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He has been slightly robbed though. New kit in this game only looks new for about 1 day. Poor bloke didn’t even get the 1 day. .. You opened that bottle yet [emoji38]

It’ll be his timber but yes I hope it’s good for him and he makes something nice out of it. Yes the stick that’s left is a fair old lump. Hence I was happy to leave it at the survey spec of 5 or 6 metres. Just an extra cost to extract and get rid of. Being sweet chestnut it’s bound to sprout a load of growth and have its Swan song for a few more years come. Got some very large clean sweet chestnut to fell tomorrow. I’m tempted to keep some for sleepers / beams but with time constraints it’ll probably go to the biomass heaven.

And yes , I was pleased the wood was so nice as the top 10 metres of the tree was rotten and hollow. Fair old bit of hart wood. I cut some burrs out of some of the rubbish to see if any turners are interested.

Well if @bigbeech turns up tomorrow It’ll be going on his trailer to be milled. [emoji106] That log is 4.7 metres long. 3 ft across at the felling cut. Nearly all the trees are spec’d that they can be left at 5/6 metres. That one is just over 5 ft across at the base so as nice as that bit left standing is it’s too much effort to get out of the woods unless someone makes a reasonably strong offer.

Which one chap? There’s two in those pics. One with the burrs and helical form is Sweet chestnut. The one in the last pic where I’m still up the tree is Horse Chestnut.

More of the same for us today, same site again as the photos from Tuesday. Another couple bopped down to the specified heights. Same again tomorrow. Sadly much bigger ...

Feels flimsy where they have kept weight down like most new stihls.

Basically same saw. Different chains that’s about it now the 560 had been updated. 20inch bar is max. Any more and you want the 572. Nice enough saw.

Climbed and dismantled this rotten old stick this morning. Part of a series of fair sized trees to take out for a regular site. Fair bit of rot in this old bugger

You may not necessarily have to register immediately. You are allowed certain fluctuations in your accounts around vat registration. Your book keeper will be able to explain it to you You only need the accountant if you are ltd / vat registered etc. Say the last 3 or so years have been u see the vat threshold and this year your only say 15 k over it you can have some wiggle room if you don’t want to register. But if you think your business is now growing and you will continue to be over the threshold just get the accountant to register. You can go back 4 years in your expenses claiming things for your vat registration. First time I filed in the paperwork I got a £10k rebate so that was quite nice. I use Xero for all my paperwork. And a very simple scanning app on my phone for all my receipts. Ping em off and legally you don’t even need to keep the paper copy like you used to. Although I still file them away. Scanning those in keeps the processing time down for the book keeper too so that reduces that bill.

Danequip 27hp. Used them for years. So simple and easy to use. Hard to go wrong with one. Just over 6 grand I think.

Great saw. Takes about 30 tanks of fuel for it to loosen up and spin a bit faster. Like all echos. Super lightweight. Mines on .325 16”. Great up in the tree. I wouldn’t have a longer bar than that on it. My echo kit is the most reliable out of everything. I run a varied fleet of stihl husky and echo. Echo hands down for reliability. Doesn’t cut quite as quick as a 261 or 550 but better in other ways.

Share the idea to Boris ..... he loved those water cannons. This is the eco version for him. Your firm would be the sort to get the apprentice to stand in the chip truck on day 1 for 10 seconds of chip to be fired at them.[emoji23][emoji23]

Come on Gary. We all know a baseball bat full of nails would be much better for that bit [emoji13]

I think I’d be leaving some strips of roofing batten with about 200 nails in each batten overnight and put up the motion camera to capture the moment. ......

I’m based in Haslemere, Surrey / West Sussex border. I do have about 8 days work on a site in Weybridge where I’m going to be hiring a norcar from green plant. That’s just off J10 M25.

Thanks for your reply. The micro bull looks a little too micro. I found some clips of it on YouTube and it looked less capable and stable than the giant. I’m trying to arrange a demo on the giant , the toro also looks a very capable machine.

Cost doesn’t come into the equation. Saws are cheap as chips when you look at what they earn you. Some older saws are just a pleasure to use. [emoji106].

That’s a felling axe by the look of it. Hefty though , do you use it for splitting

This would be a local authority issue if not found committing the offence at the time. I would give the photos to the local newspapers along with any email from the council declining to look further into the matter with a registration number and photos of fly tipping. Just the sort of thing the local rags would print. Bloody disgrace not to look into that one. I’m based a few miles from Petworth , if I see that van around I’ll be sure to note some details. Fly tipping is always on the community Facebook pages etc. You should post it on the Petworth / Haslemere pages along with the councils lazy response. Might ruffle a few feathers and beat a few drums.

I just took a look on YouTube. To be fair for the £300 quid they cost they look pretty good. Obviously I wouldn’t expect it to last like a stihl ( well it might run there new stuff close [emoji23]) but at £300 quid as a spare / backup or a farmers saw I’d say it looks fair.

I remember a few years ago these sort of things came in kit form and you had to build them. Is that still the case ? Probably better made than some of chainsaws you see on amazon etc.

Yeah that’s not an issue. Running tracked grinder and chipper on most sites so already accommodating for that instance. It’s quite nice that these little loaders would fit on the same trailer as the chipper at same time. I’m sure they blast through plenty of brash dragging. The cormidi is pretty cheap by the looks of it. Need to investigate dealer / machine back up etc.

Not keen on the kanga. For sure pivot steer better but will then come down to it doesn’t get in a lot of gardens so would be used less than the stand on

Yeah I’m slightly torn. The multi one is more versatile overall just due to being bigger and lifting higher with more weight but the compact design of these means me first TR8 and the little loader would fit on one trailer to jobs which keeps more load space on both tippers. That in my circumstance is edging it at the mo. Let’s face it any mechanical assistance is good [emoji38]