Stephen Blair

i love conifers. big takedowns look good but are hard work and everyone prices them to get them up here. let them have them i say. Couple of connys a day keep the bank manager away.

about 33ton lol dont know mate. the farm 90hp john deere tows it no bother. it is a bit nose heavy with crane on, i wouldnt go sticking it on an old 135.

you guys are gods, no messing there. like your style. what happened to all the timber.? matchsticks!

cheers dean, that looks the biz, i had only seen ones on ebay for 15-20quid, looked a bit cheap. thanks. hows that hedge doing, you might have to reply on the other thread.

if i was describing that job to someone, i would say thump, thump, thumpity thump. love it boys. proper job. i pitty the poor sods that had to tidy that up.lol

so much for retireing mate, get it felled for lunchtime. show the whippersnappers that grandad still packs a punch:001_smile: (i mean no offence by this graham)lol

we did a job where we ended up dragging a council bin over and 084ing off that. those spikes can be tricky lol. I think we must have went to the same school of tree cutting. he he:001_smile:

sorry to hear that mate, i am really quiet myself. if i hear of anything i will give you a shout. try qts.

looks like you are the man for the job peter. proper job:001_smile:

oooh i bet that will get the derby climbers wound up. he he.

have you been spying on me?

where did you get the metre dean, and how much mate

i could sell you a lovely winch.

your saw cant be as sharp as mine:001_tongue:

its in classifieds mate.

sounds like the job for a razor 046, these things cut like butter. I hammered one similar a few years back, maybe not the girth but certainly tickled 90feet. It will come back i think, but something needs to be done by the sounds of it. Is there anything under ir, or can it be done from the fork in 2 cuts.

any tree i have removed because it was causing damage, was done in a oner, then they sort out the problem. i have never heard of staged felling, but there is a lot i havent heard of:001_smile:

or my hiab trailer for 4k.

that was so lucky!!!

when i was 10 it was in 1985, right in the middle of the whole aids thing, we werent told anything and the teacher hid the book on it out of our way. It was a big mystery and i thought that sex was dirty, my father gave me a talk about sex the same year, poor guy. he is 6'8" he sat crouched on the linen box at the end of my bed with his knees up to his chin, smelling of two strock and sawdust. the poor guy started off with what mumy and daddy do and ended up with"the sheep in the fields dont exactly do it on the couch" he was a nervous wreck then one of the legs broke on the linen box and he landed arse over tit on the floor, and left the room mortified. My wife is a midwife and so is her mum, when round at her house its breast this, vagina that. No embarassment no giggling. took a while for me to not do either but she can talk to her mum about anything in confidence and always has done. the barrier i have with my parents involving emotion is cronick. i think you are doing the right thing jason, i have never even had a pint with my dad let alone go to him for advice, never have and he is too set in his ways to change. you are your sons father and this isnt a rehearsal mate, if more folk in this world would sit down and talk it would be a much happier place. good luck.

evergreen oak?

there is a huge variation in kit depending on what most of your work is. But any crane is better than nothing, once you realise how much it makes your life easier, then you will be willing to invest more. i started with a hiab and ag trailer at first that cost me 5k to put together.

when i was in canada when i was 14 my mum made me buy a dress for her to save on tax. thats my story and i am sticking to it:001_smile:

my customers are only interested in the end price, even if you do get the vat back you need the money there in the first place. i like to know price and vat and total.