Conor Wright

Asking the question one night down the pub, "what would you do if you won the lottery?" An old man pipes up, "I'd keep farmin' til it was all gone!"

The market is tight now but there will be something out there in that range. If you like the master the renault mascott may be a runner. Think they are 5.5 ton, no bigger than the master but they have a higher payload. Also the comfort of a van rather than downsized truck, which in my experience (npr, canter) are backbreaking on any length of journey, moreso when empty.

True that, I think if I had 70k there to spend I'd just call that a success in itself and quit this game!

I'm on my third pair of stein kreigers. Can't fault them. Very breathable in warm weather and good grip, if a little on the heavy side.(they all are really) They last well too.

What weight range are you thinking of 3.5 ton, 7.5 ton? I don't have one but the 4wd iveco 7 tonners look a decent bit of kit.

Might be worth trying a pair of nitrile gloves with a pair of standard heavier gloves over them, the outers can get quite wet before you will feel the cooling effect through the nitriles. When I was harvesting brassicas in winter I found it the best compromise between gloves that you can retain some dexterity with and something close to waterproof. I used to swap them at lunchtime if the outer pair was totally saturated. Worked for that situation at least.

And fast asleep at 3am because they spent the day doing an honest job.

€500,000 of stolen plant recovered by Granard gardai - Agriland.ie WWW.AGRILAND.IE A large amount of suspected stolen industrial plant, tools, trailers... Going back a few years now, doubt much has changed.

If you're already busy with the garden maintenance side it may be worth reconsidering getting involved in tree work. The only way to make really good money is to be exceptionally efficient as a climber with top notch rigging skills or to invest in machinery to speed up the job and get more work in. It's heavy going until you're fully tooled up, ie decent chipper,your ideal climbing kit, rigging kit, maybe a mewp, chip truck, stump grinder, back up chipper, log splitter, saws, insurance, mini loader or small digger with grab etc etc. Until you have kit it's seriously wearing on the body. Not trying to put you off, just saying it ain't the goldmine it can look to be from the outside. Virtually all that shiny kit you see is on finance. Finance means you have to meet targets. This means long hours in all weather. The older ones take constant time and money to maintain/repair. This means long hours in all weather too. As regards pricing, I'm 10 years at trees, having mostly worked in landscaping and organic farming previously and I made a monumental cock up pricing a job I started this week, it happens. Just don't let it happen too often. (We never speak of the jobs where you allow for three days in the price and your heading home paid up at lunchtime on Tuesday) If you just want to cut down trees, look at getting into forestry, there's always vacancies for cutters. You'll need more tickets and time to get good at it. it's tough work but it comes with lower overheads and less time spent pricing. You will end up working long hours in all weather though!

I have the same chipper. I always run it on 1000 pto around 1500-1800 engine rpm Running on 540 when you have more than sufficient hp is just wasting fuel imo. Although below 100 hp this may be necessary. Sharpening the teeth on the top roller can help reduce the amount of brash wrapping around it. As will sharpening the blades. They're well knackered. As a rule those chippers don't like twiggy, twisty green stuff, so be prepared for regular reversing of the feed rollers and occasional opening of the machine to unblock the gap between the feed rollers and flywheel, especially on busy conifers! Not as big a job as it sounds. And less likely to happen when everything is sharp. I've been using rotatech blades, I have 3 sets and there's usually one sent off for grinding, one in use and one on the shelf ready to go. No complaints in 5 years use. You may need to invest in an anvil if it's badly worn.

I ran a 660 with a 42 inch mill on a sugi hara bar. Full skip 3/8. When I first got it I used the auxiliary oiler religiously but left it at home one day and discovered it wasn't totally necessary. I wouldn't go any longer though, not for oiling reasons, but for the sake of the saw. It was at its capacity with that bar although its a stock saw, one that's been tweeked a bit might manage a few more inches. Your sharpening will have to be top notch too! I have a 60 inch now, not on the 660. I've run that for a couple of full days without an auxiliary oiler but the 880 puts out a lot more oil, so relatively it's much the same.

Having used both I prefer the chainsaw, although the circular saw was bought as a rough secondhand starter machine and the chainsaw one is mine from new. (Both palax) I found the circular saw more inclined to jam and kick the logs about especially with crooked wood, although it did handle dirty timber a bit better, but who wants dirty firewood? Chainsaw seems to be easier driven (both machines pto) and its safer as it only runs when you pull the handle, also the capacity is bigger, 350mm as opposed to 270mm. Of course, the easiest option of all is to avoid firewood production at all!

Last pic makes me think maple, the grain has that "fleck" to it. Grain is a bit tight for spruce imo.

Would they exchange some dry, already split logs(if you have some of your own to spare) for allowing you to mill onsite and remove it yourself? You get the slabs and they have ready to burn wood. Maybe it's too much pricking around for you but no harm asking.

You should be able to use a small van under private insurance with legitimate reason, eg you own a large dog and need the load space, you are a keen amateur fisher/archer etc and want to carry your own (non commercial) goods on a regular basis. Axa definitely did it on a case by case basis. You ain't gonna get cover for a jumbo tranny or sprinter. Berlingo, connect, dispatch size should be OK.

Morsø S120-21 MORSOE.COM Modern fireplace for more rooms! Had to have a look to satisfy my curiosity. It was this one or very similar... not cheap!

We have a set of miyabi knives. Similar to commando's suggestion in type. Very sharp and easy to keep so, but a touch brittle. I cracked one chopping up a chicken, more poor technique than the fault of the knife if I'm honest. Hard to go wrong with victorinox too.

I was tappin a young one with rich parents a few years back, they had one, think it was a morso brand. to be honest I wasn't paying it much attention, my focus was elsewhere. Nice feature though!

Im flattered.I usually only have that effect on the ladies, but hey, the times they are a changin' My terms are; I'm on top I'm in charge No eye contact Hundred quid for the first 10 mins and 15 quid a minute thereafter No kissing No questions No evenings No weekends And I don't take loads home with me. That's for the conny bashing obviously, get yer mind out of the gutter!

Obviously it's a yes. I mean the last time I chucked a 200t at a groundie because he forgot to put oil as well as fuel in it he had to have seven stitches and a tampon up his nose for the afternoon.

I think I've tried everything (except explosives...hmm) to make conifer hedge reductions easier. Mewps, extended arm on the little digger with circular saw/fingerbar/grab attached, various ladders, man basket on front loader/telehandler, polesaws, climbing up the centre, using a hiab to lift off the tops, engaging the raw power of Eastern europeans and the occasional local gluten for punishment. The reality is 90% of these jobs just require a lot of heavy labour in excruciating positions. I still throw every machine I can at them and every now and then I get one which is genuinely easy. The trick is to look at them from a pricing point of view of having a ladder and a topper and little else, figure out how much physio you'd need after that, take that price x 20 and add to your day rate plus 20% for every year it hasn't been trimmed and a finders fee on each manky, "left behind by the last lad" branch hung up in the middle of said hedge. Then double it to be on the safe side. Not only will this guarantee you will not lose money on the job, it will also guarantee you will never get the job in the first place! I've found offering a remove and replant service is becoming more popular as less and less people are willing to tackle overgrown hedges. I'm happy to oblige in these cases and equally happy to price difficult reductions accordingly. I rarely see anyone else rushing to undercut me for those jobs either. Although where access permits you can't price against a 13 tonner with a shear.

Keep an eye out for tecomec sharpeners, they make, or at least made sharpeners for both oregon and stihl at various times. I was at my local dealer last week and he showed me his one. Well made and not as expensive as its white and orange cousin. Ordered one for myself to replace the crappy lidl one I despise. It's a poor sharpener but it was a gift so it'll be mounted beside the new one out of daft sentimentality.

I struggled to get extra long leg saw pants and ended up getting them off freeworker germany. They had a very good selection of off standard sizes at the time including boots. May be worth sending them an email. https://www.freeworker.de/en/2019/12/04/chainsaw-protection-shoes-tree-care/

There's a second video from the same place with the guy on the right straddling both ladders while the guy in the hi viz shuffles around in the bucket.

Sounds like she's sick of her husband having orgies too... Give it a week or two of those restrictions and he'll be crawling back to her with a bag of flour and a scuba mask. Talk about self serving politicians.