't fight your way out of a paper bag.

The advantage of stupidity over intelligence is that stupidity has no limits. When designing something to be foolproof never underestimate the ingenuity of fools. [sorry Tom D, just spotted your signature...]

The older i get, the faster i was....................

If brains were dynamite you couldn't blow your nose If brains were cotton wool you couldn't make a tampax for a flea I've forgotten more than you'll ever know You're knowledge of (fill as appropriate) wouldn't fill a postage stamp Father in law always says - i've heard young dogs fart in long grass before It's so easy to be condescending when you're the other side of 40

Bump for you Bob. We replied to a post like this from Bob at the beginning of the year for a job in Cardiff, plenty of communication, job went well and he sent down a cracking pair of lads to work with, so don't be shy! Hope you get someone Bob. Regards, Steve.

Must be the way you demo'd it Good to meet you and Bob and get some good tips - you don't get that with an internet purchase. Quote of the show had to be Bob "Do you want to know what i do in my garage, it sounds weird but............":scared1: NO WAY FELLA I'll order up a 201 sugi bar soon. Regards, Steve.

Went to the show today and met Mr. Plogs - was quite surprised to find he's actually quite normal , i think Eggs had snaffled off most of the cizzer though Having spent so long talking to Rob D i inadvertently swapped him my credit card for an Alaskan Mill so it's off to play tomorrow Nice to meet Paul - Silky Fox too, good to put some faces to names. Thanks all. Regards, Steve.

Great to meet you Paul, so funny to originally come from so close! Can't promise you a welcome from the valleys as i'm not from there, but if you fancy another trip to Wales pm me - we have cizzer here too:001_smile: Regards, Steve.

Me too, i'll be the one with the green top on:001_rolleyes: Regards, Steve.

OK, got back over there today and took some more pics. Having cleared the ivy and a scratch around the base, i have to say i'm not of a mind that there is much to do yet. Today we had the strong winds gusting 50mph+ and the tree barely flinched. The roots show good buttressing and overall the tree looks very healthy. The only issue is this one side. Everywhere else sounds solid. I make this statement following a detailed scientific test (tapping it with the handle of a Silky:001_huh:). There's not enough here for me to condemn this tree, if it was mine i think i would just monitor it for now. Regards, Steve.

As this one does not have any laterals until quite some height, a reduction wouldn't reduce the overall weight by a great percentage and as it's in a stand the reduction in wind loading would also not be so great, therefore to my mind possibly not the best way to go. The grounds do already have a monolith from the late nineties, but nearer to this beech is the mark where a sycamore once stood. When i felled that one it was a classic 'and i just climbed that?' as there was nothing left of it inside. Monolith or total removal would be the customer's call, but like Jesse i would try to push towards leaving something there. Regards, Steve.

Thankyou everyone for your continued input, i'm now back in the world of the internet! The photos were just a quick couple of snaps as we were clearing up from some other work at the end of the day. I shall speak to the client tomorrow about returning to strip the ivy and clear around the base to get a better picture of what is going on. I know he is against losing any of these trees, so a discussion on what to do with this one needs to be had. In a failure scenario a prevailing wind would take it over the public highway. It would be very easy to say 'well it's a beech so it won't like a heavy reduction, so what would you prefer, monolith or ground zero?' As has been mentioned already there is too little in the photos so a proper investigation is required. Regards, Steve.

A big thankyou to all contributors and a quick note to explain my silence. Yesterday at about 11am there was a fault with the BT landline at an exchange whereby the most of the village has lost the internet side of their line. This was supposed to be fixed by 8am this morning but obviously not. You don't realise how much you use the internet till you lose it! A friend has very kindly plugged my computer temporarily into his mobile so i can post this and sort some very important matters elsewhere. It could be up to 48hrs before getting back online. So again thanks to everyone and i'll hopefully be back with more very soon. Kind regards, Steve.