Brits talkin about Brit stuff
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Thor's Hammer said:Back of our van is sealed off. 5 seats in front, all the kit in the back. I have a pickup aswell, but in porr old Blighty, if it aint nailed down, it walks off
plenty an eager eye for an earn here to old mate LOL
Thor's Hammer
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dont think you'd fit a rayco in the back, but its perfect for towing the old 1635 rayco
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i had a chap look thru my stump grinding trailer while i was grinding recently my offsider sprung him and he said he was wondering if we knew anything about x-box as hes excuse LOL.
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Caught some tealeafs pinching my 2100 out of the van couple of years ago while i was working in Liverpool, I hopped out to see what was going on and got hit with a piece of 3x2 for my pleasure. They were only about 16 -17 so i gave them a good kicking - bad idea, barely got away without getting charged for gbh, and while i was fighting some other little **** nicked the 2100. Bloody scousers!! 
mulchers
thor its a shame to see good stuff go to waste. not too sure what the market is like up here, last i heard we had to pay a company (woodwaste) to remove wood. we run 2 mulchers and they are working on these bloddy wind farms that are popping up everywhere. mulching crimbo trees and post harvesting brass.
heard of a few guys running those frenchy heads and having nowt but bother. we run 2 ahwis one a tracked carrier and one a volvo excavator conversion. watching what they 'waste' is impressive
jamie
thor its a shame to see good stuff go to waste. not too sure what the market is like up here, last i heard we had to pay a company (woodwaste) to remove wood. we run 2 mulchers and they are working on these bloddy wind farms that are popping up everywhere. mulching crimbo trees and post harvesting brass.
heard of a few guys running those frenchy heads and having nowt but bother. we run 2 ahwis one a tracked carrier and one a volvo excavator conversion. watching what they 'waste' is impressive
jamie
Thor's Hammer
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Jamie, I agree the ahwi is a better tool. We had Sharps in to do our mulching in alloa, same head as your tracked ahwi. Good tool.
I'll tell you now though that within 18 months all wind farm clearence will be done with chippers. mulched? or £20 tonne for chips... They'll curse having mulched so much material that could have been recovered.
To be honest, once a mulcher starts hitting trees over 10 inches dbh it slows them right down (dont get me wrong, its not that they wont do it). if your clearing wind farm stuff over 10" a shear buncher and a large chipper would be faster anyway
If your boss wants to get rid of wood in the future, tell him to give me a call...
I'll tell you now though that within 18 months all wind farm clearence will be done with chippers. mulched? or £20 tonne for chips... They'll curse having mulched so much material that could have been recovered.
To be honest, once a mulcher starts hitting trees over 10 inches dbh it slows them right down (dont get me wrong, its not that they wont do it). if your clearing wind farm stuff over 10" a shear buncher and a large chipper would be faster anyway
If your boss wants to get rid of wood in the future, tell him to give me a call...
windys
the gaffer is after big chipper just waiting for the time to strike. from what ive gathered the market aint quite here yet......but thats second hand info again.
we have mulched some massive sticks. slow but it got there.
the volvo is great watching it knock the top off and then mulch the stick. very impressive, bit of a waste however.
is there more to your mech site or just the one window?
jamie
the gaffer is after big chipper just waiting for the time to strike. from what ive gathered the market aint quite here yet......but thats second hand info again.
we have mulched some massive sticks. slow but it got there.
the volvo is great watching it knock the top off and then mulch the stick. very impressive, bit of a waste however.
is there more to your mech site or just the one window?
jamie
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The market is here - I have some good contacts in Scotland
The market is here - I have some good contacts in Scotland
SteveBullman
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i was quite interested in a german machine i was looking at at the recent capel manor show. i think it was made by jmb?
ROLLACOSTA
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ahh the trouble with mulch is you bio boy's don't /won't take chip with leaf or conifer or so i read in a flyer someone sent me out last week,all they wanted was good clean hardwood chip ,buggerd if i'm going to screen all my chip
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kf tree i run a pick-up ,but van's with a segregated area for feul cans ain't so bad
Thor's Hammer
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Not True!ROLLACOSTA said:
The big stations, like slough or aberthaw will take anything, doesent matter. the only thing with alot of leaf is it will make your chip compost if it gets wet.
the small biolers, yes they are more fussy about the chip they take but tough on them I say...
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Put it this way Rolla, would you screen your chip if you were getting £50 a tonne for it?
Anyway I thought you had a landy not a pickup!
Anyway I thought you had a landy not a pickup!
Thor's Hammer
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Stephen Bullman, the chippers you saw were made by a company called vandeale, very good quality, but only a tree surgery chipper still
skyhightree
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HI ALL...Newby here. Have finally given up on old fashioned ways and missus is now givin me computer lessons. Not learn't alot since finding this site. Spent 3 nights just reading.
It appears I,ve a bit of catching up to do.
Run medium size t/s mainly domestic company. Been going about 10 yrs. 3 gangs perm staff and run occasional 4th.
Dedicated stihl user - always given me good service.
Chippers x 3: Prem 220, Twolf 190 and Jensen 530
Stumpy : Arborplant Predator 26.
Vans: LDV why? alot cheaper than equiv transit and lads treat like a skip so why spoil them.
Couldn,t agree more with latest Jensen comments. 2 biggest mistakes lately are Jensen chipper and Predator stump grinder. Both a complete nightmare. Not usually a sucker when it comes to buying things but fell hook line and sinker for that salesmans promises. Bad news when no one wants to assist when things break.
It appears I,ve a bit of catching up to do.
Run medium size t/s mainly domestic company. Been going about 10 yrs. 3 gangs perm staff and run occasional 4th.
Dedicated stihl user - always given me good service.
Chippers x 3: Prem 220, Twolf 190 and Jensen 530
Stumpy : Arborplant Predator 26.
Vans: LDV why? alot cheaper than equiv transit and lads treat like a skip so why spoil them.
Couldn,t agree more with latest Jensen comments. 2 biggest mistakes lately are Jensen chipper and Predator stump grinder. Both a complete nightmare. Not usually a sucker when it comes to buying things but fell hook line and sinker for that salesmans promises. Bad news when no one wants to assist when things break.
Ross Turner
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Welcome to the site skyhightree.
iain
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welcome skyhightree the more the merrier
Acer
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Thor's Hammer said:
Do you know of anything in the East Midlands? I haven't been able to find anything. There are a few farmers who are composting, but you pay a gate fee. One greedy bugger wants £30/tonne (cash!).
Notts CC have committed to CHP for 5 or so schools. I've been trying to get hold of the relevant council bod to ask, but he's never at his desk and never returns his calls! Typical council. At the moment, I can only see that a few big farmers round here will gain from biomass. They're sitting on acres of biomass willow that would have gone to Eggborough. They got paid to set it, and they've got the space and collateral to invest in the plant to harvest, chip and dry it once an outlet is found.
SteveBullman
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hi skyhigh.
ive used that predator stump grinder.....total pants. the only good thing about it is the speed you can track along on it....still not much good if it wont steer though.
sounds like you have a pretty decent set up going there though. nice stock of premiers.
as for those ldv's....ive got one too. cant knock them in my opinion, they have the most spacious cab interior out of any of the vans, and they also never look overloaded. ok so they look crap but who cares
ive used that predator stump grinder.....total pants. the only good thing about it is the speed you can track along on it....still not much good if it wont steer though.
sounds like you have a pretty decent set up going there though. nice stock of premiers.
as for those ldv's....ive got one too. cant knock them in my opinion, they have the most spacious cab interior out of any of the vans, and they also never look overloaded. ok so they look crap but who cares
