Kev Stephenson

I'm running 265/70R16 Mickey Thompson Baja MTZ on the 130. Absolutely great in the mud and snow, carry the loads very well at sub 40psi - lots more than 3.5 tonne (on private grounds). Not sure about wear rates, they have been on 3 years but I have only done about 12k in that time and there is loads left.

Best before 26/11/10

Mick climbed right through the ice age so feels he has had his fill of climbing in sub zero temps:001_tt2:

No, your family can stay in Leeds.:001_tt2:

I agree it wouldn't be a very nice thing to do but if it hit the fan me and my family would have come first.

We used to rent out a house and were told that should anything happen to make us homeless from our lived in house the tennents could be instantly evicted from the other property we owned so we could reoccupy it. I don't know the how's or why's but heard it from a few sources. It might be worth investigating.

plus ensure he can't use your chip site unless you are in on the job, even if that is only £20 at the end of the day. You hold all the keys to his business at the minute, if you didn't have to run all the kit you might be able to hit the advertising the same as your competition. HE IS YOUR COMPETITION

Like I said buy it yourself, if he wants it for the weekenders he either takes you along or rents it from you, if the work is 70% his then you need him more than he needs you, try and turn it the other way.

The high prices are generally the RRP's, dealers that turn over a lot if saws and pass on the discounts sell at well below the RRP. It seems some would rather make £200 on a saw and only sell one whereas others would rather make £10 per saw and sell 20 making 20 customers happy. Those 20 customers will probably be back for more whereas the bloke who paid the high price will soon realise he can get his kit cheaper elsewhere.

Why not just buy one outright and then increase your rate to the climber as groundie with a chipper? He needs a groundie, he needs a chipper why not make yourself fit both of those criteria? If you go halves you are possibly in less demand if he can get a £50 saturday lad to do the chipping for him, you are effectively stumping up half the money to make him more cash and you less needed. What if you get a clear fell contract next year that means you want the chipper but not the climber for a month solid, how is he going to react to that? If you do decide to go halves can you come to some agreement that wherever possible the chipper goes out with the pair of you, i.e. you don't use any other climber and he doesn't use any other groundie

ref mendiplogs, English please mate, just the job!!!

about £60k (£500 a month but currently £35k in credit) on the house everything else is mine and no credit cards

there is a david brown owners forum, they hold a monthly meeting about a mile from me at the DB museum

That doesn't get around where, were, we're or their, there, etc

Where do all the Huddersfield young lads buy their keyboards with half the keys missing and the rest in apparently the wrong places? Learn to spell, it gives the whole forum a much more professional appearance.

Start the engine then!!! :001_tt2:

where are you?

Josharb87 is currently working in Sweden, might be worth a PM to him for info

you upgraded from the rubber ann summers one then???

Banned from Sainsbury's, didn't like shopping there anyway Yesterday I was at my local Sainsbury's buying a large bag of Purina dog food for my loyal pet and was in the checkout queue when a woman behind me asked if I had a dog. What did she think I had - an elephant? So, since I'm retired and have little to do, on impulse I told her that no,I didn't have a dog, I was starting the Purina Diet again. I added that I probably shouldn’t, because I ended up in hospital last time, but that I'd lost 2 stones before I woke up in intensive care with tubes coming out of most of my orifices and IVs in both arms I told her that it was essentially a perfect diet and that the way that it works is to load your pockets with Purina nuggets and simply eat one or two every time you feel hungry. The food is nutritionally complete so it works well and I was going to try it again. (I have to mention here that practically everyone in the queue was now enthralled with my story.) Horrified, she asked me if I ended up in intensive care because the dog food poisoned me. I told her no, I stepped off a curb to sniff an Irish Setter's arse and a car hit us both. I thought the guy behind her was going to have a heart attack he was laughing so hard. I'm now banned from Sainsbury's.

flip the bar over and see if that improves the pushing vs pulling arguement. You could have a bar in need of some TLC

Thats where mine came from, he usually has a few box backs in the yard

I am sure we could beg a good one from that southern Arb suppliers!!!

Get a piece of card and make the stensil yourself?

No body has an issue with a home owner asking advice but this is the very basics. As Pro's we pay insurance some of which is based on the number of incidents from chainsaw use (not just Pro use) and home owners without even the most basic knowledge are a severe risk to our insurance premiums. There are training courses available that will teach you these basic skills (NPTC CS30 and 31 courses) and will hopefully make you safer, alternatively contact someone local to you and ask for a lesson in exchange for a bit of free labour. Stay safe!!! Kev