Leyburn Lad

Wouldnt touch them with a barge pole, run huskys for past 10yrs, now starting to swap all i can afford to sthil.The 346 has these stupid c clips on the clutch which seem to snap on piece and as for the 357, onee that is over 6yrs old runs like a dream but another that is 2yrs old and hasnt seen any more that 6 months work has been a pig from day one, sthil is the way forward. Watch my arse get blown to bits now:001_tt2: Might no of some cheap sthils coming up in the next week or so

I am using a kash helmet and wouldnt use anything else now, last helmet was a petzl vertex which couldnt get away with always felt like it was dropping of the back of my head, the ercin roc prior to this was great but unfortunatly mine went out of date. not to sure though of how they conform for regulations regarding work on the ground and in the tree.

We carried out a load of pollarding in Hatfield estate about 9yrs ago now when fountains had a load of cabins there for there rail staff working on the railways at Wellyn gardens, they had been pollarded just after the second world war but not since, had a look a while back look good. if your lowering them though just remember the wieght of the timber, think the lads have just forgiven me for the rope burns:001_tt2:

NEW KIDS IN TOWN, CHANGE FROM BOXERS BUT JUST THE SAME FUN:thumbup:

down to canvey island on monday just gone, finished clearing last power line map wednesday morning and no more work in till this monday,but just informed might be stood down till week on monday due to incoming weather, snow is for christmas cards and not for subbies. Any one fancy a north east sledging comp:lol:

If you PM a message with your contact number mate, I will pass you onto afriend who ois desperate for surveyors on a midlands contract, just a small outfit but good:thumbup1:

I have worked in Utility work for the past 15yrs, this has been on Powerlines,Railways and on the highways. There appears to be some confusion around TPO's and the like. All trees and vegetation are treat the same as if it were in a Park or garden, street etc, if they have restictions then the appropriate channels must be used regardless, ie there is no special rules for utilities, the exception to the rule is in an emergancy situation ie trees blocking rail lines or powerlines been infringed causing danger to the network or general public. As for spiking trees, yes it was the norm many years ago but is now slowly starting to fade out, although " and this will open a tin of worms" there are times when a tree has been cut so severly in the past to gain a clearance that the only safe option would be to climb with spikes on, ie if the main anchor points are removed and there are issues of branch security as you climb. The trees left behind after a clearance on either rail site or powerlines are not always to every ones taste, but there is usualy a reason for what is left and it is not always money orientated, a lot of sided trees left on rail land are left in situ to leave a screen to hide the railway, this is also the same with powerlines. Utility Arboriculture has come a long way from the early days when just any tom dick and harry was at it, it still has a long way to go but it does appear to be going in the right direction now, electric and rail companies are now starting to look into there contracts now and not just ask for a blanket clearance regardless of tree species etc, they now understand that if you have a mature oak 2m from an lv line then that is safe even though the contract for that line states 5m, previoiusly this would of been a contract failling. Sorry if i have gone on a bit but some of us are quite passionate regarding doing a decent job in a challanging enviroment that some times requires making a silk purse out of a sows ear.

Would you be interested in afreelancer two days aweek

Sounds or smells like the paint on the burner outside burning off, nothing to worry about we had the same last year when we put ours in.

Cheers:thumbup1:

As i said mate the logwood isnt great as it is just small street tree stuff from the lv lines, but if your mate wants it and it is opposite were we can dump the chip he can have it by all means.

Cheers for that arbogrunt, do you have an address please. and the traffic is? yes a swear word, we ballsed up and booked our digs in southend, it took an hour and half on monday night, bloody tom tom thru a complete track. Do they take logwood aswell or just chip mate, the logwood is only scrag really and nothing of any great use.

Hi there we are currently working on line clearance on the LV lines in Canvey Island, we need to find a site or fellow Arbtalker who requires logs and chip from the sites. Any help or leads greatly appreciated. Jason:thumbup1:

Unfortunatly the old boy Eric has gone to the big dog park in the sky, 14yrs of fun with the old chap though so he had agood innings.

we could be up for it if were back from the deep south, but asking a yorkshire man to drink in lancashire SHAME ON YOU!!!!!!!!!!

This wan't caused by a climbing harness, it was a six point car harness in a rally car that was loosely attached, the car crashed and the guy shot forward in the harness, the rest speaks for its self:sad:

and hence the calibre of staff in the market place:thumbdown:

yep and full of bloody nails for the last twenty foot, but we left it about 12 foot in hieght for them to carve, havent been back to see what it look like.

no , it was a take down for artisan tree care last year at thirsk in yorkshire

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you will never look back, getting a bit of wear in the knees and these seem stop the pain.:thumbup1:

the dogs danglies, had my pair for a while now and you can certainly feel the difference. go the full hog and get yourself a pair of duoble leather pads from buxtons help your knees last a little longer.

MERLIN MALT 1 or 4 bought myne over 4 yrs ago, brilliant and to top it all there only a cocks stride from you over in LEYLAND PRESTON. you can go get yourself measured for the frame and build to what ever budget you want, but you should get a good hardtail for £600. P.S. if your going to them spend a bit on brakes if going hydraulic.

those that work for nowt never go short of work. Lesson learned many years ago mr porter