tree-fancier123

I have to admit you do have a point with the grinder - if it was only enough money for a spare chipper, or a grinder, not both. However your suggestion of just fix it quick and get on, some repairs surely will mean a wait for parts, and also round here even an ST6 is 100 a day. Lots of people do own second back up chippers, when they could have just ebayed them off, they cant all be idiots

botcoin - electronic money made by robots for robots

with big kit and a limited budget this must be a winner - a 9" chipper at 25k new, or two used ones on 1000 hours each at 11k each, - if its just one new one, then sooner or later it will need something taking it out of service, but alternating two used ones, theres no reason for downtime - two good used machines instead of one new, sounds a no brainer if youve got the space

they could have put 5k on it, but seeing as matey walked out the front gate and almost got some gravity abuse from it and a good set of additional solutions for when there is no room at 90 to the road to pull

maybe some variant will endure, but your right about the fluctuations not being compatible with serious money. If you started a new worker on 0.05 bitcoin a week, youd have to give them a paycut each month, or go bankrupt

maybe a bit cumbersome down the garden path, but the technology is getting there “Workers will soon be effortlessly carrying around ship parts that weigh more than they do” https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22329803-900-robotic-suit-gives-shipyard-workers-super-strength/

wont help next week, but these exoskeletons in development look promising for heavy manual handling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSo6C_gE4w8

just looking at the graphic above there are loads of bandwagon currencies popping up - Einsteinium , Vertcoin, Powerledger, a bit like Matelots fancy coloured must have tulip varieties.

Its funny that since the dip caused by the last financial crisis the FTSE100 has approximately doubled off its lows, but the US equivalent the Dow Jones Industrial Average has nearly quadrupled. All my savings are in my ISA, but I'm only paying a fixed 3% on my mortgage - so not much incentive to clear that first when some big companies yielding 5 or 6% dividends, if global interest rates normalize to historical levels my ISA is going to take a hit - I will still get my dividend income though. Capital at hazard, as they say.

payment of choice for parasitic criminal scum who still go down the doctors when ill and send their kids to schools funded by the taxpayer

RobD has bought a few quids worth, once the Arbtalk massive pile in and hike the price he'll be out - pump and dump lol

oh right so in 2040 on chainsawbars.uk I will be able to order a new battery topper and pay 0.000000437456 BTC

so a computer farm wired up to the mains and the net can use its processing power to run mathematical software that slowly churns out new bitcoins - these bitcoin 'mining' operations ruin it for me - its not like real mining where there is only so much metal in the ground, theoretically unlimited number of computers can be made to 'mine' new bitcoins, the demand may increase further with media hype, but so can the supply. an early purchase of Amazon, Google or Ebay would have been nice, needle in a haystack, as you say nearly all were lossmaking and most of the companies shares went to zero. Like with anything if it is a real winner the temptation to sell the lot when its gone up a bit prevents people from hitting a home run. I can imaging what with how volatile bitcoin is if Id bought £100 worth at say $50 each I'd have sold the lot way before it ever hit $1000, people buying now to get the same bonanza only need bitcoin to get to $200000 each, maybe one bitcoin will soon be worth a cool million

thanks for the reply - that is a bargain if the apta is worth having that is - was retailing at $199 I thought, if you're saying the big shot is better i will stick with that, havent tried fitting a bigshot trigger yet, possibly would help

he will have to nail his colours to the mast, or simply pull the trigger

If a hit man is asked to bump someone off who he thinks should live, he can refuse the job, but if he's a professional he will keep his mouth shut about it

£800 isnt a lot for an all in SRT set up, people on XTC+(even 2017 vintage) will need rope too, I bet youve spent near on £2000 on all the bits youve tried - didnt you have a bigshot AND an APTA launcher? Is the APTA launcher better than the bigshot for accuracy?

interesting about suggesting the TO take a look and a TPO being placed - I can imagine if a 'potential' customer wants to fell a really decent specimen tree, the contractor does have privileged information in that they know something the TO doesnt - a really nice unprotected tree is about to be cut down. The homeowners should get contractors to sign a confidentiality document ' I want a quote to get rid of this, but you mustn't mention my intentions to anyone at the council or anyone connected with them'.

this system looks good, not tried it myself (only due to the cost) - he makes SRT work positioning look easy with this rig https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUWM5IcDC5g like MattyF said above - he has two SRT systems on the go, a shorter rope for the redirects

a big shot, static rope, friction system (rope runner, bulldog bone, rope wrench with tether and e2e hitch cord, or ZZ RW combo), foot ascender plus HAAS knee ascender, neck tether to tend, or chest harness, lanyard over the shoulder. An investment of maybe £800 all in and you have something to save you spiking up huge ivy covered nightmare trees (that have to be section felled)

draping a line over the top of the whole thing with a big shot and bounce testing a base tie is crude but worked for me, can damage a few bits and bobs if its just a prune

thanks for replies guys - i wish i'd kept my mouth shut and stuck with his trees and hedges, said i could do it for £100 - thought a couple of sacks of mortar mix at a £10 tops, looks like if it needs two tubs I'll be doing the job for £30, or less if I use up a diamond wheel or whatever on the angle grinder, still be a learner job. never imagined to regrout a patio of say 25m2 would be so dear. Sounds like a pro quote would be over £200 if a tub only does 7.5m2, I wont walk now ive said a price, but seems like ive messed up badly, or actually I may try to wriggle out of it - havent been to do trees and hedges yet so may have to separate that part - discretion the better part of valor and all that

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