Philip Anderson

I’ve used a few tracked MEWP Teupen about the best but more often than not we find we can get our 3.5 and 7.5 ton truck mounts in on roadway if necessary or reach over obstacles.

faster set up times ,much more stable and more outreach so bigger drop zone.Truck mount wise Ruthmann are ahead of the game .

20 minutes ago, Alycidon said:

Agreed but thsts the wsy of the world. 

Possibly not for much longer people might be looking to source all goods a little 

closer to home .

MC wise I have 3 wood burners all working well on barn stored air dried the same as I supply with no issues .

Its the crap that’s supplied at the garages that wet and rubbish.

8 hours ago, Alycidon said:

Thats why I use one specific supplier in lithuania who while more costly than most delivers me an internal MC of 5% or below on 95% of the logs.   Yes this does go up over the winter,  but with 10% - 12% the optimum for minimum emissions then we easily meet anyone specs.

 

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I think if you add in all the emissions involved in transportation from Lithuania you may well have a low MC but a significant green footprint.

it seems crazy to me to transport firewood so far.

I burn cedar regularly it burns hot and clean and dries quickly when split .

no problems at all with flues I have 3 wood burners with no build up of residue.

it also smells fantastic in the log basket.

23 minutes ago, josharb87 said:

 

Thanks for the info, @GlobalNewark how do i find out if my machine is eligible for the update?

 

Would never dream of engaging cutter wheel at full revs, i do have some mechanical sympathy!  

Have a word with Steve Spinks or Dean should know about it ,I never suggested you would but I’ve seen it done on our ZT and 915 ?

17 hours ago, josharb87 said:

Which belts? 

 

The fat triple belts need to be tight

 

I burnt through the cutter wheel one, it started slipping now and then but wanted to finish the stump, then it disintegrated. Unlike the Vermeer I used before which could slip all day

 

the tensioner is a bit of a shit design, flip the long tensioning bolt around to make adjusting easier. I don’t understand why it’s the way it is from the factory. 

We have a 2 year old ZT and received a cutter wheel belt tensioner update kit which you can get fitted yourself or pay global to fit.

It involves cutting and grinding to fit the tensioner but no welding we also received a new belt.

we like you have carried on grinding when the belt was slipping to get done ,I think the most important thing is to engage the cutter wheel at low revs .

7 minutes ago, Philip Anderson said:

Not at all ,we’ve had the hilux for 18 months now it was a demonstration unit built for Toyota and is the wide body chassis version.It had 400 miles on the clock.

we had the sides extended and a part folding roof fitted as we deliver logs and mulch .

it was £22500 +vat .

i think the hilux is a great truck to drive ,very comfortable.

Sorry might have misunderstood the airbag kit was £800 +vat fitted.

5 minutes ago, JonnyRFT said:

Funnily, you drove past my house in Norwich on Friday towing the Bandit and then the MEWP truck followed. I did admire the Hilux. What was the cost if you don’t mind me asking?

Not at all ,we’ve had the hilux for 18 months now it was a demonstration unit built for Toyota and is the wide body chassis version.It had 400 miles on the clock.

we had the sides extended and a part folding roof fitted as we deliver logs and mulch .

it was £22500 +vat .

i think the hilux is a great truck to drive ,very comfortable.

3 hours ago, JonnyRFT said:

If the Hilux is still on the cards, you might want to see how (not) well the rear springs handle simple loads.

 

An extra leaf spring on each side is definitely on the cards with mine. I use it mostly for towing the Avant and transporting tools and attachments etc so I don’t normally notice any sagging issues. But, then when the odd small job comes along of which the truck is suitable for, I get reminded how bad it deals with a load. 
 

Here’s a couple of pics from today. The last pic is how it looks empty.

 

 

We got an airbag suspension upgrade fitted by air ride near Reepham.

works well and can adjust the airbags from an airline .

This will allow us to uprate  the GVW of the truck if we want to.

The hilux looks happy loaded !

The truck rides much better loaded with the addition of the airbags .

towing wise we are more than happy with the hilux as it will push / pull our Bandit 915 most places we wouldn’t put it with our 7-5 tonner.

12 hours ago, tlk said:

Absolutely and that was one of the reason for moving back to Norfolk. 

To be honest Norfolk is a pretty much saturated market with plenty of subbies and new apprentice entrants looking for work .

24 minutes ago, bigtreedon said:

Why is it that people want to tell other people what to do with their trees ? If my neighbour was gunner paint his house yellow I might not like it and most probably the other neighbour's would think it lowered the tone of the street but I wouldn't try and tell him not to or ring the council we need to get away from busy body interfering ways it's no good !

 

It’s one that slipped through the net so to speak as the previous owners were not a threat to it .

most of the area around it is a mixture of conservation area and TPO its the prime area in Norwich because of the Trees so I think they are well within their rights to have an opinion and try to save it 

26 minutes ago, Steve Bullman said:

Yep agree, it was a shame up to a point. However its the client who has to live with the tree, not the neighbours and with it not being TPO'd were well within their rights to do what they did. It was a nice tree I have to say.

The neighbouring properties who were directly affected by the trees presence certainly didn't look like pissed off neighbours to me, in fact they watched most of the job being carried out over the course of the day.

Not the Walnuts complex behind Steve which has an area TPO on it they asked me for a report on the tree along with several other residents.

That site has been managed sustainably for the past 20 years and we’ve planted 15 -20 new trees to create an uneven aged tree stock.

i agree with you Steve about the owners rights but why buy a house with a big tree if you obviously don’t want it.Buy a house in a field or on an industrial estate.

Were loosing too many big ones in my opinion.

I’m not taking away from the fact that you did a professional job in getting the tree down but It is a shame the owner felt he had to or was advised to ring bark it to prevent Norwich City Council putting a TPO on it .

It was a bit of a feature that tree on Branksome Close and carefully looked after by the previous owner of the house for many years with several different  contractors pruning it in that time .

New Owner =no tree and pissed off neighbours!

Chapman fm120 heavy duty quad/utv flail mower

£3,250+VAT

19hrs light-very little use 

I’ve got a 9month old peruzzo TB100 for sale it’s done 30 hours in as new condition with a spare set of blades .

i bought this as a back up machine for smaller jobs instead of our bandit 915 but it’s not getting enough use .

great little chipper and will track anywhere is very stable and will chip 3-4 inch diameter.

Im  looking £4400+vat.

4 hours ago, wakefield tree surgeons said:

Personally the 500i  seems to be better,,,  

Yep ! Bit more guts and instant reaction 500i everyday 462 is a great saw though.

Possibly appropriate?

550xp Mark 2 

been running one for 2 weeks now seems a good saw time will tell.

I’ve had a ZT for 18 months now had a Carlton 2010 previously,I’m very happy with the ZT and grinding depth is fine for me.

the engine has plenty of power it tracks fast enough for me and maintenance etc is easy.

Back up support from Global is great ,I have a bandit 915 chipper also and have had bandits for years .

There are different levels of DBS checks Eggs,

basic,enhanced and a check on the barring list .

Im having to DBS check around 35 adults as part of a youth band tour to Malaysia.

The Barring one is mainly to do with child protection.

its up to the company organisation how they use the information employing you wise .

8 hours ago, Wood-be said:

seems a bit of an expensive way round trying to move the cs100 about. I have used a mates CS 100 for the day and found its a good machine but any slight incline or bumpy ground (moles are the main culprit) then your legs are burning and your leaving tramlines through the lawn. Shorley the tracked machine would only damage the ground when turning?  

 

does anyone on hear own a TB100? would the chipper part unbolt from the tracked chassis and could you fit a tipping wheel barrow to the chassis of the tracked part (obviously with carefull design and enginering).

Yep I own one excellent little machine ,chips well tracks well we use it in back gardens or areas where we can’t get our Bandit 915 in as it’s a bit big and heavy .

we mainly find our customers are happy to keep the chip as it is good quality 

5 minutes ago, eggsarascal said:

Welcome to East Anglia.

Exactly! With many new companies and  housing authorities  setting up looking for external work it’s a race to the bottom business wise as well at the moment.

same day service even.

I would call the Tree Officers Bluff ,leave the notification in ,he o r she has to justify putting a TPO on the cherry imo you have plenty of justification for removal which is the most sensible option as the Tree is compromised structurally and with its full crown something is going to give,probably the wall.

A sensible pragmatic approach by the TO would have been sensible in this case.

I have one for our 27m mewp I bought it from a chandlers I’ll post a photo for you Works well with a digital read out  around £70 .make is explorer.

19 hours ago, RC0 said:

Ive never seen a wolf there to be honest. But they are notorious for snatching dogs off the beaches with the owners powerless to intervene. Got to be mindful of cougars also. Always just in the back of your mind when you've got kids. Aside from that, brilliant place. We go every January. Storm season.

Great Place ,we surfed in Ucluelet in the summer ,visited port Renfrew and the big trees and saw those big trees in Cathedral Grove that your knocking the tops off .

that was a very busy road car park in the summer .

Beautiful part of the world.