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  1. RobRainford
    That too, the TO did look at my tree too and said I won't have to apply, I put it on a form with a few other trees anyway but phoned up as this ones got kretz and is unpredictable. What do you mean by history woodpicker?
  2. RobRainford
    Experience is the best qualification. Other than that, b+e, 7.5t or more Hgv. More than cs38 and 39, everyone has those!
  3. RobRainford
    Apple have iOS 5 on their site now, iPhone 5 is sure to follow but nothing is certain till they say it is! I'm on O2 business unlimited texts, 1gb download, don't know how many minutes, 600 I think. More than enough! And some EU roaming package too!
  4. RobRainford
    She's got squarer shoulders than me! My abs hurt just watching that!
  5. RobRainford
    I can see where you are coming from on that Hama, but the steel will eat chunks in the Ali. The best option would be a little cutaway sling, it would sit a bit lower but would be a lot less harmful to your shiny pinto!
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    Good luck! I do aspire to get out there myself at some point!
  7. RobRainford
    If it's tpod and dangerous then couldn't you have called it dangerous to the TO and have it exempt from conditions? I did that to one today! And it looks in a much better condition than that.
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    Nothing wrong there, the customer forgot the other guys, musnt have been memorable enough! i have followed up a few quotes before now and got the work, sometimes weeks later! small jobs its not as much of an issue, larger ones i try and push through, my higher price was chosen over another firm the other week because of my attitude when i quoted. Its not all down to your price!
  9. RobRainford
    That'll be my iPad showing the engelbert Strauss catalogue with the red pants! I had a feeling that would be picked up on, especially by eagle eyed Steve!
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    if you can get it through a college then you should be able to get at least the training free as your 16-19, i got a lot of subsidisation for mine, you may just have to pay assessment fees
  11. RobRainford
    One screen for all my needs. 32" of Arbtalk HD!
  12. RobRainford
    Well my birthday is Christmas so I just need a couple reindeer now!
  13. RobRainford
    it woudl be an insurance issue mainly. Im 20 now, i did my cs30,31,32,33,34 all while i was 17. fresh into chainsaw use so i would only put it down to insurance!
  14. RobRainford
    on our mess of a log pile, mixed lengths, rings and all sorts piled up, handballed onto our sawhorse, can do up to 20" logs, me and my dad can fill 1 IBC cage per hour so its about a cube per hour, not working major hard, but if it was just splitting, we can get about 3 per hour
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    Ooo red I hear? Im interested! Haha.
  16. RobRainford
    I meant I saw it on Facebook!
  17. RobRainford
    Don't think it's the exidia, read below the pic Habitat: Light mixed karst forest and bushes, predominantly oak, stony ground, limestone, shaded by tree canopies, N oriented, cca. 1 m above ground, partly protected from rain, precipitations 1.500 -1.600 mm/year, average temperature 10-12 deg C, altitude 280 m (920 feet), submediterranean phytogeographical region. Substratum: partly debarked rotten trunk of a thick Hedera helix climbing a Quercus petraea and cut at the bottom by men.
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    I came out of my gcses and did 2 years business btec, chose foundation degree on pretty much a whim, 2 years later I've finished the course, it was tough at some points and now I'm moving onto the BSc hons degree. I've never looked back. I die 1 days practical a week through the first year, nothing in the second year. I had student loans to get me through th money side. It sounds like you've been at the wrong place at the wrong time. When I started the course I couldn't tell you the difference between most trees, or even anything about them. This course has been brilliant for me. My advice would be to stick it out, if you've been told it's not going to cost you anything then keep going on that. Look into professional/career development loads on Website of the UK government : Directgov and see if that can get you any funding.
  19. RobRainford
    If I could get 5cube of chip in the truck the chipper would be tired at the end of that day. I think we just about got 5 cube from that 30 tree job in Warrington! What bags were you using? Builders ones or Tesco ones
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    rigging

    RobRainford replied to simonm's topic in General chat

    I use 13mm portland braid 45m and 16mm split tails to tie at the top, the rigging bollard is held on by two 5t ratchet straps and when there's a lot of little bits involved I've got 10 carabiners a rigging plate and a few slings. I barely get anything big enough, but the rope is still a 5000kg+ mbs and It got a big lump dropped on it the other day and all handled it fine!
  21. RobRainford
    How is that possible?! The back is only about 1.5m square! That's a lot of chips! Sore back after that?
  22. RobRainford
    David have you tried mill house training over in skelmersdale? They did most of my training
  23. RobRainford
    I saw this, what exactly happened? Did it come loose or did you hit yourself? Good on you for finishing!
  24. RobRainford
    my 260 has never had any problems with dust, starts and ready to cut after sitting for a while in around 4 pulls. its a 2007, 3 and a half years old now and still its original filter, gets used more than the 660 and never skipped a beat, but the 660 is 6 months old now and has been doing this all the time! has it proven to decrease saw life at all? ill look into the HD filter and possibly the HD2 if they are available as a spare part?
  25. RobRainford
    Did you use all that chip or did you have to donate it to all your neighbours? Looks good does that. I bet your pleased!

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