Mark Bolam
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So true. Everyone knows that to cut the top of a tall hedge you just swivel the head of your long reach 90 deg and voila! It’s done in one pass.
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I wouldn’t totally discount hedgecutting, although it’s physically hard and we all hate it. It fills gaps in the diary for us, and keeps us in with choice clients with plenty of trees, like maybelateron says. One of the big things is getting rid of arisings. We did two full Transit loads today. I’d go for a Husky long reach battery set up, but couple it with a Stihl HS82R for rougher stuff. You’ll also need a decent set of A-Frames and a double or triple ladder. Fairly steep initial set up if you need a vehicle as well. One advantage you have is you could price fairly high because you don’t ‘need’ the work. Logs might be easier if you have somewhere you can be based. A half decent hydraulic splitter can be had for under £1k, and you’ve already got saws and access to timber.
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That’s what I keep telling the bloke I’m subbing for! To be fair, the big hedge at the front is getting flailed, but access to the formal garden side is a nightmare. 4 of us normally do it in 3 days, but we lose Macca tomorrow. He’s off biking round the Highlands because he’s had a gut full of hedgecutting!
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We’ve just started a 4 day hedgecutting job. This is half the rakings at first bait. I want to end my own life.
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We felled a dying one yesterday that was one of those proper bastards that wasn’t really thorny, but had just enough to make you swear now and again! The thorns seemed a lot more prevalent on the younger suckers than the older growth up top. Worst one I’ve dealt with is a weeping pear at my outlaws, proper nasty, and unchippable. I’ll find a vid of how we dealt with that in a bit.
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Neighbour of clients complaining about resin on car
Mark Bolam replied to Excels1or's topic in General chat
This. But without the £50. -
As above. Expect to pay hundreds, not earn hundreds.
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It’s a genius improvement. The groundies will know when you’re cutting again!
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Some list. I can almost smell the hash, man.
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Superb!!! 😂😂😂
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They were £120 before Brexit.
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‘Not any more!’
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Seen OCS a few times, good live band. Still rockin’ as well! I last saw them when Simon was about 10 stone lighter!
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😂 That was a good night. Ricky and the boys were on form as far as I can remember….
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Haha, guilty! I have no recollection of ever meeting you!
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Good thread Eggs. I was a bit too young for punk, especially going to gigs, but I liked some of it, especially SLF. Did you ever get to see them? My best gig was The Smiths at Newcastle Mayfair in 87. Saw Iron Maiden twice at Newcastle City Hall when Paul Di’anno was still lead singer. The Pogues at Newcastle Mayfair in 88. Oasis at Maine Road. The Boss at Stadium of Light. GnR at Gateshead stadium. Loads more, but they’re the standouts. Great gigs, great times. I’m happy to draw a line under the live scene now and leave it to the young stagers, nothing modern really floats my boat. I also don’t want to be that sad old bastard in his fifties still thinking he’s down with the kids.
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I bet you didn’t want to be up there for long mate!
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Totally agree. The proper apprenticeship idea is a good one, but again why would you bother when you can just buy a doggy old truck, cheap chipper and a set of ladders and off you go?
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100%. It would have to be full on like Gas-Safe or I-Cert though, and strictly enforced. We’d all be on twice as much money.
