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John Shutler

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  1. id go oak personally
  2. i use beel 10mm wall master dynamic rope on mkine
  3. i have a cinch, but im undecided wether i prefer it to the positioner as yet, seem to remember mr haine mentioning that it was useable left or right handed
  4. just a quick reminder to keep your language clean guys, seems to have been a increase of late of bad language again, and the prospect of spending time when i should be enjoying arbtalk, deleting and editing posts does not fill me with joy, cheers:biggrin:
  5. well my laptop didnt explode
  6. nor did i:001_tongue:
  7. no, but me and thr groundy can shift it in about 5 minutes with a couple of pitch forks
  8. ive got the type a gladiators and they seem ok, only got them on saturday, little dubious of the light weight material on the backs of the legs as it seems to similar to the stuff stihl use
  9. i wouldnt want to decend to much distance with a hitch on a single line, best to use a fig 8
  10. set your clibing system tight round the stem, install your fig 8 below your hitch and pully and descend on a single line
  11. i either use my rope guide as a false crotch to decend on in an emergency or choke my climbing line round the stem and instal a fig8 below it
  12. yes dark dark memories
  13. haha very good rob, wheres that
  14. off to ireland on friday for 5 days on the west coast
  15. it was a pretty small garden and the euc had grown up through the middle of the cherry plums, it would have been easy without the prunus but they made it a little more awkward as it was harder to crane/swing the stuff over the next garden round
  16. dropped it
  17. how long should the bury be when spicing 9mm tenex for a hitch cord, cheers
  18. oh yeah and cash isnt really an issue they paid 3million for the plot for there new house
  19. maybe this type of thing Rope Light - 45 Metre Drum (White) - QVS Electrical Supplies | Electrical Wholesaler
  20. small lights, kinda like fairy lights i was thinking
  21. ive been asked to install some lights throught out the crowns of 2 large oak trees for a party, if im honest i dont have a clue where to start. im after ideas on installation, types of lights the whole lot really. so anyone done this before or have any ideas
  22. clearance job subcontracting to special branch tree services, jim who was with me if any of you met him at the trade show
  23. the job i did 2weeks ago tidying up a failed limb on a poplar was pretty good, 200 for an hours work

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