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  1. ukminch
    They have gone back to using it now, heres a pic of someone doing it and also what your going to be looking at thinking oh no.........
  2. ukminch
    The only thing that will prepare you for it is to do similar, when going for selection people are running stupid miles a week, as well as weights in the gym, then when weekends come they hit the hills with a pack from dawn to dusk, and repeat for several months - It's not going to be easy good luck!!
  3. ukminch
    A mate of mine let me try and reverse 2 trailers on the back of a tractor into the barn once, certainly takes a bit of doing.......... Sure once you've got is sussed it becomes easy like everything with practice
  4. ukminch
    Runaway, Runaway the worlds gona end:001_tt2:
  5. ukminch
    I'd be explicitly told not to try:blushing:
  6. ukminch
    Doesn't say much for your driving:001_tt2:
  7. ukminch
    Pretty cool, wonder if he could do it fully loaded? [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-bS3h6ygP4&feature=player_embedded]YouTube - Holztransport wende Roundwooddownhillpully[/ame]
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    :thumbup:
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    Fair does, just got a mate who's been working for her dads electrical firm and is not sure it's what she wants to do, it's causing a bit of friction as he's keen to see her take over more and more and she doesn't want to commit. Bit of an age gap there though, he's not to far away from retirement. He's at least 41:lol:
  10. ukminch
    It'll either be the best thing you've ever done or the worst!!!!!! Just try and makes sure it's him making the decisions about what he wants to do and don't put to much pressure on to take over the company etc if it's not what he wants to do. R
  11. ukminch
    On a job I had recently the spec was that the tree was to be 'spiked' the idea of this was to create small damage points from which growth would spurt, I don't know if it will work or not but I guess we'll find out in a year or so's time! On a totem pole I was taught to take some slings up and larksfoot them to give you a foothold, I've only ever done this once but seemed to work well. It was a 50% pop reduction though so maybe spiking them wouldn't have made to much difference........ R
  12. ukminch
    I've given up on vacs now, I find its far quicker to blow everything into a pile and then rake it into a ton bag or straight into a trailer if you can get it close enough. Only problem is that you don't compact it that much like if you use a vac. R
  13. ukminch
    Whats the reason behind the reduction, hard to tell but presumably the tree was there before the house? R
  14. ukminch
    Sounds good to me. I'm in a portacabin at a yard in Brum for two weeks after that for a parks job. Just like camping:thumbup:
  15. ukminch
    The renault master van this week. It's been a week or so since any problems with the lease transit so I'm sure it's due for a flywheel or starter motor or something end of this week/start of next.............. R
  16. ukminch
    Pick me up on the way through liam, Im stuck in Gloucester with yet another blown clutch. We'll have it done in time for the weekend and you can tow me back up north!!!!
  17. ukminch
    I'm guessing that's why there's 2'....... I'd say you'd need to put a membrane down and then topsoil, not sure how much though. Could you do a ph test on a sample area? R
  18. ukminch
    Hows that work then if the whole truck was overweight? Did that include the chipper noseweight:001_tt2: Scary how quickly we can be overloaded. How did the springs look underneath. Apparently if they are smiley faced your ok, flat your in problem area, unhappy faced could be big trouble:blushing:
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    Arb vehicles

    ukminch replied to melvyn's topic in Arb-Trucks

    I'll join you and raise you a towbar and trailer:001_tt2:
  20. ukminch
    Yep, I've got a yard that I hardly ever use. Theres a fair few trunks and rings there. I was quite surprised at the moisture readings I got when I did some cutting and splitting. The actual seasoning seems to happen on the inside despite the weather outside. Then it just takes a little while to dry out properly before sale. R
  21. ukminch
    Yep. It was a job on one of my grounds maintenace sites soon after I started doing tree work. If id know then what I know now I'd have made a fortune on it. As it was I didn't make that much considering how much I'd charged:thumbdown:
  22. ukminch
    £3500 for a oak takedown and stump grind. It had chicken of the woods above a busy junction that the traffic management was a nightmare for. R
  23. ukminch
    Sorry couldn't help it:001_tt2:
  24. ukminch
    Both, if I was a thief I'd have turned up with a hiab lorry big enough to take them both and weigh them in for scrap afterwards:sneaky2:
  25. ukminch
    Ah cool, that kinda answers the question then, if the finance has been paid off through using/hiring it it was obviously a good decision:thumbup:

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