Mark Bolam
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With titchy saws a thinner oil is usually best, and Stihl is usually pretty thin so that’s probably a good shout. I bought Mam a cheapo mini saw for busting up pallets etc. from Amazon. £50 inc charger and 2 batteries. It doesn’t even have an oiler. I just drizzled Co-Op veg oil onto the bar and told her to do that before every session. My 9 year old daughter thought it performed ok, in her safety sliders. IMG_8384.mov
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Ouch Doug! Get back on those stretches! Cobra! Great day subbing for Mark Broadley with the loader on a nasty lombardy wedged in a corner of a garden with a long drag. Ross Smith climbing. All brush dragged with loader, and flopped the butt with it as well with a 2:1.
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Is the saw running ok?
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I enjoy watching the women’s game Mick, but even Connie (age 9) knows it’s totally different to Prem level, and never will be. The BBC don’t seem to grasp that.
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I’m going to set my daughter on you Mick.
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Weren’t you a Commander in one mate?
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If it’s for proper tree work there aren’t very many companies to choose from, so a broker seems a bit like adding expense for no reason. Also for real tree work you won’t be able to get PL without getting EL as well.
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Bloody cheat is wearing 8 foot ascenders.
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I’m looking to knock one up soon. An rsj with haybob tines bolted to it is probably what I’m going for, something I can just pick up with the grab. Be interested if anyone has any pics of similar.
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Those 3m ramps are just slightly too long to lie flat in the Transit bed, which I knew. I riveted some small brackets onto the bulkhead for them to sit on and snug up to the inside of the tailgate to make transporting them a bit easier.
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Yes, as I said, they’re shit.
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Don’t get me wrong, it is a good idea. The actual performance is disappointing though.
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I’d definitely agree with Mike’s post, people do seem to have developed a bit of an ‘Amazon Prime’ mentality when it comes to both quoting and working timescales. ’Hi, I’d like you to look at some tree work, I’m free this Thursday at 11, is that good for you?’ Errrrrr, funnily enough I’ll probably be at work then….
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It’s not, they’re shit.
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Being skint isn’t an excuse for behaving like a prick. I don’t think people have really changed, it’s just your tolerance level of annoying people just drops further and further the older you get. I don’t know who I hate most now, people who don’t want me to work for them, or people who do.
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I have thought ahead and future-proofed my impending weight gain Reuben.
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Just got these ramps to give me a different option for moving the machine around. Jacksta Energy from Northampton, 3T rated, great service from them. Drilled the bed holes this morning, really pleased with them.
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All dogs are 99% wolf. You get what you get, but they’re basically wolves. The XL Bully trend baffles me though. Why?
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Just buy the Weaver harness but don’t get it LOLER’d.
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May have overcooked it today on a seriously compromised cherry takedown, but I had to get back for kids football.
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Thanks Will, they’d be just the ticket. Any advice on drilling/bolting to a light rsj? Ideally I’d want to just pick it up with the grab rather than fannying around making a different headstock for it and swapping attachments.
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Minus the cost of 75 cartridges. If only you could shoot like Ross White….
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Heath Robinson tined rake is on the to-do list mate.
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Connie death fest with big help from the mighty Worky Quad, 19 60 footers, previously topped at 20’, so multi-stemmed, dead middle shitbags. All assisted fells. Client kept the timber, 14 ‘full to the brim’ loads of chip, we aren’t in ULEZ down here. 2 full loads of dust and rakings, again mainly handled with the WQ. 3 days. Just in, ready for my second beer now, had my first one on the way to the yard, didn’t touch the sides.
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Ha, why do you think my right forearm is so muscular?
