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  1. Stephen Blair
    waiting for a low loader to appear round the corner with a new piece of machinery on it!
  2. Stephen Blair
    I could watch those guys work all day! Knew a guy who not that long ago who used to collect timber that way, a boat hand winch on the front and some pulleys and ramps! I'm sure the trailer is still in good working order on 3 axles if anyone fancies it
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    At the time it was the least of our worries! Saved paying tax at least
  5. Stephen Blair
    £4K on a new engine, gearbox and clutch for a Mog . £3750 for a new brain for a valmet 8950. Best vehicle loss was £20k in a year on a Iveco Daily 4x4 .
  6. Stephen Blair
    Good attitude! Skill you can teach, the first is the parent, guardian or care givers job.
  7. Stephen Blair
    What spikes are you wearing? Anything with leather can rub badly, especially when wet. I've been on alloy geckos with hard legs, loads of padding with Velcro straps for about 6 years. They are like your Sunday slippers compared to bashlins.
  8. Stephen Blair
    I climb on spikes and descend on Prussik.
  9. Stephen Blair
    No contract, just do the odd job for them.
  10. Stephen Blair
    Damaged a hose on the grab taking a tantrum with a little spruce tree today! I carry spares so 20 mins and I was back at it Exhaust fell off the Mog today at the silencer, so we got gassed chipping! On the search for some 4" flexy in the morning
  11. Stephen Blair
    It got a pat down with the ditching bucket after that picture! The turfs fell apart when lifting most of them, the grass was poor due to bad drainage, hence the job. They weren't expecting grass on the back, so it will grow and look OK from. Whine a wall looking the other way this time next year
  12. Stephen Blair
    Great idea! Shaped up my bank and turfed with demo grab yesterday
  13. Stephen Blair
    http://www.swazi.co.nz/product-category/high-vis/
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  15. Stephen Blair
    My goretex Swazi jacket has kept me dry for 11 years now! Kept me dry today, it's a long smok, so air in the bottom, no sweat. All good
  16. Stephen Blair
    I shake mine about and put on the choke just to get a little longer out them, if I don't manage to finish a cut, I feel like a failure and the saw has won!!!!!
  17. Stephen Blair
    Eco , Skoda brilliant!!!
  18. Stephen Blair
    Buy 1, use it, sell it when you are done. Simples.
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    Handbrake beeper! needs to be right down. And then down a bit more
  21. Stephen Blair
    Pointer?
  22. Stephen Blair
    Fair play, hard work blocking those monsters, not that I ever have! Bomb down big bits until you can fell
  23. Stephen Blair
    Get Peter to do it:)
  24. Stephen Blair
    Mars!
  25. Stephen Blair
    They are not a fan of dead pine brash, it doesn't chip it very well and it sticks in the shoot. It's all to do with wood to light stuff ratio. There is no draft, just chip throw off the blades. Like anything there's a knack to it. Stick it in backwards helps and more often than not there's other greenery to be chipped you can mix. As for blunting the chiller, they will dull a blade quicker if it's lengths and lengths of stone dead hard stuff. Brilliant Chippers

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