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Treemon

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  1. Got a 341 that has suddenley started leaking oil everywhere
  2. Is it new - whenever we put a new bar and chain on our japa it runs really tight and hot
  3. Thats really made me laugh after a right shite day - cheers
  4. Have you treid ecoplugs did the course last week -very impressed with them
  5. Weve got a ryedale one we bought it to deal with all the thin stuff you seem to get mixed in big loads - wish id had one years ago we did 16 cubic metres in 5 hours!
  6. Knew nothing about it try and go tomorrow
  7. Oh and on the Special Forces training area near Pontilias
  8. You must be Leicestershire way as he lived not far from me. Ive worked for Stella Macartney, Jasper Carrot - all on Utilities , HRH at Windsor Great Park (does that count?) and deliver we logs to Stephen Graham
  9. Basically you get a map with overhead line on it which you then walk / survey noting the following- Tree species Tree category (live zone, proximity zone or shutdown) How many hours required for work Span affected in percentage - 25/50/75/100 Equipment needed Environmental issues Permission from land owner work to be done Seems easy till you get a shitty land owner who planted trees to screen lines etc or the electricty board has upset them and you get it in the neck All recs seem to be looking for graduate level nowadays - why i don know as they dont have the practicle cutting experience!
  10. Id say none as they will have moved on
  11. Have you got any utility tickets
  12. Weve put on standby for Network Rail from 7am tomorrow morning to 7am Mondy morning at £200 per man - happy days
  13. Oh hes got tickets - question is do we carry on and try and teach him ?
  14. One more point - he cant sharpen a saw - cant work out which file to use ( oh and hes ahd well over a week off due to playing rugby - in different weeks!)
  15. Rebulit a 341 replacing the barrel and pistern from an old saw that was smashed - only problem is its got really bad vibration and cant work out why:confused1:
  16. Give us a call Pete - really interested in one
  17. Sorry didnt realise lol:lol:
  18. Actually 4 things worry me - how the hell did the owner manage to do such damage ??
  19. The link does work dont know how i did that lol
  20. Just come accross these on ebay - 3 things worry me 1 - Was somone seriously turning up to work in these 2 - Item description states "a little bit of the protective matterial has been ripped but they will still save your leg" 3 - Some plank has actually bid on them FFS !! stihl chainsaw trousers | eBay I know the link wont probably work as i can never seem to get it right but its really worth a look
  21. Certainly is - thought wed confuss him lol
  22. Only week late with photos
  23. When i did my ND we had to learn 20 different trees every week in english and latin from twigs, buds and leaves - im so glad now
  24. These days my body aches, I know I deserve more money and I complain all the time:001_tt2: Oh so true thats why i took on some young uns
  25. Am i being fussy- should someone whose spent 2 years at college doing arb to be able to id an ash tree - in fact any tree , is it teaching standards or the youth of today !

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