markieg31

99.9 a litre, on pump, up near me

how many wraps around the tree??

Exmoor gold, even better if it is on tap. Exmoor stallion is another good one.

Where abouts are you based?

my post was in jest but i think it may be a little to late now

that sounds more like it. i suppose you have to weigh up price and quality. was going to print my own but didnt think they gave the right impression.

a tipper?!? i am hoping to buy a pick up but the money is too much at the moment. have to make do with kicking the logs out of the back of my van. we all have to start somewhere and some of us with no bank loans or start up funds

yeah looks that good i would climb on it!!

o and i also have my cs40. so i suppose i could prune the tree to the ground:lol:

i had been climbing for a couple of years and went for my 39 last year. there was three of us on the assessment and it ran from 9am till 5pm, the assessor was very thorough! as part of my assessment i had to spike up a woodland sycamore (i had taken the branches off on my training, so was left as a very tall stick), we had to do all the cuts on the stem, effectively dismantling it- the sling was used with a rope so was pulled over from the ground.

i run a 9t on my 66. i run it with an 18inch bar and a 36 and have no problems with either, well apart from the 18 inch bar is very lively! hot knife through butter!!!!!

thats how i roll. low overheads with no tool to maintain

I started off my career in arb 6 years ago working for £60 a day for a one man band. after a year he let me go. i had no tickets and found it hard to find another job. i managed to get a government funded position at college (because it was my first level 2 qual no a levels etc) which allowed me to get my 30,31,38 and a NA in arb. Whilst at college i had a part time job who took me on full time when my course finished. i went from that job to another one on the powerlines. 6 years after starting my career in arb i am now on £65 a day. i know the job from the ground up and am a willing worker so i am about to take the plunge into self employment borrowing a trailer and various bits. got all me own saws and climbing kit etc so here go's. there was a few chaps on the college course who had been given money. they were going self employed with out any experience. good luck to them but i think you need the real experience!!!

they look very impressive. do you mind me asking what price you where paying for 2000? regards mark

yeah better that way then the usual one i get. o yes mark dont worry about brushcutting you will be tied up all day on this fallen tree okay john an hour later and its all ringed and staked. hourly rate so havent even earned my fuel!!! GRRRRRR

i used to use a yr 2000 l200, absolutely gutless. you had to be thrashing it about to get anywhere with a trailer. on the same estate they had a j plate disco that was registered ag and absolutely hanging. it which would pull the pants off the L200 any time of the day!!!!!! the disco would pull at any revs where ads the l200 required high revs. (not a land rover fan by the way)

a firm i used to work for had single cab with lockers behind cab. again not 4x4 pro's -turns on a sixpence -short -holds a big load -pulls well with a load and chipper cons -when cold and empty the back wheels would lock up with even the most gentle touch of the brakes which led to the drivers seat being nibbled up! (okay more like munched) -expensive on parts and there were maybe more cons but it was a few years ago i was driving them

i am glad you have finaly seen the light.

you cant beet those ittle tippers, dyna nqr etc. great little machines, not so good off road

i think this had been posted the other day. but that broking bronko doesn't look much like fun from here

i have used quick steel on my combi can for chasinsaw nicks, seems to be holding out

big dismantle gone wrong.

johny walks into the the back room of the church to find the priest shaking hands with the governor of love. 'What are you doing reverend?' The priest replies ' Well Johny i am masturbating, soon you will be doing this'. 'Why'? said Johny 'because my wrist is killing me!'

Peteb on top form again!!! :lol: