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john p

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  1. I love my weaver, first one lasted me10 years, tried a petzl sequoia, hated it,
  2. That sounds like a lot of Work! Where did you put the pto? And what's a blower box? Ta
  3. Would be a lot less hassle to mount the chipper direct rather than bodge up a 3pl, has your tm got an auxiliary on the transfer box?
  4. Aye, 560 is the dogs danglies, had mine since 2011, has been faultless (bAr two recoils )
  5. Travelling scum?
  6. Nice work, looked like a timely removal that!
  7. We've got a morso squirrel, stays overnight whatever you put in it, really really good burner
  8. I think Bob meAns 15,000 hrs running on that type of oil, not 15,000 hrs with no change
  9. David must have spent a large proportion of the last few years posting about the benefits of standing deadwood etc, give him a break its Sunday evening, use the search function, save his fingers!
  10. It's not all glamour Mark, conny topping today!
  11. 3 big dead cedar removals, all in the same arboretum near Leominster, surrounded by ornamental shrubs etc so lots of rigging/careful cutting,yes there are some stubs left and no I don't care !
  12. St Ives
  13. Nice bit of weekend site clearance with kernow stu and combined tree services Dave, smashed the leyllandi today, and Dave s now got a fun few days chipping it! Great blokes and a good job
  14. Nice work mate, cracking tree that!
  15. 2 thatchers have taken the edge off, dog tired tonight!!
  16. As Grey git says its retrenchment work, the tree has shed some big limbs, we are trying to bring it going as long as possible, probably another 5 years time we will bring it in again etc, reducing a lot in one go might push it over the edge, it's getting a proper kicking off the gano
  17. Big big oak reduction today, massive spread on it, spec was up to 3 meters off, trying to bring the crown in over a period of years as its a fantastic tree but riddled with gano and hollowing rapidly, 2 climbers 6 hrs
  18. Likely outcome? Your gonna get shafted
  19. Cider,spat,ipad
  20. I'm 37, I climb most days, however I now try and break up the big stuff, 3 days in a row on the big uns and I really feel it! And I'm totally over chogging down big stems with a 66, apart from that I love it
  21. I suppose his point is as the breakaway cable is designed to operate the handbrake in case of trailer coming off the hitch, if it ain't attached it can't work , therefore defective, harsh though!
  22. Yep, it's a deeply unpleasant experience
  23. Did my tax return this morning, that's about as close as I get to indoor working all year!
  24. Same here, when I was renewal time for me, said they wouldn't wipe their arse with competitors policies, v unprofessional IMO, I'm with tree surgeon insurance now, great service, paid out with no fuss when I had a claim and my PL and El combined came in cheaper than just Pl with another company

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