ROLLACOSTA
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anyway hi big A so whats the name of your firm ??..did you find this forum through stephen ??
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R.Borist,Was the chipper parked up lie in the pic?.If so you where looking for trouble as there was no anti theft devices attached to it like a hitch lock & a wheel clamp.
You may say that these wont stop a determined thief but it would make them reconsider.
I hope you get it back as i know is a pain in the ar$e when you have equipment stolen.
R.Borist,Was the chipper parked up lie in the pic?.If so you where looking for trouble as there was no anti theft devices attached to it like a hitch lock & a wheel clamp.
You may say that these wont stop a determined thief but it would make them reconsider.
I hope you get it back as i know is a pain in the ar$e when you have equipment stolen.
Hi Rolla I think you guessed who I worked for with the mog, to be fair a lot of the problems we had were caused by operator error, and the boss being to impatient to listen to opinions from his workforce. I hear that quite a few of his present staff are jumping ship now no surprise there! I now sub out to Steves brother 3 days a week, then do my own stuff the rest of the time.Originally posted by ROLLACOSTA
err let me guess who that was...nahh way to easy
ROLLACOSTA
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hi BIG A my climber worked with you many years ago i think he may have broken your coller bone..yeh jason Lenard..he aint changed ,the times i have to tell him to stop cutting massive lumps and just take it slower
mogs
i love the mog i drive most days. its great fast (50mph), good in the wet. winch up front with the butt plate can pull jumbo logs, was skidding out some 3 meter long 36"dbh ash up a terraced banking. the 13" chipper on teh back handles all but the largest / most bent pieces of wood and the 5m3 chipbox takes all the crap.
after running this set up i cant understand why people still work out of pickups and tow chippers.
the big mog we have has a small 10" chipper but a 16m3 chip trailer.....try filling that.
mogs are great, if used off road a winch is handy as i managed to get stuck going into and out of a site, the mud was 2 1/2 foot deep though.
jamie
i love the mog i drive most days. its great fast (50mph), good in the wet. winch up front with the butt plate can pull jumbo logs, was skidding out some 3 meter long 36"dbh ash up a terraced banking. the 13" chipper on teh back handles all but the largest / most bent pieces of wood and the 5m3 chipbox takes all the crap.
after running this set up i cant understand why people still work out of pickups and tow chippers.
the big mog we have has a small 10" chipper but a 16m3 chip trailer.....try filling that.
mogs are great, if used off road a winch is handy as i managed to get stuck going into and out of a site, the mud was 2 1/2 foot deep though.
jamie
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Back to chippers...
I considered a tracked chipper, but ruled it out. I reckon a towable chipper and landrover would get to most places within reason, and I'll hire a tracked chipper if needed. For me, the extra cost of loan interest and depreciation for the tracked chipper (and trailer to lug it about on) would be more than the hire charges for the tracked chipper on the few occasions I'd need it.
In the future, I'm thinking of getting a compact tractor and fast tow forwarding trailer. You can drive the tractor to site then the tractor tows the trailer around - assuming there is something worth extracting. On some jobs it would be worth extracting even firewood, if there's at least a lorry load and a cost effective means of extracting it. With the three point linkage, you can run all sorts of implements as well as a chipper. Fit the right tyres, and they have negligible impact on the ground, for working on sensitive sites. Seems to make sense if you do a wide variety of jobs, none of them needing heavy lifting/pulling.
Now, if anyone can lend us £20k.
Re: comments on Fountain's. Agree entirely..sounds like they've got even worse. They're happy for you to bust your bollocks to pull the money in for them, but if anything goes wrong, they'll drop you like a hot brick. We had BSc Forestry qualified managers arranging railway work without even thinking about what they were going to do with the timber. I think most of the site visits were done without leaving the buffet car!
I considered a tracked chipper, but ruled it out. I reckon a towable chipper and landrover would get to most places within reason, and I'll hire a tracked chipper if needed. For me, the extra cost of loan interest and depreciation for the tracked chipper (and trailer to lug it about on) would be more than the hire charges for the tracked chipper on the few occasions I'd need it.
In the future, I'm thinking of getting a compact tractor and fast tow forwarding trailer. You can drive the tractor to site then the tractor tows the trailer around - assuming there is something worth extracting. On some jobs it would be worth extracting even firewood, if there's at least a lorry load and a cost effective means of extracting it. With the three point linkage, you can run all sorts of implements as well as a chipper. Fit the right tyres, and they have negligible impact on the ground, for working on sensitive sites. Seems to make sense if you do a wide variety of jobs, none of them needing heavy lifting/pulling.
Now, if anyone can lend us £20k.
Re: comments on Fountain's. Agree entirely..sounds like they've got even worse. They're happy for you to bust your bollocks to pull the money in for them, but if anything goes wrong, they'll drop you like a hot brick. We had BSc Forestry qualified managers arranging railway work without even thinking about what they were going to do with the timber. I think most of the site visits were done without leaving the buffet car!
forwarder
as for forwarders we have a MBtrac800 with a timber boogie....works a treat., either that or we can stick the timber boogie on the wee mog. just dump the chipper first
you would have to prise my cold dead fingers off of the steering wheel of my mog before i considered a tow behind and pickup
jamie
as for forwarders we have a MBtrac800 with a timber boogie....works a treat., either that or we can stick the timber boogie on the wee mog. just dump the chipper first
you would have to prise my cold dead fingers off of the steering wheel of my mog before i considered a tow behind and pickup
jamie
Yeh Rolla Jason didnt ever break anyones bones when he worked with us, and I'm glad someone had the heart to take him on as he was shafted at our place. His stories sound as good as ever!! Hope his technique has improved too! Has he been with you long?
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**** he can tell some stories..he told me he droped a lump out of a tree and it hit you and broke your coller bone..before much longer i'll sign him up with mills & boon...still he aint a bad climber and thats what i employ him for..must admit for big take downs hes pretty $hit hot..Albert told me how he used to work , then he wouldn't have lasted with me 5 minutes..he's been with me for 3 years..he did a fantastic 20% oak reduction last week 70-75 high and 35+ wide all nice neat cuts back to growing points
do you climb for marcus?..was you working for alistair chippertech??
I tell you something, Albert was always a climber I rated and am pleased to say I worked with. I'm glad Jason got a break, he was a quick learner, just a bit bull-headed. Have you taken on any other E/W blokes as theres a lot on the market at the moment
Ross Turner
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so what are or is E/W?
ROLLACOSTA
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no mate no more eastwood boys..to be honest i have a lot of repect for mick dewhurst meaning the way he built up a good do any tree firm with all the right kit for the job..but as a person i think he lacks a lot of employer/people skills..from what i have heard
Ross Turner
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Big A,I think i saw them about when i was working over in east anglia.
You hit the nail right on the head there, it was a good place to learn and perfect the skills needed in this trade, I heard today that 2 left him to go to Elite, Boy has that company grown. To answer your question yesterday yes I'm working for Marcus and I did work for Alistair (Chippertech). Never been one for the climbing side of things just small stuff and hedges. Work Rigging kit and give guidance to the new fellas
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bigA yeah Elite has grown ,i could also with a few £100,000 invested by a family member..ahh im not concerned by him ,i started with bugger all got now 2 trucks ,chipper, 2 stump grinders,tipping trailers etc etc
probably like you as long as the old ££££s keep rolling in im happy..i have heard theres a little battle going on with E/W and Elite ..i bet i know who will win that one ,mr Elite tried to mess with me a few weeks a ago i had to put him right back in his place when a job is given to me it stays with me period.. changeing the subject ,i aint out to pinch a worker from marcus bigA but its nice to know theres a good self employed groundsman out there if you know what i mean..somebody who knows how to rig a porta wrap etc etc..might need to give ya a call someday you never know build bridges boy thats what my old man always said..
probably like you as long as the old ££££s keep rolling in im happy..i have heard theres a little battle going on with E/W and Elite ..i bet i know who will win that one ,mr Elite tried to mess with me a few weeks a ago i had to put him right back in his place
when a job is given to me it stays with me period.. changeing the subject ,i aint out to pinch a worker from marcus bigA but its nice to know theres a good self employed groundsman out there if you know what i mean..somebody who knows how to rig a porta wrap etc etc..might need to give ya a call someday you never know build bridges boy thats what my old man always said..What is it they say? pride comes before a fall and I think 1 or 2 people in the trade should bear that in mind. A lot of them started off with a pick-up beforen moving up and now slag off those at the base level. I just want to enjoy my job nowadays and not be so stressed out at night that I go off my head, thats not necessary, unless your trying to build up an empire!
ROLLACOSTA
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very very true !..and lets face it how big can you realy go in the tree game here in East anglia ..i havent seen richard branson starting up a virgin tree services yet 
..i havent seen richard branson starting up a virgin tree services yet 
