Dean Lofthouse
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Ring the local Tree section up and ask, we know which trees they are :wave:
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We've had Arb-dogs Lets now have Arb-bikes
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WTF is that!?:wave: -
I would say it isn't down to the Tree Surgeon to make the decision on the fate of the trees. Such high profile trees will have been subject to all sorts of investigations by all sorts of experts, believe me. If the decision to take them down has been made, it wont have been made lightly, or over night, you can rest assured of that.
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If there was a course on the subject of crane dismantles I would probably go on one. I think there is a huge amount to learn and the only way to do it is through watching and learning from someone who is well accomplished, going in blind would be inviting disaster.
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We've had Arb-dogs Lets now have Arb-bikes
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That looks like my old Greenmech. How long have you had it? While you have it apart, check the aluminium pump tunnel housing to make sure that the milled surfaces on either end are parallel. I have found a few that are quite a few thou out resulting in the pump not being aligned with the end of the drive shaft and premature wear of the red spider drive cushion. -
Reg isn't daft you know Matty? He's cut out the bit where the top slipped out of the choker, came down tip first, bouced across the car park, taking out a pensioner on the way, hitting a brand new Rangerover, which burst into flames setting fire to the building next door, which contained two oxy, acetylene bottles, which exploded and flew into the sky, taking out the left wing of the 4.30 flight to hong Kong, which then crashed into the Houses of Parliment sending the Country into anarchy. Just failed to mention that bit didn't you Reg?:wave:
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We've had Arb-dogs Lets now have Arb-bikes
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A remarkabley clutter free garage there 18stoner. I have no room for bikes in mine, they have to have their own shed in the form of a small wagon back. Try this for clutter, I lost the car in there last week :wave: -
We've had Arb-dogs Lets now have Arb-bikes
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Was a very tidy bike Eden. -
We've had Arb-dogs Lets now have Arb-bikes
Dean Lofthouse replied to Dean Lofthouse's topic in The Lounge
I had the Hornet out at cadwell last, so no problem Dave, you'd better find some left handed roundabouts to go round before you come over. -
Seen that video before, I get that horrible feeling in my stomach when I watch it.
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If only.....
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Got the pump back and fitted it today. Before the calibration: Loads of power thru the range, but smoked like a pillark and used loads of fuel. Pulled no problems. The pump was way out, it turns out it is a 200tdi pump, so he has calibrated it to a 300tdi spec. Factory settings: Started up with no puff of smoke that 300tdis are so well known for. Feels like it is lacking in power but thats because I have been driving it round overfuelling and using twice as much diesel. Absolutely clean as a whistle smoke wise, I'm chuffed to bits that way, but I'm going to have to do some upgrades to get the power up a little. Maybe bigger intercooler. Am going to check injection pump timing with dial guage when I get the chance, could be a tad out.
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I think its: Where do you buy a GRCS? We've got one we don't use!
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Wow! Is that you mom and dads house Tim ?:wave: You could always excavate a small area with a hired in air spade?
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At least I don't have to sell my boots to make a wage for the week.
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I priced a job last year which included taking down a 25ft Yew. I priced the job as a whole then explained to the customer that I wouldn't be cutting the yew down, if he didn't mind I would hire a digger at my expense with a veiw to try and dig it out to replant in my woodland, because it was such a shame to cut it down. I went past weeks later to see someone throwing said yew through a chipper. Made my blood boil. Id would have taken the yew out for nothing.
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You could do it for that if you had no more equipment than one big saw to maintain, a can of petrol and travelled there on a push bike, oh and didn't buy dinner for two days :wave:
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Wouldn't you be able to take the end off the horizontal branch to some extent then cable brace it to the other stem or is that not an option
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Ebay it, lets all have a go
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Welcome Hotchbaby, hope you enjoy it
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We invaded Germany twice, once during the war and the second time when I went in 1982. Wild? Germans didnt know what hit them. I only lasted 12 months and they booted me back out. Not before I got myself the flashing lights of the top of one of their police cars as a souvenier though.
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LOl, if a customer dount make me a brew, I stick me finger in his eye n tell him ta clean his own mess up
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Went to see these whilst serving in Germany in 1983. My mate who I went with was a friend of the lead singer. We were the only two brits in the place. We stood back watching the Germans dancing like pussies and then jumped in the middle of the ring. The dance floor cleared in about 30 seconds, it ended up with just me and my mate on the floor throwing each other about. Brits are too rough for the Germans [ame=http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo36_XUatKY]http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo36_XUatKY[/ame]
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To be fair it is hard to scale it on the first photos, till you actually see it with someone in the piccy for scale. They look even bigger when you see them in the flesh so to speak.
