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Look forward to hearing how you get on with the Fakita, if it’s any good, for the money it’s a no brainer. Where do you get spare chains from though?

Things like the trees in the London parks normally managed by big tree firms . But I do recall few years ago surrey council wanting a climber / office bod and they were to oversee consultancy and tree teams ...for that they were offering 33k a year and also needed a degree to do the job too. I await the usual twats to comment . But I looked at it and thought it wasn't worth the wnk

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Thanks for your help ! I'll get an Oregon 124mlea041 bar and a 3/4" .043 chain, apparently compatible with 2511 tes.

If it is, it's unlikely any other Inonotus I've ever seen.

Or if you were really stuck you could do this, but proper tyre lube makes it easier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWd5vwUeYno

Absolutely.

Thanks 👍 I have thought about that. I've had colleagues who have gone down that route. If I'm honest with myself I still love the industry were in, just maybe need some time away from the production side of it. Maybe it's the places I've worked but I've had enough of removing trees that dont need to be or reducing trees to the customers spec regardless of the tree health. One idea would be consultancy (ideally self employed) or working in the London parks. Again I have very little knowledge of how either of those jobs actually work. Do you have any experience with either of the two ?

OK, lighting blue touchpaper and retiring: I went into a local branch of my regular suppliers, and asked for 5l of Synth plus. They only had Forest Plus in 5l. Was I right to walk out without purchasing any? It's not urgent, I just happened to be passing. I subscribe to the doctrine of " if it ain't broke, don't fix it ", and Synth Plus has worked well for me. Sorry for re-igniting the debate.

The Fakita appears good, it does have a proper oiler and reasonably sized brushless motor. It is a 1/4" chain. I like the mini narrow bars. 1.5kg without battery, 2.1kg with Makita battery.

They take a fair amount of space and are heavy to move, also needing power or compressed air. Wouldnt have been practical for me, I have extremely limited space.

I'm in the same position as you, Muddy. Take the plunge and report back please. £52 for the one you posted would be nice. Only difference is I would be happy to spend £200 if it gets me something of better quality, even if still manual.

good to know thanks

Its worth getting tub of proper tyre lube and fairy can cause corrosion, lots of salt in it.

Muddy and Mick (and indeed several other people now I re-read) are onto something I think. Have an expert do the precision work and buy a backhoe for the rest of it? Or do it all with the backhoe if you have the patience. Forget bog work obviously.

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thanks, but £200 would be too much for the number of tyres I do.

If I wanted to live and work in central London I would become IRATA level 3 and be done with tree work.

Buy a proper garage tyre machine, we picked one up used for £200 with a wheel balancer out of a local garage. Have changed countless chipper tyres with it. Fit our own van tyres also.

Hello everyone, I am after some insight on other peoples experience regarding how they have progressed within the industry. A little about myself. I am coming up to 13 years as a tree surgeon, working at least 10 of those years as a lead climber. Somewhat varied work ranging from pruning council/street trees within central London for many years, to working as a self employed lead climber/team leader around west London/Buckinghamshire area, completing large scale jobs/projects. The last few years have been a mixture of self employed climbing for various companies a few days a week, with the other days working for my business with my truck, chipper and tools. Recently I have started to question if this is something i want to continue. For a couple of reasons; 1. I am really starting to feel the toll on my body. I'm only 32 but am aware if i keep working the way I do, I wont be able to physically keep doing the job in a few years to come. 2. Potentially looking to move more into central London , so would not look forward to figuring out the logistics of running a tree surgery firm considering how stressful i already find it on the outskirts in what i consider a more spacious/work friendly area. 3. I have recently started to feel like the work i currently do doesn't leave me fulfilled. I.e. working as a self employed climber seemed that companies would only get me in for large scale takedowns (on trees that most of the time i was personally conflicted as to the reasons they would be coming down) or pile on the amount of work needed to be completed in a day. Basically i've felt like a bit a wrecking ball, just coming in and smashing out work with no pride for my work. Does anyone have experience with moving away from climbing full time that also doesn't follow down the path of starting a tree surgery business? I am happy to go back and study, maybe just a little bit lost where to start and what the end goal would be. I have been self employed for a while now and I'm not sure if it suits me to be honest. For myself i feel like the only benefit is that I don't have restrictions for how much holiday i can take. Realistically i am trying to put things in place before we move to central London. In an ideal world i think i would love to climb 2/3 days per week and spend the other days in a less physical capacity within the industry. I know this isn't an ideal world. Again i just seem overwhelmed and lost as this type of work is all i've known. Any advice or comments would be greatly appreciated. or if you have any more questions or need more info from me Thanks