Stephen Blair
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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%. -
How many branches go into 1 m3 of wood chips?
Stephen Blair replied to Karin's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
240 branches =1 m3 bag of chippings.( 48 armfulls of 5 branches ) Average branch diameter of 50mm and 3m in length. branches were not in leaf. This was cherry tree branches. -
Probably the only machine I miss every day. Couldn’t of went to a better home! I think Ground control own it now
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This 1 by any chance?
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Buy some houses and have a pension and your savings and your machinery and a big jar full of coins mate. Fingers in pies and all that. I treat my pension as money I don’t miss, I’m not a big risk taker so I’m a number 6 on the pension scale so I don’t get a big return. I started mine when I was 16, trebbled it at 23 when I became self employed and I’ll cash it in at 55 and pay the TAX and enjoy the money hopefully. Maybe a couple of deposits for the boys to buy a house or a Porsche for my good lady.
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Thanks Chris, I’ve learnt more in those 2 posts than in 20 years, probably because I never read and learnt on the tools. I’ve always struggled at retaining information I read but you make it very clear and memorable to me for some reason. Thanks
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I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Birch as a street tree. Not old ones anyway, I’ll keep an eye out next time I venture into the big smoke!
