JLA1990

In todays world people would rather complain and accept being poor/poorer than do something about making themselves richer. Yes, previous generations had a lucky break with house prices etc but we have never had it easier to up-skill/move around/travel/borrow money/enter higher level education - the list goes on and on! In line with OP - I am 34, own a house, a business and have worked abroad but I’ve changed careers (construction to arb/ecology). As the op suggests I’ve worked hard and at my age I'm pretty happy but I’ve have to retrain and move away from family to realise the above.

In that case - Green plant uk based in Guildford hire out Energreens (great to deal with)

Cheer Mark. Similar to John happy to travel but depends on the size of the job, down your way quite abit though. Feel free to drop me a message

Most flails are between 1.3-1.6/8. Where abouts are you? I’ve got a machine for hire with operator.

Talk to your client/company - as another post says it’s unsustainable and ultimately shit return. Charge for your travel (include depreciation, fuel etc). If I was hiring a subcontractor and was expecting them to travel that far for a job I would let them know location and await their day rate

Hi All, Getting to a point where it’s looking viable to purchase a 14t excavator, anyone open to have a chat about dos/donts, what to look for on a machine and spec I should be looking at for arb work. I’ve primarily used a kobelco sk140 over the years (hired in) seems a decent machine but I’d like to know ins and outs of maintenance/costs etc. TIA

I’m probably gonna go second hand, as my choice is bobcat but don’t want to pay top whack as currently it’ll be an occasional machine. Have you had a go in a doosan dx27z heard they’re practically the same machine as the bobcat. I just missed out on your e27 would have loved it!

I’ll defo take a look, not a lot of dealers my way though. I have to admit bobcat has always been my first choice and am awaiting price and lead time on one. I had a go in the sany yesterday, it’s an improvement on the zero tail swing, better stability and cab has been reordered so more space. I had a sany sy26u and hated it due to its instability but the price was right and with the warranty was worth the plunge (at the time) however seeing more and more of them in arb and wondered whether it’s a case of they don’t know what they don’t know in terms of better machines (or it’s the price). I am getting tempted with the zero tail at 31k arb spec with grab, but that’s only as the machines waiting.

Did you have a go in anything else? Currently eyeing up the Sany SY26(not zero tail) wondering whether to check a yanmar out!

Not really however I’ve not used the longer shaft before.

I’m 6ft 4 and didn’t know they did a long shaft version - I have a standard 461’s as said great brushcutter but we use ours for shredding blade work. Upgrade your harness as standard is awful for long days

Thanks Dan & Paul for your comments. Thanks for the link Paul, food for thought. I wonder whether in-house training would suffice to show adequate training (from what I can see from the link it’s a day course and shows no accrediting body). It’s certainly not a prerequisite for this site more something that will make our works easier, as suggested I’m probably overthinking and maybe going down a rabbit hole. Cheers

We will be accessing using ropes regardless of height, surely this must fall into one or the other? We have nptc but not irata hence the question. We can have a concise/well formulated set of RAMS but doesn’t account for not having the base tickets.

Thanks Paul - due to the undulating ground a robo flail won’t work otherwise ours would be on it! Just trying to belt and brace it as its highways works probably over thinking it. Cheers