Mike Hill

From memory....One of the Bolts has a washer with a flat face on it,this orintates towards the feed roller housing.I wonder if the bolt is done up withour the washer correctly placed,the washer could be on an angle and loosening of the bolt might be a matter of time?

Where was the bolt located that came loose? Front bearing bolts or the rear (infeed) end?

Big Tree that one Matt!

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Top draw stuff mate!

You see them about over here,still very expensive. But a versitile peice of gear. Here is a local with his "Iron Horse" that is carrying a Moose,while he rides on top. Weird.

I'm Gob Smacked. That Ekka must truely be one "Arbor God",he is right up there with G Berenak on my list of Tree Hero's. I actually heard he could Fly.

I can't argue with the fact that its good to have a wound dressing close at hand. Perhaps if groundies were encouraged to have a large "Shell Dressing" in the pocket of their Saw pants rather than a small one on the climbers harness.Then at least one Dressing is instantly available incase the other groundy hasn't made it back from the Van with the First Aid Kit by the time the climber reaches the ground?

Are there any recorded instances of Climbers saving their life through applying wound dressings before decending? It would be interesting to know on what parts of the body climbers most often cut themselves whilst aloft.I am betting that its arm or hand.In the case of either injury,the time spent fumbling for a first aid kit on a harness and then attempting to apply it one handed might be better spent decending?

I absolutely detest Dog Turd covered gardens. I refused to do a job once because the garden was foul,the weather had been Roasting and you could smell the back garden from the driveway. The Boss got the hump with me for a while,but I was there to climb Trees,not deal with Bio Hazards.

Welcome to Arbtalk mate! I know I like to see video's and pictures of how its done in other countries:001_smile:

Perhaps the training is more qualification orientated rather than a reflection of the industries demands. I had a recent grad,who told me he could "take down any tree" because he was the best on his course. Oh dear.

Both looked top class mate!

I know Matt pretty well.We worked together at "City Care" a few years ago. Top guy!

Great car! Supprising off road,the low range isn't that low compared to some vehicles but the idea is you hit obsticles a bit fast than normal and bounce over the top. Well that was my technique. If you have the time,change the cambelt out.Its not a hard job and could save you from alot of stress if it slips out in the woods one day.Same for any car I suppose but the tensioner in them is a bit of a weak point.

Looked good mate!

Supurb place to work mate! I'll be back there in a few weeks. Are you working with "Devastating Matt Miller,the rope head Tree Gorrilla?

The crazy thing regarding Aspen Fuel here in Norway,is the the larger the container,the more it costs. The least expensive way to buy it,is in a packet of 5Liter cans. The most expensive is by the Drum (205 Liters)

Got it in one mate. I provide a service,the client provides the job.

Nice job mate! Did you "block" the front wheels on the landy?

I would quite like a U900 or U600,and a Randsoms Crawler and a Hagglunds BV7 and and and

Would it not run like a Dog with an itchy arse?

Your right Joe. I think its an old gearbox from a Unimog 411.Both the output shafts on mine come from the transfer case on the drivers side. Someone on here will know.

Here is a picture from another forum. I like looking at line drawings of machinery.

Over here the people that burn Firewood prefer Birch.Its traditional,dries fast and dosn't Coke up the Chimney's as much as Pine or Spruce.Most of the wood stoves have small diameter Chimney's that can contain some pretty absurd angles. Birch is the dearest wood to buy,thats more to do with demand rather than quality.Most of the Firewood is Trucked in from Lativa or Estonia as its more cost effective than producing it locally.The quality of the Wood is pretty poor,its normally small diameter stems split in two.The moistier content is also pretty dubious. The cheapest wood in town is green Spruce,it sells for about £4 a bag and the guy can't keep in stock.We have dropped off 20 ton or more of logs to him this year alone.The low price is peoples motivation to buy his product. We are going to sell Firewood on a limited basis next year.We will sell Ash,Sycamore and Maple.We hope that the higher quality product sold at the same price as Birch will prove popular.If we could sell just Birch then we would,however most people keep that.