Mountain man
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Compact tractor and loader will knock a skid steer into a cocked hat.
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Perhaps, what I sort of mean is they'll sit there for years doing nothing afterwards, rather than "throwing out" lots of regrowth in a enthusiastic and exuberant manner.
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I have found yew trees react in a "sulky" fashion to heavy pruning year round. If it's a hedge you're go to go, if it's pruning be sure to come back to strong live growth. Just my thoughts others may differ.
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A lot depends on what "work" you're planning on doing.
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Well ok. I use a lanyard, not all the time, common sense dictates when it's needed.
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Ahhh, thanks, my brother in law will sell me his I hope. Same machine.
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Is that a 3 ton machine Steve? I can't quite see.
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Tell us about how it happened.
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Chainsaw or axe? Chipper or stacking on a trailer? If people enjoy splitting with an axe, good for them. Tractor splitter for me, and I don't even sell logs, just burn them.
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:001_smile:Give us your dinner money!
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No Daniel, just that sometimes we provide solutions to problems that don't exist. Client. "Can you take out those overgrown conifers by the tennis court?" Answer no 1 "of course! I've got a 4wd tipper, I can get down there and chip it up and get rid of it" Client. "Ok great" Answer no 2. "Of course, it's too wet to get the stuff out so we'll start a fire and burn the lot in the field" Client "ok great" There would never have been a 500 yard drag, because that would have been unviable. Like I say providing solutions to problems that don't exist
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Box of matches and a fire lighter would have done the job better.
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I'd like to say I'm surprised, but I'd be lying.
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Yes, because the wheel isn't turning at the required rate. Sounds like it's the engine.
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Fwiw I use a triple ladder for access that can double as a step ladder for hedges.
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I can't agree with you there Paul. There too much money sitting there collecting dust and depreciating. You can always hire or borrow if your new machine has a breakdown. Keeping some back up chainsaws is one thing, 3 or 4 grands worth of plant is another.
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Then he should get a truck if he has contracts that require it. It's just a matter of which one. The "build it and they will come" philosophy can be a costly lesson though.
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You have new contracts lined up?
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Ha ha, well it would make a good bumper sticker, but of course in the real world one has to justify a large purchase with cold hard economics rather than the emotions of a 15 year old boy playing Top Trumps. What I have done sometimes when agonizing over a large purchase is get out your work diary, then go back a year or so and job by job, add in the object of your desire, be it a bigger chipper, truck or whatever, then see if it would have helped you make more money,or do it significantly quicker. If so, then go for it, if not and you realize that it's just to impress your competitors (or the 15 year old boy in you) then maybe think again.
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I'd never be without one, no fun to use, but will save time and make money. Good for hedge cutting as well. I've got the stihl ht something or other. Don't really rate it. The power unit is pants.
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Maybe presbyopia.
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Oops the perils of Google! No, I've the same as you, wanking related tired eyes.
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Oh btw I'm talking about age related macular degeneration not shortsightedness or anything.
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Honestly, I'd rather buy specs at a quid a throw in the pond shop than have a Doc put a scalpel in my eyes. Especially if it needs doing again after 10 years.
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I'd rather wear glasses. As far as the sharpening goes, I can see if I've already done a tooth. (With glasses!)
