Ian H
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Used to hire one years ago it had a hard life but worked pretty well on the whole, abit top heavy and unstable on kerbs, the wheelbase/axle width is abit narrow(perhaps?!), but nice machine.
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haha i like it:thumbup1: I've decided to start counting backward so I'm getting younger by the day:thumbup: sadly the old joints have got a different point of view:thumbdown:
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Hama google giant oak tree illusion, shouldn't be a problem:thumbup:
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Wow, highly emotive subject, IMO we are highly skilled, moving from a small pruning job to a big dismantle requires high degrees of skill, maybe it would be easier to justify if we all had some form of arb qualification but that implies those with tickets alone aren't so skilled and that's def not the case. The rules are set by guys in stuffy offices pushing paper all day, how on earth can they have any clue, apparently estate agents are classified as a professional occupation and yet you can set up shop with no training at all-says it all i'm afraid:banghead: I like the idea of some form of corgi style registration as proposed by hama, but how do we get the public to realise that nobody else should/could do work on their trees, it requires a massive publicity campaign by the governing body .
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I'm 45(as stated earlier) and I'd do the same if it was said to me, if i could catch them with me zimmer:sneaky2:
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Good on ya.
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For me there's no going back having owned one, i think we'll always have at least one in our life. Infact my wife(who currently works for social services)wants to start a fostering/adoption home entitled sociabull services Apologies for the de-rail:blushing:
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You've touched on a hugely sensitive and thorny issue that I'm sure someone can answer far better than me, but yes it is v poorly paid for the level of skill/costs involved:thumbdown:
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Hey buddy fantastic photo and like me probably got plenty more, maybe we should start a new appreciation group:lol:
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Happy birthday guvnor, hope you killed the buffet:thumbup:
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:congrats:
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Mike hi, I'm old, very old by your standards but I'm coming back into treework at 45, yep that's right middle aged(ouch) and whilst I can see some of where you're coming from I think you are missing certain points which have been answered already by others. I don't want to compete against 20/30somethings, I'm doing this purely for myself, working for myself at my pace which I know is plenty fast enough to make money by. I have no illusions about what I'm undertaking and the age related concessions I may have to make plus will def take advantage of improved gear and mechanical aids whenever possible, but I'm not ready to roll over just yet:thumbup1:
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Great set of photos, gotta love heavy horses, ditto hama, big up:thumbup:
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And the cheek to sneak away leaving mayhem behind. My wife saw similar last night tho not as impressive in a hospital car park, woman drove over the kerb along the pavement,over a grass verge pushed a bin into a no entry sign flattened both, sat for a minute whilst people approached then without a second glance took off, thanfully no pedestrians close by!!! amazing:001_rolleyes:
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great set of photos, ditto misterTee, loving photo three brilliant silhouette:thumbup1:
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Variation on Skyhucks, Never cast a clout till the may is out. Down this way 'may' being hawthorn flower.
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hi Grizzly welcome, I would'nt let your age/weight become an issue, I'm coming back into tree work at 45 and def not as light as i used to be:blushing: and I'm certainly not gonna let it be a detterent. Reckon it's worth getting tickets these days though if only for the reason that it makes you far more employable if that's the way you end up going. Make good use of the info on here buddy it'll make your journey far more enjoyable. Good luck:thumbup:
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I'd like to add my voice to previous comments praising this forum, It's a highly professional, informative and educational resource and in a world where we pay through the nose for everything, It's free. Collectively it offers a platform to gauge opinion and gives us a strength that is v powerful, infact powerful enough to create change within the industry, results of a recent poll have proved that. Personally as i re-enter the industry after a long time away I've found members encouragement and advice incredibly helpful, the enthusiasm is infectious, i only wish it had been around ten years ago. So credit where credit is due congrats to Steve and Arbtalk(or arbporn as my wife affectionately refers to it)-more power to you.:congrats: P.S. No laughing I'm being sincere here:001_tt2:
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teehee, i've also succombe to lower gears and mudguards!!! Both a concession to age and lack of regular miles(plus fed up of constantly having a wet arse!), not as tough as i used to be. Is that a compact groupset on there buddy?
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Definately a mountain bike up your way mate, get up into the hills, my wife's from Dundee and whenever we're up seeing family i can't help think how much fun it would be to get a bike up onto empty mountains, awesome scenery as you know only too well. Nothing wrong in liking nice stuff, we all deserve rewards for grafting i reckon, makes life that bit more pleasureable:thumbup:
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Sorry John didn't see your reply,that's quality thu and thru, titanium with an ultegra groupset, awesome:thumbup:
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Stevie hi, like Mozza said everything's much smoother, components/frame wheels etc are lighter/stronger/stiffer, it all makes a difference to the efficiency of the power you apply, which is why full suspension is so inefficient, so much energy is absorbed by the suspension. Road bikes are more efficient again due to stiffness/lightness and you can usually get into a better tuck to reduce wind resistance. Hope that helps abit:thumbup:
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VV nice bike John, quality throughout, loving the retro rolls sadlle-all day comfort:thumbup1: Sadly had to sell my dream LOOK frame earlier this yr to pay a tax bill, now stuck on a mountain bike with slick tyres, yuck.
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Hey woodpicker if you need any help checking it's ready i could be persuaded:sneaky2:
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It's that time where my tipple of choice beckons:thumbup1:anyone fancy a wee dram Cheers:cheers:may not be very coherent later!
