Husqvarna King

Thanks a lot mate, take care Ben

Not too bad thank you, had my operation on monday, can walk a little now but no work for at least a month, so fraustrating, i would do anything to be working right now. The cancer was sent off to be graded and i have to go for a full body scan sometime soon. So just a worrying time at the mo and cant do much to keep my mind off it. On the positive my harness should fit a little easier now:thumbup1:

Great photos mate - really wish i was well enough to go this year

7.5 ton, i recon theres a fair bit more than 2 ton of chip there!!

Thanks for the kind messages lads, and yeah it does make a good excuse to make the mrs get you naked

Had some bad news yesterday, was diagnosed with testicular cancer. I found a small lump on my left testicle just over 2 months ago, I went straight to my gp, who said it was just a cyst and sent me for a scan to make sure. I had to wait 6 weeks for a scan, by which time the lump had trebbled in size and was painful, especially in my harness. The scan revealed a lump and swelling and my GP said it was just an infection, gave me antibiotics and sent me to see a urologist (specialist) for a second opinion. Inbetween times i had terrible pains and had to go to A&E. They managed to get me an appointment with the speciallist a week earlier and i was told to cancel my holiday (which i should be on now), to Majorca. Saw the specialist yesterday, who examined and scanned me, he told me i had cancer and sent me for another scan and blood tests. On the way home i had a call asking me to come in for an operation monday 20th. Good news I suppose that im going to be fitted in quick, but very scary! So please fellas, dont neglect your balls,have a good look next time you're in the bath/shower and make sure you visit your doctor. My lump was tiny when i found it and grew very fast (4 times the size of other side!), but when I think back it always seemed to be my left ball that used to hurt in my harness on and off ages before i had spotted anything.

Yeah a i bought a pair a couple of months ago, i cant believe how i managed in my old SIPs not, they are great trousers, pricey but quality:thumbup1:

Hope you take your cheque book, their prices aint cheap:thumbdown:

Nice one Andy, my old man makes loads of farm machinery models, gets the kits from scaledown models, they are really smart and really detailed for a 1:32 scale, is your model a 1:32?

looks weird to be honest....hope they'll make one all in orange. Hope its as good as the replacement 346 was:thumbup1:

why??? What if he needs to climb a tree with deep bark??

sharp gaffs are the key, you should only have to place them into the wood, not stab them in, this will damage your knees overtime. The angle is important on spikes, you want them to go into the wood to be secure but not too far so they are difficult to pull out as you climb up. Also there are long and short (pole climbing) gaffs, longer are better(more usefull) for general tree work. My advice would be to buy a new set of gaffs, and then you could even sharpen the older ones matching the angle etc. Goodluck

Yeah I agree, used to use an older 2100CD and that'd cut rings round a 660 and all that, great saws:thumbup:

try Hilux Pickup Owners Club & Online Community Forum - Home Normally a few for sale on there and nice fellas too:thumbup1:

any advice on how to get stuck signs off, i always used to take mine off every week when i washed my hu-lux, and one day they wouldnt come off!!

Cheers lads, great link too - I will tell client and hopefully get some better pics myself when im there in the next month or two. Thanks

Got sent these pics by a client that im due to work for next month, He said that the bark has peeled off the tree in a short space of time and is in a heap around the base of the tree. The tree looked fine last year....and under the bark is like a sooty charcoal deposit that comes off on your hand - any idea what it is? It has killed two of his trees next to a road.

On the Anglia News, they said that 2 people were trapped under the tree, it fell at 5pm when there were several people in the beergarden (which the tree had fallen right accross) The fire brigade were cutting the people out and there were rescue dogs and thermal imaging used to find the people, and also see if there were any other unconscious. It said that two were quite badly injured and were still in hospital the following day:thumbdown:

Nah, hadnt payed much attention, never sat outside and its opposite side to the carpark. Hope the injured make a quick recovery, It sounded much worse on Tele earlier

Saw this on the Tele this morning, two pleple trapped, just a stones throw away from me. Have eaten in there several times! Fire crews rescue people trapped by tree - News - Heart Essex

Sounds like a good subbie, can i have his number:001_tt2:

im over ongar/stansted way mate - you travel that far?

HAHA Or you could try the Dengie, might get more luck there!! I'll give you a call mate if i need a hand:thumbup1:

Hey, Im crap on computers....my phone is weird and uploads photos sideways and then adjusts them, so sometimes they upload wrong way up - sorry (you didnt miss anything exciting anyway)

Bit of Conifer killing at my old Primary school:001_smile: And my mate with his new Husky grinder