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Hi jfc my right hand can be stiff in the morning, the left would just be pins and needles and feel about twice it's usual size, feels 100% better after the steroid injection and yep got the splints too.
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From a groundies point of view, thick skin, common sense and sensor humour, a certain level of intuition/sixth sense to know what your climber wants before he wants it, and the two things that really bug me, one an understanding of compression and tension and ability to read it in a laid tree or branch and two the knowledge to put a gob cut in based on the lean/weighting of a tree and wind direction and not just because you want to fell it that way because it suits you, how so many people have passed cs30/31 is beyond me lol
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Thanks Paul, just emailed them.
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Bit of a long shot but would anybody have or know of a gearbox for a bomford b457 fc hedgecutter, mine has disintegrated today and after making enquiries bomford no longer supply parts for this model so would have to have new gearbox, pump and fitting kit which adds up to twice what the hedgecutter is worth.
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Cheers Paul, just come out of subbing groundsman full timefor last two years hands were always worse if had done few full days on the saws especially the big saws, back doing my own stuff now so not been as bedbug few days driving tractor and hedgecutter has set it offering as levers are left hand operated.
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Yep that's why had steroid injection today to keep me going, is a good chance it is though as my mum's got it as well.
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Wrong arm its the other one that goes dead Mick
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Well after spending half the day in Derby Royal today my deadness in my left arm has been diagnosed as carpel Tunnel, have got moderate nerve damage in my right hand and severe nerve damage in my left, been given a steroid injection in my left which will hopefully give me 3-5 months before I need to have an op on it, been told is 6 weeks when Canada any heavy lifting and 9 months for full recovery after the op so not quite sure how I'm going to afford/ manage that much time off work though.
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Laid to fill a gap in the hedge by the looks of it as it's on a field boundary
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Can't find it on my phone, will try the tablet
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We've had two 1390 two wheel drives and a 1490 4wd over the years good little tractors and run on fresh air, always wanted a 1590 or 1690 though
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That's what my tattoo is about although I have slowed down a bit now, leg cramps and waking up everyday with a dead hand/ arm has given me a warning on that one.
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Search L & S engineers online they have alot of parts for older stihls and pretty reasonable, also still alot of parts available from America.
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Did run an Ms 200 back handle for one season but found it a bit underpowered on big old thorns, so used my husky 350 or 357 on a 15" bar after that but only really as I had them, got a stihl ms251 at the minute that I'm going to get a smaller bar for, for this season, nice light pokey little saw, once you get used to the weird feeling soft pull start.
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Not strictly tree related unless you count the laurels I cut down off the top of the wall but, started rebuilding this retaining wall today.
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Guy I used to buy machinery off would just say now I suppose you want to know how cheap you can have it, if I showed an interest in anything 😁 now I'm married to a Geordie lass I just sender in she carmaker grown men cry when they realise the price they have agreed 😁
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Thanks Stephen, I've been having anxiety problems since been there knew it would be trouble but at the time I went I was short of work and you fall back into the ease of someone else sorting out the work and just turning up to do it.
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That's what I did last night, it was one step to far so let him have it, best bit was got a text back saying if I'd havant grievances he hoped I would have spoken to him about it before, I have Iwas the team leader so was in the office at least twice a week telling himwhatwas going offend just got the usual bull in response. Feeling alot better now I've done it though and being able vent on here helps
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Might just bite him worse than he thinks, because theres two or 3 other lads who I do get on with who have all been murmuring for a while who might just jump ship when they find out I've gone
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Not sure if you can still get them but at one time you could buy cinnebar moth caterpillars as a natural control for ragwort, spraying is generally very hit and miss and ideally needs to be done spring and autumn when the ragwort is at rosette stage, also bear in mind that ragwort is bi annual so you may think you've conguered it only for it to reappear and the seed stays viable in the ground for 20 years and is an airborne seed so if neighbouring land owners dont control it you'll mor ethan likely get it back.
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I've been worried about going alone again which is why I have'nt got to settled with a pay cheque every week, which is the only reason stuck it this long, spent the morning so far updating my website and facebook pae and drafting out some adverts, got a couple of people to call too who have offered work but I have'nt managed to get too as working 5 days for the other guy.
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if it happens difflock I'll do you a good deal on my splitting axe
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Had it a month or so back worst at night so couldn't sleep, wife started with it yesterday so no sleep again.
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Hi Jammy, yep this guy has lost ten guys in 2 years, full staff change twice barring me, I've been suffering with crippling heartburn and loss of sleep due to the stress and threatened to leave at least once a month for the last year but what he said to me last night was the last straw, so he's had some home truths.
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Well it finally happened after best part of two years of watching dangerous idiots keep their jobs while decent men lost theirs, I finally blew tonight and told the guy I sub to where to stick it, got about a fortnight's work to keep me going and see what the future brings.
