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  1. Mark Bolam
    Avoid anything to do with Yell like the plague. Expensive and utterly shite. You won't be doing big jobs, so advertise in Parish mags, local shop windows and garden centres etc. No point spending mega bucks on advertising at this stage. Good luck with it mate.
  2. Mark Bolam
    I know mate. Thats why I like my existing customers who know the crack. Turn up with logs. Press tip. Get paid cash.
  3. Mark Bolam
    Might not take on any new customers either, 'cos I ran out of seasoned last year. And I can't be doing with all the 'can you stack it in my woodshed and I'll pop a cheque in the post' carry on....
  4. Mark Bolam
    Damn. Here's me thinking this thread was going to be about drinking cold cider whilst wearing shades eyeing up lasses (or fellas if you're a lass) after an early finish after a good week!
  5. Mark Bolam
    Is it something in the exhaust fumes from a mog that make you completely insane? Skye - London. £2.5k for tyres. Fuel cans on roof. I want one so badly....
  6. Mark Bolam
    Thats the one. It is cumbersome, but well worth doing in some situations. Think a dumbell may prove more cumbersome though!
  7. Mark Bolam
    Great analogy! It would be great if it was truly self-tending. For long re-ascents, the trick of adding the second pulley near your rope guide anchor is priceless though.
  8. Mark Bolam
    You could at least persuade them to leave the butt as a monolith surely? They don't make 'em that big anymore...
  9. Mark Bolam
    I did think that, but the postage would kill me! The problem is always handballing it onto the truck in big enough lumps. And the client did pay for that effort!
  10. Mark Bolam
    Is that Huck up in a huge MEWP beside it? Wearing flip-flops and swigging from a bottle of vintage Champagne?
  11. Mark Bolam
    Joe, remind me not to let you take my dog for a walk!
  12. Mark Bolam
    No bother. Or you could use a spare mog wheel nut!
  13. Mark Bolam
    Ditto was to Marc's reply? Not sure about the dumbell. Be good if that would work though.
  14. Mark Bolam
    Ditto. Could you try an extra braid? Leave mine on my rope for weeks sometimes, no probs (never go flying down though - burnt fingers on 8mm cord - ouch!). Persevere mate. Never had problems with a Prussik? Never jammed? Right.
  15. Mark Bolam
    Made better use of them than a few builders I know!
  16. Mark Bolam
    £120 level Transit back (100 cubic feet give or take). Seasoned hardwood. Any requests for extra small logs will incurr severe financial penalties!
  17. Mark Bolam
    Last couple of days. Massive heartwood decay at base, then clean from 2' to 8' then shot again. Weird. No brackets anywhere, canopy about 1/4 leaf after dying back for 18 months. Planked the bench and table for the client as a consolation. Sorry if pics are sideways, wouldn't let me rotate tor some reason.
  18. Mark Bolam
    Is that the petrol 125 mate? Seems a nice little machine.
  19. Mark Bolam
    Anything Goretex mate.
  20. Mark Bolam
    The shooting RA thing can be got around by drinking all the after dinner port for breakfast.... Falling deadwood? Pah! You should see some of our dogs and women beaters!
  21. Mark Bolam
    Has that got disc-blade system John? Always liked the look of it.
  22. Mark Bolam
    TBH, I'll look around a lot before the next purchase. Would prefer a machine that would chip 8" if required (conifer etc and less snedding as stated). Problem is, none of these post '97 test munchkins are allowed to tow much, are they? What is the biggest infeed sub 750KG chipper?
  23. Mark Bolam
    Does anyone want any weeding doing? I can travel.
  24. Mark Bolam
    No, it's a fair point Huck, but that little machine has got me out of loads of bother! And can also fill the Transit in about 40 minutes if we can feed it quick enough. Never gives me hydraulic problems like the 150! I think you would be mad not to have a proper look round the market before making your choice, and we have derailed the thread a bit by talking about machines other than 6". Love these healthy debates though!
  25. Mark Bolam
    Never used Jensen, so can't comment there. Last Greenmech I hired (5 years ago) was awesome till electric fault on day 2. But we did give it some stick, and it was a hire machine. TW 18/100G (as per avatar) is a cracking little machine for tight access/steep drives etc. TW 150- great machine, but I think the newer models have sacrificed some build quality for costs, s**t linkage etc. As Skyhuck has said, most firms run Transits etc. 1.25T is my legal chip load. Much as I would love to have a 12" Schiesling/Bandit/Vermeer, I would be full in about 14 seconds. And I wouldn't have any logs to sell in the winter! Sorry to be of f-all use Joe. And I didn't vote 'cos I don't know enough about 2 of the contenders to put forward a valid opinion. Mind you, when has that stopped anyone on Arbtalk!

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