Dean Lofthouse
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Is this the future? Street Tree after Street tree at Crosland Moor Hudderfield, tarmaced over. What behind this idea then? BTW, thought I'd compact the roots a little with the Landy.
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Too late mate, everyone knows now
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A friend has just had his Hedgetrimmers go for no apparent reason.
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I'm sort of interested for the exact reasons you are plus you know exactly what stock you have. See how many you get.
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A ferrari F1 engine with supercharger and nitro injection. With parachute in the rear for stopping at traffic lights, just subtle changes Ed. I'd love to do that to an old Daf 33 or something and watch the look on some chavs face in their chavved up car being left standing at the lights.
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I "lost" about £4900 in Vat, but I got it on lease purchase or something which meant I got allowed quite a bit against income tax which I think offset it. Worst thing is you have to pay vat up front then I think pay vat on the monthly payments, may have got it wrong. I'm as thick as you when it comes to books
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Mines an Extech MO200, forgot where I bought it from but it is consistently accurate.
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I don't know the figures ect or how, but thats why I've just got a newer Landcruiser, I got allowed a lot against tax on the other one which helped pay for a big chunk of it.
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Nice Ed, looks the part, would be a shame to mucky it. But where's the handle and the wheels for pushing it around?
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My customers always seem a bit shocked when they ask how much for cash and I say a few quid more. Because it costs me to pay cash into the bank, I tell them. My mate once came unstuck when he did some building work for a tax inspector, you never know who you are working for.
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All my customers are domestic customers and if I charged vat on top of my quote, I'd be out of business in a fortnight. They are not interested in the whys and wherefores of vat registration, they are just interested in paying for work done, not work done plus a fifth more for the tax man
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It would be interesting to see what it measured in the middle, I always test my logs by splitting them and testing inside.
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The weight saving would be quite a lot. I did work out the weight of the wood used to make the chipbox and it's horrendous, 3/4 ply weighs some
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Mine started out as you described, I used to just clip a sheet round which worked brill until I got the Bandit chipper, which is so viscous it required a wrap round box to catch everything before I killed someone with flying chip. I did notice a massive difference in drag as you say and fuel consumption went right down. I was thinking of taking the box back off just to see what difference it made.
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Do you know Blakes, I've no idea what you'd call it. It's basically a half hitch doubled back round again to the working end with a steel carabiner acting as a running bowline. It's very fast, grips very well and has never slipped in the time I've used it, you can use it on small or large lowers. George did very well SBTC , there was a couple of lowers that he did that were perfect, stopping them gradually just before they touched down and in the small drop zone. Better than some more experienced groundies
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George my new Groundies first lowering attempt. Did ok really, had to rescue a few bits but some of the best lowers have ben edited out by mistake, small drop zone with only flower beds and a garage roof to avoid. Was a Eucalypt. The Dog yapping in the background nearly got a boot up it's jacksie the noisy annoying git Video quality is rubbish on Youtube, it was downloaded from near DVD quality. It is also my first attempt with my POV1 helmet cam. [ame] [/ame]
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I wouldn't go up in it. It would scare the hell out of me that high with the fly arm bending like that
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Magics
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That's one of mine Bob, at least I used rope to tie the ladders and not screws. Thats Swampys Tree isn't it?
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Pruning Stop Before You Top Proper Pruning Brings Tree Flowers Topless Trees Are Indecent Don't Top the Trees, Please! Careful Planning, Gradual Pruning Essential for Flowering Trees Help Trees Take Shape: Prune Properly Do Your Trees Suffer From Indecent Exposure? Those your spike marks Mikes??
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That baits not working
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I'm not biting Nope, I'm biting my tongue
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Still correct cuts, centre stem dies down to the next side branch, take that centre stem down and create a walkway for future trimming and the stem compartments off and doesn't die down lower, plus Health and saftey mate,
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Lol
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So a thin doesn't reduce wind loading then
