Stephen Blair
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You are doing well for such a young age. Keep at it. My constructive criticism is put the top handle away for a year and climb with an 026, it will stop the 1 handing, improve work positioning and teach you how to read the timber you are working with. This comes into its own when felling and knocking big lumps and limbs off. And use the chain break, the day you slip, trip or fall using the saw is the day your reflexes will kick in and save your jugular or arm.
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That's exactly what I was thinking, I would love a 250 for clearance jobs, my slowest part of the job now is chipping and it means I need labour and a lot of snedding:thumbdown:
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Im new to here + all my gear stolen :(
Stephen Blair replied to MW Tree Services's topic in General chat
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My Peltors would work for a month or 2 then need sent away to be fixed, I got fed up with them doing that so sat them on the shelve a few years ago and there they have stayed!
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I've ripped out hundreds of dead privette hedges over the years in the 1 town. People blamed honey fungus, i always thought the hedges just got a hard time between people washing their cars, bleaching their Monoblock and spraying their lawns all just take its toll!
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Elevated canine urination protection device
Stephen Blair replied to David Humphries's topic in Picture Forum
No way people let their dogs pee on your stuff? Better spending that £238 to get a taxi away from the city -
Great pics, what ropes are you using? Green and blue? I'm needing to get some new ones.
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I was full of doubt until you used your pantin to take up the slack, genius! I've never used a hook but I have pulled myself between trees for years and it's always hard work, slackening 1, tightening the other, 1 prusik too long, 1 too short or I'd just use the tail of my rope and just pull myself across and hold onto the rope while slackening my main line! I could play in those trees all day with that set up! Would you put some pics up of the hook please.
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Courteous and theif do not go together! Scum , end of! Whatever they do it will be for their own benefit, nobody else's! Sorry to hear of your losses, sickening!
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I put a remote control onto my pto Werner. Awesome winches if you can pick 1 up.
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I had no problems with NFU when mine got stolen out the van at my house.
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Those pieces were 3x bigger than I thought they were going to be! Amazing job!
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I presume it's someone who does quotes! Not mrs miggins apple trees but bigger jobs.
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I'm having similar troubles. I'm not exhausting myself with trying to reason with a professional complainer. I told him he has 30 days to pay invoice, simples. If he doesn't after another 7 days then If he wants to give reasons why he isn't paying he can do it in front of a judge. I'll have my evidence he will have his. These people keep things vague to trip good guys up, I've been stung 3 times in a row with 3 customers in the last 4 months. I've had enough!
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Let him do the work, show you the cards, get a job simples!
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Wow!!!! That's fantastic!
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Awesome news!
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Awesome!
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Hi Spud, I've got my tip handle needing fixed if you could pm me your address please. Thanks
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It's very simple, cutting below the gob height makes it more difficult for the tree to go over, we can all agree on that I feel. Now use this information to your advantage where possible in a tree felling situation!
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When cutting a large tree if you do the humbolt then the gob falls out, saves you hammering it with an axe or trying to kick it out.
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Depends on the size of the trees, for domestic garden conny bashing and cherry tree pruning, there's no need for staff, especially if you have a micro chipper!
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Great news!!!!!
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The thumb makes a huge diference! Great wee machine!
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Jimbo if you don't understand it, it doesn't mean it's wrong! Spruce Pirate, meant half in half with starting the bore cut above then tapering down as you go around. It worked well on the tree I did on the picture above. That was a 100' pine that had grown with loads of space, so had the huge 30' plus branches, it was an outsider in a group of 5, you can see the buttress root on the left in the picture, I tied it into the buttress low down because that's good chewy strong wood in there. i could of put a tirfor on, shoved the 7 tonner against it, used wedges but I did it this way and it worked, would it of worked with a standard hinge and back cut, I'll never know. I don't think much now when I'm felling, I just sink the saw in and I take it from there, my brain just goes into auto pilot I find.
