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Mike Hill

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  1. I see. Yes it really was a different game back then.
  2. Ever work with a guy from down that way who used to do medieval jousting and sidecar racing? Can't remember his name just now,I worked for an outfit that did the Dulwich Colledge Trees back in the late 90s . I remember mentioning that to him in Germany when we worked together in 2000. Mark Walsh was his name,fk me that's 23 years ago.
  3. Who were you working for then Mick?
  4. I don't know what a fitbit is? This was the late 90s,the Logging and forestry industry traing board put heart rate monitors on hooktenders and they worked the equivalent of playing two rugby games per day. We would drink maybe 8 or 9 liters of water a day in the summer and ate heaps of food. I weighed 70kg.
  5. I was a hooktender/ bucker in a old growth yarder crew in New Zealand in my late teens early 20s. The fallers would tip maybe 30 big ones in a day. 80 if they were down to just 3 tonn stem size. The skiddies who cut the logs to length once they were up the hill used the most fuel,them along with the " Poleman" who unhooked the logs at the top and limbed between turns. It would have been normal to use close to 200 liters a day in saw fuel all up,a tank lasting about 20 minutes.6 to 8 guys on the skid,QC,log maker,poleman,two fallers and a bucker all running saws. In Canada the first time I worked in a crew selective logging old growth. There we felled with a 088 and limbed with smaller saws. The production rate was tiny compared to clear Felling,we might fell five trees in a day other days just one. Carrying big saws can be a pain as you can't easily use it to clear a path as you go. However in old growth there is generally little understory.In clear fell you walk along the fallen trees so it's not too bad generally
  6. Mincers dancing to the sound of a Minstrals Lute.
  7. Is a hetero a type of Italian chocolate?
  8. A 088 will pull a 36" all day everyday for its entire working life. A 066/660/ 661 will die under 6 months doing the same. I am talking about burning 10 to 20 liters a day not mincing around in back gardens. A 66 will do everything well enough but it's a lot lighter built than a 084/088. I would much rather use a lighter saw but we didn't have that option.
  9. Has anyone shown you how to start big saws on the induction stroke? Or you could have tried your hand to the starter handle with your Brassiere.
  10. Or I can't believe how much I am paid ,because honestly I am quite dense.
  11. Imagine you are a former formula one mechanic,moaning that your not getting paid your worth at the local garage fixing Tracey's Corsa. If tree work in Scotland doesn't pay,move to Scandi.
  12. It really is a case of supply and demand. Sounds like there is an over supply in Edinburgh. 24 years ago I was earning £150 per day as a climber in Germany,16 years ago I was earning £250 as a climber in Norway. I used to be able to charge £200 per hour doing crane fells because there wasnt anyone else in this town who was available to subb to other companies.I remember talking to Reg who was hardly making that per day doing the same thing at the time. Now there are multiple guys in this town who can do crane work so it wont earn me a premium anymore. I like to think I am still the most dashing climber however.
  13. Where abouts are you? You might be in an area that has low pay rates.
  14. Nah Sometimes when the client gets the payment from the insurance they look for reasons to keep some money for themselves.It worked out in the end.
  15. I had a insurance job a few years back where the client refused to pay the full amount " because it was only YOU on the job the whole time" With a unimog and trailer plus a Valtra with crane .
  16. The OP should forthwith dispatch himself to the caravan of the seller,receipt in hand to demand a full refund upon collection of the 2 tonn of spurious timber.
  17. Can someone post a picture of these 7 tons of fine English Oak? Alas I cannot see the picture,I wish to share the OP's excitement with his purchase.
  18. I am not sure you can use the words " Greenmech" and "good design" in the same sentence. Hope the owner gets it sorted by jacking up the bonnet and rolling a Jensen in underneath it.
  19. Honestly that thing is so lightly built that it's probably warped during normal use or was welded up a bit "skew whiff". Looks like it's eaten some stones or gravel,dosnt look too serious to me. The "end to end" movement means forward and aft on the shaft,taillights to tow hitch if you like. I would purge the bearings with grease and spin the rotor by hand with the belts off. The noises you described sound like dry bearings. If you do replace the bearings consider welding a 10mm plate behind the current bearing mount and setting that bearing back on the shaft. That mounting point is total shite imho
  20. Been running Rotatech's for 15 years. Curiously the only blade I have shattered was an original Jensen one.

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