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  1. Stephen Blair
    Try taking Scottish Cash!! Getting looked at like an alien and getting humiliated by an ignoramous! 1 of the main reasons i dont go down south to shows anymore.
  2. Stephen Blair
    good idea, make full use of the trailers
  3. Stephen Blair
    i split logs everynight with an axe from the age of 10-15, i was like the side of a fiver! I blame swinging hammers. picks and axes for my aches and pains
  4. Stephen Blair
    sounds good Rich
  5. Stephen Blair
    Keep moving , I seize up when I stop.
  6. Stephen Blair
    Hi Nick, i always fancied a tree shear when i had tractors and cranes. I always likes the Patu and the Narva Grip. I have watched so many utube videos of them. i dont think you would go far wrong with 1 but realistically you will be ltd to 8" cut with the weight of the head. The guy who writes in the FT Magazine , Nick someone put a harvester head on his, i remember reading the article a couple of years back. Is that you i am after 1 for my 7 tonner when job and funds allow.
  7. Stephen Blair
    sorry to hear that:thumbdown:
  8. Stephen Blair
    what would the price of it be if there wasnt RFD?
  9. Stephen Blair
    Liddls is where it's at, that's how I can afford Aspen 😀
  10. Stephen Blair
    I compare all liquid purchases to Cappuccinos , they are £2-£3 for a few hundred ml. The day I have to stop buying nice coffees during the day for my business to survive, I may consider going back to 2 stroke and 4 star😀
  11. Stephen Blair
    Backs are not made for lifting, glutes and legs are. Keep flexible and lift like your squatting! I am not a free lance climber, like Huck and many others we are climbers who drive and drag brash, operate machines and quote while the rest go home. running the job and our business and family from up the tree answering calls and organising everything between cuts. If a big bit comes down, not facing the right way, it's no accident, we are keeping you busy so we can do some calls😀
  12. Stephen Blair
    Big difference going a journey with saws in the car as well, you wouldn't know.
  13. Stephen Blair
    nice 1, i have only ever heard bad stories about the older models, keep us posted and best of luck.
  14. Stephen Blair
    Gobs take time and they need picked up, plenty of power and horse through, obviously there's more to it but over the years I just do things and don't think about it. I usually use a dog tooth to save moving round the trunk. If he Barbour chaired once, he shouldn't of done it twice imo on the same tree.
  15. Stephen Blair
    I was always the same method, I searched for a bottle of liquid that held £800 ml, ditched it and used the same wee bottle for 15 years, no issues. I have been using Aspen now for over a year and wouldn't go back.
  16. Stephen Blair
    I like that !
  17. Stephen Blair
    bad back management gives you a bad back. If you dont look after it, it will get hurt. Whether its climbing, lifting, driving or dragging brash.
  18. Stephen Blair
    you would need a long fork for toasting your marsh mallows i bet!
  19. Stephen Blair
    Thats the very boy for the job, i remember that post well. great idea.
  20. Stephen Blair
    half a 50 gallon drum, use it as a dump truck and a BBQ!
  21. Stephen Blair
    Its my nieghbours a few hundrd metres along the road. Its a u1000 with 1700 cab. He uses it for firewood.
  22. Stephen Blair
    If i drive something with 4 wheels and dont buy it, keep away!!!!
  23. Stephen Blair
    RIP Mike
  24. Stephen Blair
    I have driven 1, reminded me of a 2 litre petrol sierra fully loaded.
  25. Stephen Blair
    what a horible tree to have to work on!! good job

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