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  1. Bob Rolfe
    What you two trying to say! are you implying Im on the petite side ? lol
  2. Bob Rolfe
    only took around 25 mins or something like that but i must admit it was quite rewarding i feel the need to do some more
  3. Bob Rolfe
    its started now heres my first few attempts but i think im on the right track...... i dont know if i can stop ! i know its a bit rough :thumbdown but this one a lady took for her garden so thats a good sign right got to look for some more wood now...
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    no fear

    Bob Rolfe replied to nuggsy's topic in Chainsaws

    the no fear is not good. But a good way to offset the out come is every cut you do take an extra 5 to 10 seconds just to think. It slows you down and calms giving you a little time to think and plan thus helping with complacency
  5. Bob Rolfe
    just thought i would share a website ive been flicking through the last few months lads. We all like a little open air and if your like me im always looking for different places to go hill walking or if you now somewhere you fancy going this sites like the doomsday project where they are trying to reference pictures of everywhere in britain give it a bash i use it in conjunction with google earth and memory maps. beware ive lost hours on it http://www.geograph.org.uk plus theres a good mp game for the kids
  6. Bob Rolfe
    and my entries Steve Ink caps no idea caps and earth balls sum really really good pics on here now i can feel the tension lol
  7. Bob Rolfe
    File sizes are fine if you reduce your image size to 800 by 600 and save as a jpeg does it for me
  8. Bob Rolfe
    has anybody got the info on chain sizes, pitch and gauges for the various bars and chainsaw sizes. ive got an ms460 an ms260 and ms200s plus an 084 a load of various chain on spool but all my bars have the info worn off plus if anybody can match up the minimum and maximum advised for the different stihl saws i think it would be a good guide for all of us. i know its on the manuals and the boxes but it would be good if i could collate a the info on one piece of paper cheers
  9. Bob Rolfe
    i got the camera case and 4 gig card for £240 including delivery and shots i took about 10 in all im still getting use to the settings and the little devils kept movin it the wind plus its touch more difficult to get good focus on macro
  10. Bob Rolfe
    ive got a cannon ixus 960 12million pixies you get great definition and the macros awsome:001_smile:
  11. Bob Rolfe
    I got a new camera a few weeks ago so it give me a chance to try it out on these beasties decimating my alders, its skeletized about 500 trees they dont seem to be suffering to much but they look dam ugly most for the later half of the summer alder flea beetle (Macrohaltica ambiens (= Altica ambiens)) larve ......and the damage additional info http://oregonstate.edu/dept/nurspest/alder%20flea%20beetle.htm
  12. Bob Rolfe
    to an employer im a climber to the public in a tree surgeon myself im an arborist without a doubt
  13. Bob Rolfe
    yep 150 is on the button imo and thats me paying 30 quid to have it taken away! there really is only an hour or twos work and thats for me on my own
  14. Bob Rolfe
    dont forget your water proofs the weather changes real easy. and if your after a family day go to keswick its really good for families you will love it !
  15. Bob Rolfe
    sorry i couldnt pop in to yours chris i was knackerd. wasdale head is in the middle of nowhere as well it would of took another day
  16. Bob Rolfe
    Just got back from the lake district what a beautiful place me and the mrs climbed great gable. loverly weather on the hill but it threw it down at night and we were camping. loved every minute of it. brilliant weekend
  17. Bob Rolfe
    i dont trust any pikies and and i dont think ill go far wrong and because i live in a city all my gear is either locked up or not far away from me at all times ive had to much stuff nicked.
  18. Bob Rolfe
    well thats raised the bar a little hasnt it! Nice work.... very nice work
  19. Bob Rolfe
    count me in anyware around manchester area got all my own kit plus saws but no van! weekends best for me
  20. Bob Rolfe
    for a tow behind its gotta be a timberwolf but for usable brute force i loved my pto exenco gravity fed on the back of the old david brown tractor it brings the words fire and forget to the world of arb it didnt break down except for the occasional welding and always a pleasure to use...... not very health and safety pc but very good all the same
  21. Bob Rolfe
    thats the one sorry not used them in a while
  22. Bob Rolfe
    kinlochewe to torridon beautiful lanscapes either side of the road
  23. Bob Rolfe
    another one is after youve got the certs its not to hard to get into the agencys you could try total tree care they dont pay great money and you have to provid your own kit but you would get lots of experience, if you get in with the right company and your prepaird to learn you ll do well and they may take you on. one thing is to remember when you do finally get going some of the guys out there have been doin the buisness a long time and theyve earned there strips the hard way, pick there brains about everything and i mean everything all the mistakes your going to make theyve made them or seen them and they will steer you clear of you faults and improve you knowledge exponentially all the lads we had have gone on and are doin well except about three who thought they were the best thing since sliced bread because they could fell a conifer straight or that they knew a few knots that you didnt just listen and you ll do well
  24. Bob Rolfe
    lee may have my guts for garters for this but i pretty much follow his recipe and add some tomato sauce if its not tomatoy enough sorry mate but the kids like the sauce
  25. Bob Rolfe

    North west

    Bob Rolfe replied to Jamie's topic in The Lounge

    ive been up there a few times if you can id try and head up to torridon its beautiful. If you fancy a little walking you can do no better than a ramble around the back of beinn eighe there is a 1000 foot cliff face i climbed when i was a lot younger. If you fancy something a little less rough on the legs you could wander up to inverewe gardens there quiet famous and on the telly sometimes. He you google both places you should get good directions have a good holiday matey

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