Mark Bolam

Why not make it cost heavy for the landowner and very, very profitable for you? He's a landowner, he's bound to be loaded!

There has to be a Michael Caine joke in there somewhere mate.

We can only hope so.

Just out of interest J, why?

I thought that! I’ve worked there just up from Fixings Warehouse and on a good day you can see Dungeness and the windmills at Kent Corner.

Cracking mate. Where’s that?

It was just to alert Ben about the post Les.

@benedmonds

Marcus is a 17’ giant Andy. That’s his kindling you can see there.

I got chased out of our local pool when I wore Speedo trunks. It was only when I got home I realised the ‘S’ had fallen off.

It’s good that the saw is a professional model, and that they cater for lefties at last. Bloody clever, these 8 year olds.

My wife bought some running shorts which are fine but took about 25 days to arrive. Posted directly from China!

Cedar is a softwood?

What rope are you on Paul? You may find 8mm cord will bind too much on thicker ropes.

£242 is expensive, but a set of blades will have got through thousands and thousands of pounds worth of work before they are done. When you think about it they are the only part of a chipper that do the work, everything else is just there to let the blades do their job.

That’s pretty much what I did. Unfortunately I got conned into thinking I liked it.

Are we still talking about hitch cord?

Bugger. I had that call this morning and didn’t stop to think. Gave him all my ex’s card details.

I hear you there Gary! My Transit policy reduced one year even when I told them straight my wife utterly refuses to drive it! I’m sure insurance companies sometimes cut the head off a chicken and base your premium on the pattern of the blood splatter. It’s the only explanation. Jack, buy a small brown car and watch your premium tumble. My burgundy Fiesta costs so little I think by next year they will be paying me to insure it. I haven’t told them I’ve put a GTi badge on the back, mind.

That’s done well with a big fella on it Dan! What do you do @TommyB? I’m not a massive fan of the Ocean tbh, I love my Beeline, but it’s a bastard to seal properly.

Can you not soak it?

While I totally agree with you Bob, box-ticking is becoming increasingly prevalent in all sectors, and arb and forestry maybe more than most. I’ve met shite cutters with loads of tickets, and brilliant ones with none. The specific problem I see in arb is that by the time you’re really, really good your body is knackered, with a few notable exceptions (cue ‘I didn’t start climbing till I was 55 and can still run rings round all the young ‘uns’ rants!). I think climbing at the top level commercially you have a Premier League life expectancy, hence so many new start ups, increased competition, and perpetually depressed prices. The other big thing is the enjoyment of being in arb. I like money, don’t get me wrong, but I generally love the job. I like trees, I like working with them, and Iike working with everyone I work with. Plumbers, sparks and brickies earn more than us at the coal face, and they’re welcome to it. Not knocking them at all, just not for me. As an old gaffer once said ‘The craic is worth ten grand a year!’

The offer still stands mate!