Steve Bullman

Thank you to everyone who entered the competition. There have been some fantastic photos posted and the final choice wasn't easy, but here they are. Congratualtions @Mick Dempsey @RobRainford @Stihl123 @Climber85

Probably the newtribe harness https://newtribe.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=4&products_id=20&zenid=nf1n29ln4r92sd7r41b6aql6e6

hmmm works fine for me

Hi Craig, what device and browser is this on? Any chance of a screenshot?

Never used a saw with the tool-less mechanism before. Are they really that bad?

Try https://arboraeration.com/ I know they do travel, not sure what distances though.

I expect if you call your local dealer or whoever you bought the trousers from they will be able to help. Probably just don't list them on their sites

Not on their site yet to check the specs. Perhaps Paul @STIHL GB can answer?

Why did you wait till you got to France before coming out?

Agreed on the early Entec 150. For all its faults, it was certainly a massive game changer in this country. When I first started out hardly anyone had a wood chipper. The company I worked for at the time were probably one of the first in the area to own one.

Theres loads! I'll carry on with a couple Pfanner chainsaw trousers. I believe these were the first trousers to move away from the conventional materials used previously. It wasn't long before all manufacturers caught on and started using the same (or copy of) the stretchy rip stop type fabric. Probably the first real evolution in chainsaw trousers since the first ones came out. ART Ropeguide. An absolutely massive advance. Previously I had been using a regular cambiums saver with a pulley attached to the small ring by a pear-shaped mallion. This made for a retrievable cambium saver with slightly less friction that a standard setup. The ART ropeguide changed this for the first time introducing entirely frictionless climbing and added years onto my elbow joints. Theres been several adapatations since by ART, and also other companies, but the ART still wins hands down, even in the form of the mark 1 version I would go as fas as to say. Petzl Zigzag. Not the first mechanical friction device on the market by any means, but in my opinion it is the first one to truly mimic the actions of a hitch cord. I believe anyone can go straight onto using one of these and feel instantly at home. Unlike the ART Lockjack and Spyderjack, there really isn't any learning curve when it comes to controlling the friction, it just works.

Getting limbs perfectly balanced and watching them break off clean and floating away is always satisfying. 'Enjoy' is a bit of a stretch though ?

Tag teamed a crane removal Monday. Small drop zone and a large framework of branches so there was a bunch of picks, probably well over 30 which made for quite a long day. It was humid as anything and I was wrecked the next day, totally out of shape! Had to retake this photo as I forgot to hold my gut in the first time round.

How much have you got?

How dare you try and keep a thread on track ?

As far as visibility goes, they are doing a very good job of it, with over 300 search terms showing up in positions 1-3. Anyone would be pretty happy with that! I suppose the key thing is, who is the site appealing to and who is reading it. Thats not such an easy metric to work out.

Thats a lot of saws to go! Sorry to hear that

Sorry I was wrong. It is the same saw. No release date as yet

That makes more sense....I did wonder where that 1.3 million figure came from!

Of course. More revenue equals more advertising budget

Well the original question was whether or not the AA are doing enough to promote themselves to the public. My point is 1.3 million doesn't leave much advertising budget for the type of advertising that would get them in front of such a wide audience. Also I assume that 1.3 million was turnover, so even if their profit were in the region of £200,000 thats still not many pennies left for the likes of ITV adverts etc.

Whats not to buy? 1.3 million is nothing in the grand scheme of things, especially as far as advertising on TV is concerned. a couple more members of staff isn't going to make much difference there!

Doesn’t sound like you’ll need EL so yes you should be able to get that down considerably. Give Simon a call https://treesurgeoninsurance.co.uk

Can't help with a diagnosis, but my advise would be not to mess around with the tuning if you don't know what you are doing. You can do far more harm than good.

Sorry to hear that. Like you say, theres been a spate of incidents the past few days!