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  1. maybelateron
    Morning, well nearly, Not too bad here, forecast for Monday looking good and I am looking forward to trying a day of work. Let the MEWP do the work type thing👍 Have a good weekend y'all.
  2. maybelateron
    Couldn't agree more. I have had a Kubota STV40 for many years now. I have the 1.25m wide bucket on the loader, with a really heavy weight on the back. A bucketful of logs is one thing, but a bucket of stone and it gets a bit twitchy. I am considering pallet forks for the rear 3 pt mounting for general purpose. Years ago I bought a simple "jib" crane for the 3pt, and combined with a hydraulic top link is very good if you a wanting to move long sections of timber. One one job we had to clear 90 large conifers, so we brought in a chap with 12 inch pto chipper and sileage type trailers. The Kubota with the crane was happy dragging whole large conifers to the chipper.
  3. maybelateron
    Perhaps we should all just sell "a load"
  4. maybelateron
    It's morning somewhere in the world, so morning all. Chucked it down all day, still taking it gently. Wood boiler running, house warm, good book.
  5. maybelateron
    Sorry for the derail, but don't you just love the occasional idiot who rings up wanting "a ton of logs", or in my case more likely "a ton of chippings/bark
  6. maybelateron
    Another late greeting, in fact just after noon, Still taking it steady for a few days more.
  7. maybelateron
    That made me laugh. We use to call my mate's first single wheel Izuzu the dung beetle the way it wallowed about.
  8. maybelateron
    Yes, all the better. I had to replace two fairly new rear tyres because a lad ignored the cyclical noise caused by a piece of wood trapped between the two tyres, sidewalls were too badly damaged by time he got back to the yard💩
  9. maybelateron
    Morning all, Nice bright and breezy day here.
  10. maybelateron
    Belated morning all, Having to rest a few days to let swollen knee (haemarthrosis) from slipping on leaves on Saturday settle. Full marks to Western Power Distribution Engineer (now National Grid) - really helpful at postponing a shutdown with only 48hrs notice and rebooking it with fresh date all in one go.
  11. maybelateron
    I have only ever had twin rear wheels on my trucks, but one of my mates in the arb trade has only had singles, on his Izuzus. Pros and cons both ways I reckon. Twin wheeler less liable to sink through the "crust" of soft ground, but single wheeler better grip on icy/snowy surface. Twin wheeler more prone to wear on tyres as one always "scrubbing" when turning, and checking tyre pressures on inner wheel can be a pain. A case of Little Britain - yeah but no but
  12. maybelateron
    Morning all, Never say die. Going to kick ass on a low level hedge today. Think I'd rather be on the rubber duck mission though.
  13. maybelateron
    Belated good morning, Spent the morning in A&E getting my shoulder x-rayed to rule out dislocation or fracture. Stepped off step ladder onto ground yesterday on sloping block paving drive, wet laurel leaf was like a banana skin, my bad knee bent under me and I went down like a sack of potatoes. Still finished the job but knew it would be worse this morning after stiffening up! And yes it was. Could have been a whole lot worse is the way to look at these things.
  14. maybelateron
    Also incorporating "What i'm doing today to fit round the weather"😀
  15. maybelateron
    Morning all, Bit better here today, hopefully get yesterday's postponed laurel hedge reduction done this morning.
  16. maybelateron
    Morning all, Cats and dogs without parachutes here, so postponing laurel hedge reduction for now, don't enjoy climbing slimey wet things.
  17. maybelateron
    Morning all, Should be dry today. Taking regrowth of an oak monolith this morning, just hand saw stuff, then trimming same customer's hedges. Should be a light day.
  18. maybelateron
    Morning all, Raining here and forecast to get heavier all day. The hedgecutting job can wait and the timber in the barn can get split.
  19. maybelateron
    Morning all, Looks like another fine day here. Laurel and conifer hedge reduction just up the lane, within easy reach of the butty bar for dinner time.😀
  20. maybelateron
    Morning all, Looking like a good day here, more connie bashing only 4 miles from home. Should be a nice day. Hope you all have a good one.
  21. maybelateron
    Definitely not. I use the Echo until the timber is too big, then get the 210T into the tree. That said, I can see myself just jumping straight to the MS261 from the Echo, as I find the 201 a bit hard on my slightly arthritic wrists, but the 261 kinder to them, also a bit more power.
  22. maybelateron
    I had a MS 190T in the past, never had 150T, but a mate has one. He loves it, but did have the metal loop you attached the strop to fail once. I have the Echo 2511 and I love it. Yes the plastic mentioned can fail, and the air filter does not like heavy rain. I have just converted it to the Panther bar and slimline chain. The performance is amazing for such a small saw.
  23. maybelateron
    I assume the idea is that by reducing the amount of foliage/size of tree you are reducing the amount of water drawn out of the clay soil. This then allows the clay to expand a little, rather than continue shrinking, and making subsidence worse. Or am I talking nonsense?
  24. maybelateron
    Are you on higher ground, hopefully?
  25. maybelateron
    Morning all, Looks like a dry day here. Going to reduce the side on two hedges at home then trim the tops. Was going to do tree work tomorrow after 2 days at home, but now got to use the mewp to help a friend (install boiler flue in gable ned over car port) who has been let down at short notice by a hire company.

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