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  1. Philip Anderson
    My lad is working for a tree firm in Squamish near Vancouver Whistler as far as I know he is actively hunting cougars !
  2. Philip Anderson
    A ZT weighs in at 6-700 kg I wouldn’t risk putting ours up those we use a set of straight Zara Ramps rated at 1750kg per ramp I’d rather be safe than sorry with a £15k machine.
  3. Philip Anderson
    Just out of interest what type of machine is that ? The cage is exactly like my Ruthmann TB 270 .
  4. Philip Anderson
    If I’m cutting that diameter stuff I’ll have a 201 and a 462 in the cage safer faster and less work. most cages have ample room for both saws .
  5. Philip Anderson
    We’ve been running a 20ton vertical Binderberger off ours for 3 years we just run it off the hydraulic locking pin circuit on the machine with a flow and return. we bungee the lever so it gives us constant flow on tick over more than enough flow / power to do the job . we split roughly 300-350 tons a year.The machine we have is a MT 732.
  6. Philip Anderson
    Clueless,they should never been attempting that fell on a street with hard surfaces to damage bits could have shattered and skittled off into passing cars etc. unfortunately this makes our industry look bad poor training ,laziness and judgement to even attempt that fell and a total disregard for life and other people’s safety. i hope they throw the book at them if it was a council contract as it looks likely then they have questions to ask in their vetting procedures.Just as bad as Bartlett scenario if not worse. The cyclist was doing nothing wrong and I would have had the police there straight away who took the footage was it for the company’s website ??
  7. Philip Anderson
    It sure did
  8. Philip Anderson
    Attleborough stag roundabout,I thought it was fake until the EDP interviewed the bloke on the motorbike that filmed it and the police confirmed the launch ?
  9. Philip Anderson
    Thanks Dean might be simpler for me to bring my black one and swap it for an orange one at the APF ????
  10. Philip Anderson
    I haven’t Dean !!!got the heat shield and pipe covers and orange paint you thought I’d forgotten
  11. Philip Anderson
    I’m not sure on your thinking here when I price a job I quote the price I need on it or want for doing it plus vat which never comes into the equation as it’s not mine technically (the vat).wether a client or firm I quoting for us vat registered or not is irrelevant.
  12. Philip Anderson
    You don’t have a choice if you are at the threshold turnover wise you must register,I hear of many companies with 3 men chipper etc not registered which is ridiculous and if they analyse it they are working for nothing. we registered 32 years ago on start up of business doing 70% domestic work yes you loose out sometimes,yes you are a tax collector but cash flow wise you should be on it to get paid whether registered or not. I think the lowering of the threshold is coming the recent vote was just a testing of the water government wise. Eventually the 20% becomes not important to you existing customers as they wish to employ you and only you if your doing it right.
  13. Philip Anderson
    Just about sums it up perfectly. The ZT for us was a great buy after having a Carlton 2010 , The ZT takes the work out of stump grinding was excellent value and still is around £15k is easy to load narrow enough to get to most places . Fuel wise it does use more than our old Carlton which was 30hp but it grinds so much faster and saves my back so I don’t mind a little extra fuel as a trade off! Grinding depth is not the deepest but is fine . For us it offered a great little machine to allow us to offer a grinding service . maintenance is easy I had to replace a drive belt which bandit supplied and we had a service update video on the belt tensioning method.
  14. Philip Anderson
    Size isn’t everything!!!! ours is a 915 so 142 hp and 15-18 inch capacity our old machine is working for Ed Benton still . In Oz and the States the dealers have chip offs, I’m sure Dean at global would love that. seriously a big chipper will earn its keep ,open doors and save you money so that’s the way to go .
  15. Philip Anderson
    Good article Ian but not quite right factually we and a few others in your area have had 12 inch plus chippers for many years 17 years in our case and do know about and benefit from the competitive edge they can give. welcome to the big chipper club.
  16. Philip Anderson
    Not good in Norfolk many very sick looking Ash about
  17. Philip Anderson
    Most truck mounts over 3.5 ton were mot exempt as they were registered as special types or plant . I’m not sure if this still applies under new regs . this exemption also allowed running on red ,most of the big truck mounts had donkey engines for on site use. we run a 27m on a 3.5 ton cabstar to be honest I’m quite happy to have it mot tested every year and fuel running costs on white are not unreasonable. I know of several truck mounts in use that should never be on the road or have also never seen a 6monthly thorough examination in their life.
  18. Philip Anderson
    The best way ship it out keep the best stuff to burn ourselves.
  19. Philip Anderson
    It’s not about the density on Sorbus it’s the fact that it’s a crap burner takes ages to dry out and could put a good fire out ! cedar on the other hand is brilliant. there are both good and bad hardwoods and softwoods from a firewood point of view.
  20. Philip Anderson
    That seems heavy our Man TGL 8.180 with full alloy body ,roof and barn doors weighs in at just under 4.5 tonnes. no kit lockers .but I wouldn’t think these would add 1 tonne.
  21. Philip Anderson
    I forgot about that?
  22. Philip Anderson
    Er! Apart for Orange paint!!!
  23. Philip Anderson
    Not rolled mine yet touch wood . they are more stable than you think ,the Carleton stands higher ,bigger engine and more top heavy. The ZT is a great machine for the price and very user friendly,I’m an owner operator so don’t qualify as one of the 95% but my 14 year old son had a play and managed to keep it upright!!
  24. Philip Anderson
    Hi I’m looking for a self employed groundie for immediate start for well equipped tree company near Attleborough Norfolk. Good Rates offered Druving License And chainsaw certificates essential. Re advertising due to last minute let down/no show. please contact Phil Anderson 07500888310 or message me or email [email protected] Thanks.
  25. Philip Anderson
    Don’t forget the orange paint too Dean!!?

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