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plippy

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  1. i agree, if it aint broke dont fix it, i was taught to tie my own prussik knot and still do, i av tried one of them mechanical one's but couldnt get on with it im not knocking the new stuff, am a gadget freak so i welcome new tecniques
  2. hi ian

    sorry i avnt got bak to ya, av been really busy.stil avnt purchased anything yet, am waiting to get a look at the workshops near me.

     

    also how much charcoal can you produce as my m8 is looking for someone who can produce on a grand scale- i think he's looking at about 10 ton a week or as much as he can lay his hands on. give us a call 07917 713749

     

    regards

    phill

  3. if ya went out on the beer and woke up next to a fat bird, its called doing charity work
  4. has anyone taken advantage of this offer yet? did it work
  5. i suppose you could ask for a deposit, like the hire firms do, even if ya doing it ya self, where are you based, i mite be interested
  6. enjoy
  7. no probs...it works anywhere in the uk, but you do av to pick which reasturant you will be eating at and thats the one you av 2 use i did one last year and it worked fine, they dont do it very often so wen they do i send it to all my m8s
  8. please leave a comment so it keeps this post at the top of the TODAYS POSTS for eveyone to enjoy
  9. Pizza Hut not sure if this will work so do try it out - click on the link above or copy and paste it for 50% of at pizza hut, its (50% of the bill), do check T & Cs and its valid till 10/09/09, if not sure ring ya local hut to double check but i think its a print at home one if it works then enjoy..again check the T & Cs av checked it,it does work, just click on the red pizza hut word
  10. ere dave dont listen to paul, he's always in the bath wen i call him lol
  11. i reckon it should be part of college's courses to make you do time in the woods, a good 3months maybe? i started as a climber and do all the felling on my jobs, i bort an acre of woodland to keep my log pile replenished and found that, out in the wood you can practise some really good felling techniques and lots of issues with leaning trees, when ya in a customers garden you cant make mistakes, that last cut as ya felling has to be perfect a woodmans job is back breaking, i know ive tried it, but i did enjoy being out on my own in the wood and cooked a few sassages on the fire yum yum
  12. Am of to jones's show 2moro and still av a couple of seats left if anyone needs a lift, am in faversham kent. am gona buy some new shiny toys
  13. started college in 1999 and av been at it ever since, been self employed for the last 5 years, when i first started you had to make ya own prussik knot, when i went self employed i was lucky i have a fella working with me who's been at it 23 years so gained alot of experience for the time saving jobs
  14. nice bit of work m8, where'd ya get camera from and is it one of those that attach to ya lid with a built in hard drive?
  15. sorry to hear that mate, if ya find out who it was id want a public execution where ya based and have you got any special markings on the gear that was taken? chances are it'l turn up on ebay
  16. my father in law is a silversmith and agreed that he would make my wedding ring, one day he said he would pop round and measure my finger for the rite size.that day i was clearing some hawthorne from a customers garden and forgot my gloves. that night he came round and as u can imagine i didnt realize my hand had swelled up a bit. he measured the finger and of he went. the wedding day came and wot a suprise the ring didnt fit, he wasnt impressed. the rest of the family thort it was quite funny......except for him, he had to redo the whole ring again......lol nevermind
  17. i like your idea garth mc garth, saves on p&p lol, definetly more fun that way
  18. i have rapid hire near me and if u bartar with them they'l hire the grinder out for atleast 60quid or tell the customer to wait and u can buid up ya stumps and spend one saturday doing the grinding, u can make a reasonable wage for the day oh and dont 4get a jewson bag as it can get a bit messy
  19. hey mick, if ya ever need sme grinding done my buddy has a stump grinder, so let me know and build them and earn ya self a drink out of it

    regards

    phill

  20. try pure will power... you can hire a grinder for about £60 a day round my way and then add ya labour
  21. and thats a genuine request from the customer, i did explain it mite be crap lol

  22. hi rob,

     

    ive got a customer who has some leylandii to be felled 56 to be precise, ive bort one of your small alaskan mills a while ago, she would like to know if its worth mlling up?

    best regards

    phill

  23. sweet dude. am gona be going on saturday, so il look out for ya, i think arbtalk is at stall 3. also for ya gear go and see fr jones and son (jonsies) on the day as he will do ya a bargain, its gona be trade prices so take plenty of cash and im sure you'l get discount as an arbtalk member, if ya not a member by then let me know and il talk jonsies up for ya discount

    see ya down there buddy

  24. av just got up lol i thinking scrambled eggs with toast yum yum
  25. glad we inspired you bob am sniffing at a lathe on ebay at the mo, a fellow arb on ere lives near me so were gona go and av alook at some workshops near us

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