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  1. RobRainford
    okidokey. ill leave it sat seasoning anyway. not gonna waste that wood.
  2. RobRainford
    mark if you want as much gear as possible just hang all your saws on your harness and drag those around. if you look at the label it says the hooks are rated for the attachment.but hooking crabs where theres fabric involved is why there is this idea in the first place, will have to see what its like without them myself.
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    weve had our d22 do the same thing, nice big hole in the engine, 80k miles and 7 years as a workhorse used seasonally so march-september heavy loads and long distances. £1600 to fix that one, thats why we purchased the defender to replace it. 7 years was long enough for it. my hilux did 9 years of the same work and now only just needs a rear diff. Shows the reliability. although we had very few major problems with the navara good luck with your fix, we are still trying to find a new engine.
  4. RobRainford
    £30 for as much as you want? how does that sound?
  5. RobRainford
    I did charge them plenty indeed. Didn't expect to be there for 9 hours though! I could stand on the plums and I just felled pieces taking most of the wall of greenery with it!
  6. RobRainford
    I could give them another go. I'll buy some shackles and have a go with them on there. Rich I too use a snaplock. Are there any better parts instead of the small shackles? A maillon or something?
  7. RobRainford
    Here is a job i did on wednesday. Few conifers, a mulberry(? i think) to thin out and clean up and ivy and clematis which was covering a plum tree. It was a nightmare. Makes me hate ivy so much more. i know you are so envious, the garden was so small i couldnt take proper pictures, i was stood as far back as i could when i took them.
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    I never got round to buying the small d rings. So they were just hanging there. I wasn't sure on having to use both hands to clip on. One to hold the ring and the other to clip the crab on. Especially if one hand was holding on! You can have them if you want
  9. RobRainford
    Rich I have two quickdraws here. I went to try that mod on my sequoia but couldn't get on with it. They are just sat here if you want them. Edit: too late!
  10. RobRainford
    The only bits that will be recycled are any brash and smallest branches, i can take home the rest. Just putting this out to see the interest.
  11. RobRainford
    i find the distel can lock up sometimes, its good on a lanyard as a short distel, i find the knut is a better alternative and it doesnt need a pulley to tend it, i found a pulley only got in the way.
  12. RobRainford
    I will have some laburnum on my hands on Saturday 23rd. A tree to take down. Some good pieces of wood there for who wants them. I'm in st helens near Liverpool.
  13. RobRainford
    My mum is getting into photography and is working with a professional photographer with a very expensive macro lens I believe. I've asked if she wants to take her new canon d7 out to delamere for a day and have some good play with it!
  14. RobRainford
    The only course I didn't use my own kit was cs38. Would recommend to use your own kit
  15. RobRainford
    If your lucky it might make a good digger!
  16. RobRainford
    I would assume so with them being a vibram sole
  17. RobRainford
    It is a mixture of both virginia creeper and ivy. I would put 2 days on it, as there is a hedge there too they want doing so i will put in two prices, one for the hedge and one for the ivy, the scaffold guys on our yard should have a tower i can use.
  18. RobRainford
    geez, why stoop so low just for easy cash? is this world coming to Thoughts to friends and relatives!
  19. RobRainford
    I don't think they will be after a perfect like it was never there removal as it just isn't possible! I was thinking hedgecutters to take a good chunk off so I could see what I was pulling at? Then just snip at the required level and remove it all. Trouble is I've got weds/thurs/sat in the week to do it. Feel awkward if I have to miss out days. I think I'll choose a mewp. Can move it around easier!
  20. RobRainford
    Problem with that is no chipper unfortunately if only I could afford one. Getting a small mewp in with enough height would do me nicely possibly. Are there any regulations for hiring them?
  21. RobRainford
    I hate ivy too! So fustrating! If I was just to cut it at window level it may work. I could use stepladders to do that bit. Other ladders are just a big no for me!
  22. RobRainford
    Cheers for the response already. Didn't think about a mewp actually. There's a hedge to do also so I'm gonna price for the hedge and for the ivy. As I think it's all going to be horrible. I don't like working on ladders. My knees shake like hell and I just don't like them! I can't get my truck in their drive as they have a roof thing over there driveway that's at the 7ft level. Can't get much in there! They did say they will be after a couple of quotes. But if I don't get the ivy job I'm not all bothered. I was thinking 2 days. The reason I thought scaffolding was because there's a scaffolding firm on our yard who use our shed so I'd probably get a good rate off them. There's even a chance they want it severing at the bottom and leaving to die off to let the creeper take over. Good job I said I'll get back to them!
  23. RobRainford
    Had a call today. A house covered in ivy and Virginia creeper. The client wants it removing from the roof down to the top of the ground floor windows. It's a lot of ivy and has been there a while obviously and is starting to encroach on the roof My question is. What's the best way to take it off? It's an uneven driveway so Ladders would be difficult. Would scaffolding be a viable option? Is there a risk of damaging the brickwork? Couple of pics
  24. RobRainford
    Good to know. Cheers mark. I made sure that I wouldn't bash my head. I used my 10m line. Pause the vid at the start and spot how little rope I have underneath my friction hitch! It's only an inch or two! I still could only just reach the floor then too. Maybe that's me being short too.
  25. RobRainford
    I get that with the pto300h. Take the guards off round the rollers and clean it out. Just tends to e chip blocking them up. Give them a grease too

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