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Matt Butler

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  1. you have the same rope as me, awesome rope!!!
  2. Evening all, Having recently been involved in on the site training, helping get guys through some of their units, and having newbies on site, i have been pondering the benifits of college. So, my million dollar question is what produces the best surgeons 1. an arb course at college 2. learning on site from guys with experience and expertise thoughts plz
  3. fell 1, get 3 free:thumbup:
  4. Best form of advertizing = Reputation
  5. from my experience i can only say positive things about them, we have had a 150 for about 3 years and never had any real problems, the thing i love about it is it is so heavy duty, almost over engineered, it doe what it says on the tin and will take pretty much anything you throw at it, we always say that if 2 blokes can drag it to the Bandit, then it will go through
  6. Lord and Lady Astor, Lord and Lady Carnarvon, Jeff Banks, Jean Marsh, one of Nokia's head men, a minted diamond dealer who's son went to school in a chopper, a professional American gambler with a massive helicopter, Andrew Lloyd Weber, Mr Bearing (Bearings Bank), Pierre Jungles, Richard Benyon, and Alan Pardew
  7. they will go out with a JCB and shove it to the side. love it, we do alot of road clearence for west berks council, and we soon discovered that in high winds its best to just leave telehandler with timber grab strapped on the plant lorry, hardly need a chainsaw:thumbup: i turned up at a big ash couple of years ago in a pick up in front of the handler, copper laughed at me and asked me what i intended to do:laugh1:, my old man turned up and didnt even have to get out of the cab, gotta love machinery:thumbup:
  8. to be honest m8 i dont have a clue, if u want any info ring graham on 07785 765 679, we only hav 1 left now thou
  9. hi Adam, here is a pic of my truck and we have 2 pretty much identical that are for sale as to price, milage, history...etc, your best bet is to ring my dad on 07785 765 679
  10. we hav 2 ivecos 4 sale, tipping chip box and roller shutter tool boxes, around that figure too forget trannys and nissans and come over to the dark side:lol:
  11. looks freezing, i was shivering watching that very efficient dismantle though:thumbup1:
  12. the tree in ur avatar is bigger than the tree in mine:sneaky2: ill be searching the woods with my camera tomorrow:lol:
  13. its an 076, we also hav an 084, keep trying to get dad to buy an 880 for some more poke, but for the amount of times we actually use them its hardly worth it
  14. daren't do that steve, thats my oldest bro and my boss!!!!
  15. thank you for the motivation vid steve, loved the backing music also "saviour you can move a mountain" its an amazing hymn , just goes to show that the power of faith is real also, enjoying the whole thread, very relaxing
  16. We where there for a day, but we did have 5 guys and a lot of kit...is this the first time you have sen these pics?
  17. So the general feel is that we need to leave the yard at 5.30am and keep a low profile....
  18. trainee= 40-50 groundie= 50-70 average climber= 70-80 top climber= 90-120 management= as much as poss
  19. haha, only you could do that and get away with it
  20. Matt Butler

    Jonsered

    we run several jonsereds, very good saws
  21. Matt Butler

    jersey

    yeah its a good hotel mate, what time of year are u planning?
  22. Cheers swinny, very helpful. With the tape sling do you need to tie it off to the trunk while you make the cut incase it drops?
  23. Do you have your climbing tickets:confused1: :lol: Im helping get some guys through their tickets, and can't remember the "correct" way to do things!

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