Mark Bolam
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Everything posted by Mark Bolam
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Well, there was this time I sent him off for a long weight….
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What is a clutch? Is that what cars used to have in the old days?
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Good follow up Briscoe. Glad you got a result. 👍
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I can’t think of a worse time in the last 10 years to be trying to get into arb, regardless of age or fitness.
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Register on here - https://arbtalk.co.uk/recycling?nearby=100&lat=51.06763663809168&lon=0.8553085328971585 @Steve Bullman would this be better off in the General forum?
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Just for the record, the two ‘tree surgeons’ who ‘chopped the top off and hoped it would get back into shape’ weren’t actually tree surgeons.
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@AHPP
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I love it when a plan comes together!
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6mm stockboard is apparently the kiddy mate.
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Is it literally beside a house, or up a side entrance beside a house?
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That’s a great combo for payload, not so great for short domestic drives, and chipper. There is no one perfect set up.
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srt SRT/ddrt rope recommendations please
Mark Bolam replied to Carteeni's topic in SRT (Single Rope Technique)
Drenaline and Tach have too much bounce for SRT. I’ve found none-CE Donaghys Cougar Blue to be great for both. Nod at Treeworker can usually get it. Mine is 50m. There’s probably loads of new stuff out now that is as good or better. I also use the Jet Step, teamed up with a HAAS Velox 2.0. -
That’s alright mate, I have a loader….
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Slight derail on the attachment/welding stuff, but does anyone have experience of working on ground protection mats with mini loaders? We have a few jobs I could tow the chipper in with, but there’s lots of moving brash and timber (albeit staying on site) and the shift from the drop zone to the landing would look like The Somme if we do it now. Piss wet through heavy clay. Might be able to borrow some mats from a civils contact.
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Tyres can make a big difference on 2WD’s. I chucked some cheapo Fedima AT’s on the (twin) rears on the Transit a few years ago. They are basically BFG AT copies. Made a huge difference on wet grass, slippy gateways etc. Couldn’t source them in skinny tyre size last time, in this country at least, (185/75/r16), so went for something less aggressive, and have regretted it. If you’re wallowing in mud, forget it, but the extra traction in a lot of situations can really help.
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@Joe Newton f**k off before you start.
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That’s the kiddy I meant. My mate Von who I am in a loose partnership has one, and it’s a beast of a machine. Worlds apart from a 150. Don’t know how the new smaller engined version compares, but that Kubota will probably still be chucking out the horses when most of us are dribbling cocoa in a care home.
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Nice one Mick. Is it the full fat 37hp version?
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How can you effectively advertise your business?
Mark Bolam replied to CharonWest's topic in Business Management
You’re way off here Pleasant. If a customer expects ‘a full day of work’ they have misunderstood my quoted and accepted price. If we can be out of there in a morning, believe me, we will be. I haven’t improved my skills, surrounded myself with a top team of grafters and invested tens of thousands of pounds worth of kit to be held to account by some retired suit who thinks we have to work until exactly 5.30pm. That is someone else’s customer.- 33 replies
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Can you imagine a lass at one of those 1970’s swinging ‘car key’ parties you used to hear about? If she pulled out the average arb’s key ring she’d think she was going home with a jailer!
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Perfect timing Alex!
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Why have you got my key ring Will? I bloody knew I’d left it somewhere!
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Missed this Mick, sorry. Merry Christmas mate.
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That’s easy. When you die.
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Meant calm!
