Stephen Blair
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forget all my preaching about the basic elton boot, they look awesome!!
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havent heard of any other al.
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hi again, i hope you dont find myself as a bit of a money and run tree cutter, years of being beaten down by know all customers and bills to pay has made me this way. i used to love complicated time consuming jobs when i worked for a big company, i am getting back to enjoying the job again, no full time staff and no more crazy payments on big kit, certainly helps sleeping at night. i am really enjoying arbtalk, it is very easy to get stuck in your ways but watching guys like yourself using big rigging kit has opened my eyes, i had to laugh when dean commented on taking the wall down and felling your monster beech over the road, thats what i was thinking. terrible i know. next arb show i am going to spend some time at the climbing area and have a look at all the new techniques. take care stevie
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like rupe says, clean out the tank first. if you havent been wiping the crap away before refilling it will have built up, secondly i would take the filter off the tube inside and give it a blow. you will need a hooky bit of wire and a wee pair of mole grips as its pretty footery, be prepared to make an ass of this and go mad:scared1:i take it you have cleaned the bar!! dont know much about ryobi, but if has served you well up to now, thats fine but personally i would start saving some pennies and go and see your local saw dealer. if you then post a thread asking which is better. stihl or husky then i will never talk to you again:001_tongue:(you will soon realise why)
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it was the only damage for miles around, we thinks it might of been a twister, sounds a bit far fetched. but i had a stack of loose ton bags 50 feet away that never budged, 3 other trees 500 yards away got blown in the opposite direction to the beeches. and my mates bin from the front of his house was lying round the back, and it would pretty much need picked up and put there. it happened just before i bumped this thread on sat night, after i posted the wind dropped away. its one for mulder and scully me thinks:confused1:
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i know of at least 3 guys who bought fake saws, idiots, they are either gardeners or builders. 350cash for a crap we saw with an 18inch bar, that weighs a ton. i told them they could get the real thing for less with a receipt and warranty. some folk just like the thought of a little risk and a bargain. some story about an italian rep over here doing a show, and he didnt have to take them back, they were his little perk of the job!!
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nothing on the storm front, i havent seen any other damage apart from our own at the yard
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i caught the tail end of that film a few years ago, scary stuff, accidents can happen so quickly.
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Orbituary notice and tribute to Alex Whyte(Timberwolf)
Stephen Blair replied to Steve Bullman's topic in General chat
sad news indeed, i cant imagine what his family have went through in the last few months, time is very precious indeed. kind regards to the family steve and to yourself, it hits you hard when you loose a friend and mentor. -
nice one justin, do you think you will be able to make it this year?
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is that your sweaty stretch airs lying over the bench mate lol. i have some big bits of oak sat aside for a balcony. i used to have some massive bits of lebanon that i kept for years, but when i changed yard yrs ago they flogged instead. still kicking myself.
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i am going to try and convince my landlord to leave the big shattered beech just for you dave. the other scraggy beech is coming down tomorrow. what do you think caused it to break there.
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cant ask for anything more mark:001_smile:
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thats a big ass larch mate, how big is the garden??
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i see you have an agga/raeburn and a big rustic dinner tablle. looks like i am your number 2 boss. i better not let the mrs see your avatar. she will be packing her bags and heading south:ohmy:
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just get an a-team t shirt mate:001_smile:
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nice one, i have looked at flights. 16quid. i dont think i will bother driving.so is there any travel lodges near this one?it would be good for all the travellers to stay at the same place for drinks and stories:001_smile:
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hey jas, just checking we are talking about the same show. capel manor 24 and 25 april. i was confused there for a sec with johns aa one in june. looked at flying down. 16quid bargain me thinks. never got to museun today, weather was hellish, blizzards and windy. worked up yard instead. a day off midweek will do nicely mate.
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are many of you guys going to this show, i have been getting confused with johns AA show in june and this one. it looks like a nice wee show.
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there is in my little world steve,
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they are pretty scary mate,
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i like the sound of kibillion:001_smile:
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are we to do a secret santa?:001_smile:this would be a good time to get the trading and purchasing done of each others kit, saves any delivery charges. garth if you are going i will try and remenber those mog fan belts mate:001_smile: where are folk staying that are travelling?is there a close travel lodge?
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it sure does, that was cool. if insects werent about and we had to do their job they reckon it would cost us 30 trillion
