Mark Bolam

I don't mind that Darrin. Save it for when you're cutting something with stone or metal on the other side.... Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

Ironically, Ross Smith who started this thread lives on the North Island now. I hope the Maori Elders don't read it. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

The worst of it is the better the saw was cutting the more the damage, as the bar is moving quicker. Sods Law. I didn't cut Moby in the end, the tide was coming in and the scientists had to get it moved by a 360 up the beach until the following day as it was getting dark. Rich Rule and Mick Stockbridge had the dubious pleasure, and I know it was hell on the saws. Search 'Whale alert' on here for the full story. I've always found stones worse than metal, had 3 big saws go down at about 10' recently on a sycamore stem that Rich was sectioning, nearly snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

A whole sperm whale isn't great for the chain. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

TK, stick around. This is the best thread in ages. Daniel Bos you owe me a mouthful of tea to replace the one I spat out when I read the last line of your last comment! I've supplied unseasoned logs in the past due to my own ignorance. 3 year old yard stacked roundwood must be seasoned, right? Wrong. Buy a moisture meter. The volume thing is trickier. 2.5m3 'loose stacked' (thrown into the Transit bed) is about as accurate as I can be, but that will still vary on stacked volume because of a non-uniform product. I'm not a firewood supplier, I now do logs for myself, a few customers who reorder every year, and mates who will pay going rates. There will always be beer money boys supplying shite, I was one of them! 'Getting the wood for free'? My truck and diesel isn't free, nor is time and labour. I always give a lower price for leaving all cord on site, whatever species. It's wet cord, not platinum! Always good to see both sides of the coin TK, and you've raised up a storm of a debate, with some cracking points. Most I think are valid, some not so. I think on the strength of it if you stick around you'll find a reputable supplier who will fit the bill, and you'll stick with them. Until you see a '£50 a load' Vistaprint card in your local chippy....[emoji3] Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

Improvising with crotches and trunk wraps is fine. Fannying about with old wheels and such is implying you would probably be better off doing something else. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

You only have to see the amount of people asking for 'seasoned cord' to realise that there are a few problems in the firewood game.

How I miss the good old days of being shaken around like a rag doll Noel!

I always do on my jobs because I bought the little Stein first which was more like a porty, so I bought one especially for that. Just carried on using it when I switched to a bollard. I work with the Sequoia boys a lot, and they never use one with their Treerunner, which makes me wonder if I'm wasting my time, because Danny Mac takes lumps far bigger than anything I do! Just backup really. If a strap shat itself things could go bad pretty quickly.

Do you not backup the bollard with a sling Don?

You're pissing in the wind with this one Kevin. Surely you discuss timescales at quote stage? Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

It's a great honour Tom. I doubt anyone would use any pics of me doing my usual rough work. In a garden, obviously. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

It's a nice bit of kit Joe, but do you not think SRT has made it a bit unnecessary? Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

That's a different take on it I suppose Mick. I make good money doing a bit of 'crollarding' after pension day. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

It's a bullshit, meaningless term Mick. The more professional the industry is portrayed the more money we can make, and the sooner I can retire. So, yes, it does put a twist dans mon pantalons. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

Too busy crowning to take a few snaps? Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

Can you really see the feds doing paint chip comparison analysis? You'd be lucky if they rocked up if the car had a dead body in it. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

Why not use your own images? Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

But don't forget a stinking, dirty hi-viz roughly knotted to the arm if you do that. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

There's plenty of space beside mine! Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

Who uses yours? Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

I heard that you'd fly over to help for a few pina coladas and an old stack of 'male interest' magazines?

Saying that Stein have copied something is an outrageous accusation Von Harrington.

That looks well smart Alex.

Greggs already exists Steve! Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk