Ty Korrigan

Yes Mark Bolam, it is the freeing up of the rope to lose tension which I'm finding difficult at times. SRT has proved it's worth for accessing the crown but it will take many more hours before I'm totally relaxed using it. By then, I'll no doubt be moving onto the MEWP technique, drone or rocket pack. At home in my study, on the wall beside my cycling proficiency certificate and 25m swim from 1980 will hang in a gilt frame a single prussik loop. Stuart

These are the culprits and the rope is Tachyon green. The teeth are sharp enough to cut skin if you run a finger over them. Stuart

Both foot and knee ascenders have a tendancy to grip the rope so tight I often have great difficulty in releasing them. Today, I got myself into a pickle on a long branch walk (crawl really) I had omitted to snap closed my foot ascender and found that it had taken up my rope by itself and jammed hard and up close so I just could not undo it as it was under tension. I ended up struggling to undo the foot ascender in order to release some tension on the rope and so release myself from it's grip. Knee ascender does the same to the extent it has plucked the rope before now. Honestly, I'm pretty green to srt but struggling to release these two at times really take the pleasure out of using the system. What am I doing wrong? The teeth feel quite sharp, perhaps too sharp... Stuart

I had much the same truck but for the hiab. I think €54k ht £70 is just a fat fib. Stuart

Update, we dropped the propshaft on my mates driveway. That was the easy part. The two halves of the prop shaft had corroded together. What the smug demonstrators on Youtube never seem to show is getting around this. In the end it came apart by (and I quote Peter Winstanley here) "Braying the **** out of it" Getting the propshaft back on was a bit of a fight. It seemed to be slightly longer than before as though the two halves had not been quite pressed home. Next time, I'll get a specialist to refurb... Next question, what is the name of the blocks of wood or rubber inserted into holders on the chassis that act as shock absorbers for the tipping unit? Stuart

Ben Edmonds, The vets know personally have salaries around £70k It is also not a fair comparison to put self employed gross earnings against gross salary of employed with their assured holiday and sick pay. Stuart

I have a few occasional 'groundies' for who I think even €120 is too much. Yet I also have an experienced older guy who also does my quotes in his area, who I pay €280+ and consider him to be good value too. Depends what people bring to the table in the way of skills and motivation. Stuart

I know I know family forum blah blah blah... 2 going on new machinery this week. Stuart

As some of you might know, some years ago I married a Muslim girl which required me to 'convert' on paper to Islam. When I later raised the subject of taking a second wife so Mrs Lee could have some help around our 2 bed semi, she grabbed me by the balls and did not gently treat them as per usual... Stuart

Why do you even need a warning sticker as fussy as that? I have a far more straight forward one sent to me by Lucky Eleven withe the simple phrase " Not to be operated by F***wits" Stuart

Waiting for Vespasian to jump in at the mention of 'foreign'... Stuart

Has any-one stretched to the protos specific bluetooth? If so, what are your thoughts? I'm just not up to shouting anymore. Stuart

A poplar, not Lombardy and not one I could pin down with my Collins almost broke me by making coarse string instead of chip. I went home at lunch to fetch the angle grinder to tickle the teeth. That only helped a bit. Sometimes the centre of larger conifers would produce stringy fibres. Stuart

You would have thought there would have been an automatic shut off system triggered by either a drop in pressure or the sound of the word FAAAAAAKKKKK! Stuart

I once had a stock of red teeth, the more profiled or sharper version of the green which I bought from Global. I used these on certain poplars and conifers but not in stony conditions. They made a big difference on larger fibrous stumps. Are they still made? Certainly Greeth teeth .co.uk don't stock them. However they do talk about a new design which stays sharp as it wears. Anyone tried these out? Stuart

Speaking as a former owner but still a regular user, the CS100 could be updated (in my humble opinion) A chute which swivels would be an asset. The 'option' to replace the leg with a third wheel, electric motor within guided by a handlebar. Fantasy talk? Could put 2 motorised wheels on instead like the predator 460 grinder? WTF do I know anyway of research and development... Stuart

I know this is an old thread but I'm thinking of testing both genuine and non Greenteeth by running them alternate on my grinder wheel. I bought what I thought were genuine teeth and was surprised to find they are the QRMS copies at the originals prices. Oh well, so I'll give them a punt anyway. Is this a reasonable way to test the longevity or will it be like mixing different makes of AA batteries, poor result guaranteed? Answers on a postcard. Stuart

I believe that negatives can become powerful positives if corrected. Putting hands up and telling the world 'I'll sort this' generates genuine good will. What we don't want are 'negative waves' Stuart

Yes and no. Nostalgic for the good things... Stuart

These trees don't really require stump grinding at all! Just 20min with a decent sharp mattock. Stuart

Yes, I've run low on Yorkshire tea and totally out of Marmite. Plus I need an eye test with glasses that don't cost a fortune. I want to browse English books in English book stores. Eat an English pie from the village bakery. I need to walk on the rolling South Downs and look upon the Solent through the haze with my grey muzzled Jack Russell by my side whilst he still has it in him to chase squirrels. I want to drink a few pints of nutty English ales in a thatched country pub afterwards. My elderly parents need their hedges cutting and it would pain me if some-one else was paid to do this. In all, I feel like these lines of Wordsworth: I travelled among unknown men, In lands beyond the sea; Nor, England! did I know till then What love I bore to thee. 'Tis past, that melancholy dream! Nor will I quit thy shore A second time; for still I seem To love thee more and more. Oh and I need to pick up a new chipper and stump grinder whilst I'm at it... Stuart

Yes it is and I hope you continue the tradition. See you next week! Stuart

Nice, tree surgeons hate raking up fruit almost as much as lawn sausages. Stuart

Past it's 'use by' date then lol! Stuart