Mike Hill

Ha ha,I actually had to rescue mine with the digger this morning after another " I wonder if......" episode. Now I have to panel beat the feed tray on the chipper. Anyway Dean,its more challanging driving up things:ohmy:

Suitcase I may look stupid flinging it into the mog.But its water/chip proof easy to carry and everyday starts like a holiday.

Silky saw:Always there,cuts rope better than any knife.After you've lost a good few knives out of trees you'll get the point.

Anything that my spikes won't dig into Joking:001_smile:

Yes guys,theres almost 24 hours of daylight here at the moment.Wives and hobbies only go so far:001_tt1:

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The first three had breaches that chambered a Blank Cartridge that when fired drove the Harpoon out.The fourth gun also had the the same idea but the breach slide to one side like a Artillery peice,same idea just larger.

I went to Tromsø for a few days with a mate.Unfortunatly it was overcast for the Solctice but being 600miles north of the Arctic circle it was still a good time. Here are som pictures of Harpoon guns outside the Polar museum.Norway still whales commercially and you can buy the meat in most supermarkets.Its very tender.

+1 Splice an eye in one end and you could also use it as the first leg of two ropes joined together to pull Trees over (so your good rope dosn't get squashed)

Very smart! Does it have a decent road speed or is its speed comparable to a tracked machine?

Ban chainsaws! Problem solved!

I think the Jap 4X4's are generally more reliable than landrovers.Fewer leaks,rattles,oil patches on the driveway etc. I still have a landrover back home,dad drove them for forty years but now drives a Izuzu because he got sick of working on landy's. I think that sayes alot.

There were three students to a staffer for the days I was there helping with the large tree felling.One staff in the tree with the climber and students on the ground.Good fun and eager to do it again.

Ok my mistake.

A 1750 with the Bandit chipper you had on it Ed looked like rather a heavy unit mate.

Here are some pictures from a sectional felling course I helped staff.The course was run by Svein Ringheim and was over one week in a Alpine town called Voss in western Norway.The climbers that attended had a broad range of experiance and the GCRS and a Norwegian produced lowering device similiar to the Hobbs were used side by side.

I worked for a guy in South London who had one,not a bad Truck but pants off road compared to a Mog. For a mainly road use truck with limited use off road and towing a chipper then,as a unit this might be a good choice.Somthing like the RB44 would have been our first choice if we didn't have to get into tight spaces and really go off road.

those things are junk.We wore a groove in the Alloy behind the capstan in a day.Oh,just before the Capstan actually fell off.

Shame he wasn't "head butting" the wall!

Thankyou.The "Shrub" has grown into quite a tree,about 30ft tall.There is a Hedge made from them.

Here are a few pic's from a Crane job I subbed on in January.I have to say that the driver was an absolute top guy and really did his best to make the job run smooth. The last lift was a seven ton Butt.

Both Otters and Beavers posess pelts of the highest quality. Beaver farms would mean less reliance on synthetic fibers and less damage to the enviroment.

Here are a couple of samples that I don't know the name of.Anyone help please?

Does Bryce call you his beavers?And if so,what does he call you after a day in the Rain?

Here are a few pictures of a badly planned garden feature that has the potential to undo many years of work. The Spruce sits on a headland,orintated to the north,an oak directly to the south and a Bronze age grave behind it.The Architect advised on the location of the Maze that was donated to the hospital by a wealthy benifactor. The area excavated to site the Maze on resulted in the severing of 75% of the Spruces roots and the soil being dumped on the root zone of the Oak.About five tons of it. The Spruce sat atop a rock,minimal top soil on its north side,instead the tree had run two huge roots into rock cracks about the high tide line and proliferated roots into the wet soil downslope to the south.I put the Spruce trees chances at less than 50% due to the dry summers and high winds that will throw dehydrating sea water up at a tree that has lost most of its roots. The Oak we removed most of the over burden ontop of the existing grade.We will return with out digger and move the rest. It amazes me that people are allowed to graduate Uni with degree's and yet still lack the basic knowledge to avoid cock ups like these.One thing the person had gained,either by tertiary study or extra curricular actitivities was a massive ammount of arrogance. P.s I have managed to photograph everything our of scale!The Oak is about 14" DBH and the foundations are two feet deep