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Never bothered with yellow pages due to what I'd heard about them over the years, most enquiries recently have been via internet directories, van sign writing or reccomendations
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Thats what I said to them, but they reckoned as I'd done my PA1 so long ago would probably have to redo it, I will have to investigate again
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Much as I like it, it is heavy for when picking it up and putting it down all day when hedgelaying, I must be getting old
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Not as much as I'd like you can find holly up to 12-15 inch diameter in a very overgrown hedge, and yes generally its 4-6 inch max I'm cutting but have had timber up to 4ft diameter at the yard for logging up before now, I have kept the 357 for logging but do find it thirsty compared to the old stihl Yes thats why I had the 350, before t gave up the ghost, also tried a standard MS200 and a MS240, but found them both a bit lightweight for the job, I prefer to be on top of the job
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I was meaning herbicides as thats what I use, already have PA1, did it 20 years ago at college, although last time I enquired about spraying course I was told would probably have to do it again
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Come on, where's the arb and tree workers Harlem Shake?!
csservices replied to TimberCutterDartmoor's topic in The Lounge
Hahaha that was worth the look -
Would you all be disappointed if I bought a fastrac?
csservices replied to Lyncombe-climber's topic in General chat
Very nearly bought one before I bought my Case year before last, but after a ride in my mates Fastrac decided against it, Case my not be as fast but it will out pull the Fastrac on hills, plus the added benefit of the exhaust note from that legendary 5.9 litre Cummins -
I will at some point get my tickets I dare say, its just finding a time when theres an available course at the time when I have the time and money to do it, I will have to look at spraying course again in the near future, as I think its from end of 2015 you will need to produce your ticket to purchase the chemical
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I am considering keeping the 357, the 350 was only meant to be a short term saw but has done 5 seasons hedge laying and gone through two clutches and I've had the Stihl since it was new so its nearly 30 yr old
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Yep seen that, one guy I worked for spent two hours trying to get his saw going on a job, when I went to see what was up he had the saw in bits, I said you did put fuel in didnt you, his answer was "urmmmmmm....:blushing:" also taught him how to drive his landrover off road after sitting quietly in the passenger seat while he made umpteen attempts at a not very steep incline with a trailer on
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Have'nt had any for a few years but as I remember it was decent enough stuff mixed in with others, think it was sweet that I had, don't remember any trouble splitting or drying it
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Thats exactly my thoughts on it, the basic chainsaw course from memory has gone from 3 days if you had some knowledge and 5 days if you were a beginner to 5 days compulsory plus another day to do NPTC asessment, an estate woodsman I knew told me when tickets first came in the asessor came to see them on the estate, asked him to fetch his smallest saw the woodsman came back with one with a 36" bar on, told the instructor they didnt run anything smaller as mostly they were felling mature trees, apparently the instructor said fair enough lets go to the pub and do the paper work, now thats a common sense approach
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Ok so after feathering my old Stihl 028 AV super through the hedgelaying season I'm thinking about getting a new saw, but to fund it I will have to sell all 3 saws to fund it, currently running Husky 350 and 357 xp alongside the Stihl, if I do it I will need one saw that is light enough for hedge laying but grunty enough for cutting firewood timber and also some small to medium felling, usually run 15-18" bars, I know theres no one size fits all but any ideas on what would be the best compromise saw?
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I had a 372 xp with a 24 " bar, bought it for cutting the big timber I was getting a few years back for the firewood job, brilliant saw and in truth it ended up coming out more often than any of my other saws even when didnt need anything that big, unfortunately it was lifted by some scum and I've never replaced it
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I'm going to stick my neck out now and admit I don't have any a chainsaw ticket, but I've been using them for work for over 20 years and in that time been asked twice for my ticket, only reason I have'nt done it is that every time I've been booked on the course its been cancelled for one reason or another, I do have an NPTC part 1 spraying ticket, but as I only occasionally do a bit of knapsack spraying, never had a need to any more of the courses, admittedly I'm not using a saw day in day out, it mostly for hedge laying and firewood, but I have done my share of felling and also plenty of windblown when clearing fence lines, always wear my ppe and work in a manner safe and suitable for the job in hand, so there you go standing by to get shot down for not having a piece of paper
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I'm on 14 days on invoices and have been for years now and the bulk will pay up before that but last couple of years have had quite a few which have held on longer than that, which when you've been on largish hedge laying or fencing jobs which can mean tow or three weeks with no money coming in really screws up the cash flow, I have put the interest will be charged if not paid within 5 days on statements for really stubborn payers, which does seem to suddenly free off thier wallets
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Had a guy buying logs off me the other year who was proudly telling me that he had gone to take down a silver birch for someone in exchange for the wood, he had tried to do a straight fell in the front garden of the house end result......he took down part of the guttering and pulled the phoneline off so that it was hanging across the road guess that customer of his foundout just how much free can cost you
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Wonder where your hard earned tax goes
csservices replied to Old WoodChip's topic in Business Management
You don't need nukes to invade this country, seeing as we are an island who has consistently run down its farming industry for years in favour of cheap imports, all you need to do is blockade our supplies and starve us out -
Bear in mind if you do fencing work alongside that from the end of this year you will need a waste carriers licence for that as fencing waste is being re-classified as construction waste
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I've got some the same, planted a second lot inbetween the first pplanting with the intention that the original planting would be cut and away for xmas trees a year or two later, as with the best laid plans life got in the way and now got a stand of trees so thick you cant walk through it, my plan is cut the bigger diameter trunks into lengths for hedgelaying stakes and the smaller stuff can go on the logpile
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This is some of the one i did on site at Mansfield this week 3 short runs in the same hedge, with willow binders, the unlaid bits are coming out as its where driveways fall on the development.
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Ouch, will say speaking from experience with similar nose injury that the plus side is that it will heal quick
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Hi Matt, sorry was'nt about the other day but I'm working more local now on so if you've got any more to get rid of, give me a ring
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Good old tractors, I had a 4610 AP cab with a tanco loader for a few years, brilliant little tractor and always outpulled for its size
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usually about 400 hrs on each of them possibly a bit more on the old ford as she's got the loader on
