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Upstairs window I think. Aiming to be away in under three hours, taking it easy, playing with the dog etc.
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Haven't had a pricing thread for a while have we. Before I go a micron further, I know what I'm charging, I know my costs and my profit aspirations, I know everyone's are different and telling me, "If [I] don't know what to charge, then I shouldn't be doing it." will result in me thinking less of you for about a second and then forgetting you exist. With that out of the way... Down, chipped into the flowerbeds (or away if you prefer, van fits outside the garden gate), logs on my fire. What do people charge for these kind of tiny jobs? I'm mainly familiar with big stuff. What am I charging? £200 because he's a mate but would feel awkward having it done for free. Commercially, I'd charge £400 if I wanted to win it, £500 if I didn't care.
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Left high for a digger to pluck them out, duh. There was a lot more wrong with the job than that (only in my opinion of course) but that's what we were asked to do so we did it.
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Anyone?
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I used an 8m bit of three strand for that for years. Very handy. Double lanyard for flipping past branches, mini second system, butt keeper rigging, tagline, saw collection and temporary strop. Now using 15m ish of some climbing rope, usually on my bridge now though.
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Which other brands have you used over the years?
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@doobin Honeymoon report for the Oil and Steel?
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Nice. Strong looking head. I performed one of my most successful/blasé bits of dog whispering on a ridgeback. Saw it across a park while walking my mum's shepherd years ago. Went over to say hello. The bloke on the end of the lead was terrified. It was his son's dog and apparently nobody could go near it without significant violence. Wan't convinced. Left the shepherd with my friend, walked straight up to it, said something along the lines of, "Behave or you're not getting tickled." Ten seconds later, it's on its back and I'm rubbing his belly. Bloke is stunned. My friend's heartbeat is still audible from twenty feet away. Introduced the shepherd without event. The episode helped imbue me with a fairly cavalier attitude to dodgy dogs that I'm sure will one day end up with me getting mauled, but it hasn't happened yet.
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That brown one is a handsome beast. What is it? If I had to guess, I'd say some kind of Rhodesian/Vizla Pitbull mix. Fully prepared to look stupid when you give the actual answer.
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I feel more naturally disposed to climbing than pickers too but I've always assumed that's because I only use them a few times a year so I'm probably just not that good with them. It comes down to economics as always. I had a guy put a rope in the top of a 3 stemmed conifer from a picker a couple of months ago because it was already on the site. We agreed it was a climbing tree but five minutes' fighting through brash at the top meant I had a lovely safe, easy skin-up climb the next morning. No way would I have hired the machine in just for that though. Forgetting what point I was making...
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Ah. It goes down the back of your leg and tends it from there. Someone could have just said that.
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SRT 95% of the time. I use a HAAS and I know or can reasonably guess what climbing stuff does. I've looked as much as I can be arsed to (which includes turning off that mincer after three seconds btw) and it's still not clear. If it's not over the shoulder or tether, is it through your bridge biner?
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So this bungee goes over your shoulder or through a neck tether?
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Anyone have anything productive to add now that moron has gone?
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Sailor, a dog, pictured on Britain's worst carpet.
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Yep. Had this yesterday. Told the guy to run it because I wanted it down, away from the basket. He ran it through a fence.
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And from the same folder, something to give doobin a sense of unease.
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Necessitating a textbook system of step cuts to resolve the situation. P.S. I know that's not a walnut. There was one close by. It was years ago. I've basically got Alzheimer's.
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Garden structures are surprisingly strong. Years ago I was present when a pretty stout walnut was felled onto a pergola, expecting it to crush straight though. No, sir. A fkkk off heavy tree ended up sat on top of it. It didn't notice.
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For we too shit with or too lazy to use throwlines, mewping past a fat stem into a climbable crown is huge. Did exactly that deadwooding and cleaning crossers etc on Tuesday. Up the pickers for anything I say.
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Fast growing evergreen tree recommendations?
AHPP replied to Hardanger's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Five eucs and a pole saw. -
Still not a scooby what these do.
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Depressing post. I hired a lovely little (fairly old) Hinowa 1470 yesterday. Manual levelling, analogue everything. No quicker to move and setup than a newer machine but I had no strandings, sensor strops or frustrating alarm/no-go moves all day. It just worked. Compared to the last machine I had, a (fairly new) 25m ish CMC. Piece of shit. Had a guy in who works with the brand all the time. Stumped him consistently. Stuck in the air pressing buttons and wearing out the starter motor for twenty minutes at a time etc. He put the cage down on a little coppice stool - twenty minutes gone while we saw it out from underneath to appease a sensor. This is the future; barely-usable, stifling safety bollocks. Hugely disappointed to hear Hinowa are going downhill. They've been my favourite for years. Easy decision making when choosing what to hire.
