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  1. Stephen Blair
    thats Eddies machine
  2. Stephen Blair
    Hi, I used my mill yesterday for the first time in about 3 years, everything was tight yet the frame kept moving, the chain would then hit the bolt and snap it! It's the twin saw version, it was on the pushing chain side. We reckoned the best solution is to drill the bar and bolt straight through and remove the outer bolts. Any thoughts?
  3. Stephen Blair
    lets not re-light any embers guys, its Friday
  4. Stephen Blair
    Mobile -Sawman, I was trying to show a bit of humour in reply to your post to get you to maybe think about what you wrote, it didn't work! I will keep it simple and be straight to the point, your replies show a bad attitude and are making the forum look bad, being very negative and not helping the OP, it will not be tolerated, to save me deleting or editing this thread and asking the OP to start a new 1 and putting him off this excellent forum , please contribute positively or don't bother . Thanks
  5. Stephen Blair
    What winds me up is after a day cutting trees , grass, driving diggers, hiring out diggers, dealing with workers and sub contracting road building, I have to come on here and read posts that have very little to do with the OP's thread. If you can find someone local then you should get the best price for your tree or buy an Alaskan and mill onsite, watch a utube video for 10 minutes and you will have an idea of what to do .
  6. Stephen Blair
    If you sell it for more than its on your books, you will have to pay tax on the profit, only then. A new chipper is an as asset. The % you are allowed on it will be knocked off your profit. Also the depreciation of it over the years will reduce your tax. The interest on the payments is also able to be claimed. There is a limit to what you can spend on machinery and offset against tax, £100k I think. A few years back they dropped it to £25k, that cost me a fair bit as I'd bought a lot of stuff for a job.
  7. Stephen Blair
    Aspenbob on here is looking for machine drivers, he runs a big tree cutting outfit, thats a goodway for you. Get a job you can do and have the oppertunity on your doorstep to move into saw work.
  8. Stephen Blair
    Nice story Matty😀
  9. Stephen Blair
    Above, it's a no brainier .
  10. Stephen Blair
    I think it gives the video a little mystery, something a new climber would do to impress a garden full of woman watching from next door! Not something I do, goes against everything in my head cutting below what I'm tied into. Big tree down in a tight spot, a good job I say.
  11. Stephen Blair
    Nice 1, you came across very well !
  12. Stephen Blair
    All very technical, basically the further up the stem or out the limb gives a higher chance of getting hit by the butt end. If you are working to your equipments limits then it's because you don't know your equipment or wood. It's a guessing game if you don't have experience imo. I couldn't tell you how heavy a branch is, but I have never broke a lowering rope. If in doubt either get a bigger rope or cut a smaller bit.
  13. Stephen Blair
    Have to agree with John, a simple solution of reversing the mog in would of solved the problem of the lifting. Load it into something else or just lift the old wooden shed out the way and keep the trailer on. Ditch the top handle and get a 46 and just chase the cut, the hiab operator wasnt learning and i would not be happy with that video on the internet along with my company name!
  14. Stephen Blair
    Mine have been doing this from new, they make an EEK!! Noise and stop, they then need choked to start, usually a 1 handed yo yo with finger on the trigger!!!
  15. Stephen Blair
    Brilliant!
  16. Stephen Blair
    You guys on the right thread?
  17. Stephen Blair
    pics!
  18. Stephen Blair
    Everyone wants the leafblower!
  19. 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.
  20. Stephen Blair
    good idea, make full use of the trailers
  21. 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
  22. Stephen Blair
    sounds good Rich
  23. Stephen Blair
    Keep moving , I seize up when I stop.
  24. 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.
  25. Stephen Blair
    sorry to hear that:thumbdown:

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