aspenarb
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I bought a couple of 201tc`s and went with 12" bars, was listening to the chimps trying to kill them the other day and thought 12" was pretty much the limit. Bob
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He`s a bit of a sod then I`ll get me coat, start the car! Bob
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I think we can eliminate those two Steve, the size of them brings it down to about four possibles. I will ask our Arb consultant who will bore the tits off me for an hour but will know the species, name and age of the the guy that planted them, the name of the boat the plants came over on and whether it was raining that day. Bob
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Its a bit of a mixed bag for us Alex. Yes the smaller beams and planks are useful but of all the timber milled the best seller was the slabbed Oak, unfortunately this all had to be done with an Alaskan hence selling the Miser. Still looking for something much bigger and efficient so will go to the next APF with a fiver sticking out of each ear looking for ideas and a bargain. Bob By far the best seller was the slabbed Oak and that all had to be done on the Alsakan
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I have looked at the swing mills and various other permutations, of all the mills the only one I fancy either buying or building is the double cut bandmill. So much time wasted running the head back to the start each time with conventional mills . God only knows how they track the bands
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I got rid of the woodmizer because every stick that came back was too big for it, to use it I had to get a mate in to rasher off lumps with his alsakan, it all got too massy and time consuming. I would revisit the world of milling if I could find something that could deal with 48" + diameter sticks, below that seems like hard work. Bob It was ok on small sticks, not so clever on bigger stuff.
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The fence is dog legged Catweazle so no damage , was a bit of a pig to fell because the fence was up against all four of them, seem to be having a run on Euc atm Apparently so, its also used to make furniture. Dont know how they deal with it to stop the warping/splitting @Squaredy is referring to. Was thinking the same, someone on here may well know the ins/outs of this. Anyone? Heavy old gear J, the strops were creaking when I craned on the bigger stick, the telehandler could only lift one end so I craned it off and that's where its staying until we decide what to do with it. I am loathed to cut it . Its 26` long.
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A mate of mine who is into domestic work also does logs, bagged chip and mulch. He sends out flyers to customers with offers on a few products and finds it brings in a lot of tree work . Its a sort of memory jogger and we are still here thing I suppose. Just saying. Bob
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There are a few sticks of Euc available if anyone is interested, currently in Fleet, Hampshire in.Can deliver if need be. Offers before it goes in the log pile. Its heavy
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Its worse when they get back to you three years later expecting it to be done for the original quoted price. We have had a lot of that. Bob
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Was thinking the same, still a nice bit of kit though and not needing air or leccy is a big plus. A small cordless for me for on site and an air powered one with a 4mtr hose is the nuts in the yard.
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Did you leave some TM signs behind?
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Clearing miles of steep banks on the motorways at night under artificial light , normally late on and harassed off early by TM tossers, chainsaws and shadows, mulching bits of car`s wreckage, bits of motorway barrier and all the other crap strewn up the banks hidden by vegetation. Worst tree was a gurt monkey puzzle removal I underpriced still reminded about it twenty years on Bob
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Would it be worth keeping/registering your trucks at a different address? Bob
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Mechanised can be good ,a lot of work comes up for us where the client has tried getting prices for jobs like the windblown below and no one can be arsed to price them , a few had chewed away at it but no one fancied dealing with the stump. I backed down there with the truck,ripped it out of the ground with the crane and loaded it on, threw it on the fire at one of our clearance jobs . Just me and the lad for an hour =£600, a few of those a day would be nice
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What is this van? Sounds like it must be Mr T`s van off the A team . Most of the 4x4`s and vans we have on the fleetplan which cover any driver irrespective of age or smut on their licences are about £1500 a year each. Bob
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Best to detail methodology to a client if you intend to crane a tree onto the back of a truck in big lumps and be gone within the hour. Some expect to see a bit of sweat for their money. Bob
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There is a village somewhere being deprived of its idiot @AWarb00 Out of interest how much did you arrive at for that dismantle ? Bob
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Not sure I would want to attempt a farmers field with it but it certainly does a good job in gardens and around tennis courts. Without it on the job above I would have had to import and spread at least 40 ton of topsoil, in the short time its been used I would have said a slightly moist soil would be the ideal conditions. Its on another job next week so will report back . Bob
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Had a good run on seeding Mick, we seeded right through the whole of last year and the lot has taken. One needed a partial reseed but other than that it’s been so mild we now just go for it. Turf on this one would be too expensive, what you see there is about half of it. Bob
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No borehole on this one eg6 but there is some borehole porn on another job I can take some snaps of. Bob.
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I hear what you are saying Vesp and of course you are right in saying the downplated truck would have a more efficient braking system. Where you are going wrong is using the term "legally", once downplated it cant legally gross any more than a standard 3.5 tonner so the extra braking is not a benefit .In an attempt to keep us on the straight and narrow @Justme keeps his posts on licences, trailers, weights etc very short and factual, its well worth taking some of it onboard if you value your licence. Bob
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As above, best to not lose sight of how easy it is to get an O licence and run legal. Subtract the premium paid for 3.5 ton pickups/tippers and you could be legally running a 7.5ton plus truck with change in your pocket. You dont even need to fill in Tacho`s if you work within 60 miles radius of base. https://www.rsa.ie/Documents/Professional Drivers/Exemptions and derogations from the EU Tachograph and driver.pdf Bob
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I see that as climber and two groundy`s for a day to deal with the takedown. One groundy on the end of the rope and the other cutting/stacking/chipping. Second day two groundy`s to deal with the stumps and tidy up, irrespective of leaving chip and chogs on site there will be at least a couple of one ton builders bags of crap to remove from site from the grindings and rake up. Fair chance the fence panel behind the stump will cop it while grinding or if you try and remove it, allow a bit of buggerance for this. £1,750 as long as Mrs Miggins is eye candy and good with the kettle or £2000 if she`s a miserable pig in knickers. Bob
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That little stone burier had its first outing the other day, saved a fortune on bringing in top soil and thumped at least 95% of all the stones under the surface. Bob
