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  1. simon thompson
    have you seen the size of the oranges these "fruity friends" throw over here?
  2. simon thompson
    £50 quid gun i had a go at spraying lol, turns out out this a canny gun so i mite nitro morse it and have another go with fern n connifer leaves:confused1:
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    not on here much, as much as our lorry anyway ha but i think what ive read dean lofthouse has put some good points across! my own oppinion is you should always respect the saw you using if you are competent enough to do something with it 1 handed which you feel will be safer and not out of stupidity or to look cool:thumbup1: then it definately works! experience and a good understanding of the job is the key thing, i would never encourage anyone to do it 1 handed but there has been situations were ive went to use the saw 2 hands and realised i was safer holding my rope n reaching out with 1 hand, any way good thread dean
  4. simon thompson
    EGS, looks like you race mate my mate does hes off to some presentation tmoz not sure if you going or know him ric charlton cnt remember his number black yamaha coalman??
  5. simon thompson
    yeah i suppose and all professionals would feel confident in buying the larger nose so not much market for smaller noses:thumbup: cheers lads
  6. simon thompson
    Just been looking at photos of chainsaw accidents (kick back related) and had a brainwave, I think How come they dont make bars the same or similar as the carving bars with a pointed nose to reduce kick back?? only thing i can think of is they maybe wear away more on big saws so wed go through alot of them:confused1: any 1 know? or does every 1 but me
  7. simon thompson
    cheers lads! ha yeah thats the 1 mark
  8. simon thompson
    need to remember the camera for work more often! the amount of good photos we could of had or would we just be posers lol:001_cool:
  9. simon thompson
    thats my mother in laws next door to me, my lass little brother literaly just got up and went upstairs he was sat infront of window and lynn just picked dog out window, very lucky
  10. simon thompson
    What like posing lol
  11. simon thompson
    maybe in silhouette or sepia ??
  12. simon thompson
    Ha thanks paul, much appreciated. Cant wait to be a parent we both got excellent girlfriends, well sorry i have fiance brother just married, so the way i look at it is our lives are just beginning! A bet you deserve them 2 pints off the boys mate:thumbup1:
  13. simon thompson
    Ha mint! me father used to have a fox just before i was born apparantly, No unfortunately these were grey so in the end we hit them with a hammer.............................................................. only joking 1 got out window but came back then you could tell they wanted to be away in the wild so we let them go, and yes i know they vermon i used to hunt them with my harris hawk, well started too before i had to sell him.
  14. simon thompson
    Thanks for that stephen much appreciated mate:thumbup1:
  15. simon thompson
    lol, Paul im worrying me sel more than our lass is bout the labour room, been having nightmares she calling me soft ha, its our first 1 so dont really know what to expect apart from me uncle said hed like to say its nice but he had nightmares for 2 month after lol .
  16. simon thompson
    Thanks for that paul, the bits of lowering we did was small bits and the section getting lowered did not at any point stay in the air holding its weight on the tree, the rope was ran through our hands untill we were sure the branch would miss the wall then let go gradually to hit the floor : ) We not related to bobby nor the thompson twins but there will be some thompson twins, lorrys wife is having twin boys, then my lass is pregnant too, they due 2 days apart from each other ha
  17. simon thompson
    we hand reared 2 squirrels i was choggin down a tree n killed the mother n couple of the babys by an accident, so took the two remaining home (eyes closed and no fur) found the formula on the internet what to feed them then fed them with a teet on something similar to a syringe, they were great fun they used to tease the parrot, nick its nuts then leg it while the parrot chased them then theyd sit on 1 of our shoulders eating the nut knowing the parrot wouldnt come near us
  18. simon thompson
    Cheers lads, the stem was cut up into sections and the client had a big industrial splitter that split them into about 3 ft lengths and he had a massive log burner, to be truthful the timber was a mess due to the ustulina that's all it was good for
  19. simon thompson
    lol, yeah it did mate
  20. simon thompson
    Cheers mate was good job, nice to do a tree that size, pitty i lost photo of the final cut on the bottom it had big nasty cavaty
  21. simon thompson
    This beech had (Ustulina Deusta) it had 2 big cavaties about 15 - 20 ft up the stem so had to be removed. Due to the size of the tree with the buildings and obstacles underneath it, it had to be section felled carefully with the aid of a lowering system, Was a good day with my brother Lorry Thompson starting off doing the awkward bits with him having more experience then me finishing the top, and the help of our groundsman ross hodgson. Tree was down by 3pm and we were in pub by 3.30pm for the friday pint ..........Happy days!!

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