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  1. Stephen Blair
    thanks for the replies guys. i like the tracked version with the extending body, the same as davids, you can pile loads of stuff on, even 7'-8'lenghts, the dump truck versions look good for builders but i cant see them being much good for timber, i havent used one before so i am just guessing, i would like to be able to bolt my new wee chipper onto one aswell, one of the other members has done this and it looks great.
  2. Stephen Blair
    grazie il mio amico
  3. Stephen Blair
    so why is my kettle black??
  4. Stephen Blair
    great oppertunity for lad and employer there dave, and he couldnt get a higher ranked reference than from yourself. 90 quid for a keen worker, bargain me thinks. best of luck David.
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    if it is sharp then it will try and pul it in quickly, your arm is the no stress device, but if you have been using chippers for years then its really user friendly, only vibration is off dead sticks, but i just leave them in and it does it itself, or you just get a bushy bit in put that around it, if your are methodical then it is easy, if you have a rhody, some bushes and a nice straight multi stemmed cony then you just use the cony to push the bushy stuff through, i did a huge amount of cleamatis last week, i laid it all out, attacked it with the hedge cutter then pushed it all through with a bigger piece of conny stem, it never choked once and i was chipping it for over an hour. personbally i wouldnt drop a lad off with one who has never used a chipper before because they will just jam it up and stall it, but a bit of common sense and a diferent working method and they are VERY productive
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    a friend of mine has one with a loader on it, it can lift over 3 ton. just thought i'd tell you that lol
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    cheers dave, i like your one, my mate has one the same but i havent seen anywhere that sells them, i must come over for a nosy round your yard
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    slang !

    Stephen Blair replied to jayman's topic in General chat

    van fu. the aincient art of fighting with the groundies while driving, changing gear and using the phone.
  9. Stephen Blair
    the bubble had to burst some time, but it happened so quickly, pretty much overnight
  10. Stephen Blair
    like mogs they were away ahead of there time i think, they werent john deere or massey so farmers were scared of them i think. i like them a lot, comfy air seat and fast. i have only ever sat in one and the visibility was great. only ever heard good reports on them, not sure of value though.
  11. Stephen Blair
    i see you are still lowering twigs reg:lol:
  12. Stephen Blair
    hi guys, edd has pointed me in the direction of these little chaps, really good price, but htey are obviously imports, all me and dean can see that looks flimsy is the track adjuster, we think its a mitsubishi engine, do any of you guys have one, if so what are your views. thanks:001_cool: New Track Barrow/ Rubber Tracked Mini Dumper Carrier on eBay (end time 01-Oct-09 15:11:25 BST)
  13. Stephen Blair
    applause hat trick, has there been a finer statement in arbtalk history??
  14. Stephen Blair
    i could do that with my 026 in about an hr tommy. ha ha. looking awesome as ever mate
  15. Stephen Blair
    hired one once years ago for a huge willow, it was way before i had my own kit. i hired a chipper, did what you did, but i got the skip really close so when i felled the butt, i rigged up the turfer inside the skip and turfed the whole thing right in, it ended up pulling the skip towards the tree instead but it worked. that was about 10yrs ago now and the skip was about 350 then
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  17. Stephen Blair
    sure is stevo, carrying those 2 little petrl cans about for topping up is a nightmare. lol like the new avatar mate:thumbup1:
  18. Stephen Blair
    that little sucker earned me over 1500quid last week, but the problem is i used a whopping 8 quids worth of unleaded:001_tt2:, and i used about 10quids worth of fuel in my van aswell:thumbup:and no staff either
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    nutty arb

    Stephen Blair replied to sean's topic in General chat

    i stand corrected, i have never seen missletoe before like this, or maybe i have and i thought it was a nest :blushing:have to agree the site looks great, the pictures are excellent, i love the winter one:thumbup:
  20. Stephen Blair
    you probably welded it mate haha
  21. Stephen Blair
    so are you just going to not drive with a trailer for ever, or get it done, speak to your employer, show them how investing in training can benefit their company. you do the ground work and hand it to them as a package, make it simple for them, even offer to do it in your holidays.
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    nutty arb

    Stephen Blair replied to sean's topic in General chat

    anyone who has a couple of topped limes with a rookery for their homepage is a friend of mine:thumbup:
  23. Stephen Blair
    well go and do the tests then, no point letting it hold you back or buy a tractor or mog and do what you want lol
  24. Stephen Blair
    cut straight above your bottom cut when limbing, super sharp saw as fast as you can, make sure you have the engine side towards the stem, so the limb wont take it with it. enjoy:thumbup:
  25. Stephen Blair
    cool ha ha

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