Taupotreeman

were Steve Fox and Steve Vanstone still there in 1990? We also had Rob Widdicombe for some of our courses. Top blokes. There was also mad Angus the Scot. He used to do his nut at nearly everything.

Bit earlier than you I'm afraid. Was there in 88 - 90 on the forestry and then conservation courses.

Just from another point of view but isn't it great that enough people are now joining arbtalk that we actually need two new mods to help out? Excellent work to all involved don't you think?

Fly's eyes. Fine if you don't mind looking a complete plonker

We have the same stuff here called Rainex I think. I also tried some fancy military goggles I ordered off fleabay. They don't steam up because you can crack the eye peace open a little but I had the same issues once I started to sweat and the goggles filled up. Felt like a scuba mask.

Drives me up the wall George. Dunno how some people can spend all day supping from the beer can awaiting the day the dole cheque comes round again. Nice to see old school ethics still about in some though.

2am Sunday morning and my dogs start doing their nut. I get up and look out the window to see some guy legging it down the street at full pelt. I'm just about to go back to bed when a second guy comes hooning from the same direction rapidly followed by my neighbour yelling at the top of his voice.............and stark bollock naked. He'd been woken by my dogs to find one of these guys going through the contents of his work truck. Now, not sure what summary justice would have been handed out if he'd of caught the guys (reckon they were teenagers looking for easy pickings) but the sight of a six foot stark naked guy running, swinging and swishing his way down the street might have been more than enough to serve as justice for some given the long lasting mental effects it might have had. Fortunately he managed to get back and covered up before the police arrived otherwise he might have been done for indecent exposure.

Same here. Had noticed you hadn't posted for a while so nice to see you're still alive and well. Looks like you've been spending most of your time practising running up poles.

George, unfortunately any mesh visor will let some particles through which is why in NZ several companies insist you wear safety glasses underneath. Some helmets do have a clear screen instead of a visor but from the info I have gleaned these tend to fog up or scratch. The same with the glasses that are worn underneath a normal visor. Most of the complaints this side of the world are that it is almost as dangerous to not be able to see what and where you are cutting as not having sufficient eye protection. It seems most companies here now do insist you wear secondary and primary eye protection and tough titty if they fog up, you just have to remove them and clean them before carrying on with your work. It may well pay to invest in a decent pair of safety glasses that allow some air circulation to help prevent some of the fogging but as soon as you start to sweat you'll probably find your vision blinded by rivulets of the stuff.

Was that for the pole climb? If so it's a pretty crash hot time.

Just love the base line to this.

So I'm presuming everything and anything goes now then?

I've got a few trees that need topping? Sorry, couldn't resist Hope you find something.

Haha Brilliant and so so true.

Had a corker of a sunrise this morning, first good one with the ash but didn't get time to take any photos. Gutted.

Well done on keeping it in one piece.

Mate, don't reckon our H&S is anything like yours. Up until recently it was a case of "she'll be right". We have ditched the towball on the chipper in favour of a pintle hitch. I had to many of the balls fracture at the last place I worked due to jack knifing and the constant vibration and braking. It's difficult to see when a towball fractures and it doesn't take long for the whole thing to snap clean off.

Sounds like a great idea but a couple of things you might want to think about. Get something in writing between the two of you so you both know the boundaries. A bit like a pre nup. Like others have said, save for your own kit so you don't start to extract the michael otherwise what is good natured now could rapidly turn sour. Repay the favour shown to you whenever you can, don't let it be all one way traffic. This way the relationship shopuld stay sweet. If you get plenty of your own work make sure you look after your boss first when he needs help. Basically don't bite the hand that feeds and make sure you remember who gave you the leg up. Most importantly make sure you have all the neccessary insurances.

Yep sure does. We used to get hand brakes on them but haven't seen them for a while. They never really got used to be honest. I haven't actually seen many chippers that are tail heavy rather than nose heavy Pete. I thought you just meant it was sitting down at the front somewhat. I know having it nose heavy helps when the tow ball snaps off. Had a chipper come off the back of my truck after I hit a massive pot hole in the road and it snapped the whole towing gubbins. Fortunately the tow bar just dropped to the floor, dug in and slowed the chipper down. Made a nice neat little grove all the way down the road. And who needs road cones? Nobody ever takes any notice of them anyway

Primo bro. There's always room somewhere for a good climber. Look us up on your way through if you don't fly.

Only looks nose heavy because it's being towed by a Nissan 4WD. Will look just fine on the back of new Hino or Isuzu. And we looked at the 9 inch but it only had a single feed roller. We decided we wanted something a bit more heavy duty and this looked just the part with that ram and double rollers.

Bro, best saleman I've ever met is Steve from Hydralada. Knows his gear inside out and had bent over backwards to accomodate our messing him about. Couldn't not buy one from him. Anyway, look at it all shiny and stuff.

Bro, reckon they're going to have to write off the ulk of Ch'ch and move the burbs elsewhere. Don't reckon mother nature has finished yet either.

So hopefully the boss had sent the order number out today for this. 12 inch drum bandit due to be on the boat from the states in a couple of day's time. Oh yeah!

Asplundh always hiring bro.