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  1. i heard that flourecent was in fashion too so went out and bought a pair of hi viz stretch airs , i now know that dirty hi viz really is not and it is amazing how well the trousers get stained !!!!!!
  2. your joking !!! so he was that daft he thought all the other members were as thick as him and wont question his BS
  3. looks like there will be no more saw dust in they eyes for you now your sporting a stein what make are the ear defenders ???
  4. :sneaky2:FOOL:001_tongue:
  5. here is one for you down here in cornwall happened last week Falmouth main road closed for falling trees (From Falmouth Packet)
  6. sounds like a right fool if you ask me , god only knows what sort of a tree surgery outfit he runs !!! anyone know his company name ??
  7. i stand corrected it looks so like a mac , well any way its still the best thing that can happen to a mac but i must say in your picture the Cadar does look verry much like alot of the macrocarpas down here lol:blushing:
  8. tommer9 why you made the same mistake as me , a tinted visor is only for sunny conditions . we are not going to see any summer of sunny weather here in cornwall !!!!!!
  9. the best thing that can hapen to a stinking mac ha ha ha
  10. ha ha ha ha , not a popular guy then !!!!
  11. hmmm i sense a decent storey coming from this ....... please tell more
  12. where did you get that picture of tommer9 too ???
  13. ah i see so whats it all about ?? am i right in thinking that bob has a cabstar:sneaky2:
  14. would you care to elaborate on your statement
  15. yeah that is an idea i will look into , the good thing is i have already taken the tipper off soi can pretty muct mount it wherever , i may well mount it to the rear and load a trailer as well
  16. i like your thinking , sme times things can get a bit serious if it works then great if not never mind:001_smile:
  17. yeah i have a cabstar , i have seen a couple hiabs that would do it , they range from 225-500 kg well i thinl i will have a look at it on paper and see if its worth it , if i can still carry a ton or ton and a bit then i think i will , without the flat bed i think i should save i bit of weight
  18. whan we need one i get a 16 ton timber waggon in . the idea of the cab star was not for massive jobs but the medium size jobs where i would rather get the timber out in slighly longer lengths rather than cutting them up
  19. i was looking at hte weight of the truck and without the tiper the truck is actually verry light , i dont want a hiab that will lift 20 tons , just smething to lift 3/4- 1 ton , the frame to load timber in would not weigh too much either , i was looking at those fast tow trailers with hiabs when i came up with the daft idea
  20. strait onto the chasis mate , i did sketch some ides out on the tin wall of the work shop with a turnip but the groundy has the pictures sorry lol
  21. hi guys , i curently have a spare nisan cabstar , whilst at work today i came up with the idea of taking the flat bad off and turning the truck into a mini timber truck , so i thought i would ask all of you if you have any ideas for the hiab , layout for carring timber etc etc , to be honst its going to be a bit of a creation but i thought it would be great for those jobs i cant get a timber truck too
  22. go for it mate , see it as an adventure and enjoy it . i was earning 205 a week and was being taken the p**s out so i started out as a jobbing climber i was only charging 80 a day and was supling everything exept a chipper eventually i started taking on my own work , now i have my own busines and have never looked back , yes i had some quiet times but who doesnt , its better than having a boss lay you off . if i were you a would go with my heart and engoy it !!! either way good luck mate
  23. hiya tommer9 your picture in your new hat reminds me of a fly that i hit at 130 mph in my scooby lol , now i see what i look like in my white stein lol ,:sneaky2:
  24. however when i got my transit tipper brand new 12 months ago it came strait to me with factory fitted tipper and tow hitch with no tacho , further to this how is any commercial 3.5 ton tipper allowed to be fitted with a tow hitch if there is no tacho fitted ?? im not having a go at any one on here by the way . i was made aware about the stop and start rule , ie if you are only driving the vehicle and trailer to site where you will be working for the rest of the workind day then there is no need for a tacho ! i personally think the manufacturer of the vehicle or the fitter of the tow hitch should be held accountable to a certian extent , also how does this aply to hire vehicles ??
  25. i think this is the biggest problem with the industry at the moment , down here i have noticed a sizable increase in the ammount of tre surgery compnies down round me , the problem is not the ammount tho! the problem comes when a select few start pricing work at a silly price (i have heard of half day qoutes for two men being as low as £80) which means that when a well established firm goes to quote the same job they charge an ammount that will just cover there overheads they are seen as too expensive what really takes the p**s is that most of them do not have qualified staff , the correct insurance of do they actually care what they are doing to the trees (lack of knowledge) i saw one chap advertising that he will give free advice and consultany which worries me when he only has his nptc tickets . i think this is another reason that anyone wishing to opperate a tree surgery company must be liscenced by the goverment . as for the origional question - yes i have found the domestic work has all but gone !

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