Tom D

Yup BT, although they aren't that close, we manage to work round them ok, its over 5 different gardens so we're rigging most of it.

That happens to me too, but i rarely feel bad about it, after all it cancels out the cockups.

PM Jonsie, I'm sure he'll give you a price, from memory the quickdraws are £4-5 and the shackles about £10 each:001_smile:

I do this every once in a while; look at a job, put a price on it, get it, and then turn up a few weeks later and think WTF was I thinking! I thought 1 day to get it all down and pop back for the rest of the timber the next day. Its not the end of the world, We took a full load of chip and another of timber and there's still as much again left if not more. Thats what happens when you price jobs in the dark. It was bigger than it looks in the pics.

Sorry for not explaining: if you have a webbing or rope attachment on a metal crab/shackle or whatever and you add another metal attachment the webbing or rope will become trapped between the two metal surfaces pinching it and causing excessive wear and potential failiure. The two little shackles on my setup are actually spare parts from a comet butterfly II, so they are fit for purpose, available from all good retailers:001_smile:

No but they could be, you don't want metal to metal contact where fabric attachments are present so clipping directly into the rings would be Ill advised. You could however add a couple of quickdraws to the rings and clip into them. I have a similar setup on my Tree Flex.

Nice work. There's a few LDV loads in that:001_smile:

I know mate, sometimes its quicker that way, and far fewer smashed up sticks stuck in the ground too.

You must be pleased with it, the wide angle seems wider than the POV, quality seems good too. Just one thing though... surely that was a streight fell:001_tt2:

Thats surely photoshopped. If so well done:001_smile:

I dug this out from an old thread, I think this says it all. Uncanny Axeman - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Anchor bend, normally has a half hitch underneath it. Hard to undo once loaded. The Anchor Bend

I didn't refuse planning.

Don't get me wrong, I love the job. I've had enough jobs that I didn't like to know that I wouldn't do anythng "just for the money". I just dont want to end up with a broken body and no income, I'll keep climbing untill I can't do it anymore, but I don't want to just stop dead. I'd like to build up other aspects to the business so its a relatively easy move over to less strenuous work when the time comes. I'd love do do more of the environmental work that you seem to do, but clients for that sort of thing are few and far between round here.

True about good groundies being good climbers, although I had a big wobble the other day, the stem wasn't that thin but a miss understanding between me and andrew led to him putting 2 wraps on the hobbs instead of 1. I got seriously shaken I thought my back had got whiplash LOL. Stayed in my spikes though.

I know things are tight right now: I have had at least 10 guys ring up looking for work over the last month, the last one had had a business for 8 years. I really felt for him. I am just struggling on same as always, I think some of it is luck and some of it is down to me, I dont charge top rates, but I am not the cheapest either, I run a transit and chipper and a LR and trailer, much the same as many many others. One thing I will say in my favour, I talk the talk, and talking to people gets the jobs in the first place. Big kit or small kit, if you come over as a dodgy geezer you aint getting the job. Its one of the reasons for getting the tech cert, not the letters after the name, but the knowledge. I have lost count of the times a clients eyes glaze over as I waffle on about included bark or meripilus and stuff, but at the same time they lap it up and it DOES win you work. You can tell the ones who arent even slightly interested and just go straight to the money talk but for the majority a bit of "tree science" works wonders. Like Darren I'd like to step back later in life and still run the company from a range rover.....watching everyone quickly stub out their fags and pick up tools as you drive round the corner LOL.

I have an employee who is doing that course (with a diferent colledge), It covers similar ground to the Tech Cert. Neither course teaches any practical skills as they are designed for Tree Officers and Consultants as well as Contractors like me. So your coleague may end up with a good knowledge of tree biology and diseases but YOU will need top teach him how to stack brash and feed the chipper.

I still have my old technics seperate system with B&W speakers, its 20 years old now, still sounds great.

Thats pretty gutting to be so close mate, are they running the spring resit? Good luck next time.

OK Here's a question which I am slightly embarassed to admit I don't know the answer to..... How much wood is in a cord? how long is a cord length? and where does the name cord come from?

Looks like we've done pretty well as a group, thats Arbtalk coming in useful I bet, I know it helped me:thumbup: Well done everyone.

I have a 357, when its working well I love it its revvy and quick in the cut, and runs a 18" bar very nicely. Unfortunately it has been the most expensive saw to run that I have ever had. From memory it has had: new carb, new exhaust, chainbrake band, broken exhaust mount, and helicoils fitted in 2 different places (on seprate occasions) due to sheared bolts, this was quite expensive. it has also been in for tuning a few times. I have a love - hate ralationship with that saw.

This particular qualification is purely aimed at the theoretical side of arboriculture, there is no practical requirement. By this I mean no chainsaws. I already have plenty of practical experience, I wanted an academic qualification to complement my practical experience. No one is claiming that thic course makes you an arborist, it is for arborists who want to broaden their skills into more academic work such as survey work.

The tensioner is built into the side casing, adjust it untill it drops into the hole in the bar, offer it up and squint underneath to see ehich way it needs to go. Doing a basic chainsaw course would be a good idea, you'll learn how to maintain and sharpen the saw.

I wanted one of these a couple of years ago, but when I looked into it they only have the old analogue radio and no usb connector. Maybe they've changed now. we bought this instead: Roberts Radio MP23 'Sound 23' Digital Radio from Hi-Fi Suppliers - Bringing you great savings on Hi-Fi, Home-Cinema, Loudspeakers and much more the the Hi-Fi world I really rate it.