Excavator on road

[Henarar]

Mate done some here, just drove down the road with the 13T steel track machine and preceded to drop the trees in the road, JFDI

 

[Ffermer Bach]

I was once given the advice (by someone who used to bulldoze a lot of trees for farmers), that if a "do gooder" comes over and questions you, make sure you listen with your mouth open, and in the end they will think you are retarded and leave you to get on with the job.

 

[Henarar]

I was once given the advice (by someone who used to bulldoze a lot of trees for farmers), that if a "do gooder" comes over and questions you, make sure you listen with your mouth open, and in the end they will think you are retarded and leave you to get on with the job.

 

[bovrill]

I was once given the advice (by someone who used to bulldoze a lot of trees for farmers), that if a "do gooder" comes over and questions you, make sure you listen with your mouth open, and in the end they will think you are retarded and leave you to get on with the job.

So if I start listening with my mouth closed, will people think I'm not retarded?

 

[Tubbylew]

What's the situation with using a rubber track excavator to do some work on roadside hedges?
I have a large roadside hedge to tree shear. Most I can do from the field side but some would be a lot easier with the digger on the road. It's a 5.5 tonne so a not massive.
I often see roadworks men roll up with a lorry and trailer and just unload the digger and get on with it. You can't road register one so just wondering how I stand legally.

What sort of road? M5 or a bit of a country lane, iirc you can block a lane up for max 20 mins, it wouldn't worry me too much unless it was an A road, plenty of cones/signs as neccessary and be sensible. You can guarantee you won't see a car until you've a massive branch half cut off and the digger rocking on its tracks.

 

[Grassman]

So if I start listening with my mouth closed, will people think I'm not retarded?

Possibly not

 

[Grassman]

What sort of road? M5 or a bit of a country lane, iirc you can block a lane up for max 20 mins, it wouldn't worry me too much unless it was an A road, plenty of cones/signs as neccessary and be sensible. You can guarantee you won't see a car until you've a massive branch half cut off and the digger rocking on its tracks.

Single track country lane. Just wide enough to pass in some places

 

[Old apprentice]

Single track country lane. Just wide enough to pass in some places

Get a couple of mates use mobile phones block at each end fare enough so they can't see you vehicle must have broken down no vehicles coming when cutting trees.

 

[Tubbylew]

Single track country lane. Just wide enough to pass in some places

How long would it take 3 days or a few hours?

 

[Grassman]

Get a couple of mates use mobile phones block at each end fare enough so they can't see you vehicle must have broken down no vehicles coming when cutting trees.

That could be a plan

 

[Grassman]

How long would it take 3 days or a few hours?

Will do what I can reach from inside then see what's left. I'm guessing half a day

 

[Tubbylew]

Will do what I can reach from inside then see what's left. I'm guessing half a day

I'd blast on without a much of a care, our little place is split into 3 by a country lane so we've got to block the road up to get stock in etc. When there was more of us we'd stand on the road and let the cars know what was going on, now we park stuff to block it all up, as long as everyone is courteous and sensible it won't be a problem.

 

[steveR]

Get a couple of mates use mobile phones block at each end fare enough so they can't see you vehicle must have broken down no vehicles coming when cutting trees.

"Emergency work" is the answer... Council do not need a road closure in an emergency, according to mate who used to work for the Council on streetlights. So as an adjoing landowner you can do the same, but needs safe working as described above.

 

[Grassman]

"Emergency work" is the answer... Council do not need a road closure in an emergency, according to mate who used to work for the Council on streetlights. So as an adjoing landowner you can do the same, but needs safe working as described above.

Sounds like it will be emergency tree clearance that got made unsafe with all these gales

 

[steveR]

Sounds like it will be emergency tree clearance that got made unsafe with all these gales

Got one like that here... Sunday morning emergency job, but need to borrow a 7m telehandler

 

[Mc115reed]

Pinch a few road closed signs and put them either end the road on a Sunday by time anyone questions it you’ll be done

 

[Kidds]

Pinch some temporary traffic lights when the fat fecker in the Transit is asleep. Keep them both on red

 

[Luke Cropwalker]

I am sure you have done a tree safety inspection and found that the trees are dangerous and, therefore require making safe as soon as possible.

 

[Hfd Cattle]

Just crack on ...if anyone comes asking questions tell them to bugger off !

 

[Bury the Trash]

yeah i would just do it im not saying that's right , mind.
mate i used to work with used to say just get on a drop a few trees to mark the job they ve got to stop then.

only on good visibilty stretches mind you not around blind bends /corners/ low warning ,now that a totally different matter.