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  1. tree-fancier123
    i thought it was funny when the guy came on saying he was the one who felled a huge redwood - a few year old thread he had trawled up from somewhere - i was a bit sceptical, someone said 'is that you out there Cody' the poster replied 'sure to god is'
  2. tree-fancier123
    i read about Duck Oil on here a while ago - been good keeping hedgecutter blades from rusting, freeing up carb springs - 5l tub with a sprayer to decant into for 25 on ebay, probably last me a few years unless i use it up before Swarfega duck oil 5lt with FOC sprayer 5 litre penetrant releasing lubricant oil | eBay
  3. tree-fancier123
    interesting to learn about where teak comes from, my grandad fought in Burma - he hated the Japs for the rest of his life
  4. tree-fancier123
    I think your maid did alright with that, 500 not too steep, nice picture of you - dont look like someone who would nick anything, although you can never tell. You were number 6 on google - tree surgeon exeter, not bad at all
  5. tree-fancier123
    Simon above with the Isuzu posted a good thing a while back re capacity - he said get a big tipping trailer put tracked chipper in and on big jobs leave chipper on site (with minders) and take full tipper and high side tipping trailer away - so if the tipper (like Simons at 170bhp) is pokey enough and can legally tow 3.5ton, then you have maybe just under a ton in the back plus 2.5 ton on the trailer, so 3.5ton legally of chip without operating centre or o licence. Of course elaborate tool boxes and over specced greedy board frames, crew cabs etc mean less than a ton of chip in the truck, legally. However, on this point if the fine is a few grand this would have to be factored in to see if increased profits could cover it - obviously if you wipe out a family on the pavement overloaded it wouldn't
  6. tree-fancier123
    at least they are advertising in winter, some desperate people may hack away at them and try to burn it green
  7. tree-fancier123
    just picked up a ten year old 35c14 Daily tipper - 140bhp 3 litre , pulls much better up hills than my transit , and 3.5 ton towing on the Iveco. Pleased with it. Paid just under £3k, even if I end up spending another £3 on repairs over the next few years, still cheaper than a newer truck. this place looks very good to me for arb, gardening trucks - they wash down, rust treat (obviously not welding) and prime then coat with epoxy mastic (same stuff applied to RNLI Ford Rangers) costs about 2000, seems a lot, but considering it for the Iveco (whole chassis, underside of tipper bed too), if it means it will give it years of protection and keep it from needing welding up. EPOXY MASTIC EM121 RUST PROOFING PRICE LIST
  8. tree-fancier123
    I like the burning ideas - it wouldn't get you the job - but how great would it be to pour 20liters old engine over the tops of them and burn where they stand
  9. tree-fancier123
    Very good. Had no idea it involved taking the case apart - still 200 for 3 hrs work not a bad setup, even if its needs a few years reading up on it. I expect he gets his investment back a lot quicker than the people who invest in buying the vans. We cant all be vantuners, not enough ecus to go round
  10. tree-fancier123
    I nominate Bob for Arbtalk employer of the year. What about when they retire? Gold watch as big as a frying pan?
  11. tree-fancier123
    'a social media tree surgeon is something to be' after John Lennon - Working Class Hero
  12. tree-fancier123
    the big firms seem to keep rolling on, loads of paye arborists and plenty of contracts, bosses go skiing
  13. tree-fancier123
    not done a really big reduction, but imagine you'd struggle to find something you can trust on the end of a long lateral, cut through your climb line then and the amount of leverage between there and the trunk....
  14. tree-fancier123
    that chipping malarkey seems like money for old rope - the vantuner site charging something like 200 for a 'postal remap' send him your ecu he sends it back with allegedly another 15 20hp programmed in somehow, wonder how much his gizmo to do them cost
  15. tree-fancier123
    i don't understand the point being made - if you're part way along a branch and you are on a cambium saver or srt above, and then put a lanyard around say something growing vertical from the branch you're stood on then the lanyard becomes a second climbing system - it may not be advisable to put your full weight into something far from the trunk unless its really big, but is it not still a secondary tie in point?
  16. tree-fancier123
    2 person bounce test - or just hope for the best
  17. tree-fancier123
    a second bridge for safety and a special machine for checking all aluminium carabiners for hairline cracks
  18. tree-fancier123
    there was a website not long ago selling stingy nettles 'attracts bees and other wildlife to the garden' £6.99 or something. Metrophile office bods would possibly click to order http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/plants/10265984/Dont-call-them-weeds-stinging-nettles-on-sale-to-urban-gardeners-for-7.99.html
  19. tree-fancier123
    well I can see why you're only partially interested in tree work then, if your current job can support that
  20. tree-fancier123
    so how much does eggs pay his drain cleaner helpers?
  21. tree-fancier123
    £80 max on the books, meaning anywhere between minimum wage and 80. No wonder people can't always get staff - of course it is pleasant working outdoors in great surroundings, but that sort of money will always leave someone feeling bitter and disappointed, at least some of the time. The national living wage imo is something good from the conservatives, shame brexit is being blamed for missing the £9 hr 2020 target
  22. tree-fancier123
    been trying to replicate Mattmoss's success with this - a reverse image search next to useless - then tried a simple text search ' trees with fernlike leaves' and eventually saw it in the middle of a load of results in a document 'common trees of Los Angeles'
  23. tree-fancier123
    quite impressive - i tried reverse image search on google, obviously gave up too easily
  24. tree-fancier123
    no more beautiful than common trees - they just wanted something no one else has
  25. tree-fancier123
    maybe cut and hold is safer if a long sling is used - although of course this takes a few seconds longer, probably why unpopular - everyone has to start somewhere and gardeners like me who fancy a bit of treework too will price competitively and end up suffering and struggling - not everyone can build a decent business the neck accident must have happened a few times - hence why Stihl wont sell the saws without a ticket This device looks promising for lowering smaller stuff and giving the climber control of friction TreeStuff Aerial Friction Brake

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