odd_bird

It's understandable, climate is much better here. Are you back on the estate? I'm sticking with Wales. It's too beautiful here to go elsewhere. Sorry guys, this is turning into PM.

naaaaah, grew out of surveying. Playing in dirty ditches and plonking in rivers instead seeing you didn't move away far..

Trying to lift it alone has already given me a bad back! Alec, you look angered with that poor tree... Is that 090 also? I wonder how many of those are still about.

spot on it sounds like a motorbike and smokes like my good old granddad!

He uses it to cut the wood mainly ( I can't even lift it properly :DD)

The guy in work brought this in today. Needless to say, I could barely contain myself with excitement

you don't really get this, do you? It's cold in Russia. They are nikin it!

Thank you for your replies everyone. Only a very small part of my work involves trees and chainsaws ,and although tree work is my favourite, it is often a mixture of construction/maintenance works for me. I also get to play with risk assessments when cloudy skies above. That is why I'm being sent on this course. There is a lot of pressure for me to pass but we won't be going into that... I received PM from one of you extending a helping had with pre-course preparation. Good stuff It makes you think what is there ahead when climbing (other hardcore work) days are over just like DrewP said. Its all fun and games when joints aren't cracking yet!

Looks like I've landed myself with an intensive NEBOSH course for next month. Are there any of you, brainy fellas, who've done this? What are your experiences? Just wanna know how detailed the course is.. cheers!

it's an imposter. It's soft hardwood Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.

I work on rivers and get a fair bit of willow to take home. It burns quick but delivers a lot of heat. I personally have no patience with hardwood so it works good here. I'd have it any day especially if offered for free!

thanks for a piece of excellent career advice, lukesmitharborist. Maybe that's where I was going wrong for all these years

Thanks guys, I think I'll go for multitool and give you a feedback if anyone's interested. I work for the local government so can't quite borrow good tools. Big brother is watching every move but I might sneak in a chainsaw one night quietly (with boss'es consent of course). Would be a bit more difficult sneaking in pruners and strimmers in my tiny coupe car without getting noticed We've been doing a hell of the lot work using non-mechanical tools last year because of the HAVS issue. It's amazing what can be done with not a single drop of petrol. Though, good hand tools are still quite expensive. Hiring professionals I could only see as luxury (sorry guys I know times are desperate and all that). I've got chainsaw licence and other tickets so no - I'll stick with doing it myself. Though, advice on how to get rid of cuttings would be appreciated. Don't think that new neighbors would like it if I chucked it over the fence having a decent husband would save me posting on here in a first place

Thanks. I am sort of(!) occasional professional myself (doing minor tree work approx 3 months a year) just haven't got an access to professional tools for personal use. Painful very painful...(Do'h)

So I'm buying a house! Happy times! The only problem is that the garden has been neglected for good 10 years or more. Bramble, overgrown hedges and trees look like a couple days work would be required to tame the place. I am now wondering whether to buy something like this 52cc PETROL 5IN1 HEDGE TRIMMER, CHAINSAW, STRIMMER, BRUSH CUTTER, EXTENSION POLE | eBay and let it fall apart after couple of uses, or hire. make my life easier, share your thoughts... Ta x