Stephen Blair
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Switchable , it just diverts exhausts fumes I believe . They are excellent!! Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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Husky battery power tools - too expensive now or cheaper in long run?
Stephen Blair replied to SteveA's topic in General chat
I have the Pillenic battery system, saw, hedge cutter, strimmer and blower. There's about £3.5k all in. Brilliant system for light duties, a joy to use. The battery will last 2 days pruning , that's cutting 4/6" stuff non stop. The strimmer will use a battery in under an hour non stop , I just did it to see, but usually a garden isn't big for edges. I can get a week out it when getting used here and there for odd bits. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk -
Turtle wax! Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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I would think so, but these machines are brilliant. I've had mine for 4 years now, never serviced, bounces about in a van, shoved in a shed for months at a time, fallen over a few times in gardens , bounced down stairs, lifted with hiabs into awkward spots and starts first pull every time.
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14 hp is plenty. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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I moved a 30 footer about 4 miles. You'll know when you start digging. If the ground is good and she has been sheltered then the anchor roots shouldn't be too big. They are horrible things to handle, get the biggest machine you can to dig and lift it. The 1 I did took a 3 ton digger and a 1.5ton timber crane to manoeuvre onto the hookloader, luckily there was a 13 tonner to lift off. Prep the planting hole, get some good leaf mould if the ground is sandy, and plonk her in and look after her. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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I only buy good stuff, they would get to use that aswell! Pitty I don't have any staff, I wonder why:001_rolleyes:
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No I wouldn't , I'm the boss, I know best!
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I dreamed of them when trudging around in huge orange Wellies trying to climb over Sitka brash!! Nice find.
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Need bigger spades on that county me thinks:laugh1:
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Cracking pics!
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Youch!!! Hands heal quick but are throb by sore like a sore thing!!!! I've cut my knee and fingers twice but never like that!! Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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On the front is much simpler and where they are meant to be on a Mog, it balances them out. Just driving into a job and you are ready to go, no faffing about getting reversed in and frustration with people who can't guide you back. And it leaves room for other implements that aren't aswell suited on the front. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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Shocking mate!!!
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All the best to late starts, nice breakfast, no staff and early finishes without having to go back to the yard to empty vehicles:thumbup:
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Winge winge winge:sneaky2:
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Looks like a an easy £100 for hours work for a climber from start to finish! A pile of brash with 2 trunks on top and walk away. They can get a tractor and loader in as it's in the countryside.
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Glad you got home safe! Hotwheels van needed a good run. Hope you enjoyed the comfy leather(ish) seat:thumbup1:
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Ouch! I did similar last year when I a flail slipped off the tail lift and landed on my finger!! I thought I was going to pass out! Mine was a big flappy bit of skin, the spray concealer from the Arbkit sorted it right out, and dickies it up myself as it was flowing like a river! Heal quick
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If your a subby, get magnetic ones, or spend £150 ish on basic, name, number , email, we site etc and a tree. Best form of advertising imo.
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If there was a formula, how would you apply it up a tree. Would you measure the branch, get out your calculator and do some workings? Just do it over and over again and your brain will eventually be the calculator. Muscle memory I think kicks in at 20,000 repetitions. My first cut on a tree is to see what it's doing that day. It will just come together.
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My post count has slowed down by about 90% since becoming a mod! I think that was Steves plan! Get well soon to the OP , :thumbup1:hedge cutters are nasty! I always tell folk to throw it well away or stick it into whatever your falling onto if you take a wobble, it's usually on steps or balancing ladders against a big wobbly privette!
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The cs100 will chip any leafy material presented to it, I chipped a clematis that was about 40' long and 10' wide. I pulled it off a big tin roof, inspected for debris, rolled it up like a sausage, cut it into 6' sausages , stuffed it in the chipper then put some big long conifer through with it, hey presto!
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My apologies 10 bears, my eyes must be on the blink!! I checked 3 times before posting aswell. Right on track, carry on Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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There was no mention of an employer forcing the OP to do something dangerous. Keep this thread on track, if you wish to start a thread on H and S please do do on the appropriatte forum. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
