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John Shutler

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  1. To be honest I prefer to throw, then one day when you've not got an air cannon or big shot your not completely stuffed because your throwing ability is poor Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
  2. Why does it need to be midline attachable? How many people leave there climbing system attached to their ropes permanently? Or is it removed and retied each time? My money would be on most people leaving it attached Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
  3. I remember a few years back we were getting about 70% of quotes. As the business has changed and we do more commercial work i reckon we get a better percentage of quote uptake but look at less jobs, although they are usually bigger jobs which is better Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
  4. Great post nod and certainly food for thought!! Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
  5. I got my tracked jenson from them and just picked up a 10inch schleising pto as well I saw that tp in the yard tom, it looked bloody clean!! Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
  6. Arborcut are great to deal with Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
  7. Usually I throw one handed but there just wasn't really the space to get good height so had to adapt Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
  8. An awkward spot to throw into the trees from today Advance warning signs out for a crane removal on the 25th Some conifer topping for another company we sub to sometimes. The cuts are about 8-10inch diameter and we removed 30-35ft Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
  9. Why would it make any difference? Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
  10. generally at the end of the day its only cutting bits off trees and trying not to break to much, not that skilled really
  11. I would say that as long as the rpa of the edge trees protected the rpa's of the trees behind then you could probably suffice with a condition survey of the trees within falling distance of the development Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
  12. When I get my next mog il be selling my towbehind but keeping my tracked chipper Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
  13. How reckless
  14. we removed some cones from a pine over a roof before, we stopped at about 370... it didnt really make a difference
  15. How do the native species know not to eat the poisoned bait? Oh yeah they don't Ever been to an area that's had a drop of 1080? Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
  16. that will make it grunt
  17. 17hmr for me, a very capable round often underestimated.
  18. So apart from paying him for the hours he's worked what else have you contributed towards him? PPE, basic chainsaw certificates? Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
  19. sounds to me your just after some cheap labour with the minimum of commitment
  20. theres always one realistically its going to be 35-40ft tall, there will be a truckload of timber and one of chip, maybe more if your unlucky then youll probably have a bulkbag of rakeup at least, more if youve got to cut all the timber up small to lift it onto the truck then you might have a couple of hours stump grinding thrown in as well so if youve got one truck potentially youve made 7 trips bacwards and forwards by the time youve tipped the chips, dropped the chipper back, shifted the logs gone back with the grinder etc suddenly your half a days not gone very far realistically its a days work
  21. Why? I charge as much as I can for my services, don't you? Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
  22. I say fair play to them Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
  23. My little alpine working at home Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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  25. Not from today, but the TO sent the pictures she had taken through today Light reduction, prune back from buildings and lift Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

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