Taupotreeman

Strangely enough the cost of third party and TPF&T insurance in NZ is almost as much as fully comp hence the fact my disco, work truck, chipper, motor bike and the wife's vehicle are all fully comp, all any driver. Add to this the house contents and building insurance and we still pay around the equivalent of $170 - $180 a month for the whole lot. If we paid in lump sum it would be cheaper as we wouldn't have interest fees on the direct debit. Also, just make sure that when you try and barter for a discount you are not paying for it somewhere else. Make sure that your excess hasn't gone through the roof. What may save in the short term might cost long term if you have a claim. Not much point having cheap premiums if you have a 1500 excess or it's not full replacement value. Also, make sure you disclose EVERYTHING on the proposal form. Insurance companies will look for any way possible to get out of paying a claim so if there is something you haven't told them about on your form it might just come back and bite you in the backside.

It will jump given the right circumstances and you can get a belt or even be elctrocuted from a pin prick hole. I've worked around electricity for 17 + Years and all around the world and have seen examples of both on safety training days and induction days. I've also had belts off 240 and 400v that has jumped in misty and wet conditions. I'll say again, leave it alone if you don't know what you are doing. you might get away with it 9 out of 10 times but that 10th time might be the one that kills you. Combined tree; we have the same policies here. Fire retardent overalls or jackets for power line clearance on all voltages due to flash over risks. we also have live line gloves that have to be roll tested before working on the lines just in case there is a pin prick hole in the glove itself. Too much dodgy information in this thread could get someone fried!

Couple more of the same trees but with me in the pic to give them a bit of scale.

Sat and watched the All Blacks wallop the Boks. Stunning running rugby.

Fantastic firewood depending on the species. Burns hot and long usually. If it's dead it shouldn't need seasoning but green stuff will take about a year.

Will see if I can t up the holiday home opposite for some accommodation. Save a heap of driving and make a weekend of it maybe?

Na nothing serious, just got to have all my wisdoms out but becaue of my age and how they're positioned it's got to be done under general. I really wish I could get some better pictures of the trees to really do them justice. Once I have something to put them to scale it should be better. Aerial footage would be awesome. Drew, anyway you can link to some of those photos off of facebook?

Consider ya self counted

Got an operation on 1st september. Maybe sometime after that?

If you're keen and fancy earning yourself a little goodwill glow, how about dishing some of it out to the elderly who may be a bit strapped for cash? Involve maybe a local charity, tell em you've got all this wood and if they want to collect it you'll help out with the splitting and stuff. Maybe it'll cost you a little bit of time and money but you'll get that back in warm and fuzzies.

Might have to sort something out on a long weekend although my aging frame might need a bit of a hand to get moving. The pictures don't do the trees justice, they are quite magnificent.

Kindling.

A few from a recent bush bash. Not brilliant photos I'm afraid as it was pretty dark under the tree cover and the bush was reasonably thick. The first few are of a large Totara, 600 plus years old, approx 2.5 - 3m through the base and I figure, from what I can see, at least 30 - 35m tall. There's also a couple of Kahikatea and either Matai or Miro, all about the same height, diameter and age in the vicinity. How they didn't get felled I have no idea. Apparenntly, over 35m for a Totara is exceptional so to have one on the back doorstep is pretty cool. Believe it or not it's only protected under the bush reserves for council rather than a significant tree. One day I may get to climb the thing and measure it accurately unless someone wants to volunteer......Drew?

My thanks and respect goes out to him and his colleagues who fought for my freedom. May he rest in peace. Cheers for posting timber

As above but apparently you shouldn't leave them in all the time if you're not using 4WD as it dries out the bearings. It is advised to put them in regualrly though to make sure the oil/grease or whatever and the mechanisms see some action.

Asplundh are always looking and they used to be based out in North Sydney. You could always try treetools. Not sure if they have a forum but a lot of the guys in NZ are between Oz and NZ all the time so they might know of some leads over that way.

That's two threads and two edits for the same person!?????

Same here, hope everything works out good. I gave up the pot last year despite enjoying a smoke to chill after a long day. Just wasn't conducive to putting in a good day's work the following day. Unfortunately cigarettes replaced that but as you get older you realise that you're not bullet proof anymore so I finally gave that the flick too. I very rarily drink these days either. Strangely enough though the hardest thing to give up that I was addicted too was nasal decongestant.

Hoping to get a few pictures of when it is in full bloom. From a distance I thought it was an Oak due to the sheer size of the thing. It's closing in on 50 to 60 feet tall. The biggest Rhodo? I topped one out a few years ao that was 25 to 30 feet high and had a spread of over 70 feet.

Still remember shinning up the drain pipe on the front of the main hall/dorm to get in to the girls dorms after lights out and the midnight raids by the staff to find us where we shouldn't be. Also remember the swimming pool being over dosed with chlorine and depsite being closed, us going swimming and having our eyes burnt by the chlorine in the water. Couldn't open my eyes the next morning when I woke up. They were glued shut with gunk.

Andy, Pete, 30 years and 40 a day habits that's pretty impressive will power. Kudos to the pair of you.

I used zyban. worked wonders. Congrats on giving up though. They reckon you take two weeks to form a habit so if you can keep it up for two weeks you should form the habit of not smoking. Good luck.

The answer to life the universe and everything?

A previously uknown species of insect hiding in your belly button?

What i want to kniow is how much you spent at the manicurists.