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josharb87

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  1. had exactly the same last year, dodgey switch Greenmech were great, despite being an old machine with previous owners and not purchased through greenmech, was able to book a time with Mac the mechanic for a phone diagnosis session
  2. 5-6 years ago i done a 10week course, straight out of it with 5 job offers, first job was £80 a day on the books, but in under 2 years, (at a different firm by then) £130 a day on the books full holiday, kit, ect with a fantastic company
  3. thats awesome power! doesnt sound like the saw was struggling atall
  4. Season, Weather, Species, Age, Condition
  5. What he's doing is wrong, but just because hes into computers doesnt mean he's a peado, vigialinties jump to conclusions. ask police for help, if they require a diary of events to help them, do it
  6. You might want to wait more than 5 hours for a reply
  7. fat 3 strand for heavy stuff, thin 3 strand for light stuff basic kit can be as simple as an old climbing rope add a flying capstan, propper lowering rope, whoopie sling for the capstan, lowering pulley and split tail for more refinement
  8. Nice Vid and work Tim, Beautifull day you had too!
  9. Back in the uk our 2man local day rate was 850+vat lorry and 6inch
  10. Nicely done, looks like a nice low deck too
  11. good ideas, i do the frozen sandwich thing steve, works a treat. i think a slow cooker is the way to go, dad had one, was fantastic! I like the spag boll, then chilli idea lorry i guess make even more, freeze and make lasange with it unfortunatly huck, Marie and i do things 50/50
  12. From the Autumn, You know its a good fire when the fire boat turns up
  13. The Best price you will get for these saws would actually be Ebay, sold seperatly
  14. Anyone got some meal ideas and recipies that could be made up/prepared on a sunday ready for the weekday evenings ahead?
  15. Looks good, especially first shot!
  16. without spikes or throwline, slowly! 2 ropes/both ends, one rope up to a branch on the left, one up to a branch to the right, a few prussiks to the left, then to the right and so on
  17. No mate, with Doug, Wells Trädvård, having a cracking time, 2 days in a row on TV! Hows NY?
  18. To be honest Adam i dont know, i stated for a new company this week, and think we were there mainly for helping with the stems, the crane company are also rebuilding the area, it was handy for the trees leaning over the wate,but an expensive luxury imo!
  19. Interesting job, lorry with 25M Palfinger crane + harvesting head taking down 6 DED Elms over water, effective but slow, we were there to zip up and remove the smaller branches to allow the grab a quick entry to grab/cut the stems, but i got bored:blushing: cut, chucked and stacked (from the tree) one tree to the ground quicker than the machine then got bored again and done another, beating the machine by miles:thumbup1:
  20. Just looked at the details of the arbotec ones but unfortunatly they incoporate patches of 3mm leather
  21. what about gore-tex?
  22. josharb87

    Next Saw?

    :lol:
  23. Had a honda 550 with WARN winch for 7 months for a contract, nothing bad to say about it
  24. Nice reduction James
  25. Thankyou , and they're reduced heavy imo And to the link, seasoning firewood there!

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