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Mark Bolam

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  1. Mark Bolam
    There are a few trees round here that have been responsible for extremely swift speed reduction for careless drivers.
  2. Mark Bolam
    I’m pretty sure I speak for most on here when I say we certainly are. The way you write about things, the questions you raise and answer, your total honesty about your own knowledge and skill set, your willingness to call in help when needed, and the total lack of bs, politics and bickering. It’s like a breath of fresh air. Fair play to you and everyone involved.
  3. Mark Bolam
    What a thread VI, I'm absolutely loving it!
  4. Mark Bolam
    Living the dream Alex! Apart from the palms, like.
  5. Mark Bolam
    Yes. Two independent anchor points, so you now need to do poles in pairs adjacent to each other.
  6. Mark Bolam
    You won’t get much freelance work on 40’ trees.
  7. Mark Bolam
    Trainspotting - Going for a walk (Corrour Station) WWW.GOOGLE.COM SICK BOY: Now what? TOMMY: We go for a walk. SPUD: What? TOMMY: A walk! SPUD: But where? TOMMY:...
  8. Mark Bolam
    I think Scotland could make it’s own way. Great natural resources, space, general grit and graft bred in to a lot of the population, and history has shown huge amount of intelligence and invention. That said, Sturgeon and the SNP are none of this. I can’t think of a worse representation of Scotland in general, they could take any country back into the stone age.
  9. Mark Bolam
    Is that the India we've just given £98m in foreign aid to?
  10. Mark Bolam
    Aye, I must have made 1000’s of chooks poorly over the years with my chip with bark included.
  11. Mark Bolam
    Aye, I bet I know someone who could melt it eh @MattyF?
  12. Mark Bolam
    It looks like Ocean Polyester, but I didn't think they made bigger than 10mm diameter? Could be wrong, mind, I often am. @Tommy_B would know the best splice if it is.
  13. Mark Bolam
    Can I just ask, why no bark? I can't think of any situation where any tree surgeon would be chipping timber with no bark on it, so you will be limiting your options somewhat.
  14. Mark Bolam
    I tend not to combine them if I can help it, but it’s easy enough to wear the ascender either over or under your spikes. I’ve got Geckos as well.
  15. Mark Bolam
    It's bullshit Mick, makes no difference at all.
  16. Mark Bolam
    He's not Brocky, he's still up there.
  17. Mark Bolam
    Spectrum Plant do them mate. If you go on their website you can download a return form so you can send them up to them postage free.
  18. Mark Bolam
    From what I can gather it's a film about gang violence, which is attracting violent gangs to go and watch it, with obvious consequences. Usual third world suspects.
  19. Mark Bolam
    Totally job dependent re the top tie mate. Definitely isolate if there’s much chance of a base tie being compromised.
  20. Mark Bolam
    A massive advantage of SRT for me has been the easy setting of high anchors. This takes that straight out of the game. I appreciate your sentiment, like, but I’ll stick to using two lines for jobs when it helps me.
  21. Mark Bolam
    If you’re just dumping the chip and the customer is moving it that’s fairly simple. If you’re just dropping the trees and the customer is moving them to the play park then you are chipping them, then that’s a different game entirely.
  22. Mark Bolam
    Have you been getting your lass to tie you up again?
  23. Mark Bolam
    I don’t understand the question.
  24. Mark Bolam
    Joe would definitely buy something if he could leave it on his harness for the pub after work.
  25. Mark Bolam
    I think what Stevie is getting at is that you shouldn’t be putting yourself in that position. I’d be picking the place to fell it where it did least damage, and if they didn’t like that idea I’d proceed on to the next job. No climber owes his life to some prick who lets his trees get so dead and crispy they can’t be climbed.

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