tommer9
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Everything posted by tommer9
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January was pretty poor, but mostly down to my lack of organisatin after a phenomenal 2nd half of last year......picking up again now, and quite a few in the pipeline, but nothing has that feel of certainty about it, and bookings arent that far ahead other than TPO'd stuff. Even going to look at a stonework job tomorrow.....(they better have deep pockets though as im not that interested/ desperate.......yet)
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Opinions needed for an economical car please
tommer9 replied to mikecotterill's topic in General chat
Pretty much any modernish diesel. I have a 2000 peugot 306 meridian, 2.0l hdi....redruth to exeter and back on just over £25.....about 200+ miles round trip, and my missus drives about 80 ish. -
Poplar.
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You dont need one for Llama though i thought- only guanarco isnt it? I only asked as it may have been a clue to what you were going to house....never thought it would have been fluffy bunnies lol!
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I run 285/75/16. The best price i have found in the country is at W A Allen and son near st austell...better even than southam tyres who are meant to be the importers. You could try Protyre outlets. 285s do drag a bit and you are about 10% out on the speedo, but i love 'em.
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Yeah no probs. Oak is very tough.
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if you descend from the tree and pull the whole thing through the tree to get it down it really helps.
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Is the mesh to stop the inhabitant getting out, or to keep predators from getting in?
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Have you got a zoo licence BTW?
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Its not for ........monkeys by any chance? My missus used to work at a rare breeds farm and they built something like that for them to play in.
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Have a good 'un John:beer:
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Matt, thats soo cool. You have benn involved in some awesome projects around the world mate!
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I do wonder about that, but have spent longer around chainsaws than chisels etc. I reckon that it had a severe effect on it though-possibly the original cause- handling cold chisels and cold stone cannot be helpful. Maybe that started it and getting back to full time trees has just brought out an existing problem caused by the stonework. Stonework has to be the most physically punishing work there is. One of the guys in the Male Voice Choir i sing in was a stonemason, and he lost a finger to HAVS...but then he worked in a granite quarry with some hideous machinery to shape that stuff.
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Just about sums it up perfectly I reckon!
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What's your favorite tree to work on / look at?
tommer9 replied to showoffsummer's topic in General chat
I think one of my favourites to look at is a huge cryptomeria japonica in a garden in cornwall that i work in called Carwinion Cant say I have a fave to work on though. -
Hey rovers 90, there is no helping some, and no hope for them either. There are a gazillion know-it-alls out there who 'have been using a saw for 30 years without an accident' etc etc....they'll never change, and will always be on the defensive when criticised. Its just not worth getting bothered by them.
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Yeah- the builders' insurance will almost certainly NOT cover them for tree work, esp as it is almost certain that they wont be using PPE so if it goes wrong and there is an injury then their ins company will wriggle out. It is also unlikely (but not impossible) that bob the builder really knows what he is doing, and the scope for disaster is huge. If it does go wrong, there is a very strong possibility that the homeowner will be held responsible. Without specific details then it is pretty hard to say, but either way it is probably to be strongly discouraged.
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It says content not found!?
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Taking bets on getting my back door kicked in
tommer9 replied to Dean Lofthouse's topic in Tree health care
Stick a load of sodiums up Dean. If and when you get a visit you can tell them you expect they have come round about the log thefts...:lol: -
Taking bets on getting my back door kicked in
tommer9 replied to Dean Lofthouse's topic in Tree health care
The police regularly publish this idea, even broadcasting it in the papers a year or two ago, but when i lived in the midlands a grower i knew was busted, told by the police that he should let it be known how he was busted as w deterrent to any other would be growers, and later found out he had actually been grassed up. Who knows what the reality is...the nature of the subject itself means it is shrouded in mystery and rumour. -
Taking bets on getting my back door kicked in
tommer9 replied to Dean Lofthouse's topic in Tree health care
I fel I have quite a bit of past experience in burning very bright lights, and can honestly tell you that I think the whole idea that the cops use helicopters and infra-red to catch weed growers is total bull. If they are out with the 'copter anyway and see a hotspot in a roof, they MAY go and check, or report to superiors, but of the many I kniow who have been caught at it, NONE were caught in that manner...its almost exclusively loose tongue that do it for them. I would be very surprised if you ever got a visit.l -
I think they are the last word in log splitting. Fast, split anything, and soo easy. no waiting for return strokes or slow downward strokes etc etc. Unbeatable IMO.
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Haha brilliant pic mate!!!
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Didnt forget, but didnt bother either.....missus not here!! Luckily for me my missus agrees with rupes sentiments entirely. So do I FWIW.
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Nice one Justin.
