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  1. Stihlwatersrundeep
    Thanks zen, loved every minute of it now I just need to find someone to pay me to do it!
  2. Stihlwatersrundeep
    still here! see above...:wave:
  3. Stihlwatersrundeep
    I hope no-one on here is bidding? Item is in greece, pay by bank transfer, no picture of the item (just stock photo) seller has no feedback? I smell a wrongun here? I have bought enough off ebay to smell a rat.... ebay chainsaw
  4. Stihlwatersrundeep
    making me think? I will be saying that in a couple of months... (will have no experience, got to start somewhere?) But will have cs 30 and 32, pickup truck, all ppe, ms260 , polepruner and maybe a bigger saw etc. will it make a difference to people looking for a groundy or will you all be thinking "All the gear no idea!) is a groundy with lots of kit better to employ than one without or are you looking for experience above all else?
  5. Stihlwatersrundeep
    Ta......
  6. Stihlwatersrundeep
    sorry to rub it in Monkeyd, but I will be alp's side this weekend as my rich sister has booked a chalet and said do i fancy a freebie? (someone has to look after the poor member of the family!)
  7. Stihlwatersrundeep
    did one of those favours for people on the weekend, well to be fair the farmer got his fallen trees cleared in his wood and i got a full woodshed! must'nt grumble....
  8. Stihlwatersrundeep
    was going to do that treemotion, might be rubbish money but at least I am learning and earning.. can't say fairer than that... Find a job you like and you'll never do a days work in your life .... hhmmmmmm, that's what they say.
  9. Stihlwatersrundeep
    thank's mr.bish good advice as you say what you read on this forum you cannot get out of a book. I would like someone to tell me a better way of picking up knowledge of this business advice , tips, stories, experience etc.. than this forum.
  10. Stihlwatersrundeep
    wondered how many of you were at home today. i'm even at home as the building we are working in has a tree on his roof! wonder who has that job? it's in sidcup. bu@ger it could have been me if i knew what I was doing! trees down all over the radio so it looks a bit of a mess out there...
  11. Stihlwatersrundeep
    looking at the photo's which tree would you start with and how would you start to dismantle it? eg. the one on the left first ?shin up the trunk and take the branches off so lessening the weight while working your way down the trunk reducing the tree as you go? or starting with a long handled pole pruner from the ground and removing the branches from the top of the tree thereby reducing the weight and stablising the tree before climbing and working your way down from top to bottom again? apologies for the newby question - again!
  12. Stihlwatersrundeep
    Ta...
  13. Stihlwatersrundeep
    Not to put a dampner on things surely this means loads of work for tree surgeons in the next 24hrs?
  14. Stihlwatersrundeep
    kit i've got so far - hilus pickup with truckman top. all PPE - ms260 - stihl polepruner (donated by friend who was going to sell it on ebay, I pursuaded he should give it to me for a small donation to the lifeboat??!!) old stihl blower. farmers barn nptc certs to come... the way i look at it anyone who needs a groundy who has his certs and some gear as well as a pickup is more usefull than one who has nothing.
  15. Stihlwatersrundeep
    put it this way i was more mentally tired when i got home (from all the constant thinking) than physically? is that normal???!!
  16. Stihlwatersrundeep
    got any pics??! sorry due to you lot, i had my hands full watching out for killer trees and angry chainsaws! seriously thanks for the tips and advice. left the hung trees the rest are in the woodshed the farmer got the what was left. Still nerve wracking as everytime i went for a cut i felt i had the whole of arbtalk looking over my shoulder either nodding or tutting! still made me think twice before i made a cut and i know there are a few who will tut but i did a few undercuts first where needed to relieve the compression as advised by a member. just need to get on a course now!
  17. Stihlwatersrundeep
    cheers big A
  18. Stihlwatersrundeep
    am going to do my tickets and get some subby work but like to think ahead sometimes.... ok you may think that's a bit too ahead running before walking etc....i just wondered thats all......
  19. Stihlwatersrundeep
    Anyone have any idea's on a minimum business setup eg- pickup, chipper, chainsaw, top handle saw, pole pruner, bit of old rope (joke!) pl insurance ,anything else? (oh yes and i survived the woods even got home on my own without the need of GPS! woodshed now full.)
  20. Stihlwatersrundeep
    many thanks for the feedback....
  21. Stihlwatersrundeep
    Hi which is more useful which is best ?
  22. Stihlwatersrundeep
    thanks for that zenfordinner, I'm going for it tomorrow! windblown left for the good lord and the ground level for me. will be back....... (bloody good sermon, makes me want to go to church on sunday???@@@!!!)
  23. Stihlwatersrundeep
    nice job, looks hard to do work wise? being a newby i was wondering if crown reductions can or are done with cherry pickers or just climbing around in the tree out to the branches you need to cut? if the latter you need the constitution of a squirrel!
  24. Stihlwatersrundeep
    Take a GPS with me ?? The wood's 40 yards from my house!
  25. Stihlwatersrundeep
    I think we've lost the thread a bit here, I have all ppe. chainsaw boots ,gloves (stihl ones with hand protection.) chainsaw trousers not chaps, and helmet with muffs. used my ms260 on logs picked up off building sites (chainsawed using sawhorse) the average bloke going down B&Q to buy a chainsaw has probably never considered PPE . I only asked about the downed trees as it was a bit out of my experience.

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