Mark Bolam
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Those 3m ramps are just slightly too long to lie flat in the Transit bed, which I knew. I riveted some small brackets onto the bulkhead for them to sit on and snug up to the inside of the tailgate to make transporting them a bit easier.
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Yes, as I said, they’re shit.
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Don’t get me wrong, it is a good idea. The actual performance is disappointing though.
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I’d definitely agree with Mike’s post, people do seem to have developed a bit of an ‘Amazon Prime’ mentality when it comes to both quoting and working timescales. ’Hi, I’d like you to look at some tree work, I’m free this Thursday at 11, is that good for you?’ Errrrrr, funnily enough I’ll probably be at work then….
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It’s not, they’re shit.
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Being skint isn’t an excuse for behaving like a prick. I don’t think people have really changed, it’s just your tolerance level of annoying people just drops further and further the older you get. I don’t know who I hate most now, people who don’t want me to work for them, or people who do.
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I have thought ahead and future-proofed my impending weight gain Reuben.
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Just got these ramps to give me a different option for moving the machine around. Jacksta Energy from Northampton, 3T rated, great service from them. Drilled the bed holes this morning, really pleased with them.
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All dogs are 99% wolf. You get what you get, but they’re basically wolves. The XL Bully trend baffles me though. Why?
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Just buy the Weaver harness but don’t get it LOLER’d.
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May have overcooked it today on a seriously compromised cherry takedown, but I had to get back for kids football.
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Thanks Will, they’d be just the ticket. Any advice on drilling/bolting to a light rsj? Ideally I’d want to just pick it up with the grab rather than fannying around making a different headstock for it and swapping attachments.
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Minus the cost of 75 cartridges. If only you could shoot like Ross White….
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Heath Robinson tined rake is on the to-do list mate.
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Connie death fest with big help from the mighty Worky Quad, 19 60 footers, previously topped at 20’, so multi-stemmed, dead middle shitbags. All assisted fells. Client kept the timber, 14 ‘full to the brim’ loads of chip, we aren’t in ULEZ down here. 2 full loads of dust and rakings, again mainly handled with the WQ. 3 days. Just in, ready for my second beer now, had my first one on the way to the yard, didn’t touch the sides.
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Ha, why do you think my right forearm is so muscular?
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5m/minute though. I’m faster than that with my Tirfor!
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Fred was a pro though. This is different level insanity.
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Not for all the money in the World. Some bloke.
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I reckoned about 500, but Macca has done a lot more crane work than me and reckoned 650. 9’ long, 20” dia. Pissing with sap. The bucket is fairly gay, but more hetero than a shovel.
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Great progress mate. 👍
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Also managed to load this stick that Danny Mac wanted, probably about 650kg. It won’t lift anything like that obviously, but we managed to wrestle it on.
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Then on to give the lads a lift with yesterdays oak takedown. The standing timber was how we left it yesterday. All loaded and tipped in 45 minutes. Think they were pleased I rocked up or they would have to have handballed the lot.
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This mornings job was shifting a cherry through the warehouse entrance of a convenience shop in town, no vehicle access to rear garden, 60m drag.
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Busy week for the Worky Quad. Loaded 20 tonnes of sand over 2 nights on to my mates trailer to spread on the juniors football pitch to improve drainage. Community effort, I couldn’t be arsed to faff about with the trailer so I just drove down to the village. It would have been rude not to stop at the local for a couple on the way home. 44ed2e0c-4d12-4fea-87f7-163820a505b5.mp4 3c8db3d3-71bc-4208-9983-28af0a367b63.mp4
