Mark Bolam
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Are we allowed to go faster because we are bigger and have usually been drinking?
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Great minds Moz.... Dean will be on in a minute saying he knows f-all about the subject! -
Aye. Ask Dean.
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Did he still have his bling truck and chipper Rich? That little prankster must have his signwriter on speed dial! Don't get me wrong, he's a scumbag. But some of these people are so dense and gullible they deserve to be ripped off! I'm surprised they didn't pay a grand up front for 'materials'. What part of 'don't engage the services of doorknockers' don't they understand? Watchdog have been telling them this for 20 years! I despair sometimes. I really do.
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Nothing wrong with overcharging for a job. It makes up for all the ones I undercharge.....
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Know that one! Bell you tomorrow Phil.
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I always think that you get to a point where you simply can't rig down any more, so have to chog lumps or fell onto a mat anyway, so I normally favour bombing everything onto a mat, but every job is different. Love rigging pieces of a spar, but if I'm honest, knocking smaller chunks off is quicker. Mind you, I'm not the fastest rigger in world. Has anyone else ever had a book sent up a tree?...
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I know what you're saying mate, but clients that get multiple quotes for pissy little jobs like that get right on my tits. Stevie Wonder would have known that £630 was OTT for that.
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Sorry m'lud. I meant thieving pikey scumbag. Don't know what came over me.....
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Is that a get out clause for gypo's then?
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I'd be wary at this time of year Justin. The one's I've picked recently have had quite a sour taste. In a rush reading Watchdog posts, haven't had time to read whole thread. Glad I could help.
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I thought he kept his cool quite well when confronted. And he apologised. And I bet they were ballistic tracky bottoms and trainers. And they had clearly passed NPTC unit 99 ' How to use chainsaw near your mate's hands whilst smoking a fag'. And they were helping the planet by using the share a lift to work scheme. In the chip-box. And he clearly polishes his saws every night - are yours that shiny? That's the trouble with you lot. You are soooooo negative......
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I don't agree with what he's saying. But I would fight to the death to defend his right to say it.
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On the building back then, but I well remember that moment of horror when you heard the 'death rattle' from within your tartan flask! Also remember logging competitions at Stonehaugh (Kielder forest), blokes with big sideburns wearing PPE Levi's legging it round with revving Husky's after a lengthy session in the beer tent! That was before all this Safe and Healthty stuff, mind you.....
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Looks a pretty scummy area... How far did you get? Looks a big 'un. What killed it? (apart from your glory hole!). Nice shots.
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Super stuff again Reg, great comments in defence of your methods as well! I'd have felled it in a oner with Steve's dog in a harness on a pull line. Pics/film often distort the true picture as we know, and it's usually the guy doing the job that makes the right call on how to do it. Or he ends up in the 'Bloopers' forum! Medium pine TD next week, so your vid was a shot in the arm to adjust some of my own rigging methods. Thanks for posting.
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Loads of healthy trees have severe defects visible in the bark (cattle, shunted by vehicles, vandalised etc.). Monitor the tree. If it needs felling in the future, you can charge more because it will be bigger, and will yield more quality log wood. It's a win-win! Unless it fails suddenly and wipes some nippers out.....
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Do they make a double cab Daily?
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Cut your handbrake cable? WTF?
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Medium Stihl or Husky, and you won't go far wrong. You get what you pay for. How's your maintenance and sharpening skills? Where are you? What is the woodland like? Let's have an Arbtalk Christmas party at your hotel, and we can advise you more thoroughly.....
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Would you need a standalone unit, or can you power the hydraulics off something? Someone must have a knackered processor you could cannibalise the cross cutting unit from. Reckon Ed would be the man to ask. And yes, my life would be muchos enriched if I could listen to the goings on in Ambridge rather than bloody noise all day!
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It does sound great, but the cold would be a big downside for my delicate little poorly circulating fingers! And the hot girls in pirate boots might be a downside for my wife.... Try and post some pics if you can mate.
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There was one featured on here a while back Dave. Wasn't modern though. Is it so you can listen to The Archers whilst logging?
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Nasty looking tree. Good work Dave and team! What's the 2nd pulley doing halfway down the stem? Is it to prevent the severed section kicking out towards the building?
