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Stephen Blair

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  1. Stephen Blair
    A sad loss. RIP George.
  2. Stephen Blair
    Bought myself a van and new tyres for the Mog!
  3. Stephen Blair
    I use a ladder and have holes in the rungs, they sit below the height of the rail
  4. Stephen Blair
    Great stuff Johny!
  5. Stephen Blair
    You slowly let the lever go forward, as you go over the edge so to doesn't you will here things engage, if you need to give the foot throttle a little bit just to get her started then use hand throttle.
  6. Stephen Blair
    Holy moly kiboom tastic! No no no!! As Huck says ease her in on tick over! I'd be surprised if you haven't done damage!
  7. Stephen Blair
    Looks great!
  8. Stephen Blair
    Usually get a storm and flat out till April!
  9. Stephen Blair
    That's unbelievable Marc! You are paying for a brand new machine for the last year and you still get to play with your old machine and their crap machine and he thinks you should count yourself lucky! I think you are too close to this now, it will be exhausting 90% of your energy and brain function, you don't need this, especially in our job! The times I've made mistakes is been when my minds been elsewhere! Every problem I have had in business is because I've been too soft and always thought I'd be appreciated, pah! Bullys can smell kindness and just walk all over It! Hand it over to a lawyer, stop the DD now right now online and make a Lawyer priority tomorrow and hand this stress over to someone else and go shopping for a new machine! I'd also be keeping their old machine until you are refunded what you are out! You need some kind of lever.
  10. Stephen Blair
    Sounds like they are taking advantage of your good nature and have very low morals. Unfortunately for you, being nice has got you screwed. If I had a customer wait 2 years for antree I'd do it for nothing and take chocolates as I'm sure you would. I think you should contact citizens advice, they follow the law and don't take niceness and nasty ness into the equation. I think you should stop the DD on the finance and get a lawyer on the car straight away. They are at it, if you can provide a list of dates and as much info as possible for the lawyer to have then I think you will be ok! Forget their kit, get your old kit in the corner sorted, yes it will cost you money but you are too far down the road now to think it's not fair as it clearly is not and both parties are following a different set of moral business guidelines! Good luck, sounds stressful!
  11. Stephen Blair
    Yes uprooting trees. It's part of a larger project!
  12. Stephen Blair
    Dragging cables can sap strength and make you feel like a weakling in minutes! We are turfing over trees for a habitat project! My cables huge with a chain on it, thank god ive got a 21 year old on the job!
  13. Stephen Blair
    Monkey puzzle!
  14. Stephen Blair
    My u900 start d life like that when it came to the uk? It was stripped and turned into an Arb Truck, no drama. It will be well maintained.
  15. Stephen Blair
    Great work but don't envy the 6am start and travelling! I've been working away for 3 months and living in a caravan, away from family plus 4-5hr commutes aren't glamorous either end of the week. My current contract is 9am-4pm 8 miles from home. Bliss!!
  16. Stephen Blair
    You don't need a 100hp, stick 155 HP behind it and they are different machines! More power the better!
  17. Stephen Blair
    Cracking felling! Love the big toppling 1 near the end
  18. Stephen Blair
    Had TP Chippers for 15 years, out of 4 of them I've only ever replaced 2 belts and a hydraulic pump seal. Great machines.
  19. Stephen Blair
    Ditto that!
  20. Stephen Blair
    Like that shifter, I've usually got to take a few pipes off to get to the right 1 with my shifter!
  21. Stephen Blair
    I think this will be a game changer for the mini chipper, a bigger price tag but can be tracked and a deal on just now for under £10k.
  22. Stephen Blair
    I think the first few times it happens it's an end of the world feeling but when you have been doing the job for a while all those sap cuts, gobs, undercuts etc are all time consuming. Why no fell straight fell onto that big lawn and just fix the divots?
  23. Stephen Blair
    It will be Tuesday before I'm back at the spot I left it, its a pretty big forest so fingers crossed
  24. Stephen Blair
    It's lying beside a tree on a job I'm on in a forest, if I find it I'll bring it home for you.
  25. Stephen Blair
    Buy a Vermeer, job done !

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