Jump to content

Log in or register to remove this advert

Dan Maynard

Veteran Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    5,014

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    4

 Content Type 

Everything posted by Dan Maynard

  1. Dan Maynard
    I reckon if you're keeping firewood then chip it onto the ground by each tree, the throw of the chipper will spread it out enough.
  2. Dan Maynard
    I think I read in Timberwolf marketing somewhere that chip is about 6 times smaller than the brash. Personally I think the answer is definitely somewhere between 2 and 20 but it all depends....
  3. Dan Maynard
    I've been building special purpose factory automation for a long time, every company I have worked for has always self certified the CE marks. It's not hard if you know the the required directives, £3.5k sounds a lot but I guess you have to look them in the eye and see if they are earning the money through expertise.
  4. Dan Maynard
    I have a 24hp air cooled Honda engine on my chipper, think this may put the dampers on the idea.
  5. Dan Maynard
    I think you do have to ask what the ten year strategy is for that tree, it isn't mature and slowing down - it's only just got going. Cutting down isn't ridiculous. Reduction may just make it angry.
  6. Dan Maynard
    I get that you don't want to hire a chipper, it's money out and if you have more time than work it makes sense to watch outgoings. Again without seeing it up close difficult to be sure but I would not be surprised if you have 3 loads of branches even after stacking and cutting them down. Two things I missed thinking about before buying a chipper were the time saving against all that faffing about stacking the trailer, and the fact that branches are something which you have to pay to tip - whereas woodchip is useful to people and you can tip it for free. So my chipper saves me time, journeys because it all fits in one load, and tip fees. Depending on distances and fees this may add up to the chipper hire being quite cheap if you can get a CS100 for say £75. I also have to admit that my experience of hire was bad, blunt and bad maintenance, if there's not a good place nearby then it may just not be viable.
  7. Dan Maynard
    I'm a formative pruning believer after reading Dr Gilmans book on pruning. Haven't watched all of them yet but was excited to find a set of his lectures on Educated Climber website. Dr. Gilman Teaching Series - Module 10: Pruning - Educated Climber.com WWW.EDUCATEDCLIMBER.COM Module 10-1: Tree form & substandard pruning Module 10-2: Approach to pruning Module 10-3: At planting Module 10-4: Young trees Module 10-5: Young tree case studies Module 10-6: Medium aged trees Module 10-7: Older trees Module 10-8: Mature tree considerations Module 10-9: Structural pruning Module 10-10: Raise crown Module 10-11: Reduce crown Module 10-12: […]
  8. Dan Maynard
    Has it been reduced before? The diameter seems to reduce very suddenly on the centre stems. If I'm right there may be a load of branches there in a bunch at the old cut, you could probably thin those out without too much harm but whether it would keep the customer satisfied I don't know. Have they had a survey that says it needs the work or maybe had it done before?
  9. Dan Maynard
    No need to be sorry for the rant, that sounds infuriating - to have taken so much trouble to explain and then have the trees wrecked is bad stewardship on the part of the council.
  10. Dan Maynard
    My PC story, I quoted a load of work in my village after they paid for a parish tree survey. Two years on, the only piece of work on the quote to get done by anybody is one of the trees that was actually on private land - the owner has since paid me to fell it as it died.
  11. Dan Maynard
    I sort of get this, the customer usually has no idea how long it will take so to them it's more a question of "That's a £500 tree because it's quite big." You have an idea of how long you want it to take but all your factoring in different machinery, number of people, vehicles etc are completely unknown to the customer when they accept your quote. Difficult to say without seeing it but my guess would be on the low side of 500 as it doesn't look that big, my method would be park chipper at the base of tree and wheelie bin the chip out so comfortable two man job.
  12. Dan Maynard
    Tree surgeon? That's what I call builder pruning - pole chainsaw.
  13. Dan Maynard
    Did you find a conversion kit? Might be interested if cheaper to run as I have a Honda engine chipper. Could catch on with all these petrol chippers around.
  14. Dan Maynard
    There is a commercial composting place near us who charge for mixed green waste but have separate bays for chip, logs and fence panels which are free to tip in so you might find somewhere between ringing round. I think the fencing gets sold for biomass, it has a certain (low) value I guess.
  15. Dan Maynard
    I use the Stihl kombi blower, it's good in that it takes up less room in the truck and one less engine to look after so it suits my part time working. In use it blowing power is fine, the problem is the mass of the turbine is down near the bottom so it's much harder to swing side to side than the empty tube on a normal blower and that makes it a bit slower to clear an area. I would get one in your hands before buying if you can.
  16. Dan Maynard
    I'd love to see the novices doing a limb walk at the end of the week, using two prussics. Just doesn't look possible given how awkward descending is - normally that's pretty easy.
  17. Dan Maynard
    Bottom right some kind of prunus as well. I wondered if middle right was apple.
  18. Dan Maynard
    I wouldn't go larger than 25 litre if I was you, that is plenty enough and if you go larger it takes longer to build up pressure after switch on before you can use it.
  19. Dan Maynard
    Easier to roll the log down than up.
  20. Dan Maynard
    ... or buy that TW230 Mick was trying to get you to look at, don't need a chipper saw then just stuff it in. Battery saw would be cheaper though.
  21. Dan Maynard
    I always took it to be timber, so basically what you would stack up in 2m lengths and extract.
  22. Dan Maynard
    Short answer, yes. Keep every receipt. Once you are going you should ask local self employed people for a recommendation on an accountant, a good one will save you hours trying to work out the rules, take away risk of getting it wrong, and save you more in tax than the fees. Longer answer Can I claim for pre-trade expenses? WWW.LITRG.ORG.UK On this page, we discuss pre-trade expenses and how you go about claiming them.
  23. Dan Maynard
    Ah sorry, didn't even think about that - seems to be different in Wales too. In England you can be lower tier or upper tier depending on the waste you handle, carrying your own garden/arb arisings puts you in lower tier which is free registration. Register or renew as a waste carrier, broker or dealer (England) - GOV.UK WWW.GOV.UK Register or renew registration with the Environment Agency to transport, buy, sell or broker waste.
  24. Dan Maynard
    For your own arisings, waste carrier license is free too. The public liability will be something like £300, ring around and find out. Everything else tax wise doesn't cost you unless you make money so I wouldn't worry about that side, if you want to be self employed then go for it and worry about the money later.
  25. Dan Maynard
    I looked at the datasheet on the website, there is a chapter on lubricity. It appears that the pure fuel is poor so they add lubricity improvers to make the GTL product at least as good as diesel. I hadn't heard of it or seen it for sale though, have you got a source?

About

Arbtalk.co.uk is a hub for the arboriculture industry in the UK.  
If you're just starting out and you need business, equipment, tech or training support you're in the right place.  If you've done it, made it, got a van load of oily t-shirts and have decided to give something back by sharing your knowledge or wisdom,  then you're welcome too.
If you would like to contribute to making this industry more effective and safe then welcome.
Just like a living tree, it'll always be a work in progress.
Please have a look around, sign up, share and contribute the best you have.

See you inside.

The Arbtalk Team

Follow us

Articles

×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.