Stephen Blair
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I could help, would need to add travel, fuel and digs for the lad though. Might blow the price out the water though.
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Thanks guys. I was at my physio this morning, I took a larch down for her last week at her house! She said today’ no wonder you are in pain with what I do at work ‘ she noticed I lock my left leg at a different height, I do this for work positioning! She said that puts all forces straight to my bad side on my lower back. So I’ll try and teach myself to work with my legs at the same height, I’ll just need to cross my side strop to hold me better and then hopefully my chore will strengthen up! Her neighbour sent me this picture tonight just as he enjoyed watching the process! Shows my work position that she pointed out.
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At least I’m not the only suffering ? I have tried lying down like a tool in the middle of shop for 20 seconds to see if a mattres is comfy, it’s the pita pesty salesman that wind me up, I tell them the second I’m in, I’ll give YOU a shout if I need them, they can’t stop themselves with their sales shite so I just walk off. Steve I’ll try the ergo flex first. nepia I do a lot less physical work now. I don’t think the cold helps in winter.
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I’ve been to osteos and physio s every 2-4 weeks since I was 20, I did 12 weeks on pal lattes with a physio twice a week for 3 months and they stopped taking my money as I just wasn’t loosening up. I’m now every week with a sports masseuse ! had the MRI, had all the bloods, thrown all the pills away that just gave me asthma and made me lethargic and constipated. J I can’t train anymore as I just go into Spasm and I can be seized up for 11 weeks like last time from November to middle of January. Hoping a mattress can help.
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Very well done John!
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Anyone got some good feedback on a life changing mattress for the sore back, non sleepers amongst us. I wake up broken after I finally get to sleep. cheers
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It’s nothing knew, it’s what you do when you can’t be arsed going for the correct equipment and it’s a combination of fear, luck and skill! Not something that should be taught! a bit like a hand brake turn in your driving lessons, you find out after playing in an empty field, but try it in your mates driveway without thinking about it and it can all go wrong very quickly!
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2 hours climbing in a blizzard this morning, snow stopped and sun came out as I put the saws in the jeep.
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Hasn’t missed a beat, could do with more power to the tracks though, I’ve raised the question with dealer.
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Yes for towing the CAT, I bought a smaller machine and van thinking I could do away with 4x4 and Cat, but due to location, snow, driving on forest roads and multiple jobs on the go I need to keep them. If I could get a 4x4 sprinter that tows 3.5 tons I could sell the Isuzu and `Citroen Relay Van.
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Little Yanmar has had a busy start to the year, the Steading is built on boulders and rocks, luckily the fields weren’t as bad.
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How much to change the Diff?
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Very nice! Does it tow 3.5 tons?
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just write a story of how you plan to do the job, if there is a point where the job could change that you can foresee due to your experience then write that. People who don’t understand the job want to see something very organised and almost a template. A customer who has experience of a job going wrong will see through that, tell a story that proves it’s not your first rodeo!
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Let’s hope it’s not the guys who invented the Zig Zag !?
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I had the scissor boom, great for fixing gutters, not for tree work. Boom gets in the way, everything falls straight bellow after 6m and there’s a no man land you can never get to from around ground to about 4m.
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I had to make the tough decision before Christmas to get my border put down. Hardest thing I’ve had to do, vet was amazing and I was a wreck. We got her back in a really nice Urn with a letter, then my youngest drew me a picture and framed it for Christmas! I’ve not plucked up the courage to spread her ashes so she can stay beside the fireplace for now. No chance of her resting in peace ?
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In this instance I’d say saw size is insignificant if you are inexperienced in felling trees in poor condition. So many variables that can’t be accurately answered with just a few pictures. Get it surveyed, then appoint the contractor that’s the most suitable for the task.
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Think you need a new measuring tape!
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Firewood is usually the starting point when you get interested in chainsaw work. Most farmers and land owners will let you come and tidy up there stuff, take it away and pay them with a bottle or some cut wood, then it’s exciting getting a tractor to play in etc etc. Fast forward a year of back breaking work for very little profit, the excitement of playing weekend chainsaw warrior is over and in that time you usually get asked to cut a tree down in a back garden where someone happily hands you a couple of hundred quid, it was easy and very little strain compared to firewood in a wet field. Fast forward a year and you will have a van and chipper and look for places to give firewood away just to get onto the next job. IMO.
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Send it to Spud and he will sort it for you. look for Spudulike and message him.
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How many branches go into 1 m3 of wood chips?
Stephen Blair replied to Karin's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
It’s exact and I’m right. Thread finished, you are welcome! -
How many branches go into 1 m3 of wood chips?
Stephen Blair replied to Karin's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
91.45% then -
How many branches go into 1 m3 of wood chips?
Stephen Blair replied to Karin's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
A chipper breaks down a loose stacked brash pile by 90%, a fire does 99%.
