Gareth Dalzell
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9k and our oldest ten year old 120k transit as a trade in.
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Is that the area of black pudding fame?
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Works out at around 15 hours per week, but try to keep it to a 1 or 2 short evening sessions a week when everyone else has gone to bed and a part day during the working hours. The evening sessions can be very productive as there are no distractions, phone ringing, rep's calling, site visits, machine break downs etc etc......there however Arbtalk which is very distracting!
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Beautiful piece of work and an excellent choice of first book for it.
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That,s the one. Took a bit of dealing but got there in the end. We,ve been watching this van around the dealers for the past 9months.
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If I walk up to a hospital reception and pretend I,m an engineer here to collect a piece of equipment and leave with an X-ray machine - I,ve have taken something that I shouldn't have. If I ring up a hospital pretend I,m a relative to get something I shouldn't have I have still taken something I shouldn't have.
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Arbtalk Christmas Raffle 2012
Gareth Dalzell replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Arbtalk Christmas Charity Raffle 2012
I won one a few years ago and it's the only wooden chopping board I've ever had that hasn't split. A lovely solid bit of brown oak. -
Those send goose bumps down my neck - totally awesome.
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Maybe I won't be counting the rings after all. 150-year-old Belfast beech tree may avoid chainsaw - Northern Ireland, Local & National - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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Typical boilers always quit when you need them most. Woodburners are essential, especially in our line of work - you'll start viewing trees as "heat reserves"
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I agree with not wasting excessive resources saving something that it a dead duck as long as there is discussion and thought given to establish that. This tree is a mighty fine specimen, beautiful straight clear stem etc etc - it just has some issues surrounding its intregration with its streetscape. For scale, those are 3ft road kerbs in front of it. [/ATTACH]
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I passed the tree earlier today. The BCC tree officer and some other suites were having a meeting at it. More talks no doubt. I got some pictures which I,ll post tomorrow when I,m on a real computer. I measured the stem. At 1m above base it,s 41" diameter. It,s a mighty fine specimen, but the footpath adjacent is trashed. They could always widen the footpath on the tree side and narrow the footpath on the opposite side of the road to allow the road to stay the same width. The footpaths are really wide for a quiet residential area - just a thought:001_smile:
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The last photo when I enlarge it on the iPad - it,s so clear I can almost touch it. Posting perfection
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Nice one:thumbup1:
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We run a 750. It will heat a mighty big space when its running on dry timber.
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The adjacent house is probably around the 1900, the others in the local are more likely after WW2 as the Antrim Road area took massive hits during the Biltz - Belfast being a prize target for the German bombers with its ship yard etc...
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No, we're just a we firm compared to those guys. We have a few sites on the Antrim Road so I'll keep an eye on it. Just hope they don't stump grind it as soon as they drop it. Do you work local?
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I,d reckon it,s closer to 100 than 50-60. Might even be older. I,ll see if I can count the rings later on in the week when it dissappears:001_rolleyes: We dropped a similar size ash 3weeks ago further up the road which was just over 160 years old. Nice burning:thumbup1:
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Nice photo,s there Dave. Do you work there or just a leisure walk around.
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I know what you mean but in a lot of situations now the pipes are "moled" into sites so there is no chance of warning tape or any guarantee of depth anymore. We hit a 3phase electric cable once at 6" below ground level. Went of like a rocket, massive flash of flame shot up and the noise like a road compressor hose bursting.
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Thanks. I had planned to keep/suffer it in white and put red graphic panels on it like Old Mill Tree one. But I,m that bloody anal about maintaining company profile, I just couldn't handle having one white vehicle when the rest of the transits are red. The locker doors complete with locks were around 50quid each from a coachworks that specialises in Horse transporters. When I asked if their doors are water tight they laughed " do you think someone is going to put leather saddles, tack and horse blankets into them if they're not!" ? Fair enough. Just have to check it has the correct air freshener in the cab now and I can relax.
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Here is our "evolution or revamping" of an Arbtruck When it arrived it was white, had a dent on the tail door where it had crumpled on the tow bar when being tipped, had a mainland Reg plate and the tool locker was 14" square with naft locks and the whole compartment leaked. So we, re-reg'd it, resprayed/coloured it and unsealed the chassis, fixed the tail door so it floats over the tow bar, sign write and enlarged the tool locker with 24" coachfit sealed doors with intergal locks. And before anyone tells me I know it can only carry my packed lunch in the back before its overloaded - (that is if my packed lunch weighs more that 1120kg that is as I took it to the weighbridge when I'd finished
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I got on from here and a couple of kids helmets also. Kids Climbing Harnesses::Little Adventure Shop
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The rear handled MS201 is a nice light saw - but if its cutting fast through anything of any weight I find it can't clear the sawdust fast enough and then clogs it's self. You have to drag the saw chain over the edge of a branch to un-jam the chain and get it moving again. Still a good wee saw though.
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