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As highly as I rate aspen the weekly running cost will be too much for some heavy saw jobs I have looked at .the cutters had never even heard of the stuff and almost fell over when I said nearly 20quid a gallon.not sure if I will take the job knowing that I can’t stand unleaded

Heartless barstards.it still amazes me what people get away with now and rarely seem to get caught .saying that i once got back a stolen bike from a little shit who clearly stole it himself and stupid enough to ride it the next day a few miles up the road . we are too easy on these people.a good hard punch in the balls would teach them more

Cannot see the road on the one network job site map but a nearby road is shut for ash dieback clearing so I’m assuming its the same but couldn’t seem to see any from the road .probably all going for biomass which is a bit of a waste of a prime firewood but I guess that’s where the market is for it in bulk.but some companies are bringing kiln dried from overseas still where is the logic in this

Noticed today euroforest have a sign stating a main road will be shut for 10 days for forestry operations at the end of the month .But I was wondering why so long and how is it allowed on this scale in a conservation area? ( didn’t look like another ash dieback job but could be wrong) With all equipment they probably could cut all roadside stuff in two days max or they could have put traffic lights up etc to keep the road open I am intrested to know what there plans are .anybody work for them?

Been doing a job for a client today and they had mentioned about an old magnolia tree can these be pollarded like willow and if so when would be the best time to it ? (south England climate) also would it be better to cut just below the new growth or cut each small stems back individually? (picture is of the tree from a year ago but in the winter ) They want it topped off a bit but not cut these trees before .it seems like it won’t benefit the tree much and better off saying no ? Thanks

If on a pdi they are revved up too quickly with next to no warm up time is this more likely to be a potential issue with M tronic models ? i have just ordered a new saw having carefully chosen the model so don’t want premature wear so will be mentioning now to dealerships let it warm up for at least a few minutes before revving it to speed

once it’s been realised you’ve got a time waster .how to get rid off these nuisance people without being rude ? say ie the Indians have worked out where you live and they come looking for you .Or another good example is a relative or neighbor which you don’t particularly like phones or pops in asking for jobs to be done im like yeah I’ll get back to you but know i won’t lol

Latest moan :Been a bit of a carry on lately with regards to work equipment storage as loosing current storage facility with not much notice and can’t seem to find a good unit for a fair price. even a very small 2.5x3m container is £20 a week and that’s after some negotiating but after thinking about it more its too small. not wanting to spend more than 30 quid a week on a small secure unit but can’t seem to find much. Also Crime with the local pikey brigade is getting worse and considering now off just doing something new if storage charges might make it not viable or less worthwhile any ideas if asking a farmer can I rent some land for a shipping container is a good idea ? what would be a fair offer if I am providing the container .perhaps free logs would be a good arrangement ? ie 6 dumpy bags a year fully seasoned is a fair offer ? There must be people doing similar things.whats your arrangement ? many Thanks

Hi it’s not particularly thick stuff.some of it about the diameter of wooden broom handle

just thought brush cutter on a ladder might work ?

I did wonder about the bar and chain but tried it on a different machine and working fine What would be correct tools for this if tractor can’t fit in and hedger trimmers no good

Yes they don’t like this hedge .but they cut fine into normal wood without this problem maybe I am better off spending much longer going at it with loppers ? There is still about 15m of the tops to cut

Been back on this today .had a go with the new pole saw which had the finer chain same as the ms150 it worked ok for ten minutes then same problem again chain jumped off .couldnt seem to get the get chain tensioner working after that which not good start with a new tool .its mostly hawthorn and dogwood and too big for hedge cutters .cut the back and front but just need to finish the topping job now

Hi apparently flail couldn’t fit in there . I won’t be doing another hedge like this .laurel,conni and beech reductions much easier in my experience but this one turned out to be a bit of a swine . a 20’’ top handle might have a good idea .

It is a neater job than a tractor hedger anyway .it only grows back anyway in no time

Hi yes I tried a reasonably sharp hs82 and hl95 and neither were making much progress .the chain on the 261 was almost brand new and cutting bigger wood fine .also had loads of oil and correct chain tension.it Has never came of the bar like that before .i am sure the cutting teeth were too big for the diameter wood I was cutting but not heard of this before .

Just to clarify ..no problems with the saws and all equipment is maintained .had chain tension correct but the chain was too big for the diameter wood . as mentioned I think I might try the pole saw on it ........

Been tackling a large 40m native overground field hedge today( mostly hawthorn etc ) .apparently client couldn’t fit a tractor in so I have been there doing it by hand .it had to be reduced by about two thirds in size (mostly the top and back) .struggled a bit with it so far but it’s about halfway done now . i am intrested to hear how others would go about topping it as I found all the hedge cutters were not enough and I tried several saws with different chains and none of them seemed correct tool for small diameter wood .at first I tried a 15’’ chain on the 261 but found after a while the chain comes loose and off the bar .a smaller chain worked a bit better but took longer with a smaller bar .loppers worked ok but then that would take a long time doing it that way .i am thinking now try the pole saw? I only charging 300 for the job

Grasslands online nursery sometimes have nice bare root beech .laurel isn’t the best Choice but Portuguese laurel would be much better .also if they only want it to be 1m in height yew might be good idea and unlike some others it’s easily managed

Sure ,I should probably have been more business minded particularly in that case . nearly everyone pays in good time with no baloney story and appreciates the job

Hate it when A customers owing 100 quid ..you give them correct bacs details but never receive the job payment.she claims to have paid but probably didn’t pay enough attention and put the wrong numbers in .not worth an argument over 100 quid but will not work for them again .best advice move on with these sorts of people

Yesterday took down v large apple tree .customer wanted the large trunk cut level about 1.3m heigh for a table base .didnt sound that hard but could not get it dead level even after a few goes but got it fairly close .is there any easy way to do this ? the ground wasn’t level which didn’t help

But Do you reckon those Jansen ones can handle 6ft -8ft conifer hedges in one go without fannying about with a few twigs (if they are under the chipper max diameter load) .

Did look at the greenmech cs100 before .they didn’t seem very good value for money as you can get brand new Jansen with the same Loncin engine with an extra 3hp for less than half of the price of the cs100.are the loncin engines as well made as hondas ?

Done lots of looking into this but Still not deciding what is the best small company chipper for around 2.5k brand new ? i am tempted with either a oxdale del Merino 13hp Honda one or a Jansen GTS-2000pro with a Koehler engine it’s hard to tell by online videos if these will be productive enough .bulk of the workload will be hedge removal work ie conifer etc .any thoughts about this ?