Brits talkin about Brit stuff

[Ross Turner]

Good point Rolla,If they sell saws they should also sell PPE & they should also ask for evidence that the person buying a saw or even hiring a saw has had some sort of reconised instruction.

 

[Big A]

At the weekend I'm going to supply vending machines,lol. Local farmer started selling firewood, so I put up a sign selling milk. He didnt like it. I told him tough. He has me cut up his trees now. Lifes a hoot!

 

[Big A]

Good point Rolla,If they sell saws they should also sell PPE & they should also ask for evidence that the person buying a saw or even hiring a saw has had some sort of reconised instruction.

I'm not sure but I think they are supposed to ensure that purchaser/hirer has received training. However, if they have had a lean time on the sales how many have the scruples not to take a chance to make the quick buck? They are only human after all withe the vices that go with it. If Joe Public wants a saw he is going to buy it, if the local saw shop make it too much hassle he can always get one from the Littlewoods catalogue, or Argos with no checks whatsoever.

 

[eleath]

81/82 was a bad winter.........don't know much about 47 or 63 though ,but i heard they were bad winters ...eleath what are the winters like in florida unbearable i bet lol

Totaly unbearable today....... 80 in old money and dropping down to 73 or so mayarna.....

View from back window attatched.... (maybe)

 

[eleath]

Tool Hire????

I used to work for a company in Downham Market and often had to hire in odd bis of bigger kit............... never once did anyone ask if I could drive it.......... I just thought I looked old and wise...lol

Could they work on the theory of..."if you know what its called you probably know how it limbs people" ??????

Now there is this feller called Nat Smith......................................... white transit dropside.......... mobile phone........

 

[jamie]

never mind saws

above and beyond saws, to hire a platform we have to provide our IPAF tickets, for me to hire a platform to clean my gutters nowt.

i hired a floor sander and some guy was getting a quick 5 min run down on a saw, they offer PPE but it costs extra, what is Joe Public gonna do, do it cheap and leave the PPE otherwise they would hire a pro

so jeans are blade resistant yeah.

jamie

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

Totaly unbearable today....... 80 in old money and dropping down to 73 or so mayarna.....

View from back window attatched.... (maybe)

that's nice mate you rub it in why don't ya ..all we get is less rain/sleet/snow or more snow/sleet/rain and a balmy 2-5 degree's c

 

[eleath]

Just to even things up, the downside of paradice is also the weather. Today we had rain and a tornado. Took down several homes and hurt a lot of people. That was 10 minutes drive South of us.........................

Give me temperate maritine weather any day.

 

[jockie]

anyone out there been using a Timberwolf 190? Had a demo today and its the muttsnuts. Gotta Premier 220 and the Timberwolf knocked spots off it!

 

[SteveBullman]

you're having a laugh right.....ive used both, no way in hell any entec can beat a premier. in fact i'd say the 200 outperforms the 190 anyday

 

[PRUNER 1]

weve had a 190 for about a six weeks now. we had another one last year on long term hire. it still is the mutts nutts!! we have a kwik chip 9 inch which is off the road at tmo and the 190 is almost as hungry. if the 190 were a 9 inch then it would win hands down. on conifers and willows/pops, we find it hard to keep up with feeding it. very easy to maintain aswell and chips always go all the way to the back of the van. we also have a landforce 6 inch which is not worth a minute of any bodys time absolutely pants weve had it back two burnt out starter motors with flames! the whole body work shook itself to pieces and broke loads of welds, the throttle control has snapped twice and the qr shoot weld sheared as well. we are stuck with it tho. it wont even shoot chip to the back of the van. if we stick 6 inch logs through it dumps the chips on the ground coz it doesnt have the power to blow them into the van! steer clear!

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

i think the new timberwolf chipper's are definatly up there with premier...steve timberwolf did a lot of changes this year or last to there design

 

[SteveBullman]

i have used the 190 rolla. entec are getting there slowly but the overall build quality is still way off premier

 

[timberwolf150]

Rollas right. Loads of improvements lately. The 190 is awesome. I'd bet on the TW in a straigh out chip off. Alot faster on bigger wood and far easier to maintain. Blade change one of the easiest I've ever seen with no blade to anvil set up required.

 

[timberwolf150]

Stephen next time you need a chipper phone the factory. They'll lend you a 190. You won't be disapointed!!

 

[SteveBullman]

i might take you up on that offer timber, should i ask for you if i call?

 

[timberwolf150]

just speak to sales!!

 

[iain]

weve had a 190 for about a six weeks now. we had another one last year on long term hire. it still is the mutts nutts!! we have a kwik chip 9 inch which is off the road at tmo and the 190 is almost as hungry. if the 190 were a 9 inch then it would win hands down. on conifers and willows/pops, we find it hard to keep up with feeding it. very easy to maintain aswell and chips always go all the way to the back of the van. we also have a landforce 6 inch which is not worth a minute of any bodys time absolutely pants weve had it back two burnt out starter motors with flames! the whole body work shook itself to pieces and broke loads of welds, the throttle control has snapped twice and the qr shoot weld sheared as well. we are stuck with it tho. it wont even shoot chip to the back of the van. if we stick 6 inch logs through it dumps the chips on the ground coz it doesnt have the power to blow them into the van! steer clear!

nothing i know of beats a premier true quality
i`ve bought a 6 " l/force haven`t had anything split open yet! had it since sept 04, but we got them to put a smaller flywheel pulley on, coz it was dropping chip like you say on the floor, at the end of the revs
the new flywheel pulley has solved the chip distance, even just before the stress limiter cuts in its reaching a good 3 ft on the van
when it came back they`d done some mods to mine as well as the flywheel pulley, was that because of your complaints i wonder ! if so i`d see about getting a smaller pulley, from them especially if your stuck with it
it has made a big difference

 

[blue]

pruner1,
we've got a landforce chippa and it sounds a whole lot better than yours.ours was brought as a 6" ex demo but we think someone fecked up as it is a 9".has no probs firing chips up to the front of the lorry.is yours the new streamlined style?the only crap thing about them is the cheap $hit electrics has had so many mods now that even the landforce fitter can't work it out

 

[PRUNER 1]

the chippa is the streamlined one and i couldnt give it to a gypo! we should have let the bugga burn! iain you are correct, the mods are because of our machine. it must have been the first friday afternoon chipper!
blue, a friend of ours has the bigger lforce i think its the 9 and its great, we also had one when ours was last buggered and it was quite good.