josharb87
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thought of fitting a winch to the front of it??? maybe a lift kit, and a bullbar too
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get to the yard half 6ish, bit of pisstaking and banter till 7, when the boss hands over the worksheets, gear up and outa the yard by 7.15, start making noise anytime we like-half7 onwards normally, do try not make any noise before 8 on sundays
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Eco Arborist finds inspiration in the strangest of places!
josharb87 replied to softbankhawks's topic in Tree health care
nice coronet cut that! unsure about the ecological value tho. . . . -
If the fox diddnt enjoy it, he wouldnt join in
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cheers the reduction is a walnut a few weeks back, the top two are from a lime and a chestnut on the queens green in cambridge where weve been working past couple of days gotta remember to take photos!
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Good idea, hes still got bills to pay! By coincidence, ive been talking to the bankmanager about taking out income protection insurance-bank will pay my income if i have an accident and am unable to work, for aslong as im signed off-up untill retirement age! anyone else have any sort of insurance? tragic. . .could have been worse though
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starting to remember to take pics!
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fair play, that is why i said '. . . if in good nick' 'if' being the main factor in my questimation!
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straight over me head mate
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theres nothing wrong with the 12 week courses, the 1 week, probabally yes. just a terrible accident, accidents happen, sad fact of life
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the three saws and spikes are worth near on a grand if in good nick! its a bloody good deal stockers!
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electric warn, around 12.000lb-most powerfull for that sized truck without being stupid! get a fabricator to make you up a mounting plate, or aftermarket winch bullbar
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Official "Yank'" Picture Thread
josharb87 replied to GASoline71's topic in International Arborist Forum
BLUE SKY!!!!!!! just out of intrest, do you guys use a cherry picker where-ever possible?? -
where abouts are you mate?? were based at cambridge, always handy to have another cord tip site!
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Should you need a licence to be an arborist?
josharb87 replied to Gregsie's topic in Training & education
isnt that what, in a round about sort of way is what the arb assosiation approved contractor was supposed to be about? (untill they got too wrapped up in fairy stuff like 'your eyewash is out of date, you havent got a COSHH for your computers ink cartridge' instead of focussing on the quality of work to which the company can produce) ??? -
after giving it a good clean, you tried re-tuning the carb? guess you cleaned the carb wire filter too? (i brought a ms460 off ebay for £50 as a dodgy runner a few months back, took it home cleaned the crap outa the wire filter i the carb, and now got a cracking saw!)
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Josh is DROOOOOOOOLLLLLIIIINNNNG
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few weeks back, i was up a lime, knocking deadwood out sometimes unintntionally as i climbed, saw my groundie with no helmet, shouted down to him to get it, so he walks under the tree to the truck, gets helmet, walks back under tree and just as he raises his helmet, bang clouted on the head, split it wide open! bit of good fortune-working near opposite addenbrookes A+E! diddnt knock any sence into him though
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yep, id second raywood ash (aka claret ash)-got a beautifull row of street trees in cambridge, colours amazing right now, will get a photo on way home tommorrow. and yep, theyre very brittle, rip outs every half decent wind
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wouldnt nutrients to the soil start reversing the effects of any toxins? tree doesnt look like its on its last legs so anything that we can offer the yew to help it on its way to recovery has to be worth a shot??? sorry for daft assumptions, but havnt any real knowledge it this area:sad:
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surely its not going to do any harm decompacting and nourishing?? (i know nothing about this but would like to learn as and when!)
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thats out of order tim, i remember youve already brought this up in a previous post on working positions, so you will knom what people on this forum think, theres no need to open the topic up again, especially not on someone elses post
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hey nuggsy, try wikipedia for stuf on trees, can be really helpfull
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what else would you do if you were gonna collide with 32gram of lead lined up infront of you?!?!?!
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google images!
