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Mike Hill

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  1. Mike Hill
    Big Tree! Looks like you guys did a great job on that one. Nice to see two Brothers in the game together.
  2. Mike Hill
    You can bolt rims from the larger Suzuki Quad bikes onto those hubs. People use them for driving on the Beaches back home.
  3. Mike Hill
    If your problem is with businesses then you have to pre arrange payment before you start,ie have a payment date agreed on the quote. I can't see it being a problem with domestic customers,many people in NZ still use cheque books,so could they not leave the cheque? We subscribe to a debt collection company,it costs about £300 per anum.They give us 97% of the debt upfront and take the case from there.We have used them a few times and feel its money well spent. Maybe have on your quotes,"overdue accounts will be submitted to BayCorp"
  4. Mike Hill
    Nice Pics! I have about four Cord of split Oak,Ash and Syc in a Pile.I was going to stuff it into net bags,do you think it drys faster in a pile outside or in net bags outside?
  5. Mike Hill
    Saddle/Harness topper/Climbing saw Truck/Van,Wagon Gas/Petrol Climbing Irons/Spikes,Spurs Buddy/Mate Gas Station/Garage
  6. Mike Hill
    solution?
  7. Mike Hill
    That is one smart looking unit mate!
  8. Mike Hill
    Nice one mate! Hope it does you well! I remember feeling so chuffed going home after buying my first chipper.
  9. Mike Hill
    Or....... Get good at what you do......apply for a job overseas.....buy a ticket....... AND GO
  10. Mike Hill
    Man I remember making those... Putting a short length of Rope through two holes at each end makes them nicer to lift or drag.
  11. Mike Hill
    Sympathy's to his family. Sounds like he had just left Colledge?
  12. Mike Hill
    I am not sure sign written Vehicles help. Perhaps its a matter or "they are doing it,so should I".Here all the Builders have sign written Vans,few Plumbers do however. I beleive a well constructed Web site,professional service and customer care are more important.
  13. Mike Hill
    6X6 is great in a straight line.But a Turd to try and turn with even just the rear Diffs locked. A Chipper on the back would not be much of a load for it.But personally why not tow the chipper with a fast Tractor? Most of the gear like that I have seen working or used,had to drive on and only on the Chip that was produced.Otherwise much stuckness would insue. Also if you bog somthing like that down to the Axels,you need alot to budge it.
  14. Mike Hill
    Brown and Pink are popular colour's when it comes to BANDITS Frank.Probably eat it right up.
  15. Mike Hill
    Thanks for the kind comments.I hope the pictures were interesting,I had a couple of Albums from Logging in Canada but lost them in a breakup with an ex girlfreind.
  16. Mike Hill
    Because they won't run through a Pulley?
  17. Mike Hill
    They are Pinus Radiata and Douglas Fir. Bad thing is that in the heat Doug Fir Clearfell smells like Cheese Toasties.14hour days in 30deg + sweating your nads off in a cloud of Cheese Toastie aroma is not pleasent. I wish I had a didgi cam back then.I saw the blade get ripped off a Dozer once,it flew about 300meters into the Gully.The Skyline used to be attached to the Dozer blades.After that it was run through a Hole in the Blade and attached to the tow hitch at the rear.
  18. Mike Hill
    Get a a sack of Sawdust some Wood Glue and a Wacker Plate. Once its all mixed up and Wacked flat,use a long Steel Ruler and Marker Pen to draw the Parket. Viola! Genuine Parket Oak Flooring!
  19. Mike Hill
    Its your Truck so do what you want with it. It looks like you have been hitting muddy puddles at speed,that pushes abrasive crap into joints and electrics.
  20. Mike Hill
    Most of the big stuff went to Pulp.
  21. Mike Hill
    97,98 and a bit of 99. Not as much logging goes on back home as there was.
  22. Mike Hill
    Big Trees The Trees were felled across the Hill side when possible.The really big ones had to be cut into length before they were pulled up.
  23. Mike Hill
    When I was 17 I worked in a Cable hauler crew in the Kaiangaroa and Rukumoana Forests. The crews were equipt with larger than normal Haulers as we would often be working large Timber.We could log out somewhat further and pull more than other equipment.The machines were two Madill 171's the machines on "Axe men" are 071's..We also had a Thunderbird TMY 70,that machine has a 550HP Detroit V8 engine with two Turbos and a Supercharger.On the in haul it sounded like a Jet plane. The work was very tough,sometimes our areas had Cliffs in them.Rivers and all sorts of crap. The knucle Boom was a 40ton prentice.Sometimes we would Rig backine Spars.There are a coupleof pictures of me going up to grease the tail rope blocks. Our production requirements were about 500 ton per day.Sometimes we pulled more,somtimes less.
  24. Mike Hill
    Thats cool! Where abouts is that?I lived in Taupo for a couple of years in the 90's.
  25. Mike Hill
    Hope you remembered your Pink Speedos big boy! Under that board walk could get crazy at night!

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