Tom D

Try this, it is just as secure and trustworthy as a prussic once you have loaded it. and it never sticks, you can even tend it with one hand. Steve's right, prussiks are the work of the devil.

At this years APF there were 2 110 double cab defenders parked up at the travel lodge, they both had nice toolboxes on the back. I am looking for something similar as I am planning to change mine in the spring, this time I would like a double cab so I need a well organised box to look after all the kit in a smaller space than my 110 hardtop that I currently use. Does anyone know whose they were or where I can get such a thing?

Its is always neccesary to have employers liability unless you are a contract climber and you are the subby. I am surprised an insurance company says otherwise, probably they are referring to contract climbers. In order to officially be classed as a subby you must work un supervised using your own tools and equipment, i.e. you turn up on site and someone says "its that one" and points to a tree, from then on you go to work without the main contractor. If the contractor and subby work together, i.e. as a groundy and climber then one is the employer of the other. This is regardless of how the "subby" is paid. I often employ self employed workers, they work along side our PAYE staff and invoice me when they are done, they are not subbys though in the official sense of the word, and they are covered by my EL policy. if you read the terms of your insurance there will probably be a clause about your duty of care when taking on subbys, i.e. you should check that the subby has his own insurance and ask for a copy of the certificate.

I can do it but the haulage will kill it, £50 a cube..

It is a lot of mess, we cut down on that by having log stores built into the walls of the house, we fill them from the outside and remove the logs on the inside..

Its worth it, if you are in a home you intend to stay in for a while.... Fitting one with a combo style system won't be cheap, you will either need to fit a conventional HW cylinder and neutraliser into which you plumb your gas boiler and wood boiler, or you keep the combi for the HW and fit a heat sink i.e. a double coil Cylinder into which you plumb the neutraliser, and the output to the radiators.. either way wont be cheap.. We used to do about 1600litres of lpg a year, now we do about 250...... and 30 cube of logs....

They are great, Mark Bolam has one too... Been used a lot this year..

I see, just remember that when it comes to off road pulling HP doesn't really come into it, weight and traction are far more important, The biggest alpine won't pull as much as a larger heavier tractor with the same power, IE a 95hp valtra 6300 will out pull a 90 hp bcs simply because it is heavier. on the other hand on a bog with floatation tyres the lighter machine will be better... I have been impressed with what my 50hp bcs will do but its nowhere near what the valtra can pull.

Why large HP? Unless its for a pto requirement I wouldn't think it was necessary..

You say tomato.. I say Monsanto.... Haven't watched it. Not going to. Just off to the bar for another roundup and coke... Sent from my HTC Desire HD A9191 using Tapatalk 2

Not all LA guys are lazy, I have met some grafters... The whole ethos and attitude is totally different: I was in a pre start meeting with an LA the other day, we got to talking about how much they had spent on tree work in the last 12 months...about £250k. Two of the guys round the table had run LA tree teams in the past and I asked them how much it would cost to run a 4 man squad. The answer £300k!! I can do that for about £150K... That says it all really.

Its a knut or TK by the looks of it, I use the same finish on the howard knut combo that some of my guys use... http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/climbers-talk/21327-dave-rich-howard-knut-combo-treeflex-mod.html

Thanks for the replies, I have one trial next week and another to phone back.. sorry for the delay, its family time at the weekend.. I am hopeful that this will be more than just a couple of months work and will become a full time position. please get in touch if interested... thanks.

Ever try picking up loose split logs with the clamshell? I was considering it as a loader alternative....

Sad indeed, it seems a group were camping underneath it which seems bizarre given the weather...

I had always thought that human waste could only be spread on non food crops such as biomass and christmas trees... must have got it wrong unless thats a scottish law...

Bump...

I think low air intakes are common on french cars for some reason, I know of 2 renaults that hydrauliced hitting puddles fast.

Bump....

We are looking for a new bod to work in the Stirling area, Ideally we would like CS 30-31 and 38-39 and a little experience. Wage will be negotiable, according to experience. Although technically this is a part time position we anticipate full time hours for the next 2 months at least, from there on it will depend on workload. Please PM if interested, we will be holding trial / interview days next week.

I really don't see a problem, how many tonnes of pork do we eat in the uk every day? I'll bet its a lot. The advances in medica trauma technology that have cone through since the war in afganistan have been significant and are now being used in A&E depts up and down the country. ( a friend and neighbour of ours is a doctor in the marines ) Something good coming out of something bad.....

Its been said of the firewood game before, " selling the unprofitable to the ungrateful"

No, I have always liked the range rover 6x6 and I have a mate with a defender 6x6 that looks cool. For some reason that looks like a mobility bus. Crap.

Beeches like that are ten a penny, get it felled and plant a new one. No point watching it slowly decline over the next 10 years, thats ten years in which its (inevitable) replacement could have been gaining stature.

Imagine if he had ordered 4 cube, he would have been expecting one of these......