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Joe Newton

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  1. Komet Miller Reglex Machoire Wire Core Flipline SKYLANDEQUIPMENT.COM Easy to use, reinforced wire core work positioning lanyard with stainless steel jaw type length... Skyland are out of stock but might be able to get you one in, if your pockets are deep enough
  2. Cranes typically aren't LOLERed sufficiently for lifting people. A MEWP is. As I said in my previous post. Some manufacturers guidelines will allow this if the machine has an appropriate attachment point for a rope (not just over the basket rail) but most aren't designed for this purpose. With the machine I use the SWL is constant throughout the outreach of the machine.
  3. It would depend on the machine, Ben. Most manufacturers would not recommend it, however I do regular work with one that is lolered for lifting. You remove the basket and put a hook on the jib, and it's rated to lift around 250kgs. It's a 25m mewp with up to 12m outreach I think. He's pretty close to you I think, CV23 postcode Drop me a message if you want to know more m
  4. They're both prats to be honest. I would've bet on Paul though. Tommy fumbles has fought nobody's and anyone who can knock Tyronne Woodleigh out and beat Anderson Silva on points is no joke.
  5. @Simon Rotheram once told me it gets easier after the first three years... It didn't feel that helpful at the time 🤣
  6. That's the date you went off of cock?
  7. I remember a time when @Steve Bullman would welcome every new member he could!
  8. You only have to work with retards occasionally? Lucky. One in particular untied my base tie without my asking.
  9. Don't get butt hurt Stevie, you went down the same derail. I have a point and you know it.
  10. Generally speaking most people won't be working on a base tie on any dismantles, rigging works etc. Most will use a base tie for access and then swap over to a canopy anchor for the work, so it's fairly pointless for most real world applications. Also a working base anchor system is usually a bit more involved than just a hitch.
  11. A good compromise is to tie an alpine butterfly above the base anchor, that way if the situation called for it you could clip another line into the butterfly and cut the line beneath it
  12. Had a 2001 mazda b2500 until recently. Great truck. Sold it to a mate and its still going strong
  13. It's gotta be £200 at a minimum. £300 if you don't care if you get it or not
  14. So today I got to revisit an old friend: My first encounter was a year ago when I damn near cut through her in a cavity in the underside of an ash branch in a nature reserve. Must've missed her by less than an inch. She flew off straight away and I rigged and screwed the branch back into place with para cord and my fence mending kit. Came back with a mewp today to carry on monolithing the ash which was over the main pedestrian entrance to the reserve and to my surprise she'd returned to her roost! Must've done a pretty decent job reinstating the habitat. A further stay of execution for the tree.
  15. It's "woe is me". If there's one thing worse than an argumentative Internet troll, it's an illiterate one.
  16. A young lad I worked with called me and asked me why his echo could be low on power. I suggested he cleaned the air filter first. He said "Where's that?" Good job he's pretty.
  17. SIP 04383 QT100/10 Low Noise Compressor | Toolden WWW.TOOLDEN.CO.UK Shop for SIP 04383 QT100/10 Low Noise Compressor at Toolden. Free shipping for orders over £50... Picked this up recently. A mate bought it for a work project that took a month, then he was done with it. Cost me £150. It's super quiet.
  18. I can foresee somebody else getting moved on here before long.
  19. I had the exact same complaints from a neighbour once. I just cut the tree down. No argument, they had me dead to rights.
  20. Well Bartletts had no issue with their AAAC status after that infamous Lombardy SNAFU, which says it all really and explains why they don't hold a lot of respect in the arb world. A bit like that article I questioned them on recently. A lot of beaurocratic waffle and no action. All fart and no poo.
  21. Yeah generally if I can bomb big bits then that's the way, but fuck being on spikes taking 6" rings. There was over 50' of 25" timber so it was either chog small or rig. The stem had a fair lean towards the cobbles so chogs would've had to be small to chuck them back towards the lawn. I'll just buy a bigger dead eye.
  22. I hate chogging unless I can take bigger bits. I eat way too much sawdust otherwise
  23. Could've chogged it all onto the patch of lawn behind if I'd needed to. There was a decent chance of a round bouncing and fucking off through a fence or chicken coop though.

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