John Shutler
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it must depend on area then.one of the firms i contract for tended for some councill work and they wanted to see tickets which one of his lads didnt have, so he hadto get him assesed quickly as possible. -
it depends in which sector you wish to work in or how you want your buisness to grow,ie for councill contracts they ask to see copies of your tickets.
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how much was your xbox, nice stereo, big television? im not looking for an argument but if you want to get something then you save up for it.i bet there are plenty of people on here who have saved the cash to pay for their tickets, it just depends how much you want it. dont get me wrong though im not justifying the cost though as i ponted out earlier
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sounds like a plan
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dont get me wrong, i never said that its a perfect system by any stretch of the imagination,the point i was making was that ive allways saved up for my courses and allways really wanted to be there.it took me a while to work through my tickets but i think that made me a better climber because i was practising between tickets.yes the competance review system needs to be looked at, ie a weeks course that goes over everything(within reason) for say 500 pounds.everyone can afford that
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just going to throw this out there,probably get some flak for this but do you think that the higher prices mean that you get people on the courses who really want to be there.i personally have saved my pennies to go on courses and i think that made me keaner to pass the assesment
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husqy ones here
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yeah i think its a good idea.we are a small industry relativly speaking so its good to network .also we can all hook up for a beer at the shows
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i would buy the 88 over the 66 purely because when you need that bigger saw you will want the bigger(88) saw. there is little point strugling.the guy i climb for has only a small firm, me, him and a groundie. but when you do the bigger trees you need the bigger saw. last month took down 2, 4ft montery pines,after felling and processing one stem the 88 packed in, ok i felled the other with a saw with a 25inch bar on it but there was little point struggling to process it, so i waited till the 88 was back in action
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the newer makita models are nolonger essentially dolmars in a different out fit
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the guy i contract to bought one at the aa show, i think his cash was burning a hole in his pocket.he thought it would be great for reductions and conifer work. ive used it once and its stayed in the tool box in the truck ever since
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the smallest model is only 22cc so its completely gutless
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yep ive used the tiny one as well, utter cr*p
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platforms have there uses. ie when it is unsafe to climb. i used a platform to dismantle an oak tree at night. the tree was on a main road and we were unable to close the road so out came the flood lights and platform. problem solved
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whos used them,what are peoples views on them.ive used the dcs5000 and thought it to be a very good saw.
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i use a 880 for the bigger stuff but use the 441 for generall use
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this could be because the saw is being made to work alot harder than normall, so the addition of a little more oil in the fuel mix could solve th problem
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reckon you will have alot of fun with it. spent most of the day finishing off tables and benches made from wood milled with the alaskan
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oh right.i wonder if rob is supplying him? i suppose i was only a matter of time till other people started selling them,i seem to remember at least one other person had a couple for sale at this years aa show, but knew rob was giving them to him.you will have to come over and say hi at next years steve
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daniel ?
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i contract to the guy that sells the alaskan mill, personally never had a problem with the ripping chain,rob swears by it and it is also recomended by the guy that builds the alaskan lills in america and he has been developing them for about 20 years.what have you been told about it.as regards bar lenth,use whats needed for the job, no point milling a 12 inch log with a 36inch bar. use as big a saw as is possible.mostly rob uses an 88 but just varries the bar length for the job. you cant have to much power
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its a singlr cab, with a tool box and a home made ali chip box. its an ok truck but is slow esspecially when its got a bit of weight in it and cant seem to carry that much weight.the tool box is really handybecause you can carry every thing you need,and with some decent padlocks i reckon its pretty secure,il try and get some photos tomorrow but my camera is playing up
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on my way home tonight some ****** smashed my wing mirror clean off.does any body know of anywhere where i might be able to get a drivers side wing mirror for a 52 plate iveco turbo daily. any help would be appreciated
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i think the problem is that if we dont regulate standards in this industry, unfortunatley they will slip.there arnt enough people trying to promote decent work practices and to many people carrying these so called "reductions" whoare oblivious to the fact that its bad or are aware but dont care.
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the other problem i see is that if the customer either continues to have the work done but mentions to said firm oh john shutler says that that is a shocking standard of tree work or says i decided that i dont want the work done because ive been told thats not how it should be done its me thats in the ****. especially when i see the lads from that firm in my local where they all drink
