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Half threads. Small neck though. Need a bottle brush to clean the females. Satisfying clunk.

0.5 or 0.75 l I'd guess. Bit small.

Nice pouring mechanism. Made before 10:00. Still drinkable at 15:00.

Two little laurels and a little holly through the little mincer. Client left a flask of tea for me and a little bowl of dog treats for Sailor. £600 minus whatever a grinder costs. Freelance climbing massive shit the other end of the country can fack off.

Blocking isn't a problem with just the smallest smattering of vigilance. I only held that bit back for a slightly finer mince. It had the power to take it through unattended. The problem with tip first is that it means butt last. Heavy bits can bounce around on the drum and come back out of the hopper. This is my first attempt setting the anvil gap. The manual is sod all use so I'm learning as I go. Going to try a slightly larger gap for a greedier feed next time. Has your Jo Beau got a feed roller?

Gareth, as often, what on earth are you on about?

1. 2. 3. It actually gets greased 4. Worst of the gouge on the drum. Smoothed it with a file and a bit of sandpaper. Doesn't wear ropes. Makes no difference to anything apart from making me shake my head when I remember the day it happened. 5. The bent fairlead, bent back, works fine. 6. Video hopefully showing the axle running true. The damage to the drum and fairlead was not the device getting whacked with a bit of wood. Some morons wrapped the fairlead and very calmly cranked it into the drum. IMG_3192.MOV Working condition very good, cosmetic condition middling (left that way on purpose so I'm not hiding anything with a five gallon refurb) and I've highlighted what I consider the worst bits. Ask if you want to see any other bits of it. £1000. Based in the North East of England. Often up and down the A1. Couriering also possible.

Years ago, a mate told me I was "basically unemployable" for similar reasons as most self-employed people. The irony is he was basically employing me at the time (different industry) and not much later dispensed with my services, following a row, obviously.

Wordles, The Archers. There'll be a bingo thread soon.

Jet pack or don't bother.

Aye, tiny. But kept the mess near the stump, branches went down butt the right way, I came down a couple of times to chip so the pile didn't grow too far from the chipper, the aforementioned not poking holes in the lawn. Being so tiny, reclimbing is no imposition. The one rig was just to show my mate what rigging is.

Drooping branches, whatever that's more likely to make it.

Just a bit too close to a phoneline and nicer to climb anyway. No holes poked in lawn, no muddy branches through the chipper. And my mate got to do some rigging, which was novel for him.

Just finished putting it away for November. Not a great wage.

Props for getting the camera out on such a dreich day. I luckily have very little on because none of anything was getting done in this misery. Who do I talk to deity wise about some better weather? Happy to pray, beseech, build temples and monuments, sacrifice children etc. Whatever it takes for more than ten hours without precipitation.

Climbing, anything's possible. You don't actually need to go out very far, if at all. Conservatively tip tie with a pole and lift them up and in. Butt tie everything to the trunk too in case your hinges don't work well enough. Portawrap on a car in the yard if no lifting bollard. You'll probably get some snaps but the building will probably be fine. But that's all a hell of a lot more effort and risk than just getting a cheap picker. Any old thing can get in there. Even if someone came with a little one on a Land Rover for an hour, you'd get the difficult branches done. I wouldn't say the ADB is a massive consideration. I'd be reaching for the picker because it's easier and safer, whatever the species and condition. It's a bit of a consideration though.

It's a picker tree anyway.

IMG_3177.MOV Second job for my little mincer. Smashing thing. Loves conifer.

I'm selling my Hobbs and trying to find out from the serial number how old it is. The manufacturer is Arborist Designs but you google that and just get swamped with Mick Dempsey's wardrobe. Does anyone have a link or contact information?

Bastards.

The van will either fit or it won't. I can cope with carrying my spikes, flipline, saw and wheeling the chipper that far.

I barely understand what you mean btw.

(Wee) chipper won't touch the road. Ramps straight onto the garden path.

Upstairs window I think. Aiming to be away in under three hours, taking it easy, playing with the dog etc.

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.