Dean Lofthouse

It's quite simple really Logs are £180 per load How many logs do I get in a load? £180's worth. Sell logs per m3 there is no other way, if someone doesn't at least have some idea what a cubic metre looks like then take them to the vets and have them put down, either that or just deal with intelligent customers

Mine has performed well on all ground conditions and slopes, it does especailly well in the snow and on the chip pile

For someone just setting up in Arb you are sniffing round some expensive gear and attachments which would take your normal business years of hard graft and a vast customer database to fund IMO you are either extremely ambitious or on a wind up

It is more or less impossible to give you a price to quote. Your overheads dictate the costs, if you have no insurance or EL and basic kit then you can do it for a wage If you do then just add on your overheads, of which there is only you knows the figures

Mewps have their place without doubt, but I would not like to see them used matter of factly. My mewp very rarely gets used by myself, probably twice a yearish and then it only gets used for awkward or dodgy trees or even "cloud pruning" Hawthorn hedges and tree lines which is the new "architect" thing to justify their fees. This type of work would be virtually impossible without a mewp. I personally think that the more we enforce mewp useage, then obviously the more the accident rate will go up and more regulations will be unnecessarily applied. Dismantling a tree on a mewp is or can be extremely hazardous. Courses always take place on the Ideal tree with access 360 degrees whereas most times, access is right under the tree in one position placing the mewp very close or within the danger zone, very rarely do you get the perfect tree or storm damaged tree. I,ve done hundreds of hours in my mewp taking down some very awkward stuff and even with that experience I,ve had quite a few scarey moments. Sometimes you just have to throw the rule book out the basket and minimise the risk in the most effective way possible. Those ways are learnt through experience and not on a course

All we are is matter/ atoms/ energy, infact everything in the universe is. We need energy to survive otherwise we become lifeless and we can only live if that energy is available to support us, at the moment it isn't, eventually we will reach a point where the energy available will not be enough to support life on earth. However, we are on the verge of being able to create an unlimited energy source called fusion power, in other words making energy from Hydrogen atoms, the most abundant concentrated energy source in the universe. When that happens, we will be able to cram as many humans on the planet as is possible, we may even have to move off this planet and inhabit other planets such as the moon. With this new found power supply we can do anything In the mean time we will just have to leave it to nature and the next plague or virus to thin us out, because we cannot do it ourselves as a whole. On the whole humans are by nature, selfish, arrogant and greedy, you only need to stand in the queue at Mc D,s to witness this

Caravaners are the most likely to exceed driver hours IMO (-; Vosa diesel testing are working right at the side of me now, I made a point of making them move their operation out of my way, parked directly under the trees. I'm going to ask him where his ship is as he has a load of gold stripes and loops on his shoulder like cruiser liner drivers

I don't intentionally want to put you off mewps, but there are a thousand more things that can go wrong with them than can go wrong with your rope and harness

No I,m a total idiot, I've blundered through life

It also gives them a false sense of security thinking they are fully qualified so are competent to carry out any task. It's utter bollox, this is the reason we see so many college leavers involved in accidents. My groundy had only just started climbing properly and hes been with me nearly 4 years, there's years of experience to learn on the deck before getting up a tree. I also think it is highly irresponsible for someone to be let loose in a mewp as complex as mine after attending a mornings course on how to operate one ffs

You should not have to turn the h jet any more than an 8th of a turn either way from standard setting. On older saws the standard setting was 1 1/4 turn out and on newer saws normally just a full turn out

Just watched it, he's got balls

Haha....you know me too well David, but not quite, it was at least 30ft The problem was it had to come through the house

I think the facts were already presented in the pictures Previously pollarded and staining in the cuts.

Always nice when you finally get to this bit

Had a go myself today, I do try to move with the times and stuff. What do you reckon

All the rowans I've noticed in decline have been on wet ground, they don't like clay or poorly drained ground

Nothing wrong with leaving habitat, I would however question the location. I find it questionable to leave stubby trees in such a high footfall area, unless there is a robust management plan in place that will be adhered to

I think I got mildly damp on one occasion this year (-:

Id take it straight outside and up other wise you'll have fireproofing the area in the loft to do

Good post and exactly why I don't work in the rain.

Any thing that is open to abuse will be abused, that's human nature. The welfare system is there for the less fortunate, it's just a shame that some think that because they only have one car, they are less fortunate than others. I had a very poor up bringing, we didn't have a tele, I used to get bullied at school because we couldn't afford the latest fashionable clothing and had to stand in the free school meal queue. My mother managed to bring us up on her own with the help of handouts from neighbours and friends. We couldn't afford Hugg boots, plasmas etc etc etc

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No...just current affairs

We,re in boom period Dave and not prepared for emergency, one should never let your guard down. New Orleans is a good example, three days after the flood and they were looting and killing each other for food There on this morning about encouraging breeding to fill the gap in the pension funding, too many wrinkles and not enough paying tax to keep them