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  1. Andy Gentle
    I have a 6 and an 8yr old vintage that should be good
  2. Andy Gentle
    I got that Alex and will be in touch. Thanks
  3. Andy Gentle
    Thanks for that Steve. For the right person I can offer a good package and long term prospects.
  4. Andy Gentle
    Position available for a full time climber. Based near Suffolk/Essex border. Experience preferred and minimum of CS30/31 & 38/39. CS40/41, UA1&2 and mewp tickets will command a better salary. Please PM me for more info or send in you CV to [email protected]
  5. Andy Gentle
    Yes Roadhouse was a good film
  6. Andy Gentle
    Pm sent, thanks.
  7. Andy Gentle
    Not sure if anyone at the AA will be displaying this sort of kit, more forestry type stuff, I'll have a look at whose there, I was thinking of giving it a miss this year tho due to current climate and having been every year for the last 8 years.
  8. Andy Gentle
    I am thinking of buying a 2-2.5m mulcher capable of clearing scrub and also small trees up to 10", to go on the 3pt linkage of 185bhp tractor. You would not believe we are in recession as I made contact with around six companies asking for details etc last week and only one has got back to me:thumbdown:. Thought it would be worth putting a post on here to see if anyone knows of one for sale.
  9. Andy Gentle
    ZX9R for the road and YZF250f for the dirt.
  10. Andy Gentle
    Mmmm see what you mean. I look pretty serious I guess:mad1:. Don't know why as I too enjoyed the day. Anyway your a fine one to talk misery guts, you look pretty sad too, don't make a very happy advert do we . I also saw someone I'd not seen for over ten years and met with Mr Hancock, would not have known who he was but his avatar gave the game away.
  11. Andy Gentle
    We don't use these anymore and have a builders bag full of them in back of our container. Will count em up next week and if anyone wants to make an offer?
  12. Andy Gentle
    R.I.P Alex, you'll be missed. Condolences to his family. Very sad.
  13. Andy Gentle
    :thumbup:good result, well done to all involved.
  14. Andy Gentle
    That's interesting I was led to believe it was the other way round, you got me having doubts now, more research needed methinks. Does anyone else have a view on which is more harmful to health?
  15. Andy Gentle
    There is no substitute for having and practising good aerial rescue skills but there is also a very easy and simple way of getting an injured climber down that can be taught and practiced by ground crew that can't climb. The anchor point the climber uses is set up as a seperate system, over a suitable crotch similar to what the climber would choose, i.e. pulley or cambium saver attached to the end of a rope which is anchored at ground level attached to a lowerable device that the ground crew can use (prussik petzl stop etc,etc). OK it would not always work 100% of the time as an unconcious climber may get caught up but in most scenarios it works and is another way of making the job safer. For someone like Shrek who works as a lone climber it would make his situation 100% safer, the guys on the ground could more than likely get him down if the s**t hit the fan.
  16. Andy Gentle
    You might find that has changed, got a quote from them this week and the cheapest way of buying 25ltrs is 9-15 drums at £50 a drum. We stopped using plant oil about 2yrs ago as it made everything sticky and black and if you left a saw un-used for a few weeks it set like glue in the bar:confused1:
  17. Andy Gentle
    Quite a few years ago we went over to using biodegradable bar oil in the interests of the environment and also operators health. Oregon Arborol has now been increased to an RRP of £100 (can be got for £60)for a 25ltr can compared to £32 for mineral oil. After shopping around the cheapest I can get biodegradable stuff for is £2 per Ltr in bulk (200 at a time). Can anyone better this as I am thinking of going back to using mineral oil and only using the other stuff for climbers saws and when working near or over water? What does everybody else use?
  18. Andy Gentle
    Here is a picture of Righ
  19. Andy Gentle
    No one has mentioned having a qualified slinger banksman, something of a rarity as this is also the climber/cutter. You should also have an appointed person who is in charge of the job/lift on site. The crane company will be able to supply one but it costs and then becomes a contract lift as opposed to a crane hire and ALL the responsibility is theirs. If it goes wrong without having the above in place they will throw the book at you. You can gain the appointed persons qualification, 2/3 day course but not many companies run them, there is a co down here that does it if anyone is interested, I'll be organising a course this year.
  20. Andy Gentle
    Not much but have quite a lot of work booked in for it. I intend to offer it to other companies locally, it's an easy way to clear the heavy away from site saving time, mess and money.
  21. Andy Gentle
    My understanding is no as we will use it for arb work, removing timber from sites for other tree surgeons as well as forestry so it falls outside of ag and forestry. The ministry are pretty hot round here and I've heard they even clamp down on fastracks pulling beet into the sugar factory so they'll be sure to say no to this.
  22. Andy Gentle
    That's not a bad guess Ed, it's an Atlas 100.1, the crane is as I bought it and the previous owner either did not use the extensions or did not know they were there as the retaining pin was put in the wrong way so you could not extend it. It was origionally a removal unit for illegally parked cars and the crane has done sod all work. This is how it looked when I bought it.
  23. Andy Gentle
    There you go, sorry quality is not great as taken on a mobi.
  24. Andy Gentle
    These look like a good bit of kit, can custom spec it with your choice of loader and as it's a hook loader can have a choice of flat bed with bolsters or bulk chip body or both Go to http://www.stronga.co.uk Not cheap tho
  25. Andy Gentle
    PTO driven. The trailer still has the gearbox in so you can select several gears inc reverse ones, the tractor has loads of gears and you can match the speed pretty close so they match quite well. When we had a smaller tractor we used the drive on the trailer more, now we've got the bigger one it very rarely needs it, just leave the trailer in neutral. I once pulled out a fully laden artic stuck up to it's axles using the drive on the trailer.

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