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Thanks, advice is very much appreciated, I have emailed the customer stating we are not qualified or insured to give advice on the management of the tree, but we can undertake the work if he wishes us to do so. My gut feeling he will have the branches removed, that may come near to his or neighbours house if it should fail and when funds are available he will have the tree removed.

Customer has been clearly informed that if he requires a survey/report I could organise it for him, all I'm doing is trying to help the guy. If he had the money he would have it taken down, somebody will probably carryout a reduction/monolith/removal based on cost. To start with all he is doing is talking to tree surgeons to gather some information and prices, he wants to first ensure if the tree fails, it does not hit any buildings.

Sorry, to answer your question, we discussed a canopy reduction and he said the canopy had plenty of leaf growth and looked healthy to him.

Both monolith and remove have been discussed, he would like to try and manage it and will probably be down to cost in the end.

Old gentleman asked me to have a look at a old beech tree in his garden, he was concerned about the growths and there is decay in the base of the trunk. WE are looking at removing some of the big heavy branches that would probably relieve some of the forces off the trunk. Advice is appreciated.

Anybody interested.

Any tree climbers available for tomorrow to help take down two popular trees in Efail Isaf near LLantrisant. Must have CS30,31,38,39 & 41. Practically all needs rigging down. Also looking for a MS660 saw to rent or buy. We have employee liability insurance. You can check out our website and Facebook page Trees2go.wales. Can you pm me or text me 07904292444 It’s the trees either side of the shed. Rh has been started but we need help to get our schedule back on track.

Hi Nathan I have pm’d you.

Thanks guys, it's the only way In my mind it could be done, improvise I guess.

Whats the best method for climbing this limb as you can not get an anchor point above you. In training they don't teach you how to get out to the end of this type of limb. Customer has requested the removal of the broken branch, as you can see by the attached photo, a previous large branch had broken off 2 years ago. I have suggested and they agree the limb should be cut back at least 25%. Not sure if the end of the limb is decayed. Directly underneath is a wooden summer house so very little drop zone. My difficulty has always been climbing this type of limb when angled as this one is. Some info on technique you would use would be helpful.

Sorry, always struggled with my English grammar. The blades are the same design but different in dimension. The ground cutting angle is concave like it's bigger brother.

Chatting to the mechanic at the Dealer, he said the 160 has some of the 230 technology, the blades are the same but smaller, has easy access to the blades by just removing the cover plate, If I understood him correctly. Central greasing points. The chassis does look a bit odd as it has a single bar tow arm, it looks long but you will need the length for reversing. It weighs about 620 kg. Feed chute is the same size as the 150. As mentioned a bonnet and spare wheel would be great. We have managed with a GTS 1300 4" gravity feed for two years so the 160 will probably suit or needs and process the waste at 3.5T / hr.

Thanks guys for your input, but still would like to here from somebody that has one and uses it every day.

Thinking of getting a TW160, been to Timberwolf today and had a demo. Handles the 6" logs ok. Also demo'd a new TW230 (Great machine but probably a bit big for our needs at the moment) and a 6 year old TW150. Only concern there is not a lot of info for the TW160 out there at the moment from the guys that use it. Few of the questions I have, does it throw the chip far enough, what is it like with wet conifer, does the engine get dirty with no bonnet. TW160 comes with 2 Year warranty, a spare set of blades plus affordable payments. Note:- There is no a great difference in price from a new TW160 and a 6 year old TW150.

I can see that setup being ideal for our needs. Did you do the conversion yourself.