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had the same last week, i requested the customer to please clear the turds away in order to avoid me coming into contact etc. I really did not expect them to clear it up as they have alot going on with a house renovation, several kids, busy work lives etc. But to my amazement they had it all cleared up as requested, i had made a mental note that i was going to charge them an extra £20 to clear it up myself. A few years ago we asked a guy to clear turds up b4 we trimmed his garden hedges, he used a small poop scoop and flicked them into the conifer hedge we were just about to start trimming !!! We had to 'educate that man'.

good luck with the CRV PP, just watch out for worn prop and drive shafts as they are extremely expensive to repair !

I was told a few years back that most peeps get out of climbing in their late 20's and go into surveying, consultancy etc and i was more than likely too old to start saw work at 40, so i did me relevent CS courses (saved me hard earned money i got doing a completely different line of work and funded my own training) and passed me climbing ticket at 40. I did a bit of climbing the first 2 years but found it very daunting and thought it wood 'never click', but it did tank gawd. 45 now and have been lucky to work with some great people who helped me out along the way over the last tree years (do ya loike that one....!) and now i'm quite good apparently ! I'm 16 stone and intend to keep on keeping on as long as i can. Very impressed with anyone over 55 thats still climbing.

is it not the case that if you or your business is classed as utility or forestry then you 'can get away with murder' as regards to having to use a tacho or being a bit overloaded etc ?

throw line or those insulated rods that the UA guys use to get a main anchor, and footlock up as close to thew cuttinig area as possible, then i'd use a tape sling wrapped around the stem in a 'larks foot' and use the loops to stand in/on, flip line at waist height then reach up and have all that regrowth off. Not as hard as it sounds i promise yew....

Crackoff i have the Klein pole spikes and swapped over to the much longer tree gaffs 2 weeks ago and tried them out on a medium sized tri stem ash dismantle. I initially i found them weird/cumbersome but after an hour or so they felt great. When i do spike work (even a couple of hours worth) i usually suffer with leg fatigue for a few days afterwards, but i did 5 hours in that ash tree and felt fine. The longer tree gaffs were expensive though at £67 plus p&p from AUS. I do like them and as previously mentioned they wood be brilliant on an ivy clad tree. cheers.

Its a pro saw when you tinker with the transfers and make it into a 372

tanks very much and fair play to ya Stubby. Thas alorra saw fur not alorra money me tinks.

ok just read this, so are yew lot saying the new 365 is a pro saw or a semi pro saw ?

WYK, that is a ting of gr8 beauty.

PS. regards from Roscea....!

They look nothing like a 441:confused1:

my bad ! i assumed it was the same chassis and similar engine but with a few more CC's

I priced up an MS461 yesterday on a 24 inch bar (assuming they come with a 24, or a 25 as i'm not bothered) £709.80 incl VAT. They sales guy reckons despite them looking almost identical to a MS441 they are infact a bit more basic as i think they don't have M-Tronic. cheers.

He was an older chap (40's) and doing the job a long time apparently. His bowline failed, knot came apart or he clipped into the wrong part of his knot. he fell and was winded, shaken etc but walked off site with no intention of going to hospital till he was persuaded to do so, lucky he did as he had cracks in his spine and has to wear a chest brace/corsett thingy for 12 weeks or so. The whole Nat Grid contract was put on hold and there was a cooling off period, i tink cutting starts again in feb !!! It was a PITA as OCS who i believe own Fountains completely over reacted and insisted we all attend a safety meeting in High Wycombe which was attended by contractors, big wigs from Nat Grid, Fountains and OCS as well as Health n' Safety types. Twas not enjoyable. climber is recovering ok i believe.

576xp is a good saw, not ever come across the 570, I try and stick to xp saws

 

 

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Cheers WoodEd, i did a bit of sniffing about on a Husky website and they state the 570 is a professional saw. I agree though i like XP on me side casings.

Is your 'h' key broken?

no Steve, tis' not

Hello there, just been looking at a new Husky 372xp, Husky 576xp and a husky 570

Now the sales guy said the 372's have been problematic with the newer X Torq engine and not as good as the older 372's which cud take a 24inch bar but the new ones he tinks shud only have a 20inch bar max!! I have always hankered after these beauts but what ye tink ?

He reckons the 576xp X torq is a good buy and will easily take a 24inch bar, good saw?

but the Husky 570 he was selling (does not have XP on the side casing) is brand new but the serial number shows it to be manufactured in 2011 and has been sat on the shelf and they are now old stock and out of production, but they only want £517 including vat for it ! He reckons it'll pull a 24 inch bar no bother. so what ye tink of that saw then ? I noticed it shares the same owners hand book as the 576XP so is similar i guess but is NOT badged as an XP, so is it a semi professional saw ?

Tank yew in advance, Ken.

good programme.

get on and do it but remember that advert for 'Should've gone to Specsavers.....!'