teressa green
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ha ha ,dont forget to use a sharp saw,,,,,,,,,,if thas got one ,,,,,,,,,,
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rolla and mogs
we have a few comapnies up here with front mounted chippers and the consensus in our company seems to be why bother with front mounts, as they poke out the front and weigh the nose down. as for cranes, im assuming its a grab not a hook and chains set up. a grab is a one man job a hook becomes a 2 man job and ackward.
as for the testing of trousers...on ya go. im meant to be getting new boots and trews so i'll test year old sthil boots and husky trews when i do.
go on you know you want to, they cant stay new forever
jamie
we have a few comapnies up here with front mounted chippers and the consensus in our company seems to be why bother with front mounts, as they poke out the front and weigh the nose down. as for cranes, im assuming its a grab not a hook and chains set up. a grab is a one man job a hook becomes a 2 man job and ackward.
as for the testing of trousers...on ya go. im meant to be getting new boots and trews so i'll test year old sthil boots and husky trews when i do.
go on you know you want to, they cant stay new forever
jamie
on the topic of the SIP Freedom trousers, I bought a pair at the Arb show, I thought they were marvellous, real lightweight and cool in the summer (summer??) then I bought some stretch-airs, wow 100% better. and how hard-wearing. They are sort of water-resistant, stretchy and seem rip-proof, having got tangled up in barbed wire and not torn them to shreds like the old style ones. Plenty of crotch room and give which ever way you need to move. lovely! Imo worth the little extra that they cost over any others at the mo.
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jamie said:
to be honest jamie i was thinking on the lines of a hook crane , why is a hook an ackward problem ??,i would like to use a crane for trunk removel ,snatching lump's off etc
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ROLLACOSTA said:
hi ya rolla have u priced a 352 yet i might be able to help
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iain said:
yes mate i have priced up a 352 from B-TRACK...do you know where they can be bought cheaper ??????
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that depends on what they want ?
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£12,500+vat new 352
why hooks akward
if loading into a trailer / boogie you need someone to chain up and unchain. if the chain isn't in the right place it would be more hassle to shift the chain position. a grab is a one man job (when i use the wee crane it may as well be hand loaded by blind one handed monkeys
) wrong position shift the grab. once again maybe i am spoilt with machinery, but i think a forwarder style timber grab is more effiecient than a chain and hook, as we have spoke about in the past we do a lot of site clearance with timber removal.
jamie
if loading into a trailer / boogie you need someone to chain up and unchain. if the chain isn't in the right place it would be more hassle to shift the chain position. a grab is a one man job (when i use the wee crane it may as well be hand loaded by blind one handed monkeys
) wrong position shift the grab. once again maybe i am spoilt with machinery, but i think a forwarder style timber grab is more effiecient than a chain and hook, as we have spoke about in the past we do a lot of site clearance with timber removal.jamie
teressa green
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tractor with front loading forks,timber trailer ,job done,one man operation with control and safety,cut timber to allow for weight restrictions on hydraulics,
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teressa green said:
can you elaborate i don't know what you mean ??? thanks
abuse
im assuming he means what the rams can cope with, to heavy and they wont work or you blow a hose.
my problem with the sleugh hoses on grabs are that i whack them off things from time to time, whoops.
edinburgh council use a tractor with front grab, but they also section the tree and drop wood onto the brash (while 4 groundies watch) and then move in with the tractor...hashy ba****ds
a front grab has to be tackled on at right(ish) angles a crane from what ever angle, over walls etc.....a hook would then be more feisible then.
here is our big mog its a u1650.
that is my experience of all the mogs in our area with cranes.
jamie
im assuming he means what the rams can cope with, to heavy and they wont work or you blow a hose.
my problem with the sleugh hoses on grabs are that i whack them off things from time to time, whoops.
edinburgh council use a tractor with front grab, but they also section the tree and drop wood onto the brash (while 4 groundies watch) and then move in with the tractor...hashy ba****ds
a front grab has to be tackled on at right(ish) angles a crane from what ever angle, over walls etc.....a hook would then be more feisible then.
here is our big mog its a u1650.
that is my experience of all the mogs in our area with cranes.
jamie
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teressa green
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yeah ,rolla just cut the trunk in to managable lengths and load onto trailer ,jamie if bits need to come over wall fence ,then why not use slings and clip onto front forks ,fell trunk onto lengths of timber for easy access with either forks or slings ,rolla a tractor ,trailer and chipper set up would be imo better than an over priced high maintenance germany military veihcle,i work with set ups like this weekly and they work ,no one up here worries about milage restrictions or cherry diesel,
good point
you got me there teresa....
if you were splashing out a timber boogie with crane could be used from said tractor.
hope noone looks at out mileage, drove to dundee and back on red.....oh and i may have slipped up the motorway for a couple of junctions...by accident of course...whoops
jamie
you got me there teresa....
if you were splashing out a timber boogie with crane could be used from said tractor.
hope noone looks at out mileage, drove to dundee and back on red.....oh and i may have slipped up the motorway for a couple of junctions...by accident of course...whoops
jamie
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job of the week
heres some pics of an iffy cedar we did on wed/thurs.
pic 1. shows the decay
pic 2.the crack in the timber at 90 degrees to to left of the decay there was another simalar one at 90 degrees to the right as well
pic3.the tree just after starting it
pic4.end of day1
pic5.nice gaff
we went to look at it on tues afternoon and were asked if we could do it this week.after initial inspection we could not quite work out how it was still standing as the crown had moved by about 15-20 degrees.we started on weds.i decided that it would be safer to set an anchor in the next tree and work from that as i could not be sure if the tree would start to move as we took it apart.so i set my line and got into the iffy cedar,did all the brush with minimal use of a strop round it and made suer if it did go then i had a clear swing back to my anchor tree.all went ok with no major probs apart from one f the last top branches got hung up on a lower snag.still no big problemo just drop down and cut snag off.
a few day 2 pics in next post
heres some pics of an iffy cedar we did on wed/thurs.
pic 1. shows the decay
pic 2.the crack in the timber at 90 degrees to to left of the decay there was another simalar one at 90 degrees to the right as well
pic3.the tree just after starting it
pic4.end of day1
pic5.nice gaff
we went to look at it on tues afternoon and were asked if we could do it this week.after initial inspection we could not quite work out how it was still standing as the crown had moved by about 15-20 degrees.we started on weds.i decided that it would be safer to set an anchor in the next tree and work from that as i could not be sure if the tree would start to move as we took it apart.so i set my line and got into the iffy cedar,did all the brush with minimal use of a strop round it and made suer if it did go then i had a clear swing back to my anchor tree.all went ok with no major probs apart from one f the last top branches got hung up on a lower snag.still no big problemo just drop down and cut snag off.
a few day 2 pics in next post
blue
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day 2
more pics
pic1.loggin it down
pic2.nice silouette
pic3.the butt after we felled it in a short enough section so as not to cause any damage
pic4.new toy
more pics
pic1.loggin it down
pic2.nice silouette
pic3.the butt after we felled it in a short enough section so as not to cause any damage
pic4.new toy
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YOU SURE THAT'S A CEDRUS??..still good pic's of a nasty job ,couldn't you get a platform in????
teressa green
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would have used ratchet straps on the thing ,how long ? and how much ,,,,,go on ,tell,
blue
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teressa,
ratchet straps would have been pointless,how much,1k,how long 2 days for 2 of us.
ratchet straps would have been pointless,how much,1k,how long 2 days for 2 of us.
teressa green
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put them round the split area for added security ,piece of mind,do it regular ,just down to personal choice ,
