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  1. Mike Hill
    I found another one of these. Irony of it all is that it was on a tree 500m from the Uni where the Professor works who has found one example in 30 years. My wife gave him my first find which David identified for me.
  2. Mike Hill
    Errr....So "Doris" dropped £750 on a bit of wood but remains "amazed" that you can use it for other things than looking at? Can't wait to sell my trailer load of Elm slabs for the £17'500 these seem to be worth!
  3. Mike Hill
    Picked up some Elm that I delivered as logs. I call Elm "Trailer park Oak". Making another trip tomorrow.
  4. Mike Hill
    Thanks Tommy I find it a non confrontational way of telling my life story through the medium of Ink.
  5. Mike Hill
    This is mine. Many folk remark on just how tasteful and powerful they find it. I am thinking about adding some testicles at a later date.
  6. Mike Hill
    Just go and buy yourself a long bar,they are safer to use than a short bar anyhow. You will be in greater danger removing the limbs on a fallen hardwood sitting on steep ground than you will be from cross cutting them .A long bar will mean you stay on the top side all the time,cut yourself some wedges from a branch to hammer in above your cut to keep it open. Experience is what you need for this task,tickets don't mean much.
  7. Mike Hill
    Luke As far as I know the tree industry in AB and SK are on their knees after the Oil sands got shut down. BC is pretty much the only province that has pretty much work all year round but Vancouver is bloody expensive to live in. Have you been over to Canada for a look around?
  8. Mike Hill
    If you want to immigrate to Canada as an Arborist,experiance is key. Quals apart from the ISA Cert are generally not recognised unless you are applying at a company who has a Brit as manager. I have worked over there twice,never showed any papers.Just a weeks trial.
  9. Mike Hill
    Put your air filter in the foot part of a pair of pantyhose and then run a film of grease all around the inside of your air cleaner housing. The two above methods used together catch alot of the fine particle before they reach the filter. Plus it's easy to just whip the pantyhose off the filter to shake off the crap. We used to do this in New Zealand after volcanic eruptions left a layer of fine dust everywhere in some parts if the forest.
  10. Mike Hill
    Put a quote in for tarmacing everything. Everything.
  11. Mike Hill

    Jokes???

    Mike Hill replied to brownie1964's topic in The Lounge

    Why arnt the Chinese any good at Cricket? Because they ate all the Bats.
  12. Mike Hill
    I think you just have to suck it up personally. I have gone to plenty of quotes where the client just wanted confirmation that they were onto the right idea on how to do the job themselves. One cheeky bugger wanted to hire the gear from me so he could do the climbing.
  13. Mike Hill
    I like the look of the 4x4 Citroen Being van. If it was just Saws and Gas you are carrying,I would try one of those.
  14. Mike Hill
    75×35 foot square,30 foot roof height.
  15. Mike Hill
    No mate,it's on there mainly as a counter weight for the crane. Comes in handy as a blade for pushing chip ( when I remember to take the tool box off).
  16. Mike Hill
    If it fits up the driveway,I'll use it on the job.
  17. Mike Hill
    Just do it. Dont listen to this bunch of wankers. Put your face cut it,tighten up the winch untill the tree moves towards you six inches,then make your back cut.
  18. Mike Hill
    There are literally hundreds of bunkers along the coast here,if you like that kind of thing. Give me a shout next time you are in the area and we can see the former Uboat pens etc.
  19. Mike Hill
    Very nice work and a touching last gesture.
  20. Mike Hill
    I might be interested in one. All depends on the warranty though.
  21. Mike Hill
    They dropped loads of them Khris. I can see a former U Boat base from across the road from my yard.There is a German destroyer on the bottom of the fjord that was sunk by one and there are loads of craters on Askøy made from "Tall boys" that were jettisoned from damaged bombers,which wouldn't have made it home with a bomb load. They must have dropped 50 around Bergen alone. I know where there is the fuse cover from one lying in the grass.
  22. Mike Hill
    The Rollers are not one peice. Start at the cheap end of the problem,sharpen the Rollers by grinding the verticle (back face). Then replace the spring. I was going to have the rollers cleaned up in a mill but new rollers came out to be the same price.
  23. Mike Hill
    Yes I have. It was worth it,but try fitting a new spring and increasing the spring tension incrementally first. I take it you have tried sharpening the feed rollers? From memory the rollers were 200 quid each.You might get lucky and are able to get the lower feed roller shaft out of the roller but just put a new shaft in it along with new grub screws,it's not really worth trying to get the shaft out.
  24. Mike Hill
    That Cabin in the background is a "Funkkabine" yes really. military-shelter.de | Kabinen, Zubehör + Technik - Kabinen MILITARY-SHELTER.DE Bei uns bekommen sie verschiedene Kabinen und Shelter...
  25. Mike Hill
    If you want to take the chance,at least work out your costs for the job and bid them that. Then if it works out in your favour,then it's all a bonus. You can NEVER be sure what's in a tree and most people won't pay a premium for huge slabs,since two medium slabs edged and laid side by side look as good or better. Plus they are hugely easier to plane,dress,move etc.

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