Conor Wright

Dairy free sprout milkshake for you sir? With extra mung bean salad? Would go well with those cow free leather boots you're wearing. I hope you're using sustainable fuel in that vegan chainsaw of yours? A blunt chain? Good cos sharp ones hurt the trees.

May be worth checking boat yards, the 100 series were often used in lobster boats, small fishing boats etc.

No issues with oiling the chain so far. Haven't noticed any oil seepage, but the shelves and back of the jeep are well oiled from years of leaky stihls and damaged hydraulic pipes etc. So you wouldn't tell at a glance. I'll have a look tomorrow.

I really like the fact mine came with a sugi hara bar as standard. I really rate them. It's a torquey saw for sure. Might take a drill to the exhaust, I've been told they are rather choked up for emissions regs.

18 inches max. Has it's own pto pump on the delimber and it needs the best part of 100 hp behind it to keep up the pace on heavy stuff. No issues with parts, pump is casappa, parts off the shelf with a number of suppliers. Kesla took over/merged with patu and the 40 lf is basically the same machine refined. Oak leaf forestry can supply parts. I never needed any. They're built to last. The only issue I've had is getting the "feel" for the machine as I never utilised it much. Out of interest, how much for the one you're looking at? PM me if you like..

Becoming an echo convert myself, picked up a 501sx to go beside the chipper and cross cut smaller stuff etc, fantastic machine, not as agile as a 550 but once run in it's got plenty of power.

Something like this? Beats snedding! I'm selling this at the moment, would be happy to keep the crane and sell the head. All works as it should and in good mechanical order.

Oh stop, you'll get him all excited!? Jokes aside, very good video. Some nice jobs there, drone view makes it imo.

Yer probably pulling at it for 40 years at this stage, about time to be a pro at it!

Sounds like you've been watching porn at work again!

Theres a galway based contractor with well over 20,000 hrs on a t130. Still going strong. Cavan/Monaghan valtra with crane said to have 30,000 haven't seen it in the flesh mind. Was on a job where a 16k hr t130 was running the chipper.. it still looked fresh considering the hours.

Tag word of the decade, along with "sustainable" and "environmentally friendly" Probably sells it better than "nasty poisonous chemical tablet for killing trees" , "brought to you by the people that would kill and sell their own mothers piece by piece to turn a profit."

How manly of you.... Alls I'm sayin...

Ok, positive advice. The roots could be removed by a stump grinder, so go hire one.

I've given luck money back to buyers of equipment over the years and vice versa, purely a sign of good faith amongst many people, although if you are foolish enough to do a deal with a traveller and not give luck you can be assured that you will be visited again and relieved of it in some form or other, basically you are buying security from them. Best not to deal with them imo. Probably belongs to someone else anyway. When I got the mog from germany it arrived with a bottle of champagne, and a "good luck" note. similar gesture just non monetary.

At 6ft 4 I have a lot of back to get sore, which it does. Find a good physio and learn what movements to avoid, over reaching, twisting, lifting off one side of your body etc etc. As everybody's body is different it's impossible to know what will work best until you try for your self.. acupuncture may be worth a try as may be a visit to a pain specialist. Steroid or even botox injections can ease muscle inflammation around nerves. I f*cked my back around 15 years of age doing thankless labour for sweet f a. Then continued to damage it for ten more years before I sought out proper help. Its damage mitigation at this stage. Plenty of heat patches and rubs like tiger balm help in colder weather. It hurts, you have to earn, you live with it. It sucks.

Arbortist? You mean arborist I guess. Have the courtesy to use the correct title and you'll get further. Re title thread "invasion of concrete jungle damages trees natural habitat and landowner threatens council to remove said trees then brags about it on tree care forum." Trees look healthy apart from the root damage you've caused. They add maturity to the surroundings, provide shade and shelter as well as habitat and once maintained properly into the future will probably outlive all of us. The trees are of more value than the patio imo. Not what you want to hear I'm sure but so be it. My advice would be to adjust your patio and improve the amenity value of your garden utilising the trees to your advantage, raised beds, floating deck etc.. as opposed to bitching about it. Hard to buy that level of maturity in a tree, take the benefit of having it there for free and keep on top of the council to maintain, not just drop them.

Lads, my two squids worth is you're having a whale of a time but krill you be serious, it's all hunky dory now, but this thread is turning into a red herring

High wages in a high cost environment can end up the same as an average wage away from the hustle and bustle. If you can afford to give it a go, by all means do.. beats asking yourself "what if?" In the future. If it works it works if not it ain't for ya.

Sometimes I think everyone thinks everyone else is on better money than they are!

As a teenager I accepted a job to strim an overgrown back garden in a derelict terraced house. I was unaware the neighbouring house had been occupied by junkie knacker types and that this particular garden was their preferred landfill site. I had the guard off the strimmer. 2 mins in and I hit a blue bag of shit. It went straight through my mesh visor onto my face.

My main climber is in his 40s now, climbed his first tree in his mid thirties. He's doing ok. Has kids and commitments but has managed. Not gonna be a millionaire but he enjoys his work and works to a very high standard very safely which makes him more valuable to clients and employers alike. Don't expect it to pay well until you are at the top end and be realistic that you may not get there for some time. Took me years of investing everything I made back into kit and working regular 14 hour days to get to a level where I can hopefully make some actual money now.

Seems logical, just picked up on skyhucks comment that he seemed cheap compared to others who favoured manpower over machine power. As I said I may be wrong as I'm not fully aware of each posters scale of operations. Also location and local competition/market value seems to vary wildly.

Some day I'll secure a job worthy of a crane and if it looks half as tidy as that I'd be proud! Nice work. Any idea of volume/tonnage? just curious.

I read a few pages back that no one will probably price it the same, it seems true given that we all have slightly different equipment and techniques. No job looks the same to any two people.. everyone sees the same pic then makes individual judgements.. Also seems as if the more mechanised outfits may be quoting a bit cheaper due to time saving? just from memory over the last couple of days reading this. I may be wrong on that! Not going back to check right now, that would let fact get in the way of opinion!