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not done a whole patio before - this one is square slabs, nothing fancy how to rake, chisel or machine the old mortar out where it remains ( without chipping the slabs)? best method to repoint after cleaning up? there is a lot of missing pointing and weeds at the moment My initial thoughts are gently with a bolster to remove, possibly a battery cut off saw too? And what about just brushing dry mortar mix into the joins after cleaning? Or is it best with a tub of stuff or one of those oversize mastic guns thanks to anyone who does this work and tells me all their trade secrets

looking at his pics in today's job thread Ian Flatters is still using his Vermeer, carries about 50 sheets of ply around so as not to damage the lawn, those with hiab just lift the avants over the hedge or wall

both the two trees above and the big elm what a waste - brutality and greed - thats all the economy is, England looked much nicer in the days of horse and cart, although I'd probably have died of a stroke by now, as there were no blood pressure meds

the pull up bollards sound a good addition - although someone from up north I met during an ebay purchase had one at his yard - he said the gyp will use a petrol cut off saw on them - not sure of the ease of this operation, a bit worrying as they make battery cut off saws now too. So bollard out front, internal cage, blaster, thick motorbike chain connecting all handles together - take starter motor or similar off tracked chipper, how about a removable front section to the drawbar of a wheeled chipper, must be a way of engineering it so there is no ball hitch at night. Sometimes it is simply worth the effort and inconvenience to take saws indoors - Im sure I saw a photo from Big tree Don with all his Huskys in the hallway, sure I would rather have HT131 and long handled hedgecutters outside as they are cumbersome, but if your store is likely to get done over dont leave chainsaws in there, sort of defeats the object of having a store, but if it only contains bulk oil and a chipper minus the front part of drawbar or starter motor. If the drawbar mod not possible - how much time to get really good at mechanics so it can be jacked and a wheel hub removed each night, leave the wheel on floor but take the hub home, surely a battery impact wrench and normal torque wrench to refit, maybe a split pin or so, if the process was repeated each night with wheeled chippers the pit stop would be quick and soon the theives would have common hubs on their vans just in case

good vid - looks like it can help a lot on some branch walks

why no close up of the remaining leaves and buds? Didnt want to make it too easy

nasty about the rigging line and metal hooks, hadnt considered it, at least some e. g rock exotica transporter will lock firm if you remember each time:(

The OP Old Mill was advertising - probably a good bet, he wrote on here some time ago about a massive lombardy they did - sounds like they get some good climbs

wow - reminds me of Aspenarbs tagline - treementia - affecting those who keep felling the wrong trees so how did you smooth things out?

He's sure got some bottle - knocking those dogs in at the top with just his leg curled around the back of the ladder - what with the big MEWP right next to him filming he could have used.

'I'm dead. I'm dead' - poor bloke, and poor boss. Because of the extreme danger in aerial chainsaw use - it seems not beyond the realms of possibility that a big firm could insist on helmet cam footage of all jobs, if the climbers knew they were recording all their work they may be less likely to one hand near the body. The cost and a durable enough go pro not easy. the battery toppers maybe not so much kickback, not enough grunt for big wood, but timber out more likely done 'properly' anyhow, not cut and hold, although when the devil drives expect the worst, call the exorcist

the answer of no use to you would be to pay over the odds and accept less profit. Where do people look for staff? - here and earborist both have arb job sections. I expect experienced arborists its word of mouth, cant see many looking in the local rag for their next job advert. When I was in the shipyards blokes would always move around if another firm was offering a better hourly rate

interesting technique, sounds like a time and energy saver in the big trees

exactly if theyre caught in the yard set of burning gear to cut their vehicles up, the biological element - mulch

have you tried the bone? just wondering why people want two bits of hardware on the climb line instead of one. My BDB hasnt had much use as not got the staff for big trees, but it seem less faff than having a zz plus a tether plus a wrench, havent sold my wrench as his rig n wrench vids look sensible use for it also the BDB being midline attachable hasnt really helped me, although I expect there are times doing fancy stuff like with a traverse hook

he'd do better becoming a plasterer, f that though

Its worth having a zigzag in your bag for smaller trees dDrt, most people dont SRT with 13mm line anyway - too much bounce

6.5m of 8mm, cheaper than rope with ppe mark, probably same stuff

bring back the CB radio

for £630 ladders direct will send one that gets you up to 13.97 metres, or just short as it would be leaning http://www.laddersukdirect.co.uk/rope-operated-ladders/heavy-duty-rope-operated-extension-ladders--479.html need a set of binoculars to make sure its resting securely at the top

it seems from reading the Jeremy Barell article posted by Sean that there is a system to give a monetary value to a tree in terms of its effects on air quality - i guess there is some carbon credit type money slushing around somewhere that could go towards retaining big street trees

perfect finish - and if the birds were nesting it wouldnt have even bothered them

I can see how pruning the big trees is now too expensive with other things needing the money too, but if people genuinely feel that the trees are the most important thing, then it is up to them if they want to try to stop it - in the extreme case they may feel that the law is irrelevant and wrong. Sometimes laws can be made which people feel are bad and they will risk their lives in revolution. Keeping the status quo by accepting the rule of law is ok unless you genuinely feel the lawmakers are in the wrong. Nazi Germany probably legalized a lot of stuff and any germans wanting to protest were then criminals. I mean if a minority think the trees should stay and the roads be closed to traffic, they are entitled to start a revolution and even if they are killed by the armed forces they would have at least tried to start an urban forest community because they believed in it with all their hearts. There is no right or wrong - only organisms in the environment The worst thing about the bloke who got the fine and suspended sentence is hes been unemployed for a few years and the taxpayer has been funding his protests - bloody parasite, must have been some menial job in a big city for him.

If I knew for certain I wouldnt be prosecuted I'd not turn work away. I recently felled quite a nice small prunus that the customers neighbour didnt want to see gone, it was legal and i wanted the money. The whole countryside is being ruined by housing developments, so im just gonna do whatever to pay the bills in this post appocalyptic nightmare and not worry too much if i can help it

Trying to fell TPO trees on a technicality - not really worth the trouble surely, even if it was after 2012 and the Council missed by a few days they clearly wanted to protect the trees and if they don't now accept the reasons for removal thats them doing their job - places look sh1t with all the trees cleared just for the sake of convenience, plenty of non TPO, non CA trees to earn a few hundred quid sawing up