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Mark Bolam

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  1. Mark Bolam
    I wouldn’t worry too much lads, it’s not like it will happen in our lifetime.
  2. Mark Bolam
    I do try and do things by the (old) book mate!
  3. Mark Bolam
    Badly thought out bullshit by a load of clipboard warriors Matty. If two ropes and two anchors are called for to make any of my jobs safer you can rest assured I'll be using two ropes. If I judge that two ropes will make any job LESS safe, then I'll be using one. It's my arse on the line up there, not some suit who would be better off spending their time prosecuting unqualified and uninsured hackers.
  4. Mark Bolam
    I hope his neighbours like it as much as he does, seeing as how he's forcing them to have about half of it.
  5. Mark Bolam
    300m walk down a narrow footpath for access mate. We thought of messing around with the Tirfor, but decided it would be a lot quicker just to man up and get amongst it.
  6. Mark Bolam
    Money fungus has to be top.
  7. Mark Bolam
    You’ll love it mate! Think of the money you’ll save on trousers!
  8. Mark Bolam
    Mick, you know I said I can pick and choose my jobs now? Here’s a selection of today’s beauties. As you can see, high clipping the handle is also useful for keeping the saw out of the drink. Not one snag on my Craghoppers, or old-school Adidas. PPE police please note, this was planned. I packed a towel and spare socks this morning.
  9. Mark Bolam
    More pics in a bit. Mick will love them.
  10. Mark Bolam
    Very useful , thanks Mark. Does that large Caritool not catch branches all the time and subsequently snap or irritate? Pretty rarely mate, never snapped a large one, they’re pretty bomb-proof. I always remove the gate, which minimises fuckonery.
  11. Mark Bolam
    Couple of pics Treerover. High clipped with the handle on large Caritool, and clipped on the lanyard ring. Second scenario I think Dan Maynard is right, the Zubat sheath in the Sawpod offers a fair degree of protection.
  12. Mark Bolam
    No mate, part time now. My wife owns me for half the week! Tend to throw more bodies at jobs to make the most of my tree days, but it's good in that I can pick and choose my jobs and clients to a bigger degree. Having said that I'm cutting windblow out of a moat tomorrow and working Sunday.
  13. Mark Bolam
    Love mine, but I feel sorry for it now because it hardly ever comes out. Feels like a bag of bricks compared to the 2511!
  14. Mark Bolam
    Maybe not so obviously to you Mick! How on earth did you lose one?
  15. Mark Bolam
    It will, and does all day on a Caritool. You'd want it backed up, obviously.
  16. Mark Bolam
    No Mick, primary attachment is via a normal hook. The 540 has both.
  17. Mark Bolam
    You could probably sell them to monied-up recycling-happy trustafarians for about £50. £75 if you throw in the other half as an optional rain cover.
  18. Mark Bolam
    Beat me to it mate. More pics would be great.
  19. Mark Bolam
    I reckon that's a bit more of a pig of a job than it looks to be honest. I take it those rails are mortised in?
  20. Mark Bolam
    You've got it mate!
  21. Mark Bolam
    No gob, just do a back cut really slowly with a blunt saw. Make sure you film it.
  22. Mark Bolam
    Arborisk paid out when my chipper was nicked last year, we had a bit of a row over the value, but they were prompt and efficient.
  23. Mark Bolam
    Love that grey clip, really miss it on the little Echo. Keep meaning to try and bastardise one somehow.
  24. Mark Bolam
    That's exactly what I meant mate. Tougher material there wouldn't hurt, for sure though. Maybe then we would buy less trousers, though, so it's a very well thought out design flaw....
  25. Mark Bolam
    Why don’t you high clip the saw?

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