Mark Bolam

Good heads-up Alex. Drew just posted this on FB. DMM are a solid company, they’ll see everyone right.

The truth can be viewed on the streets of any coastal town in Kent J.

Give it time mate….

In a nutshell mate.

It’s an emotive phrase because it’s an emotive subject. If you’d visited Folkestone this summer and seen thousands of them rocking up every day you might understand a bit more. Mainly young Albanian males. Can’t find any records of wars, famine and persecution in Albania at the moment. They’re bludgers, and need shipping straight back there.

Even if you want to use that definition she’s still spot on.

Braverman has broken a major political rule. She has spoken the absolute truth. It is an invasion. She’s 100% right.

That’s my point mate. You’ve built up and paid off a fair backup setup. Very fair, to be fair!

Finance is a handy tool and I’ve used it a lot over the years. I feel zero sympathy for anyone who has bought their whole outfit on the drip, though.

Thank fukk!

‘Only reason for sale is we are upgrading’…. 🤔

I think people were falling out of trees because of poor anchor point choices, epi regen on rail trees etc. Adding a second rope means they can make twice as many poor anchor point choices. 👍

I heard he was stalking cougars….

I’d be looking at two things Helene. 1) What are the ‘targets’ ie what would the tree hit if catastrophic failure WERE to occur near the base? 2) Are there any fruiting bodies (Fungi) visible on the tree, especially near the base, at any time of year?

He’s an Instagram Influencer.

No, Sugoi still in the lineup. Just thought the cross guard might mean you could go properly mental with it, and the coarse teeth might help the OP, you’re not worried about nice finish of cut. Personally I’d get a battery saw and make handsaw noises when I was working. Otherwise I’d end up with a right forearm like @Joe Newton.

I’d go Sugowaza, even bigger than the Ibuki. Silky Sugowaza curved pruning saw (X-Large teeth) (420mm) – F.R. Jones & Son WWW.FRJONESANDSON.CO.UK

Clutchy makes some very valid points, and is almost certainly right on the way forward IF you want to grow. That’s not what everyone wants though, is it? I’ve been Ltd., VAT registered, big turnover, blah blah blah. It’s not for me any more. I’m a one man and two dog band and it suits me now. I work with a bunch of like-minded Sole Traders. I’m having Monday off to look after my kids, most of the following week to head up to Northumberland to spend time with Mam. No hassles about finding work for a crew of employees. I’m not chasing big money. If you are, why are you in arb? There is more to life, much more. I agree some ‘companies’ (however you define it) will be in for hard times. Being mega busy isn’t an excuse to buy loads of shit you don’t need and employ extra crews by my way of thinking. Just refusing shit jobs, charging decent money (which I know you do btw Clutchy), and being honest about lead times is the way forward for me. My work model definitely won’t work for everyone, different strokes for different folks and all that. Some companies will go under, for sure, big and small. Knee jerk price cutting will probably be the quickest way of doing it, rather than genuine lack of work. Chalara may well be the silver bullet that means arb can weather the storm better than some trades. Some arb ‘companies’ need kicking into touch anyway. We’ve done about 6 trees this week that were ‘too big’ for other companies. One of them was knocking on 55’!

That’s how I used to roll! I bet you did as well Mick!

I would have had a line in the tree as well to be extra safe.

I trust you had two ropes in the picks as they were lifted out?

Obviously the 2 aren’t mutually exclusive RC….

Knowing Steve it will mean he can swap attachments without leaving the cab!

Not bought a rake?

Is that 10 better?