Stephen Blair

another holy one

there was a great vid on here 2 weeks back about adding another rope grab with a wee strop and a bungee onto a small prusik, it was excellent, both legs for going up and then just unclip the rope grab and it is astill set up at the side. have a search for it..i need to get a pantin myself, but the pole pruner has been red hot for months and the climbing bag has mould on it, so no rush

it is on the road to kilfinan, a mile or so out..we booked about a dozen of the local cottages for our wedding, cant remember if that was one of them, but they are all cracking mate, i might be working over there in september, so keep me posted and we can catch a pint in the local and you can work for beer:001_cool:

45,000 i say

happy birthday arbtalk, personally i dont know what all this talk about addiction is all about:confused1:

i have just had 5 days holiday in 'kilfinan house', my friend owns it, the hotel is great also,i got married there nearly 3 years ago.. loads of big trees and seafood all around there mate, its pretty much the start of the scenic west coast imo, the ferry is 30 mins from glasgow airport on the m8, take the ferry much nicer and a great start off point. pm me if you want any more details. book well in advance for digs and ferries etc. some stuff might be off season in september, we missed out on clydesdale horse riding on skye be about 2 days before:thumbdown:

it didnt look much from the base, but when you saw the 2 guys standing on top of the stems you could see how big it was:ohmy:and heavy i bet:001_smile:

never broke any clutches before, that must if been a good spring mate,i usually replace the drums every few months just so i get the lovely snappy sound

chain break chain break chain break, i want to hear it snap on, if you do it automatically then it can save your bacon when you need it, the amount of times i have tripped or fallen while snedding out stuff and landed on my arse or down a big ditch, but unconsciously whacked on the break...only once when putting a gub in on a dead elm, standing on wild garlic my footling gave way and both feet slipped at the same time, i ended up sliding down backwards, upside down, when i stopped, the 046 was running full tilt, sitting across my throat with the nose in the ground and i hadnt hit the chain breal because the way i had slipped..lucky me:ohmy:in an emergency you dont get time to slow the revs down...full chain break every time i start a saw..always got spares in the mog and van:001_smile:

billy bob knew exactly what klaymeb meant on her thread 'playing with wood'

i think they use ear plugs, i tried it last week when the weather was hot and it was great, felt really nice but very strange, my hat kept moving about a lot though..couldnt really get used to it tbh

that was wild, what a padoingy he got:scared1:break cutting big limbs for lowering:thumbdown:get a hinge in there i say

it was that argyll water the last 5 days, dont worry...it will be beaver all the way tomorrow:001_tt1:

just glue your visor down then mat, force your self...as for kick back and standing with the saw down the side and never infront of you, that was the first thing we were taught many moons ago on the nptc, i would of thought that would of still been pretty high up there..please tell me you use your chain break like a chain break addict and go through one about every 3 weeks, i know i do.mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmi love a chain break

they were down a burnside over a wall and i had alexander with me so i couldnt go too far, the elm is about 2 feet wide to give you an idea of scal, it is about another 3 feet on the other side down the stem and covered in them but i couldnt get round for pics..

how much will you earn daily with the full time job, 100quid ish??you can make that with a set of loppers in the domestic world no bother, why bust a gut working a saw 8 hrs a day flat out for someone elses pocket..use your energy wiser. you know what you want to do, so you are more than halfway there..i chucked my job nearly 11 years ago now, i was on 120 quid a week in my hand..my first day selfemployed i did 125 by 11o'clock. never looked back, maybe moaned and groaned and nearly jumped off a few cliffs with stress and crazy customers and useless staff, but hey life has its ups and downs mate...just go for it. you know you want to.

i wasnt looking for beaver johnty:scared1:

i dont get the visor thing, i couldnt work with out it, once i never had a helmet on chipping in the yard and ended up with concusion!the thumb thing is very common but a thing i have never done, its what hold onto the saw...oh and mat try not to hang over the saw either, keep it on your side, if you get kick back the you stand a better chance of not cutting your head off:ohmy:you will stick pics up on facebook, lamb to the slaughter:001_tongue:

its because i went for a bath steve and used the wifes scented bubbles, it balanced the world out mate, simples..and i smell lovely too..working in some woods tomorrow, maybe i will get lucky:001_tt1:

what we need are more dragons in the world:001_cool:in the good old days all the local idiots would all go and try and slay dragons, they never returned so got wiped out of the gene pool, simples..but unfortunately the caves are tika taped off, signs are erected and path ways closed..all the idiots are forced to do courses and know if they dont feel like walking up big hills they can lie in bed and pull a sicky:thumbdown:unfortunately accidents do happen, but some fok just dont have a sense of danger..if a head goes into a hopper of my chipper then they get hit with a branch, if the push things in with a raised leg, they get hit with a branch..a nice whippy sycamore just below the helmet above the neck, or whatever comes closest to hand:mad1:no second chances, if i see them about to, then they are pulled aside and warned, if they do it again then off the machine, even if they are tempted, but usually folk try and push through things that will never go through..hence why i just have one member of staff now that knows full well the dangers and wouldnt be so stupid

i had to go in through history, tbc texted me to tell me, steve knows about it..not cool. more hassle for him

first is on a dead elm, the second is on a hc, sorry about the second pic, camera phone zoom aint to hot:blushing:

go for it john, if you are alowed to mate:confused1:

that beech is about 80feet high john, and proper big across the base, i wonder how it happened, better start another thread though..but i have over 12oo unread posts since my break so it may take some time, ther coffee machine is on:001_cool:

took this the other day:001_smile: