Mike Hill
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I run a setup not dissimilar to the one shown.Here the chip stays onsite 90% of the time,the versatility of a tracked machine with a drawbar and winch is unrivaled .
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I think you are right that some of your priorities knowledge will be helpful. You won't be fast at anything that takes years to build up speed on. Crown reduction, section fells,job planning etc. You can't teach that on courses,you only get the basics,the very bare bones that take years to flesh out. I don't know the cost of all the tickets you will need,however why not volunteer for a few days at a few firms. Talk rates with the lads and see if it's for you?
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I am not a miserable old bloke,but with nearly 30 years experience under my belt. I was giving a 33 year old farmer with no experience my advice. It would be the same advice I would give anyone,at 33 working for about £10 and hour wouldn't be what I would call a clever career move.He was asking for advice,not whether he could actually do the job. The man is looking for opinions on his options,arb being one of probably many jobs he could go for. Can you remember all those ex forces new grads that Kingswood produced?
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I bet you are right matty,but how much could our man expect per day ,on the books with no experience? Diligent or not,he is going to.be playing second fiddle for years.
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You won't earn bugger all in Arb with your current tickets or indeed the tickets you plan to get. You just won't be fast enough. Consider doing a trade such as plumber/ sparky. By the time you are trained in those fields you could go start your own gig earning propper money. That might take 4 years,however if you started your arb career tomorrow, four years down the line you might be a competent climber but competing with 22 year olds who have the same experience as you. Best of luck.
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What the most unusual thing you have found in a tree
Mike Hill replied to Henry218's topic in Climbers talk
Very nice! I really like the look of a hammer gun. -
What the most unusual thing you have found in a tree
Mike Hill replied to Henry218's topic in Climbers talk
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Do you give a discount for taking away the wood and branches? I know how much you get selling them to B&Q
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I don't understand? If you paid the money upfront,what was your guarantee that he would even show up,let alone inspect it?
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What the most unusual thing you have found in a tree
Mike Hill replied to Henry218's topic in Climbers talk
Put a picture up please. Guns with a story are much more interesting. I have one that I bought years ago from the son of the first owner,who after surviving WW1 died a few weeks after coming home by falling off a horse. -
Or He was afraid you were a rank amateur and you wouldn't pay if he refused to sign off substandard work? I have gotten this with tree reports. If what I recommend goes against the wishes of the client they kick up a fuss.
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Oh ok So....who would make up the coalition and how would they get to Egypt? Do your coalition forces have a history of military co operation. Where would they land in Egypt? Fwiw Egypt dosnt give a flying toss about Palestine, so your coalition forces would have to conquer Egypt first. After somehow sailing up the Med or the Red sea,crossing Africa or Saudi.... Be quite an operation...possibly unprecedented,have you considered applying for Sandhurst?
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Who...um...would make up this " coalition force" and how would they get to Palestine? Also China has historically the good sense to not meddle in the ME. So if it started now,what would be in it for the CCP? * adjusts mirrored ray-bans,re wraps my keffiyeh,lights a roll up while wistfully gazing at a Yassir Arifat picture*
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Word. Power to the people comrade. Are you off down the student Union for half price pints on Friday, revolutionary themed poetry evening tonight? See you there like a Peppermint square!
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@Mark J " The Fash" seriously mate! Sounds like you got a bit carried away singing " The Red banner" at last night's CND rally ,you " Hip Cat " you. Signed Mike "Peppermint Square" Hill * thrusts clenched fist skyward,adjusts beret*
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Put 25% on top of what you can expect on your own jobs. Then if it becomes regular,start a crew that just does that contract.
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Sure Just like,well....practically everywhere else on the planet. Sound system it is too,keeps the bludgers out. I have never had recourse to public funds in any of the four countries I needed a work visa for.
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What the most unusual thing you have found in a tree
Mike Hill replied to Henry218's topic in Climbers talk
Working in Germany I found plenty of bullets. The Armour piercing ones,ruin your chain.Berlin there were roof tile chunks in most of the old trees. Once in Bergen by the Docks , I felled a tree full of shrapnel. When we were working on lowering the stump and cutting around the splinter a German guy asked what we were doing. As the chunk finally came out I gave it to him,he was over the moon. Considering the effort his fore fathers had gone to in order to get that bit of metal to Norway in the first place. -
Yes,yes you can. Norway you Brits can rock up,start working straight away and get permanent residence after two years. Sweden it's a bit of paperwork but not much.Probably a bonus to employers since the applicant will have to show a bit of drive on their behalf. Finland has a seasonal workers permit that would suit the op perfectly. So in short,if you want to stuff holes with tree's in Scandi-wegia then off you go.
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I don't know why you two just didn't meet up for a oil soaked wrestle? Would have saved terabytes of total wankery over several years. I mean France isn't that far from Denmark. You could have held the joust in say,Sweden. Neutral at that point too.
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Honesty I was hoping that Mick would stay out of Johnson's lane. Now we are risking a repeat of the endless circle-jerk that was the Mick/Stig Circus over at " The Treehouse".
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Last sentence absolute gold. "With trouser creases so sharp,they slice the air with every stride"
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Total bollocks Steven. Do you think the current mass ,unvetted immigration is a positive gain for GB or a negative? Here is another example. You and your mates are out for a winter ramble,a storm comes in and your soon soaked,bordering on hypothermic. You look on the map and make a B-line to the closest shelter that happens to be an Army base. Freezing, you plead your case at the gate. Do you A: Get given a grey blanket each and a cup of coffee while sitting in the back of a 4 tonner while the kindly Sergeant calls a cab Or B A pass to allow you to wander the base,use the ablution block,Naafi,Rec room,mess and Bar until you feel like leaving? Which of the above scenarios is more likely and why ?
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So @Steven P If Caucasian Kiwi Shepherds were the most prolific sex offenders,would you recommend continuing to grant them residency in the UK? It wouldn't be fair to exclude all Caucasian kiwi shepherd's, so in which case would they have to be vetted in their country of origin ( New Zealand) Also if tens of thousands of Caucasian kiwi shepards began to arrive by boat,but said they were infact Aussie Horticulturalists should you just let them in,despite them having their undies stuffed with wool and sheep dung on their boots?
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Imagine if most sex pests and rapists were,I don't know-New Zealand sheep farmer Caucasians. Then if you stopped letting New Zealanders into the UK,then deported all New Zealanders and their families. You would reduce the sexual offences hugely. It's not hard when you shift the decimal point.
