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Taupotreeman

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  1. 6 inches deep in Taupo surrounds at the moment and still snowing. Naff all in Turangi when I left at 6.30 though. If you're down at the mountain or this way give me a yell.
  2. Spoke to Stihl at the fieldays who told me they weren't getting the 201T here for at least another year. Spoke to my local dealer who has one arriving next month for me to have a nosey at. You could just run with the 192T if you want the cheaper option. I'm sure Drew has a spare 200T as he doesn't seem to use his much these days
  3. Sounds good to me. Better T up the boys. Will have to be september or October (give me chance to get over having my wizzies extracted) so I'll chase up on seeing if I can get the house over the road booked out.
  4. Treemenders, glad to hear you got it all sorted. Did your employer down in Hurunui help out with the visa in the end? How long did you manage to get your visa for? Well, you should arrive just in time for the start of the good weather, here's hoping it all works out for you
  5. A couple of options; the first is to talk to a shipping company and try and get some space in a container. If someone hasn't filled up an entire container you should be able to buy some of the remaining space. Take the saws apart and clean and disinfect them. This will make life easier at this end. The other option is to just sell them and buy more over here. There are a few people that get on the work and income sponsored forestry courses but drop out when they realise it's much harder work than sitting on your backside getting the benefit. Work and income pay for the saws but what usually happens is that the trainee flunks out after a month and the saws go back to the dealer to be on sold. I bought a month old 046, seen probably a couple of hours work at best, for $1200. The 066 or the new equivalent are the same. The only ones you won't pick up cheap are the smaller saws.
  6. Any reason for hating New York Steve? I'm not a big city person either, in fact the further away from people I am usually the happier I am. NY is more for the wife than me. And the surprise regarding small town America? This is why I need the pointers. I don't want to spend a fortune on a holiday I would rather forget.
  7. Cheers Graham, that's the type of thing I'm looking for. Not really keen on the big touristy thing. NY is for the wife but I want to do something for myself as well.
  8. If you can splash the cash, Meindles. Warm and still waterproof after three years of abuse and mighty comfy.
  9. Well, estimated costs for two weeks are around $11K so i reckon about two weeks If I can afford longer I will but that's probably pushing my budget to the max as I'm paying for the whole trip.
  10. Had a look at trip advisor but got a bit lost with that and the other info available. If I can stay less in NY that's sweet as the hotel costs are expensive to say the least and I've been told to stay at the best places I can afford. Not knowing the US I just don't have a clue where to go. I just like the look of some of those quiet little unspoilt places as far away from the hustle and bustle as poss.
  11. I'm hoping to be able to treat the Mrs to a holiday in the states early next year. First and foremost is about 5 or 6 days in New York but then I probably have another 6 to 8 days to kill. I had thought of San Francisco but would really like to see small town America. Any pointers appreciated. I definately don't want to do LA, Florida etc. I know it's not much time so I need to keep my options simple.
  12. Yep, me neither but had spent ages wondering. Now I'll probably forget anyway.
  13. Nice pics guys. Mistahben, what's the EPV? Looks like a freightliner with the 55' boom.
  14. One man band too at the weekends but generally now just for the smaller stuff. Went through the end of my thumb with the silky today after mistaking it for the branch I was cutting. Climbing line, saw, strop, branches and anything else near was covered in blood.
  15. Fair enough then.
  16. Where in the Blue Mountains Adam? Spent some time around Kurrajong and Katoomba working. Nice pics by the way.
  17. Look for the fountain of water when the first big lump hits the floor
  18. Fungus, I actually thought it was the rising of the seas and the failure of what was a land bridge between Gibraltar and the African continent. There is also another thought put forward that a huge earthquake around the area which is Turkey could also have caused the Tsunami. Whichever, it would still explain "the great flood"
  19. Blown up to life size don't you know.
  20. You buy them especially to wear in your photos with that silver fire suit Drew?
  21. Geez, reading all this I'm glad I'm going to be out for a couple of hours while they rip mine out. The worst I've ever had is a clean and polish.
  22. Is this for real? We don't get a whole heap of coverage in NZ and I'm nowhere near Sky TV at the moment. What is the place coming to when this kind of thing kicks off. Geez, I'm real glad I'm not there at the moment but boy does it peev me off to see these people ruining hard worked for businesses and homes. here's hoping that they get their just desserts.
  23. Never had a filling or a tooth removed in my life but got to have all four wisdoms out at start of september. It's all under general anasthetic so hopefully it'll be all good.
  24. Welcome to old age

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