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  1. Mike Hill
    As above. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWV_4TyzqD4]felling 005 - YouTube[/ame]
  2. Mike Hill
    Really old Pine is great firewood.Smaller stuff is ok as well.As good as Birch anyway.
  3. Mike Hill
    Looks like a good job mate,well done! IF you are short of Wedges on an Oak.Cut some out of a Branch,they work pretty well.
  4. Mike Hill
    Bag of Chaff for an "Arb Stallion" mate:001_smile:
  5. Mike Hill
    You can start out as self employed and being subbed in to a firm a few days a week.just doing normal stuff.Then fill in the extra days by calling round all the Tree firms in your area and asking.Or doing a bit of what ever to pay the bills.I used to call round the firms if I wanted a bit of Saturday work. I used to charge £120 for a Sat and £150 for a Sunday.This was over ten years ago and was Cash. You could provide the option of bringing your own Ground Saws,maybe a Pickup and even a Chipper.Just depends on who your market is. Reputation is your biggest advertisment.
  6. Mike Hill
    You can advertise as a "Free Lance" anything mate.People on here are "Free Lance" groundies for when Crews need an extra Hand,Climbers of moderate skill that might charge less and be attractive to landscape gardeners for example. Then there are the "Arbor Stallions" who are capable of striking down upon any Tree like a Harbinger of Arboral Destruction.These people are few in number and charge alot. I freelanced a bit in London ten years ago,it was never my main gig and almost always on weekends.The best bits were working in different areas with new people and the worst was the lack of Bus and Train services if I was working a Sunday.
  7. Mike Hill
    The Market changed. More people buy "Utes" to be a versitile Family type Car,than to carry Bales of Hay. When the Vehicles have depeciated enough.folks buy them to use for hard work.At that point the warrenty is expired so the manufacture isn't interested. Remember this? [ame] [/ame]
  8. Mike Hill
    I bought one a couple of months ago in California.It can with a 16" Bar and Chain I thought that was a little optomistic for such a little Saw. I did a Muffler Mod on it (really easy to do with a Drill and a Saw File) re-tuned it and away I went.To say I am impressed by it is an understatement. Its perfect for Conni Hedge Topping,the long Bar is handy for cutting more than one Top at a time.Its not a 200T,but it was less than half the Price.So my 200T's get used half as much and the weight saving is a bounus.
  9. Mike Hill
    Top job that man!
  10. Mike Hill
    Great news Ross! Congratulations to the both of you!
  11. Mike Hill
    Did you treat the Gortex before you wore it? You buy the Fluid at outdoor shops you get two Bottles.You wash the Garment with one to clean it,then wash it again with the other to waterproof it.
  12. Mike Hill

    Wages??

    Mike Hill replied to RobArb's topic in Employment

    The Arb Market is at saturation point in the UK.There are many Colleges producing more graduates every year than there are jobs to have. With the recession shrinking peoples available funds there is less work to go round and less money to pay wages. If for example a huge Storm struck the UK,there would be more work than people could do,so employer's would have to pay more to tempt staff from leaving their current jobs. Wages would rise for the duration of the Storm Damage and subside there after.
  13. Mike Hill
    Good advice that.If you have to buy cheaper to get started,have a goal of upgrading as soon as possible.
  14. Mike Hill
    I bought a MS192 in the States,did a Muffler mod on it and re-tuned it.It pulls a 16" Bar well and is lighter than a MS200T.Good Saw.
  15. Mike Hill
    Be Macho. No one remembers the man who "Pruned that Huge Tree"or the "Chap that found that Fungus". Climbing is a Mans job and this is the job of a Man.
  16. Mike Hill
    Don't think so mate.Dip your finger into Bar Oil,press your Thumb against it and slowly remove your Thumb.There will be some "tack" like snot from your Thumb to your finger. Gear Oil won't do that.
  17. Mike Hill
    Wrong kind of Rain? They should send me one,I could trial it.Then if it stands up to 100" of annual Rainfall its propper.
  18. Mike Hill
    I think we should buy one,all of us together at Arbtalk.When we catch someone stealing our Firewood,onto the Treadmill they go. It could have a Brake Band on it,you could increase the resistance of the Tracks depending upon the seriousness of the Theft.
  19. Mike Hill
    As you would expect it to be,its designed by a Tree Man,made from Steel and Welded together.Reg knows what he's doing. The Raincoat has been in a Bag presumably for the last 120 days.We get around 100" of rain a year here in Bergen,be interesting to see how one would hold up to those conditions.Probably well if I kept it in a Bag.
  20. Mike Hill
    If the Digger has Steel Tracks,weld a taller strip of Steel on every second Track plate.
  21. Mike Hill
    A couple of years ago I saw a Car that had driven off the Road and gotten Stuck a couple of yards off the Tarmack.A well dressed Woman was standing by the Road in the Rain.I asked if she needed help and to save an expensive Tow Truck I could drag the Car back onto the Road with the Hiab on the 16 tonner. Off to the yard I went,came back in the Wagon,set up the Crane,gently dragged her nice car back onto the Road,unclipped the Soft Strop and She F------------ just drove off. No more using my gear to help folks for nowt.
  22. Mike Hill
    On your White Board I couldn't help but notice "Random Gay" is this a official business practice or just somthing you hope your Boots will facilitate?
  23. Mike Hill
    "Kiss,Kiss" in Swedish.
  24. Mike Hill
    Great news! Sika are tough little buggers.
  25. Mike Hill
    Yes.A Tree company without staff or Equipment might be tough to sell.

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