HI Tim

On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:21:56 -0000, "Tim Downie"
wrote:


"Adrian" wrote in message
.. .

Quickest and tidyiest is a _proper_ shredder -

I suspect I just need to do a bit more phoning around.

We had 12 x 40ft pines removed just after Christmas -
proper Tree Surgeons came with a unimog-mounted, hydraulically driver
shredder which ate everything from 4" diameter down.

I want one! ;-)

Don't we all g
The unimog was a nice piece of kit also......
.....but too many toys here already !


Any ball park figures on how much I should expect to pay to hire such a
beast (& operator)?

The whole job cost us 800 euro - that was three men plus the 'mog and
chipper - and they worked a good 'full day'.....

If it was only one or two of the trees I might have had a go myself -
but they were a bit on the big side (three of them were about 15"
diameter) - and the telephone line was dangerously close to where the
trees had to fall - so I chickened out !

However - I shall be logging up the remains - when it stops raining
for long enough. Even the locals are saying it's been a particularly
wet Autumn - Winter......

Ah well

Adrian

Cheers!

Tim