wjotner

Thanks Steve

Hi, Anyone know of any free wood chip tipping sites around west Sheffield areas near Ecclesall Road, Abbeydale Road, Ringinglow Road?

1 minute ago, ag Ed said:

doesn't spring start like tomorrow? at least in my mind 1st of march should be the start of spring
but not when it is a bloody tundra here!

Yep, it's technically spring from tomorrow. Feels like mother natures taking the piss a bit with that though.

When is this bloody winter gonna end?! I've never lost so many work days due to weather before this winter. Well and truly had enough of this shite. Bring on spring, I'm skint.

On 24/02/2018 at 10:20, Benny4817 said:

no worries  what would you pay for groundie and 150tw chipper  and when would you be looking at and where as distance plays a part in the price lol #

I'd need the chipper for work around Sheffield. But I also get work in the Peak District, and I sometimes go as far as Stockport, Macclesfield, Chesterfield, Alfreton. I only do my own work part time, so it would just be a handful of days a month at the moment.

Do you have a day rate price?

12 hours ago, Benny4817 said:

turner hire         also another option is hire someone in that has one

 

Turner Hire are expensive.

Yep, I do that too. But sometimes, smaller jobs need smaller overheads. And as i have my own tipper van, i don't always needs a man + chipper + van. Just chipper and groundie sometimes.

I'm on the lookout for chipper hire in Sheffield/Chesterfield/North Derbyshire areas

Needs to be under 750kg and road towable.

Thanks

Just jump straight into level 3 mate. I did and I'd never done tree work at that time and new hardly anything except what I'd read in books in my own free time. Level 3 ain't rocket science. As long as you're comfortable with computers and reasonably literate, you'll be good to go.

1 hour ago, Khriss said:

Wjotner - had to stop the blanket stump treatment on one of my sites as the engineer had not factored in bank slippage thru root plate decay -  K

Interesting. Would have thought the engineer should have considered that before removing the trees since the roots would probably decay eventually anyway to some extent.

3 minutes ago, benedmonds said:

Why no extra charge?  Eco plugs are 70p each. a big tree could cost you £15 in plugs alone..

Well it seems like a good complimentary bit of service for not much extra cost. Plus, if it's a really big stump, I can just factor that into the overall price of the job.

On 28/01/2018 at 18:13, Gary Prentice said:

I wouldn’t automatically treat, having damaged nearby vegetation of the same species due to rootgrafts. I would normally refuse to herbicide in this situation, extolling the virtues (environmentally) of just cutting off the re-gen.

Yep, fair enough. I only use "Ecoplugs" now anyway, to keep things tidy and minimise collateral damage to nearby vegetation. No more sloshing glyphosate liquid into chainsaw grooves anymore. Too messy. Doesn't look professional. Can wash away or be ingested by curious pets/wildlife.

2 hours ago, Khriss said:

Lots of good reasons to Not treat stumps - best have a Caveat in yr work pricing blurb K

Yes, everyone has made good points on this. I agree. I've stated the following on my website to make things clear:

"We perform tree removals by dismantling and felling. And where regrowth prevention is requested, we will treat the cut stump at no extra charge."

26 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

On trees like pops and willows where there is the possibility of regrowth I’ll advise it.

 

Automatically? No.

23 minutes ago, Gary Prentice said:

Talk to the client at the time of quoting. 

 

Offer up the options, does the stump want treating, grinding or will the client deal with the expected regeneration?

You're quite right, and I normally do discuss this with them at the time of quoting the job. I must have forgotten this time.

I almost packed my drill and ecoplugs in the van on way to the job just in case, but didn't - now regretting it.

Not making that mistake again. I've decided to state on my website that treating stumps is automatically done on appropriate trees, unless otherwise requested by a customer. Just to make things simpler and clearer for customers.

So here's a question for all you business owners and sole traders etc:

When you've taken down a tree for a customer. Do you automatically treat the stump to prevent regrowth (non-coniferous trees obviously) whether the customer requested it or not?

Or do you only provide this service if they've asked you to do it?

I ask this, because recently a customer is complaining to me that I didn't treat her 2 poplar stumps after I'd felled them. This was never discussed when quoting, if it were, I'd have stated on my quote sheet about stump treatment. But she says she'd assumed it would just be done automatically. 

So what do you guys consider to be standard procedure?

7 hours ago, woody paul said:

Which tyres have you got fitted depends on tyre pressures.

standard i think = 7.5/16lt

On the topic of defender tips. Can anyone advise best tyre pressure for a 110 tipper?

22 hours ago, TheHungrySquirrel said:

If you contact them they can make the boxes to any shape/size you need

Good call, I'll contact them and see what they can do for me. Cheers

I'm not keen on the idea of spending £500 on a metal box. I'm trying to see if I can find them cheaper or second hand somewhere, but i can't find much going online. Also, those larger side access tool boxes are too big for my small tipper body. I'm looking for something only half that height, basically enough for store a couple of chainsaws in.

So I need to add some tool storage space to my Landy tipper. 

I was thinking of a couple of under body boxes on either side between wheel arches. And another box on the front end of the body with side access. 

But I'm struggling to to find anywhere online that does side access tool boxes. Does anyone know a good place to get them from? Preferably used as new ones are really expensive. Thanks

On 03/01/2018 at 19:15, Al Cormack said:

 

Any luck with this?

 

So ended up buying that landy tipper. Got a decent price for it and it made it all the way from harrogate to sheffield without blowing up on the M1. So far, so good...

Now i just gotta get rid of my transit.

On 02/01/2018 at 16:46, Dilz said:

My only experience of this other than natural crotch rigging was using an old ZK1 wrench with a 13mm yale rope.  I found i had to take quite big pieces for it to run smooth. and was a bit of pain as the friction couldn't be adjusted ala bollard at the base. for when smaller bit needed to be rigged.

 

I keep hearing a lot more about having the friction at the top instead of the base, but i'm keen to know more. What systems work? do any allow for easy adjustment? in a big tree i dont fancy climbing up to the rigging anchor when i want to adjust something. 

Whata re the benefits of friction at top instead of bottom?

Experienced climber with CS30,31,38,39, chipper, first aid, CSCS, Arb Diploma level 3

With own tipper van, saws, light rigging gear, own insurance and can supply an extra man if needed as a bona-fide subbie.

Looking for fill in days to work around Sheffield and North Derbyshire

41 minutes ago, WesD said:

Our Jensen went through the same process, 2nd hand reall good going through lick of paint and we’ve never looked back this has been in our use for about 3 years and only cost blade sharpening and service kits after initial going through. 

Nice work with fixing up chippers. I'd love to do same but totally lack the skills, tools and space for that.

On 04/01/2018 at 20:03, WesD said:

Find somebody who is prepared to subby to you man and chipper. 

I already get a guy in for that on jobs that are big enough to pay for it. But it makes me less competitive on medium sized jobs. 

23 hours ago, mitchel said:

dont like you like my work jotner haha

Got your name written all over it Mitch