Brits talkin about Brit stuff

[SteveBullman]

we got it new rolla....no extras though. its a tracked version.
let us know.....or i'll give you a call if we're going to be in ipswich with it.

 

[Big A]

we got it new rolla....no extras though. its a tracked version.
let us know.....or i'll give you a call if we're going to be in ipswich with it.

You planning on staying around a bit longer then?

 

[SteveBullman]

You planning on staying around a bit longer then?

who knows

 

[teressa green]

hi boys ,been busy how is you all ,see my ad on the used eqpt thread ,grab a crimbo bargain ,,,,,or two ,,,,

 

[Eagle1]

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[glens]

Hey DDM, what purpose are you trying to serve by that?  If the post don't belong, do away with it and send the offender a PM or email telling them why.  Modifying someone else's words is bad form, and what you did (replacing the words outright with a message to the poster) isn't a great deal better.

Delete both that one and this one, please.

Glen

 

[Eagle1]

I was kind of stirring the pot joking around. No offence to anyone or the "Britt" thread.
My post really isint worthy of being posted or read. I was ------- around. So, don't be hard on ayone doing there job.

By the way to the AS Staff. Love the new format and stuff. Thanks

Do we have a spell check now???? I need one.

 

[DDM]

Hey DDM, what purpose are you trying to serve by that?  If the post don't belong, do away with it and send the offender a PM or email telling them why.  Modifying someone else's words is bad form, and what you did (replacing the words outright with a message to the poster) isn't a great deal better.

Delete both that one and this one, please.

Glen

No Glens I'm leaving that Post I deleted the post and left the poster a message.

 

[jamie]

eh

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

have any of you guys tried out a tracked platform ? we had one the other day 12m she was a bit bouncy to say the least..a local firm from around here has just bought 3 a 15m ,18m,and a whopping great 30m

do you guys beleive tracked platform will be an essential peice of kit for the future or just an exspensive luxury ,i havent made my mind up about them yet ,and at about £35,000 for a 18m lets just say the 'jury is still out'

 

[SteveBullman]

in my opinion they're just an expensive luxury. however i would say that all depends on what your climbers are like. if you dont have fast climbers then sure its probably cost effective to stick y our guys in a boom.
i very rarely see a tree that i think needs a boom. a job we did a few weeks back involved a lot of hedging which it probably would have been good for, however even then i think the damage the tracks would have done to the lawn would have just upset the customer anyway.
so personally i'd say not for me, but i'd hire one as and when needed

 

[SteveBullman]

heard a rumour chippertech were getting one too

 

[Ross Turner]

Rolla,We used them on some jobs clearing power lines & they do save a lot of time.If HSE get there way they wil want all work to be carried out of buckets.
The tracks do hardly if any damage but that depends on the ground conditions,If it was wet ground you could alway lay boards down first.

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

i'm not certain how often a tracked machine would go out to work ,the 2 main problems i see are access and price ,if i was running a biz in the states ,canada ,australia ,even some european countrys then i think with there better access i would invest in one overhere in little old England i think i'd find it hard to pay for ...now a chap admitadly a salesman told me that in the near future the law will be that if tree work can be carried out with a platform then a platform 'must' be used..i get the feeling that god forbid a climber fell out of a tree the employers insurance will want to know why a platform was not used and try and get out of paying compensation as HSE reccomend where ever possible platforms should be used
therefore i can see more use of platforms in the future

 

[a_lopa]

our OHAS says if you can get a platform to the tree it must be used,not often goes that way thou

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

i bet you would love a 22-30m omme tracked tower like whats advertised in ARBOR AGE AUSSIE [i would if one fell off the back of a lorry lol]....i reckon it would cut a long hot aussie summers day in half..problem is for all of us the price of them i bet they are near $100,000 aussie dollers

 

[Big A]

I believe that certain councils are already stipulating that whereever possible tree work on their parks etc. mewps should be used (Glasgow City Council I think) They have their uses on certain jobs, but as Rola says access is certainly an issue here. Do these tracked ones fit thru' a 2.5 ft. garden gate?

 

[Ross Turner]

Here is a link for some smaller tracked MEWP
http://www.arborplant.co.uk/Platforms/Octo?????.htm

 

[Big A]

Saw the tracked mewps at the shows this year but didnt really pay much attention to them, even if they do fit thru' a garden gate I wonder if they are compact enough to manouveur around the usual hazards in typical back gardens, surely for the cost you'd want it out at least 3 days a week to make it pay!

 

[SteveBullman]

plus it would chew up the grass