RobRainford
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bring them spikes and ill have those i would be sad to see so much kit go!
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thats just another way to get your moneys worth out of your blower
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backpack blower all the way! i have a battered old br420 that still goes well, and does a good job too, can happily lift moss off flags! the br600 is even better again but well worth the money, dont own one but have used one, it is a job trying to keep it pointing straight!
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Veterans- The ultimate survivors
RobRainford replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in Picture Forum
I'm sure one of my pics of the concrete oak look very similar to your first one rob. Strangely very similar! Few pics of a big leaning oak. Very much so. Bark has come off from the tension. Slowly falling over?
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Maybe because your broken at the end of it and can't do anything else! Given a saw at 16(2007), I then went through saw tickets at 17 up to cs34, busy summer 2008! Climbing ticket a year later (2009), started fdsc in arb at myerscough 2009. Just about to finish the BSc top up 3rd year now. Never looked back. Can't see any aspirations in anything else. I love dem trees!
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Completely agree, it is good to have a separation between work and personal, hence why I've got two phone numbers. Although its a bit foggy for me ATM. The pegs are a good idea. Will be looking into them!
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get a pinto RIG or an ISC rigging pulley if its lghtweight stuff, however you dont want to do negative rigging with the small pulleys.
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i agree with that, if i have the money coming in i will buy something that could make my life easier or enjoyable, however i was asked if i wanted anything for climbing, so i kindly replied i like to know that if i can afford it, i will buy it but only if i can make it work for me, one of the best ones recently was the wolf garten 4m pole and saw. invaluable! With doing the degree aswell as working its pretty much my life atm and has been for 3 years. the balance will hopefully even out as time goes on and im not in academia anymore.
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we had 2 bays that just gave up their whole top in the worst of the snow we had in 2010. tried to re sprout but weren't doing too well so they got the chop! i would say yours have just suffered a bit from the cold rick
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It certainly is a lifestyle, not a job. To me anyway. Not had a great deal of cash for shiny stuff for a while. Last thing I got was a new lanyard to go with my new positioner from Santa! It's a great thing getting a bagful of new kit. I remember getting all mine. Didn't want to use it!
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I've done the fdsc onsite at myerscough and I'm about to complete the BSc top up year. From having no prior knowledge of trees other than I knew what a conifer was and wasn't!
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It was a 7m girth too apparently. A stonker it was.
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this fine oak is showing some signs of an I. dryadeus colonisation, can you spot them? It was at Wynnstay house near Wrexham.
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agree with others, im suprised the TO has called that kretzschmaria. as its a pretty distincive fruiting body in its own right. even though the pictures arent great and they are very desiccated, is it a possibility of collybia?
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i love it, i dont like fumbling around behind me for a scabbard, id rather reach for my leg! found it great with my zubat, i just use the straps from it on my sugoi now. which is an ace combo as the scabbard has holes already
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im listening to a variety of stuff at the mo, quite open minded and do like a good acoustic song with proper instruments, some of the stuff on radio 1 atm is crap even for me, i just cant find a way to like it! Gotye's album has been a recent worthy purchase, something different and a very fresh. Also in the same playlist ive got Rizzle Kicks! Their album has some good tracks and they are two talented lads. i do agree with robs statement on the over engineered crap that seems to haunt the radio now
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There is a good margin for me an my little chipper with a man. But having a slightly bigger one and a guy in for £150 extra per day doesn't leave much in it.
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Online, own pace, theory education advise?
RobRainford replied to josharb87's topic in Training & education
RobArb on here is onthe fdsc arb online at Myerscough ATM. He may pop along here to give his word. If not, meither him with a PM Afaik it requires a lot of dedication if you want good marks. And you have to be disciplined! -
I'll ring round a couple of places and see what's what. I'm interested in chipper and man however the contract I'm doing a lot of work with now doesn't have a huge margin. So can't afford £200/day for a man and chipper.
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St helens and around there. Manchester every now and again and stretching to the near side of Liverpool.
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Is that a day rate? Would be a good job for anyone in that area no doubt.
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i have no requirement to trim the sides, the thickness of the foliage will be required from a lot of the hedge especially from some of this, as its thin below where i want to take it down to. Although if it is asked of me then it would be a good day with the mewp and hedgecutters!
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we found a couple of good ones today with the ATF meeting, even found a couple nobody else did! including one monster one ringed by dryadeus, ill get a photo up shortly for you and some others from today
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thats a monster bracket! should look cool as a monolith!
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thats left me a little befuddled?
