armchairarborist
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Everything posted by armchairarborist
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that sounded a bit gay mate, re-word it and i might have a borrow of your chainsaw for a day haha:thumbup:
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i keep thinking of buying a tiny toy stihl like a 181? or something for them days i don't feel like having my arms stretched by real saws, my fave is 460 with 16'' bar for firewood.
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Anyone got a 5/6hp honda/briggs?
armchairarborist replied to the crafty weasel's topic in General chat
11hp honda petrol would give it a bit of go £200 because you're a mate, just pulled out of a tracked dumper with 1054hrs
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them lampposts look pretty strong:scared:, can you put the tirfor in a wheelbarrow to make the carrying easier? or get a small tracked machine in to carry all the kit and do the pulling? anything to make a job easier:
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looks like a midget next to a pile of twigs to me, deans mini splitter all over again? wonder if i could sell the landy as a monster truck with the help of a small dude?
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of course it'll fit, i saw a rover v8 in a plastic pig once, anything is possible:thumbup:
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What would you pay for standing birch?
armchairarborist replied to bingoben's topic in Firewood forum
i had a similar job a couple of years ago, i charged them 15 days labour and sold the firewood too. pay for it?? why? -
i'd rather see the dogs and 13''bar on the 660, that would be SUPERCOOL:thumbup1:
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we were dismantling a pop and the sawdust was flying a fair distance, looking over some garages there was a new rangerover being valeted on a driveway and as the valeter drove away the motor was totally covered in sawdust, i went and knocked the door and explained what happened and the guy laughed, i offered to use his hosepipe to wash it off and he made us all a pot of tea:thumbup: only funny folk are funny with you
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that was the son of the client, his mum sent him out to learn hard labour, we had him loading the trailer with beech rings and digging 3t of beech chip:thumbup:
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because the woman isn't into trees so i was magnetically drawn here, now when she walks past she says 'ooh trees, mushrooms, toys, ooh so exciting' in a sarcastic song sort of thing.. yeah i know:blushing:
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mines always smiling too:biggrin:
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i once had a smiley truck (jap crap) when viewed from the side, the chassis bent under full load, the ladder rack would tap against the cab when loaded:thumbup:
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cool, didn't know ldv made a 'smiley'
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we used to have 'wind up' all the time, then we put a new starter cord on the hedgetrimmers and its a lot easier:001_tt2:
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no problamas dude, don't you hate it when you forget the barrow on a job and have to look round the clients garden for one.. they are useless, flat tyres, broken axle, wobbly handles that dump the load after a few steps and the dreaded skuff-skuff of the tyre on the overloaded body. i love my barrow most because i found it while exploring with the dog one day, cost me nothing except a tyre full of air and a bolt to secure the body.
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not worth insuring? my barrow has been nicked twice off jobsites, one time they used it as a getaway vehicle for half a tonne of beech (not all at once)..! i had to repossess it both times:thumbdown:
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yep, everything below 7.5inch is viewed as woodchip, most of the wood making it back to the yard is 2-3ft dia, wasteful i know but the woody woodchip i swap for red diesel with a friend:thumbup:
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you will need a beast of a ram/pump but it sounds the way to go, get a long ram and split a few rings at once:thumbup1:
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2010-good year or not?
armchairarborist replied to alastair gillespie's topic in Business Management
every year is a good year, always thought i'd never live to over about 21 because i liked going too fast.(way too fast). had a decent year this year, my highest turnover ever and without fiddling the books i have a taxable income of £1! i never seem to make money, just get more toys:thumbup: -
i find the valorbe ones last loads better than stihl files, get at least three sharpens out of a file:thumbup:
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seen it before but i'd need a drink to settle the shakes, one or two and i'd do it, after four i can't stand on a level floor:blushing:
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i just like brick shaped blocks, then i can stack them right up in the fire basket till they are nearly disappearing up the chimney, that way the top ones can be seasoning as the bottom ones burn:thumbup:
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there seems to be a reoccurring theme here of folk ignoring tractor maintainance, they will last much longer with a fluid check/change every so often, it doesn't take long and is far cheaper than finding out later when its broken:thumbup: just don't buy your oils from halfords or the petrol station:ohmy:
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Outstanding trees, standing Out
armchairarborist replied to David Humphries's topic in Picture Forum
i had a go at this as it looks cool, ended up with a black n white photo with white eraser marks all over it, think i'll stick to tree bashing (i mean care), did you use ms paint?
