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Stephen Blair

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  1. Stephen Blair
    I will donate my big bag of nowt to who ever wants it:sneaky2:
  2. Stephen Blair
    Jim price is dependant on what hydraulics you have on the machine. The grab itself is around £4800 pv, then the diverter valve kit valve on the hitch is another £900 p vat if you don't have enough hydraulics for the second service. It's a fair investment , but the work that can be done with it is brilliant. Yes a thumb is 10% the cost and if you don't need a grab and rotator go with that option. The second I put the grab on the machine and picked up and moved some branches and small logs I'd forgotten the price!
  3. Stephen Blair
    Ostiopath is great, my last neck seize was all caused from my back being siezed up on the opposite side, I'd had a few heavy days chipping big with the Mog, 1 sided dragging and feeding!
  4. Stephen Blair
    I blame the iPad and iPhone for my dire necks! But will I learn ??
  5. Stephen Blair
    Come on Ben, I bet your chest is all shaved anyway to save it catching on your onesys zip! Steady with the oil though!
  6. Stephen Blair
    If the food was that good,it wasn't needed:biggrin: Only messing Ben if your having a diary then let's see some ' tops off 'pics so we can see the guts turn to abs:lol:
  7. Stephen Blair
    What was the lifespan of cave men:laugh1: Get yourselves a big bottle of Dulco-lax:biggrin: Then some Anusole:lol:
  8. Stephen Blair
    Hope everyone's ok where the floods are! Monsoon and windy again here tonight.
  9. Stephen Blair
    Nice 1! If your on steep ground, treat it to some new tracks, save a lot of lost time from my experience.
  10. Stephen Blair
    Cool video.
  11. Stephen Blair
    That makes perfect sense now, thanks:thumbup1:
  12. Stephen Blair
    Exactly how I feel:001_smile:
  13. Stephen Blair
    My dad used to make me wash dry and turtle wax my ty 80 every time! I used to take my mums dish clothes for doing the spokes:laugh1:
  14. Stephen Blair
    I've not seen that Video, cheers Ben. I shall try that next time.
  15. Stephen Blair
    I didn't even notice the foam off the seat! Your bikes are pristine!
  16. Stephen Blair
    He's done that before! Brilliant how he lined up,that bottom cut without even thinking! Is that an 088 ? It could certainly cut:biggrin:
  17. Stephen Blair
    Wow!!! Fantastic
  18. Stephen Blair
    I think you should go for a driving, groundsman job with a tree company and then you'll get experience , wages and a chance to use a saw and work your way into a climber. Hgv and team leader skills are very desirable. You come across very professional . Simon Rutherford is looking for guys, he's in Coventry. Is that near you?
  19. Stephen Blair
    That's a cracking tune aswell, I'm not that big into music but that gets turned up when it's on the radio!
  20. Stephen Blair
    Apologies, I never read it fully hence my short answer of felling it! If its stood up until now I would climb it. I never knew what a co dominant stem was until I joined this forum, I thought it was just a place for beasties to live. Like Huck I very rarely rig anything, strip anything on the way up and if you feel knocking the top out will be a bit wobbly, do a spear cut and this will remove the top with as little force on the stem, then section it down. If you feel safer roping in to the other tree crack in, think about what you are doing with the top first as your anchor line may get in the way.
  21. Stephen Blair
    Fell it!
  22. Stephen Blair
    As Eddie said before, a wee trailer or box isnt going to revolutionise the digger world, or save haring other kit on jobs, but for small tasks on the right job it will be easier. Make it, stick it on and go for it.
  23. Stephen Blair
    No that was cheesy, :001_rolleyes:the felling onto the truck bit I meant:biggrin:
  24. Stephen Blair
    Some say it helps the timber land just like it did, on woodland jobs it saves wastage on timber. I've tried it and don't like it, maybe just been doing my own thing too long though.
  25. Stephen Blair
    I likes that bit at the end:thumbup1:

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