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:sleep: Clearly you think you can teach us all so much, great!!, wheres your vid?? All we have from you you is your avatar pic, is that you SAT on the limb??

I trust you pulled that Ragwort (sp) after the bee had finished

Jeazzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its no wonder so few post vids!!!!!!!!!!! I think it was awesome, if I wanted advice on doing the job I would sooner ask a guy like Mike than the NPTC.

Hoppus feet is from back before there were meters, I believe.

Try contacting your local chambers of commerce and your county council.

I think often to get a grant you need to be providing some one with employment, IE job creation.

Yes!

To be perfectly honest I don't think whats on your card means squat. I give my customers my card so they have my number.

Yes, its Hoppus feet, they always just call it so many "cube", they gave me £3 a cube last time, for Sycamore, Ash, Cherry and Lime. Collected from my yard and no real come back regarding nails. I thought they were very fair and from what you say, I think I'm right.

Surely no one thought it was REAL????????????

Less than that!!

I have some nice Elm butts, what sort of money should I get?? I also have a bit of Oak and some Sycamore and Yew. I normally sell it by the cube. (foot)

26 years experience!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:scared1: You old bugger!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is your opinion, which you are MORE THAN entitled to, I'm sure there are many on here who would totally agree with you I however don't, I do not take as gospel what the NPTC say is the best way of doing things. The NPTC is only a starting point, they have to look at things from a view of the very weakest worker. You could have a seven stone girl learning to climb, would it be appropriate for her to one hand an 020?? of course not. Experience is the key IMO, once you have learned the basics you can then slowly and carefully experiment with other techniques, I one hand my 020 regularly I have never had a "near miss" from a one handed kick back, I find I can control the saw no problem with one hand, I would never encourage others to copy anything I do. As professionals we should, IMO, learn our limitations and work within them. As human beings we are ALL very different, how many of us can run a 1 minuet mile? or bench press 150kg? or hold our breath for 4 minuets? I would find it very difficult to believe any one could watch that video and honestly say they felt it looked at any time as if Mike did not have full control. I have watched video's were the operator has followed so called "best practice" and I have been cringing at what I perceived to be their total lack of control. I would never want to tell any one how to do their job and really don't want any one telling me how to do mine.

Or it could just be a cunning plan to find out what every one charges :sneaky2:

BUGGER!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry you had such bad luck Marc, I think most of use have had days like that.

Hehehe!!! great minds think alike!!!

I often half crown lift trees over paths or roads, you can half thin a tree to allow more light. From the trees point of view the less removed the better.

Not me I just get on and fell em!!

Its the WHOLE of south Wales.

Fell it Bob, DDD.

Presumable YOU helped pay for the bridge??

The smaller the piece the faster it drys.