tommer9

Its all total nionsense, the only winners being the insurance company. They happily ask for cs units, but never for copies of (for example) a valid driving licence (you have to drive to the job) valid licence to work on a road if necessary, etc etc. In 13 years i have never come close to claiming, a mate who has been trading for 27 years has blown over 14k on insurance- never ckaimed. I dont know anyone personally who has EVER used their insurance. And it IS NOT a legal requirement.

Good luck finding your way through the bull and nonsense that goes with it. TBH i am almostof the belief that it is a TOTAL waste of money, after recent experiences of a mate who changed companies. The law on it is diferent acording to each company, their pricing structure has no structure, and they are all so desperate for your business they will go to almost any lengths- eg categorically ststing one thing, then renaging onthat statement and changing totally what they will or wont cover, with or without proof of qualifications, and for varying prices. Total nightmare. Good luck.

The return is far higher than firewood. If you mill to an inch you ont have to wait much longer to get the return either, and you will still get firewood from the milling waste!

UPm tilhill, Euroforest, anglo-welsh timber, and there should be a load in the forest of dean too.

Yuck!! Makes a lovely sarnie though!

73/ cube? I know you say its seasoned, but unless you have had it stored for a very long time in very careful environment, then it wont be seasoned, as timber just doesnt dry out in big logs in my experience, and you can get softwood pulp for £17/ metre over here. But best of luck anyway.

neither do it for me TBH. Nigella needs braces on those nashers, and like ady says- that isnt a flatering pic of allsop.(who is she anyway:blushing:?)

Its stamped in the housing just by the exhaust on most if nt all stihl rear handled saws, and there is a riveted plate near the oil tank on huskies. If your stihl number is obscured by exhaust carbon dont worry, that wipes off.

Jeez is that all- thats brill. I put that to my landy each year for years. But then again i was (ab)using it hard!

wow how times have changed....mine was a half hour q&a and a quick demo of knowledge and ability about the machine!

Is it not just held on with four bolts through the rear x-member?

i really like that. No good to me at the mo, but an excellent truck.

haha yeah!

No need- we all have a brilliant mental picture of freelander mayhem!

wow that really is bad!

Thats a bit severe!!

dairy uddercream. Beats EVERY hand cream out there. It is designed to stop cows udders cracking whilst out in the cold and wet 24/7. Believe you me it works brilliantly, even on my hand which cracks after about 10 minutes in muddy water any time of year(dermatitis from mechanics) and makes the likes of neutrgena and e45 etc seem like you arent doing anything.

hama- i have just been reading the very same article!!!

Heard about this on radio4 yesterday. The worst bit was the grower in this country who basically said he couldnt see what all the fuss was about, and how hard it was to grow xmas trees!!!!!!!

Never touched one until last week when a ms361 was [playing up. Changed it over and it was sorted. I have to say i was pretty surprised!

My post was a bit more general than my mates particular case. It is the principal of it that I was commenting on TBH. When it comes to small print etc Paul is the king.

yawn.

HOw come you cant get BFGs?

A friend of mine has just renewed his PL insurance. He asked me for some pointers and i basically gave him links to Trust, Arbinsure, Your insurance group, and the banner on Arbtalk advertising 'insurance for tree surgeons'(or whatever it is). Well he has been trading for 25+ years, and has only ever done 30/31. So trust have said they will put a 5m height restriction on his policy, although a letter from a training provider stating that he IS competent would suffice without 38/39. Bit weird but there you go. The other companies said they didnt care if he had the tickets, and one company said they had never heard of cs30, 32, 38 or 39, and what was this cs business. I mean WTF???? They all also told him that he didnt need EL if his employee had their own. One company said they would beat trusts quote by £100 straight off, and still didnt require proof of training, and that trust made it up as they went along. WTF are we supposed to believe? With all this differing information and copanies slagging each other off, and all having different criteria etc, I wonder if any of them would actually ever pay out, and furthermore, why should we all bother paying for training and insurance, esp given that in 25 years my mate has never had an accident. In 14 years i have never had one either. HSE and best practice aside (as these are the obvious reasons for training and insurance), WHY?? i mean without proof of training to the insurer, any tom dick and harry or ne'erdowell can buy insurance and when asked can produce it, thus giving the impression that they are bona-fide etc etc. Views?

A friend of mine has just renewed his PL insurance. He asked me for some poijters and i basically gave him links to Trust, Arbinsure, Your insurance group, and the banner on Arbtalk advertising 'insurance for tree surgeons'(or whatever it is). Well he has been trading for 25+ years, and has only ever done 30/31. So trust have said they will put a 5m height restriction on his policy, although a letter from a training provider stating that he IS competent would suffice without 38/39. Bit weird but there you go. The other companies said they didnt care if he had the tickets, and one company said they had never heard of cs30, 32, 38 or 39, and what was this cs business. I mean WTF???? They all also told him that he didnt need EL if his employee had their own. One company said they would beat trusts quote by £100 straight off, and still didnt require proof of training, and that trust made it up as they went along. WTF are we supposed to believe? With all this differing information and copanies slagging each other off, and all having different criteria etc, I wonder if any of them would actually ever pay out, and furthermore, why should we all bother paying for training and insurance, esp given that in 25 years my mate has never had an accident. In 14 years i have never had one either. HSE and best practice aside (as these are the obvious reasons for training and insurance), WHY?? i mean without proof of training to the insurer, any tom dick and harry or ne'erdowell can buy insurance and when asked can produce it, thus giving the impression that they are bona-fide etc etc. Views?