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So who got it at £530.. ? And who thought they had it at £510.01????

I think there is some useful info in the "which chainsaw is best" thread.

Thats good, so you'll have the lot!! I just think you would have a better chance of gettign a job as a groundie/driver than you would as a climber with no experience. Push the HGV angle and look for companies that drive large trucks! Bartletts for example, they'll take you purely for the HGV and then your off to a good start!

One advantage that army guys have over the rest of us is HGV licenses. Have you got yours, or could you get the army to put you through it before you leave? I had a guy work for me form the army with more certificates than me but no experience. I couldn't really have him climbing for me but another large company took him straight away because they drive 7.5t and pull big chippers etc. They got him climbing too and that has set him off on a career. HGv would be your best bet, along with some chainsaw tickets. That will get you work over someone else who can't even pull a trailer, and the climbing can come along after you have some ground experience, and if the army have paid for climbing tickets too then all the better.

You could put a propelor on it and get a small dinghy etc etc.... I think the fitting should be the same as the current strimmers, they are all interchangeable. A strimmer head should be available as a spare part. In the catalogue its only availabe for the multi tool with a shaft at £130.00!! but it should be much less than that as a part on its own. I have one in the back of the shed somewhere but its far to useful to sell!!

I'm, not being patronising (intentionally) but being blunt is a good way to put a point across. You get what I mean though. What you did sounds perfect for the situation and as long as no accidents occur then that is all that matters really. The only reason I ever got any traffic certs was to gain council contracts, other than that I would never have bothered. I know I can put a cone out and my groundies can keep the work site safe. After thats its all just paperwork for penpushers, and I'm not a fan of penpushers! But what I said is true, you can do what you like but the facts are other companies won't like it and you wont be insured. I try and tell it like it is. Also my responses are there to be read by everyone from now on, so not aimed soley at you. Good luck with it all, it is a slow progression no one can have everything in place on day one.

You can do what you like! Work without chainsaw tickets, PPE, Insurance, whatever. You can drive without a licence or isurance too if you like! Its up to you to do what you feel best and take the consequnces of you don't. I can't give you permission or say no either. If there are any accidents or reported near misses and the HSE get inlvolved then you might well be prosecuted for not having the right certs. Also if you have insurance then that won't cover you workign on or near roads without the correct certificates. So yes you can, but your not insured to and its illegal! The point I was making originally about anythin gwill do to make it safe was more to do with footpaths (countryside types) not pavements. Then my next point was all the barriers in the world are not as good as having a groundie in place. So you were doing it right the way you did, that doesn't make it ok, especially if you are undercutting companies that have all these things in place.

Ok, so it is your responsibilty then. Tree cuttign signs are a good start, even in customers driveways they can help stop people entering work space. (except postmen) One thing I will say though is that if someone decides to walk round you into the road and gets hit by a car you could be liable! And poeple are stupid enough to do this. I've had so many people see us working ahead and even though we would let them through safely they take it upon themselves to walk in the road instead, even with pushchairs!! If they crossed the road thats fine, but walking in the road is pretty stupid, but you would be in trouble if they got hit.

I've spent years doing street works and most trees overhang any safe working area that you could possibly set out with barriers etc. We just let people through whne its safe and make them wait when its not. Keepign the chipper turned off is quite important.

Yep. Cones barriers etc are there to keep the HSE man happy, a good groundie is what actually prevents accidents.

I thought we are talkign about a public footpath. Pavements are covered by the street works act. so you should comply with that really, but as long as you are there taking charge I wouldn't worry too much. Is it your jobs you are doing or are you employed by someone else or a company?

You must be using a different translator!! Hey you dont mess with the greeks!! I guess "dont mess" and "it's not polution" are similar??????? I don't know mate, its all greek to me.

would have liked to cordon off an emergency drop/risk zone Just wondering.........if that is what you would have liked to do then why didn't you do it? HAd you seen the job previously or just been sent to do it?

All you need is a system that works. If it fails to work, then whoever has the contract for the work is liable. So for footpaths you can use what you like, tree cuttign signs, barrier tape, cones, safety barriers, etc etc. but they have to work. If a pedestrian climbs over all your barriers and gets hit then the contractor is liable if they make a claim, especially if the barriers closed the footpath but you didn't have proper prior warnign of closeure etc. Best thing to do is laugh at them for beign so stupid and that should do it!! No, best thing to do is prevent it in the first place, and a groundie is the best method. He can make you stop work while you let people through.

It looks good mate. Good job, cheap and hopefully reliable vehicle. I want to make another now!

Must be long (standard). Strange though, my tipper is 9 and a bit feet so yours would have been longer without the tool box. My tool box is then 2 foot something makign the whole thing about 12foot, so would only have worked on an extra long. So for all that extra chassis and driveshaft weight, I still think I did ok. My main saving was the aluminium chassis though. I can't remember who much difference that made, i did work it out. Without that advantage mine would be well over yours.

Was yours a standard wheel base or an extra long? If it had a tipper on it must be standard. So mines longer, bigger chip box with full roof. But still you've done well to get yours that light I reckon. Good job. Next contender please!!!!

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Good work. You get the neat workshop award too! Now, do you watch american chopper by any chance? Do you have tool envy? I bet between a bunch of us let loose in the OCC shop, we'd come up with some cool stuff!!

But you can't go on the web and buy a saw from a dealer here either. They are not allowed to post them out. If you did buy a saw (or anything else) from the states the import duty would be high enough to make it not worthwhile. Getting someone in the states to buy you one and post it as either used or as a gift would be the only way round it. Mates of mine buy wakeboards from the states so they get the latest models half the price that they would be here. Someone buys them, gift wraps them and adds a card saying happy birthday. Works a treat!

I might be wrong about the Shumach. I can't find it on my list, I might have been confusing it with laburnam?? Unless anyone else know if its any good? Try it out on your fire and see.

Holly good, Shumach Poor!

You can do whatever you want really! I'd go for the 1m3 and chuck a few extra in?? £100.00 happy days!

1.2m3 ! You could get away with £120.00 in some areas of the country if its seasoned etc. Anything under that should be ok.

One thing you need to do is to get the tape that goes under your foot adjusted to the correct length and then lock the tail back under the other bit of tape, or else it will slip and be a pain. I think when they are new the tail of the tape comes out on the outside of the pantin. One way to lock it off is to reverse this so the tail comes out on the inside then fold it up under the ankle strap. Heres one I did earlier!!!!!!!