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Pete Mctree

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  1. No sense of humour being quoted here TM, it's the law of survival. Ben if you do that kind of work out of preference, as opposed to neccesity, with the knowledge of an arborist then you have a status much lower than a gypo! All said and done, too much has been said before and i'm not interested in revisiting it again so i'm bowing out of this thread
  2. Do some reading also, i.e. http://www.jonsered.com/frameset.aspx
  3. Dean,I could walk you around edgerton and point at at least 5 mature trees i've hacked contracting. It's the same old story, go under or cut the tree. choice is a fine thing
  4. I hate butchering trees, but as a contract climber it's often point and shoot. It can ruin my day, but think of the money and when working for yourself maintain the standards. Pay the bills, put food on the table and DO THE BEST YOU CAN
  5. have you any pictures of these trees?
  6. cos there crap?
  7. I'm in agreement with the incremental removal of the conopy. I'd also look at replanting some decent sized replacements to pollard and try and cover the eventuality of some of the worst dieing
  8. Storm damage is always fun!!! Did you bother lashing the remaining ones to the other trees or are they hung up well enough
  9. So you will take the Mrs on your day trip if you go then?:wave:
  10. Do they sell them in Holland Pete? Nice quick ferry trip for you
  11. tried usual arb insurers? they might at least have a start point if they don't offer cover themselves
  12. Had to delete and resize them as there is not too much space on the server for pics. PITA
  13. Hack, slash butcher n chop! gotta love it
  14. Well with the amount I drink it deffo means I aint full of crap!
  15. Never happen. I only ever drink coffee:wave:
  16. That's Bob's co worker John. Council rules by all accounts
  17. Some random ones. Note Bob's answer to being too much of a skinflint to buy a Mog, and John teaching my groundie to fell.
  18. Nice Carl. Well i've got some catching up to do on this thread. First ones are from Harewood house, near Leeds. I was helping Craig (Judge) to do some nice delicate work on some spectacular trees. Great bunch of lads to work with, I enjoyed it for sure
  19. basic buissness- if you have a grinder then sell it's use, if not then try and avoid it. I do loose a percentage of jobs on the price of grinding, annoying but thats life
  20. I'll also disagree on the blade being the cause of the bearings collapsing. I've had to replace mine 3 times now (it has done 1800plus hours though) and i've always maintained sharp blades. It's just a design fault that has never been rectified imo. Any chipper at 6in capacity and weighing 750kg or less with a deisel engine has to compromise somewhere. Each manufacturer just seems to choose a different place to save the weight.
  21. Never had an issue with the velcro. I prefer it as the straps are wider and don't cut in the same as the leather ones
  22. As said before nice toys, and an intellgent way to use them!
  23. Trollish attitude but eloborate all the same please.
  24. Nice smooth operation. Thanks for sharing
  25. They got the top of the first one nice and level. Better than my hedging lol

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