defenderjack

well after watching loads of reg's inspiring videos of tall firs and getting rather jelous of the dizzy heights he does i finally got my little taste of life up a fir (ok granted not quite the height but the best ive been up in sussex for a while ) had 4 trees in total , easy stuff really just a newish gate and stock fence to try and avoid but overall a thouroughly enjoyable day , all wood was stacked at owners request , 4 big poles being kept to make a new log store . really gives me the bug to get up higher , i really enjoy doing these every now again , makes a nice change from the usual slimy sycamore reductions 2 lads on the ground were busy little ants chipping and dragging and i dont think i touched a branch all day ! good on you lads although had to laugh that one of them wasnt strong enough to open my combi can so he had to send it up the tree i never realised how heavy a full stihl combi can would be at 80 ft ha

i often think it works the opposite in that you tend to work faster cos you dont want to stop and sit around a get cold so just crack on !! get the job done and go home , ive always surprised my self now when it rains how quick you can actually get things done (and the customers think your a hero from working in the cold and wet lol and you dont feel so guilty about leaving early )

hi jon . i bought a set about a month ago to go on my hi cap , so far i cant fault them other than them being a little noisy on the road , i was currently running cooper stt ,s and they have been fantastic tyres and lasted very well but i always liked the old bfg tread pattern and ive heard pretty good things about them so i thought what the heck , i appreciate that they are remoulds and probably wont last as long but i thought what the heck and so far so good , i got 265 75 16 and notice no diffrence in turning circle , speed is slightly down but i dont drive motorway miles so that dont bother me , id reccomend them good price from paddocks too :thumbup1:set of 5 on black mods £560 all in

its a cracking saw ,gota love the old ones !

im not sure im keen on the last part of that sentance !:lol:

il get the jet ski out ready then !lol

an amazing sight to see when i goes off ! unbelievabley huge for this country

husqvarna still make them , but i think you have to buy the whole clutch cover assembly with it , theres a couple on ebay from hong kong and usa but by the time youve paid duty etc you may aswell buy original , ask mark or barry from skyland equipment , i put up excatly the same post a while back as i need one aswell , just havnt got around to it yet !

why dont you just fiugure out what you want to earn or need to earn to make a profit ? everywhere you go the nets are being sold between £ 3.00 and £6.00 a net i think thats pretty standard all over

no sorry , i meant how long does the ticket last for , i done my about 4 years ago

how long does the streetworks ticket usually last ?

yeh i ive had landys for the best part of 15 years and the very first one i had i used to do that unfortunatly it would always be me that forgot so i always used to wake the neighhbours with full revs at 6.30 in morning lol, you never know you might be surprised with the insurance company ? did you have all the bits like the winch listed ?

yeh white 110 high cap youve probably seen it im sure , i climb for 3 of the council contractors the tree officer calls me an aboricultural whore !lol:lol:

yeh back on the road now , ive just been out and emptied all my bits and peices im only really round the corner from you its got me all nervous !

yes mate , worked with ash a few times i know olly but its always been in passing , i was working on the corner near yours the other week , really gutted for you , i had a crash in my landy a month ago and needed pretty major reapairs , the day i was due to get it back some parasite broke into it and stole all the seats and and all the dials ,and some tools if ican help at all just let us know darren

yeh thats the problem isnt it , you cant go out the next day and get the same one!it sucks

oh mate i really really feel for you , i see you truck parked there all the time , gutted for you , im so worried about mine all the time , il keep an eye out and put the word around as i work for a a few of the tree surgeons locally , i had mine broke into a few weeks back and had all the seats and few other items taken and that was bad enough ,

oh mate i really really feel for you , i see you truck parked there all the time , gutted for you , im so worried about mine all the time , il keep an eye out and put the word around as i work for a a few of the tree surgeons locally , i had mine broke into a few back and had all the seats and few other items taken and that was bad enough ,

il third that :thumbup1:ordered a pair of husky boots from barry and arrived the next day , very helpfull and great service , keep up the good work guys:001_smile:

That's what I thought ! Lovely specimen of a tree shame it's gota be felled in small bits as very confined space and no room for a fell so milling isn't really an option either , cheers for replys

Any good to burn ,? From what I gather it's pretty light and burns quick like poplar

i totally agree , i dont think jap pick ups are crap at all , far from it but the sheer versatility of the defender makes it a great truck and i actually think the fact that they are so agricultual makes them what they are , ok maybe not the latest tdci but the classic 200/300 that are still extremely popular , and id like to add ive owned 6 defenders and never had a problem with the heaters ! lol

while i agree with some issues regarding arm room etc , i think its incredibly sad that such an iconic vehicle has been phased out due to crappy emmisions is ridiculas , the defender has proved itself to be a quality vehicle for soooo many different applications unlike any other jap pickup has , if they just continued to make a slightly more refined 300 tdi it would continue to sell over and over

yeh its not been great week lol

yeh i do understand it wasnt his fault but he was barely old enough to know what size shoes he was wearing , i was getting so angry with the fact the best answer he could give me was that he didnt recognise it ! and as per usual common sense isnt allowed these days