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As consumers I don't think it's down to us to have to retune an engine to get a chipper to work the way it did before. Forst have been able to adapt their 6 inch chipper to work as well with a 25hp engine as it did with a 35hp. Greenmech brought out a whole new chipper so that they can run it with a 25hp engine. Timberwolf have done nothing apart from changing over from diesel to petrol in all but in the new 230 diesel. I can't see why anyone would spend money on trying to improve a chipper when there are better options out there. It really comes down to if you want a 6 inch diesel chipper that works as well as it did before stage, you will have to get a towing licence.

You only have three options for a sub 750kg diesel chipper which are, Timberwolf 230 Greenmech quad chip 160 Greenmech 150. All will be around 25hp. If you already got a timber wolf then get a demo on a new one and just run side to side to see how much difference there is. Unfortunately the only way to get more options for a sub 750 kg chipper is to look at the petrol ones, which should also be cheaper.

From my own experience its worth looking at your hourly rate as a company owner. For example at present you are running a 3 man team with yourself Inc and say working a 9 hour day 5 days a week which will Inc quotes and paper work. Once you take on a secord team and if you stay on the tools I'm sure that you will find you will have to put in more hours a day to keep the work coming say 11 hours a day plus possible Saturday mornings. If you're hourly rate increases with the second team then you're on the right path to building a bigger company but if it stays the same or even possibly goes down then it might be worth staying as you are. If you don't try it then you will always be thinking what if and it doesn't work then at least you tried. Again from my experience I have found that the most profitable tree company's are the ones that keep it really small with the least amount of overheads or the guys that push to go much bigger with multiple gangs. Good luck on what ever you decide to do.

Plenty of boats on the other side of the river burning logs but no one showed any interest. I'm sure the owner would be more then happy to give them away to anyone that rowed past.

And a fell from the start of the week.

Nice reduction this morning with the sun out first thing.

Sundays feel how they did when I was a kid. A day to rest and stay at home with the family.

Must be soul destroying as running a 3 man team on £650 just does not add up. I know it's a different area but in London we went out with 3 men for £900 a day 20 years ago. I more then happy to pay freelance groundies and climbers what ever they charge as its down to them to set their rate.

Does seem high for a petrol engine Chipper. I thought more like £14500, but it has been a few years since I last looked.

Reduce this beech tree that I have been doing for the past 10 years.

Going to wait for thr Prorr as lots of positive reviews on it. Read that it should be here Spring so anytime in the next four months fingers crossed.

Thanks for sharing. I worked with a climber last week that had a rr pro and look a very nice price of kit. The only thing that concerned him was the rope wear on the plate above the pulley and the cost to replace that part. Read that a ce one should be here this spring.

How long have you used it for and have you a photo to give an idea on size and weight. Thanks

From what I found out previously, if you gain AA approval then it also includes CHAS and possibly others but you would have to found out from the website. Also if you are AA approved then you have the added bonus of being Advertised on their website. There is lot of information on the website and also before covid-19 you could attend a day's workshop on how to become AA approved. There is also a company that you can employ to help/do all the paperwork work for you ahead of your test.

Has anyone heard any news on a ce one coming out over here.

But it would have had to be an income before you paid it to hmrc and so would be taxable after you reclaim it back if you did not put it back into the business and draw it as earnings. I could be totally wrong but can't find anything on the gov website that says reclaim VAT is tax free. I see it as you have to earn the money to pay the VAT through work and if you can then claim that back and its taken as a profit then you would be taxed on it as it was an income to start with. Happy to be proven wrong and going to have a chat with the accountant to clarify.

How does it work? From my understanding if you claim back say £2000 in VAT from buying a van then that amount would then show in your accounts as profit for which you would need to pay tax on. I could be mistaken but I'm sure VAT that you reclaim over the tax year is not tax free.

I'm on sage and found it very easy to use. I would not go VAT registered if you don't have to even if you could save the VAT on the new van. It always worth doing the maths if you don't claim the VAT it goes against your tax where as if you claim it back you then have to pay tax on it. You might find out the difference is not that great. You can also claim the VAT back on the van within 4 years if you do have to go VAT registered.

Has anyone got the above and can give some feed back on it. Looks like a ce marked one is due over here around October. Thanks

Sounds like you are doing everything right, as long as they don't work the same set days a week and travel to site in their own transport they can be classed as freelance workers.

I'm a small business and did attend a really useful workshop with Paul on becoming aa approved which if you are thinking then this is a must as you will have a very good place to start. Paper work rise the aa are only asking for you to have everything that you should already have in place to make a successful insurance claim if you needed to. The assessment should be straightforward for any competent firm and again they just want to see that you are complying with good practices in the industry. If you become approved then I think it will bring in addition work and if you're looking to expand then its a positive way to move forward. It's not a great cost per year to join and I honestly don't think they make any money from the scheme, the cost is only there to cover their costs. The only thing that I feel that let's the whole thing down is there are a few firms that are aa approved that if a spot check was done they would lose their status overnight but unfortunately this never happens.

My first ever boss in Dublin always believed and said that if the chain was razor sharp then you didn't need to clean the saw. He would even put a file over a new chain right out of the box which I never understood. The only cleaning that I ever did to a saw when I worked there was tipping petrol over the air filter every morning.

Rope guide over the pulley saver, worth the extra money. You do have to hold a rope tighter with a pulley but you can do things to help reduce the strain on your wrist and elbows. Use a foot ascender, Once you have weight under you hitch you should be able to self tend the rope from above, SJ3 is the best for this but ZZ will do the same and even the HC on the VT. Some good gloves with plenty of grip. When my rope guide is done I will, definitely replace it with a twin line if I not mastered SRT by then ?

Hoping someone could help identify these growths on a copper Beech that have grown on the underside of the lower limbs of the crown. Thanks in advance

I sure it comes with two rope bridge's and it's up to you how you configure the harness. I really like the idea of the first aid kit.