Dean Lofthouse
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Everything posted by Dean Lofthouse
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Why not just wear safety boots ?? Public perception is important when your being sponsered, how many people know what chainmail is let alone would suppose he must be wearing it Edit: I've put a smiley incase you take it the wrong way
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It would do if I hadn't put :congrats:and agreed with stevie, that people who study deserve more recognition. Think about it, it's not rocket science.... Why would I praise in one sentence then slag off in the next ??
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She'll make a good bricklayer
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When I cant get it up anymore I know its time to give up climbing trees either way I could probably outlast most young uns
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Have I priced and won one of your jobs or something ?? WTF have I done wrong
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Lets be fair Josh, age as nothing to do with the above.
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Your the only one taking it the wrong way. Try not to be ambiguous ??? Try reading statements and pausing for thought, before you jump in feet first see if it could be read another way because you have obviously gone way over the mark and taken it totally the wrong way
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I dont bother with chains or padlocks, they only deter oppertunistic theft. A gas axe will get past nearly all the security measures. My trailer had a hitch lock and a wheel clamp, it was timed on the security cameras, they took it in 26 seconds and they didn't remove the security
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You've got to start somewhere, but I get where your coming from. I bet the majority on this forum started with no experience, hanging off a ladder tied to the tree with a bit of bailing band
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Quite a simple solution, price the job to take it steady and not rush around like a blue arsed fly. There is no way on earth I would work for anyone and bust a gut at 46, but I dont have any problem whatsoever earning all the money for myself and pricing jobs right. I expect to still be earning good money at 60
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I think you've been drinking. Either that or your just after an argument. I am saying 5 years study is worth more and should deserve more recognition than a few letters after your name You read that statement how you like, I couldn't give a toss
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It wont if its in the a frame because they'll see it and if it's between axles you would just roll the trailer forward till the axle touches the bollard. In my example, damage to the trailer would be better than losing £30k in stock or having to replace a mewp at around £45K
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I agreed with Stevie in that if you have gone to the trouble of spending years of studying you should be able to get the credit for it. The only credit most get is to put a couple of piddly letters after their name. You have jumped to a conclusion because you didn't read stevies post to which I was agreeing ??
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I had an idea a few years ago which was basically something which operated like one of those bollards which drop into the ground, I was going to manufacture a post that lifts hydraulically out of the ground from a switch inside the workshop. You park up your trailer and the a frame is positioned over the bollard which rises up through the a frame or it could be positioned to rise up under the trailer between axles if it was a heavy trailer that couldn't be lifted. My trailer was always loaded as it was an exhibition unit so the bollard would have been raised up underneath between axles and would have been impossible to move It's a dead easy thing to manufacture with a bit of engineering knowledge, two very heavy guage steel tubes, a small hydraulic ram and one of those portable hydraulic packs, or for cheapness even a hand operated hydraulic pump
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In a way that I haven't got a clue what your on about quoting me for something I haven't said or trying to imply I have said something ??
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I think you've mis-interpretted my post ?
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Totally agree Stevie They do get to put a couple of letters after their name though
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If were talking about just climbing then I'd agree, young un's would be better. But there's a whole lot more to taking down or pruning a tree than just climbing it. What does a tree climber do......climb the tree, get to the top then sit there with his arms folded ? Climbing the tree is about 5% of the skills needed imo I think common sense makes up more of a percentage than being a good climber does
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Unless they are crossing a uneven ground, come Dave, keep up
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Happybirthday Steve
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No worries Tommer, it's gone to a good home
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Really nice to meet you Tony, the opinions are still there mate, I was just dying a thousand deaths with a bad cold, I wasn't really myself over the weekend, was bad on the way home and now I'm really bad, proper man flu now. Nice to meet a few more new faces as well
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When we sober up I reckom mate
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Hi Paul Sounds like they knew you were coming mate and brought out all the gear Your visits should be unannounced
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We do jobs like that whilst being fired upon by the taliban crawling on our bellies to the chipper through crocodile infested swamps, whilst being eaten alive blood sucking creepy crawlies , whilst talking to stevie on the phone:biggrin:
