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Mark Bolam

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  1. Realistically you’re going to have to pay someone to fell it.
  2. I’ll take it for what it is, victory.
  3. Sorry Con, you know what I meant. Winner was indeed the scrappiest goal ever! I’ll take it all night long though!
  4. Get in girls! A poor game I thought, but a sublime chip for the winner. Anyone who knows football will applaud a quality finish like that. I’d have blasted it low and hard. Mick?
  5. You’ve seen me climb?
  6. Danny Mac is as good a climber as I’ve worked with, and we pissed that ancient oak repollard the other week with a 21m tracked MEWP with a good owner/operator/tree guy. 2 day tree climbing. Like Joe says though, sometimes you’re just putting something very expensive in the drop zone. Not the be all and end all, but certainly a very, very useful tool on the right job. We are currently looking at cheapo introductory machines like towable Niftys. A lot of fuckonery on our jobs seems to be on lower limbs and BT lines. When you get to my age chogging stems from a basket is also a dream. Like you said earlier Mick, just a case of working differently sometimes.
  7. If there are trees in the way you can just cut them down. Idiot.
  8. He should have been a politician….
  9. Why would you need to shorten the chassis?
  10. I understand the merde bit.
  11. He clearly stated it was self lowered. Can’t you speak French?
  12. Hopefully it will be like an Akimbo which works all the time.
  13. Fair sized tree there Mick.
  14. As above. Wait till autumn/winter then go for it.
  15. They are. Les started talking about a different situation entirely.
  16. Yeah, chuck some seed bombs in. Think of the bugs and butterflies, man. ✌️
  17. I’m not a hippy, but can’t you just cut a neat strip at the top, bottom and maybe sides to show it’s ‘kept’, and let the rest go a bit crazy?
  18. This lad has made a few basic errors. You can only top connies as flat as a witches tit. If they keep banging on about a ‘Christmas tree shape’ then let it be someone else’s problem. I’ve no problem with him dumping the stuff, but £40? That’s £20 in yesterdays money. It’s not worth the hassle.
  19. Funnily enough after this my daughter and I headed home and I lent the kayak to a groundie as they were headed down to the beach. He capsized and was rescued by some paddle boarders. The kayak is half way to Calais. Luckily it’s a cheapo, new one ordered for £134 and a light pay packet for him next week.
  20. 6 hours hedgecutting today. Now the reward.
  21. With your chainsaw trousers on?
  22. You must be doing alright Eggs. I wish I could afford a Porsche.

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