Stephen Blair
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tracked post knockers vs tractor.
Stephen Blair replied to Matthew Storrs's topic in Large equipment
Sorry,I just guessed that size was a 1 tonner:blushing: -
tracked post knockers vs tractor.
Stephen Blair replied to Matthew Storrs's topic in Large equipment
Tracks will only come off if the running gear and tracks are worn. Get yourself a little 1 tonner with all the gear set up for fencing and I doubt you would ever regret it, tracks are the future:001_smile: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyeno6LIvk8&feature=youtube_gdata_player]James White Fencing and Gates Ltd post driver video - YouTube[/ame] -
Looking good Eddie
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Whoa!!!, what a pile of logs!!! We had a bonfire today as well, 3 actually and what a cracking day it was As well
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Hazard tape? Cone the work area off? nah.....
Stephen Blair replied to scotspine1's topic in Video forum
Jeez!!!!!!!!!!!! That's the closest I've seen yet! -
There was one on Axe Men last night and it didn't work, good advert!
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Just watched it tonight , excellent!! I reckon it's played backwards aswell
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Looks very shiny and a bad shape for the job from my extensive experience lol
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It's unanimous , a plate it is!
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Nice 1, any more pics of jib?
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Rich,that jacks the only 1 I have, its a monster 30 tonner! Totally agree on the plate, on these trees the whole jack was getting pushed down , mainly because of my poor choice of placing it and trying to bore in, it was a nightmare. A smaller jack with a ball and socket end with the plate on would be ideal, so the plate stays with the butt as it rises.
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Couple more
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Today's learning curve! I've never had to do big rotten limes before, I had no idea how they were going to be. First was a bit rotten, I'd taken a bottle jack although I've never used 1 before. The outside edge was rotten do kept tearing out as did wedges. Once I got the jack far enough in, the hinges held fine and over they went. Last 1 I prepped the jack first rather than wait and see if I needed it, what s diference.
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Under the bark will be hard, spikes will be fine. As Tom says, 3 years isn't long. You'll be fine.
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Cheers for the info, Eddie in mulching an area it wouldn't bother me I suppose but if I were to buy a flail I'd want to be able to do field hedges where tractors struggle to get into due to the weather.
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Groundie talk....whos got the biggest chipper?
Stephen Blair replied to Hedge hunter's topic in General chat
I think Arbwork is going to win this 1!! -
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I've done loads of street trees, and the biggest problem is parked cars. We would struggle just to get a small Mog to each tree . The best thing I've ever seen is the open top double decker, that's genius:)
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We do look pretty young and nimble! Must be all the climbing:biggrin:
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I'm not against them, I just don't think they are that good and they make me nervous. I'm all about getting as much profit out a job as possible, pricing in hundreds of pounds for a mewp when it could go in my bank or not even get charged to the customer in first place is a no brainier. If I had the work that needed a mewp, and would make me more money than not having one, guess what, I'd use 1. I don't like the body position either working from a basket. Always leaning out and being stuck in the 1 position. Huck and myself have made a good living over the years and continue to do so when other companies have struggled, or relied on a lot of staff. We just keep going our own way, maybe the doubters should consider we maybe know what we are talking about for our own situations. Oh and we are awesome, that really helps:thumbup:
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Sus it as you go, I decide what I'm doing as I'm climbing. Lowering kits always there but very rarely used.
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Won't work for me
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If you couldn't track and flail at the same time then I won't be buying 1.
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Just crash it down and give the Groundie a spring rake and a dumpy bag:biggrin: It's when they have been dead for years in amongst spruce plantations, covered in an inch of moss and never seen wind for 30 years you have to watch out, also of there is loads of surface burrs on the stem, then they seem to rot more compared to straight stem clean stuff, they crumble.
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I've used a mewp 3 times in 16 years of climbing,Did I really have too those 3 times? Not at all, it was an option that I tried. The last time I used 1 was because their was 1 on site and I thought, why not? After an hour of very awkward cut n chuck , because I was under everything I wanted to cut, I came down and climbed up and rattled the job out.
