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Indeed, they are made along side the ford ranger. I owned one for a couple of years and had no trouble at all with it apart from broken leaf springs, which was my fault for putting one too many log in it i think(oops). As with all pick ups they are very light on the back end so off roading is not the greatest, Original tyres are rubbish, nothing a nice set of goodrich all terrains cant fix. I'm sure you can pick them up for an absolute steal as they are not as popular as other makes. Get the upper speced models such as a "4action" and you get a swanky 10 cd changer, air con and electric all sorts. And they're very good for doing donuts in frozen car parks or wet grass fields!

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Thou shalt drive ones vehicle like king of the road, taking in town centre excursions where ever possible regardless of time to cast an approving eye over any young fillys. Thou shalt learn to live on Esso's "on the run" Latte's and tuna and cheese melts. Thou shalt wear all work clothes, no matter how crappy, like badges of honour and strut like a peacock at any given time safe in the knowledge that as an arborist thou holds a greater value than all other living beings. One is allowed to "kiss the guns" for no given reason.

Thine customer is NEVER correct on matters of arboriculture, but to confuse their mind to convince them they had the correct answer/solution is acceptable and may reap great reward! Thou shalt not swear from the top of a tree at the top of your voice no matter how much its the trees fault.

hugo's website is better, and not just because i feature on it......

First thing that happens when you shout "heads" to a groundie is he looks up. Try shouting "headache!" at him instead and if they dont get it the first time.....well, they soon learn!

I must admit i have never been given a job spec to make a level stump!

I used to think that i knew alot of what was going on, but then every couple of years i'd stop and think about what i used to be like and think "christ, i really did know sweet f.a!" The pursuit of experience is a never ending road, why you'd want to start at 40ish is beyond me i must admit.

Oooooh, La de da, Big wurdz there mr big city, office man. Them there climbers dont rightly like thems town speaks and tha'll do well to heed that! P.s, best of luck btw, after i passed my saw certs many moons ago it took me ages to get a job. I got hold of the AA approved contractors list and nearly wrote to all of them. Most replied the same....."need experience, blah, blah, blah." In the end i ended up moving from staffordshire to surrey for my first job. God, did i ever blunt all his saws......

While exciting, crane jobs quite often scared the crap out of me. Mainly because if we had to have a crane, it meant it was too difficult to do it using conventional methods for one reason or another and subsequently, more dangerous. maybe i was just a pussy!

As far as i have always understood it, the theory was that in the event you made a mistake and were about to let a saw hit you, just taking your finger off the throttle would slow the chain down enough to yourself a good chance of coming away intact. I agree that on full revs any saw is likely to go through your trousers. BUT, i'd much rather my chances wearing my stretch air than a pair of levi's. If a half tonne log hits you on the head then some serious questions need to be asked about what the hell was going on!! But, yes, youre screwed. Common sense is aquired through training, learning and experience yes? Only through working in the US have i been given an insight as to what goes on on both sides of the pond and we both have our pro's and con's as to the prevention of accidents.

We were once removing some dead wood out of monster plane trees down in marlow. The climber wanted to stop the traffic for a min so he could let a piece go into the road. It was quite a quiet street so there was no problem with that. While everyone else had stopped, this guy comes walking down the street. Our groundie, andy, asks this fella to stop who replies that he must get through. He is told that that is not possible for his own safety and he'll only be made to wait a minute or two. He insists that he must come through, again he is told no, all this time the climber is waiting because he can see whats going on so effectively the pedestrian is delaying himself even longer. Then the pedestrian decides he can wait no longer and begins to walk through. Andy, the groundie, is not only a weight lifter with asperassions of strong man contests, he is also about 6.4 and about 20stone, so quite a unit. The two of them then have a comedy stand off with the pedestrian trying to side step the big fella only to be thwarted at every attempt. Meanwhile the climbers got the hump and starts his saw, everyone else is trying not to laugh and the big fella has no alternative but to give the pedestrian a massive bear hug for a minute to stop him getting through. Some memories will last forever, i can still see the look on their two faces as the big guy squeezed the life out of this little fella while apologising at the same time and the pedestrian still insisting that he must be let through.

No disrespect to any of our colonial cousins, but with the levels of training and safety equipment in place both personal and machinery wise i would think strongly that we have a far lower accident rate. And i will take into account the temp ranges they have to deal with over there which makes wearing ppe sometimes a hazard in itself.

I thought i'd seen it all when a few years ago i walked into a pub to see a woman sitting at the bar with a ferret on her shoulder. Anyway, i think i topped that today when clearing some roadside self seeded trees in a not too desirable area of my local town. A woman walks past and calls our attention and asks if she can have some twigs. "of course you can love". Then she pulls a baby squirral out of the top of her jacket! And proceeds to place it back in what i can only assume was inside her bra! GROSS! Anyone else got any tales of random nut jobs?

Looks good in theory but i reckon that at the point you decide you've had too much, your about two minutes too late in turning the blower off!

Seems like an awful lot of engineering to try and rip off, regardless of how long it lasts for. I assume they make em so that they do work but don't last?

Rednecks!

What about ricky v manny? Oscar was way past his prime, but isnt he something like a five weight world champ? A formidible force in his time.

well whadya know, he still walks among us!

This is just after i moved to usa to work. My new work buddies!

Whay da go big guy! How to ruin one of the best threads on here in one easy move!