Stephen Blair
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Get your spikes ready to go and retrieve it once you get it stuck. Then once you have it back put the throw bag on your climbing line and put the string in a box. Oh and if you have an astra van put the boot down because my mate smashed his back window in.
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Spent 18hours a day in the holds of coal tankers. 100ft straight ladders, no harness, just kicking and shoveling coal in the dark. Third world labourer. But when you are in a rut you are in a rut. Took me 2years to save up for harness and spikes, then i lied to a company in glasgow and said i could do it, they gave me a chance. Never been so scared in my life. BullXXXt baffles brains every day. stuck it for 6 months working every hour i could working with boys that would steal the sugar out your tea. Then along came the 1999boxing day storm. The rest is history. 10 year anniversery coming up in 2 weeks.
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I'l stick to my tartan skirt mate. Good to see there is a sense of humour here.
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Mr saw pod i congratulate you. no more fishing about trying to get saw in sleeve. no more saw coming off cathch and landing on ground. no more tree tie contraptions digging into leg. best 20quid i have spent in ages. I still just stick saw down the side of the spike straps when not pruning though.
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Got camera, got tree, got laptop, even got 3 year old to pick tree but dont have brain power to put picture on computer. Can any of you help?
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Hi buzz, i think i could use the naarva for pretty much everything. I am trying to do all my work with roofmount now after working with mog and boys for years. I do mostly domestic work in sleepy wee roads and streets, the roofmount is 8m so i can stretch into most folks gardens so if i could do a bit of snipping at the same time that would be cool. I am trying to do away with as much back ache as possible. if one job could pay for it then anything else it could do would be a bonus. And to be honest i want one.
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Nice log stacking mate.
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Oh yes, the turbo bonfire. Does anyone else pretend to be bill murray from ghostbusters.
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I bet he was ill after that, he should try that with the new big stihl, the place where i buy my kit let you try it out with a swivel chair in casters in the yard. you cant order one quick enough. Awesome for cleaning out the mog, but dont do what i did and burn 2 holes in the roof with the exhaust. And you then have to look round the yard for the tax disc.
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Definately, that would be the tool for the job. All advice taken. I just love playing in the tractor.
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I was at the Dymax stand at the apf, i wreckon a 16inch shear adapted for the valmet would be good, Just stick a hydraulic top link on and off you go, especially with the roofmount. Mine is the 8950, so there is plenty of weight there. It was just under 10k so i would need the perfect job to pay for it. what are your thoughts?
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Hi Buzz, shreks wee brother here(stevie)Mr Ed says you have a Naarva grip on forwarder. I would like one on the roofmount. How do you think it will do?
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I say to make money, you should either be a one man band with loads of toys. Or have 30 staff crap kit and work them with a whip and treat them like dirt and chase utility work. The latter is not my style. And i have been using this forum for 2 days and it certainly sounds like its not anyone elses. A breath of fresh air .
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The same way you get them over your dresses.
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Thanks for that, will do. I would love a big one on a skid steer, but no chance of that. Maybe one day.
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Does anyone have one. I fancy one for the valmet. I wreckon it would be awesome. The dealer up here sent me all the glossy brochures with prices, but never got back to me. I heard the forestery commision wales had one.
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I know what it is like to be a busy fool, and run with a major overdraft for years. To run a 3 man team,tracked chipper, transport, fuel, insurance, saws and kit plus all the other direct debits you forget about takes money. If there isnt enough to cover this then what is the point. Something has to give. Our job takes consentration. If you have all the worries of a failing business on your shoulders while playing with chainsaws, thats when accidents happen.
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That was awesome, beats humping away with a prussik!
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Oh i am saying this is far too cheap. Sorry if i wasnt clear.
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Do you have your own transport?How much do you need paid?
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Cheers.Are you a dealer?Do you have a web site i could look at. Is there any of these machines working in Scotland, a bit closer to me for a nosy?Much appreciated
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Believe it or not but superheros up with us are 350 a day for 3 men and tracked chipper. A lot of these lads are so far up a certain creak without a paddle they will work just to cover there finance, guess how busy they are? I cant wait till they have to renew all there pumped equipement next year and realise that credit will be a little harder to get.
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The biggest hiezo that could go on the linkage had an oppening of 24x20 i think. A price had a deal on for a bigger machine on chasis but i dont want to have another trailer on the back, so i am like a choo choo going down the street or getting stuck in a cull de sac. What machine do you have that would suit me.
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Do you have phone number, where are they based? Thanks Stevie
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I want as big as i can, as light as possible for a reasonable cost. It needs to be drum and big. But realistically around the 25k for the chipper, i can adapt one of my own trailers.
