Dean Lofthouse

I've been to Cyprus Bob ??

The GRCS might be there for us older end Pete

Yeh and while we're nitpicking, speak english man. "A fearly hivie leana" Waht sort of english is that !!!

Yeh, what about that nurd that introduce that new fangle computor thingy. I'll never use one of those

I've watched that vid before and I think he's a very brave man going to the very tip with a stem dia of less than 4 inches

Worked on and driven the Matador. The passenger used to lean over to help me get the steering wheel over to full lock to get them round corners when going slow

I'm petrified of flying, so to me, there would have to be something very special to get me on a plane flying that distance over open water.

Reg Does the crane driver give you some guidance on the size of the timber piece being cut or is that down to your experience after he has told you what the given max weight for the outreach of the crane at that time. In other words, once he sets the crane up and ends up on max outreach and say the weight limit is 1 tonne is it up to you to guess or does he go, bit lower mate, more still, more still.

TV programs are responsible for dictating the image we hold of our American cousins. Especailly for such as me who as never visited the US. On every American TV program or film that shows a prison scene, it always shows a picture of the prison excercise yard full of weights with all the inmates working out. Plotting how they are going to "shank" a rival or another inmate. The other side is the Gang warfare, shootings, homocides. If we were to believe everything we see on TV we would never visit the US. I have all the above images in my memory banks and have no desire to see the US. I know it is nothing like that but. The only thing I can do is watch more "Friends" and who knows, I may visit thinking that if I pop into the local coffee shop Jenifer Aniston will be there to great me.

Post when they come in Jonesie and I'll have one.

Take a chill pill dude and look at my avtar, I know accidents happen.

It isn't the only precaution in place Drella. That combined with vigilence of the cutter, the groundsman etc etc All these combined "add upto" a safe workplace or reduced risk workplace:001_smile:

oops sorry, it's pre 2001. I must check out the MOT situation, I bet he thinks it's a 110

That's why I only employ female groundies, and they have to wear the company white t shirts, because we're always working in the rain. JOKING girls

If you were subbing for me, you wouldn't get rained off, I'd build your character no problem.

Yes and I don't mind that, it's a fair system, charging someone £450 tax who's motor does hardly any miles is not a fair tax. Tax the people that use fuel not the ones that don't. It creates the same effect only targets the right people, if you have a big or inefficeint car you will use it less or buy a more efficeint one. You will also walk the kids the hundred yards to school instead of running them in the car

I always tell my groundies "when the saw is buzzing, it's cutting and something is going to be coming down" All well and good saying it's the climbers fault but he doesn't always have a clear 360 degree veiw for leaf on other trees. Half the reason I don't like the chipper running, shoving brash in as it is dropped is you cant communicate and you can't hear the saw cutting.

That's what I call living life to the full, what a card.

Monday last week we had the same, I started taking down a huge Sycamore and it started peeing it down at lunch. I shoved my climbing gear under cover and was ready for packing up and going home. Another local Tree Surgeon was helping me, called me a wuss and persuaded me to stay. We carried on, got all my gear wet and when I went to get out from where we were, the landy bogged in, it wouldn't come out with the chipper on. In the end I had to leave the chipper on the job, lost £200 because we had to go back next day to recover the chipper and spend 3 hours f~~king about when I got home hanging all my ropes up to dry. This week I have had to work 5 days and still haven't caught up. I have to work monday which i'm supposed to be having a week off to do the defender engine. When your self employed and they are your jobs, it just isn't worth trying to mess about and work in the rain. Just go and split logs under cover or something. In total, just by working through that afternoon of rain will have cost me about £400

What's wrong with that! There's pruning like that all round here and no-one bats an eyelid.

Whatever make you feel comfy MrT I use all sorts of different cuts all the time, sometimes I bore in and just carry on straight out the back sometimes I don't. Sometimes I'll come in from the back, wedge it then carry on to form the hinge. Do whatever takes your fancy

I've got a Defender and an Amazon. ...and they both work out the same as your figures Peter. That means I'll be paying nearly a £1000 a year in car tax. I can't see a smart car pulling my 3.5t MEWP somehow. The main power generatoring stations in the UK, ie Drax etc, put out more CO2 than all the cars in the UK. We should have a Household tax based on how much electricity each property uses per year as well. The more you use the higher the tax band. The fairest way is to put the tax on fuel, then those that guzzle it up pay, those that have a big engine but only do a few miles a year don't then pay road tax for non use. A rep with a corsa can burn more fuel ricking around the country doing 2 thousand miles a week than I would doing 100 miles a week in the amazon