Stephen Blair

Amazing work!

If you are doing what you think is right and it is working then keep going. You are there, you know all the details. Be professional and serve your customers to the highest level! The internet amplifies doubt, avoid at all costs! Nice work!

You need to re think your numbers. If you can afford to loose/spend £4-£6k then buy new and write that off in depreciation. Plus diggers at £4-£6k don’t exist, if they do they are pumped or stolen.

This resulted in death. the machine has been photoshopped in to let others see how it was caused. avoid high stumps!

I’ve had 2 sycamores of late and both have been close to boundaries and neighbours have had resent building work that’s taken away roots.

On Scots pine, the tree is already dead. Also some bore holes.

There’s tag lines on the other 2 stems, lots of room to fell the poles! That’s a vanity pic!!?

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Mmmm, as much as your math is correct I feel you should choose your battles better, don’t focus on this, close the laptop and go a walk down the beach with your kids or a cycle you haven’t done in years. Deep breaths, you have achieved a huge amount in your career I doubt another rope is going to get in your way unless you let it mate.

I find it easy, you can’t imagine anything else other than difficult and complicated and you haven’t tried it yet! As I mentioned in an earlier post, 2 different sized friction chords makes for a simpler life. 1 for assents and descents and 1 for side adjustments. It’s a much more comfortable work position I find. A floating bridge with 2 swivel crane is a benefit. When descending from hopefully directly above, if your secondary line is offset and to the side you are working, say heading out a limb, you descend at an angle rather than vertically and then having to pull your way across. It’s easy trust me. Once you get the hang of it, get a few tantrums out the way it’s easier. I climber for 10 years before doing my tickets, and the instructor handed me 2 lines and no strop. I just got on with it and before I started he put me onto teaching another lad who had never climbed. The only time it feels different is when you need to choker around the main stem on a change over and the sit back is slightly more compared to working off the D’s. The way you climb just now is a progression from guys who climbed 30 years ago and you have managed fine.

Rope management Tom! If you need some guidance I’ll talk you through it mate?

I seriously can’t see the fuss about using another line, I’ve worked with 3 lines from 3 separate trees in the past for accessing dead trees, I often use 2 lines if the crown has no central leader, it’s great for fighting the pendulum effect. I think this is only going to effect guys who don’t like being told they ‘ have ‘ to do something. Piece of advice, central line long friction loop, offset line small loop. If you use mechanical then you have the ability to be progressive so you will fine.?

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1 day!!! Awesome machine!

Moving some big lumps.

Nice Duck and flail.

My first thoughts were he’d be wanting a motorway through all the little villages !?

Remember you need to get your lever in to undo the hitch, going by the above picture It will be tight to get leverage if your lever is straight and not a 90 degrees end. I often crown the flail right in for taking out polythene and for tightening/ sharpening the blades. Keeps it in nice and tight rather than at full stretch where it will gradually drop with the weight.

It’s a myth that you are free from liability on a personal level, the the claimants may just keep going until they get money out of someone. For any reason your ltd company insurance doesn’t pay out and they know you have assets of your own, then it all comes down to who has the best lawyer. Friend of mine had to pay a lot of money to a lad who got hurt when the LTD company insurance wouldn’t pay out as there was negligence from the employer. Quite right too imo.

Me daily when I owned it. Oil levels were all spot on at hand over. No leaks. There’s a few blanks in the story from his side, all very strange.

nope, he’s a cock

Cheers Eddie

Servos and roller on right hand lever.

apart from some rust on the sills she was solid, sound proof cab and ran as sweet as a nut and never missed a beat ! So versatile with winch, tipped and hiab. Although I love my Isuzu, it’s only good for going from A to B in comfort, once it gets there it’s close to useless on a job site!

I know what I can do myself with my 3 tonner and wee shear and grab, your output will be amazing! 1 man 1 machine, job done! I’m wanting a shear for my 3cx, how do I get around the extra dig so I can use that as well as grab/shear Eddie.