Mark Bolam
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Not yet. Any good?
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Mark your first cutter with chalk/yellow crayon/felt tip pen. Light, consistent file strokes. Most people have a tendency to file one side harder than the other. Don't put the chain on backwards! Fella on my assessment did this, examiner asked him if he was happy with the chain. Said he was. No choice but to fail him. Funny thing, the man had come in saying "I've been cutting for 20 years, why do I need a piece of paper?". To mop the blood up?
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Thanks Stevie, I'll bell him in the morning.
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Nearly £1300 2mill PL, 5 mill EL
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Just got the renewal quote through, fair bit more than I want to pay. Tried NFU, branch down here won't insure me for anything above 6 metres because I don't have any "Associated Business" with them i.e. they would want house, truck, life, dog, wife..... Had some horrendous quotes in the past from cos. whose view was "tree surgery is tree surgery". Can anyone suggest a company who may be a little more sympathetic to the fact that we have a smallish turnover, don't do utility work etc., don't run big machinery and have no intention of doing 100 footers overhanging Ferrari garages! I'm more than happy to pass the big jobs on and contract climb / accept bribes for doing it. Don't need to be big, don't want to be. Any help appreciated.
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Company called Nene Overland do them. Northamptonshire/Lincs? Don't know about prices.
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Reckon the insurance assessor might want a gander first before they decide how to recover it. I'm getting that knackered these days I'm in the sh**e if I turn my wheelbarrow over!
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Spiking a ladder from a MEWP cage. Access all areas, surely.
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Like it Pete. Does Jonesie sell them?.....
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Top job mate. I find if you can fell chunks like that using pull offs onto scruffy areas / piles of brush it's quicker and safer than rigging everything down. I'm not talking about manicured lawns here, but some posts I have seen contain unnecessary rigging just 'cos its fun! Pushing rings onto a ton sack filled with brush protects just about anything IME. Long as you're a good shot! Liked the tunes as well....
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Keep them on the line, say you are going to get a pen then crank up a 66 and rev the tits off it next to your phone. That'll learn them. As everyone has stated, they are only after your money, not interested if you are legit or not. Another point - none of my contacts at schools have ever heard of them!
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is there that much difference between the ms341 and 260?
Mark Bolam replied to jonnywinks's topic in Climbers talk
341 is excellent, even with 3/8 chain (might be a reason Stihl supply them with this?), 361 is even better. Beautiful with an 18" bar. I'm with Mr. Ed on the 260. Mine was a piece of sh**e. So much so I've just traded it in. Can't be doing with a saw that was breaking something every month. Don't bother with the 280. It's not a pro saw. -
Jon Turnbull talked me into getting the carbon fibre geckos with velcro from Honeys at the arb fair last year. They are one of the best purchases I have ever made. Thing is, I have now gone off climbing trees that I can't spike....
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Know what you're saying SWB, I only do it when crotching a saver below a fork so it can't slip upwards. Mate used to do it off a 3 inch stub above a peg and it used to terrify me! Thanks for the heads up on the Beech, Steve. Don't come across many to fell down here. Pollarding to 2 foot wounds with an epicormic as a growing point seems to be the preferred option among the highly learned people of this part of the world.....
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Steve, I will win, of course. But there will be loads of squaddies, bankers, prostitutes, farmers, firemen, nurses, accountants, gamekeepers etc. using Arbtalk. Is this a good thing?
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Top felling Mr. Bullman! Must say you don't waste time between cuts with the 020! Why did you fell it so low? Have you got a use for the butt? Unrelated, but does anyone else like taking the heads out above their main anchor first, or am I a weirdo? Can be a pain to get them down but for some reason it makes the rest of the job seem easy. Nice work.
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Always mean to run mine in, but you know what it's like when you get stuck into a job.....
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Bob, you're right. Technically it is, but it flips nicely on the stuff I tend to do.
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Cheers Garth, I'll keep it in mind for bigger jobs, but I often seem to end up with 1/2 load of mixed cord, chip and sh*te from domestic jobs.
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Bloke I sub for has one. Awesome power - it will split seasoned, gnarly Euc! Two man job for decent productivity, as stated. And it is bloody heavy!
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3.5m split tail with ISC grab and Mongoose on eye end. Runs easy and big Mongoose is simple to work with cold fingers. Remember your stopper knot!
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What's the going rate for renting a bit of ground for log stack / chip pile / burn site? Need approx 1/2 acre. And I fully expect the answers to be varied! Have a reasonable set up with a farm at the mo. I do all the treework they can't do with a digger bucket, Matbro, Telehandler etc. in lieu of yard space in various locations. Problem is other people use it as well and keep dumping TV's, matresses etc. there and piling up US soil so Transit access is a ballache. Could do with sorting out a yard of my own on a more formal basis. Fully appreciate the fact that some of you won't want to disclose what you pay. Cheers.
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Yes mate, have had this problem now and then. No solution so far, and cracking on the chainbrake with the right hand is a BAD idea! Great saw though.
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Is it a tipper?
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:001_smile:Good work fellas. Hope your hands didn't get as cold as mine did today! RE earlier comments about pricing, from original photos I would have thought morning to drop it, easy afternoon finish. Looking at the dismantle pics I reckon it was 50% bigger than I thought. Could have dropped a bollock there! Still a funny looking Birch....
