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Couldn't say to be honest, don't climb in them often enough to have worn a set out yet, and I don't climb day in day out anyway. I would imagine they'll last as long as anything else, perhaps a shade longer.... Certainly better than my grippy palmed work gloves....

Sealskinz in the winter, waterproof, warm, grippy, expensive...

Classic Tractor mag has a specific classifieds section for Ireland, if you don't already get it pick up a copy, usually something in there. There's also hauliers advertising in there who go back and forth who will probably do a good deal on a back load.....

Something like this? No idea what he wants for it mind you.... Sanderson SB55 for Sale from JMP Hire in Lincolnshire UK Or this little beauty.... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sanderson-Teleporter-277TS-Forklift-Telehandler-Telescopic-/320899431561?pt=UK_BOI_FarmingEquipment_RL&hash=item4ab718bc89

A telehandler will be expensive for anything not completely worn out, but what about a mono-boom handler? They were made obsolete with the introduction of the telescopic so are much cheaper. You'll be looking at stuff around 30 years old but no reason why it shouldn't do the trick. We have a 2001 Manitou 526t which is brilliant, but we also still have an old 4wd Sambron J24s loader which the old man bought new in 1983. Other things to consider are an old Sanderson SB series or similar rtfl, Collins Teleshift or MF industrials. Early mono-boom JCB Loadalls I think have become collector's items so will be outside your price range. Big old 2wd rough terrain forklifts can be picked up at farm dispersal & collective sales within your budget and will be more than adequate for what you want to do I imagine...

I think it's a really sweet notion that being honest about a tree and saving it's life will get you a good reputation and more work in the future. But it's niaive, and wrong. If someone phones you up and asks you to take a tree down, do it, they're not asking for advice, they're asking for a service. They really won't lose any sleep over murdering a healthy tree. If, on the other hand, someone phones you up and is worried a tree they have could be dangerous, be honest, don't rip them off and take it down if it doesn't need it, but there's no harm in offering to tidy it up to give them a bit of piece of mind if they reallly want, but reinforce that it's fine as it is. Don't turn away work based on conscience and a love of trees as living beings. To many people they are nothing but a nuisance. Taking down a perfectly healthy tree in someone's garden because it kills their grass and drops sticks on their car is not exactly deforestation of the Amazon guys. Don't over-think these things!

Quite right Dave... the question we have to ask ourselves though is how far our responsibility goes? Personally I see it that if I am involved in a transaction with anyone, it must be fair to all parties and everyone needs to make a profit. This is important to me because our USP is impeccable service. I can only give this if the people I employ are making enough out of a job to do the same. Subcontractors love working for us, we pay well and we pay promptly, and we help them out if they need it. It all conspires to give our clients the best possible job for their money. And I prefer working for clients who appreciate that. Makes life much more enjoyable! It's not in anyone's interests in the long term to reduce profitability. We all need to make a decent living. It's better to earn a lot and spend a lot than earn not much and spend not much. Basic economics, everyone wins. And there aren't many of us left these days who can stimulate and uphold this theory. So I take my responsibility in this role very seriously, some [like my wife!] say almost too seriously!

Well there's a thriving market for removing them... 700 quid for a BMW 730D including remap..... So long as China, India, America etc continue to smoke their way through fossil fuels like they do, if I had a car new enough to have a DPF I would be happy to ignore this EU 'law'.... along with many others... 'Up Yours, Delors' as they used to say....!

It's occurred to me that perhaps the best thing country folk could do is trap our foxes and release them into the city. On the one hand they'll go where they seem to be truly appreciated, on the other they'll all end up wiping themselves out. Job done. Foxes Live, I ask you. It's the most ridiculous thing I've heard in hours!

35m of Aeris, without spliced ends it's cheap as chips and works nice with the HC. Also have 2 shorter lengths of the same for little trees.... Good rope. And BRITISH!

Apparently it's mounted very close to the engine to ensure it gets hot enough to regenerate at the potential lengthy periods at low speeds LR's operate at. That said, I imagine it won't be long [they may even be out there already] before a replacement exhaust section is available to allow the DPF to be removed. The advantage LR owners have on this front is there's only one engine so not a huge range of different sections to produce. Some cars [bMW for instance] have to have the it cut out and the exhaust welded up if you want the DPF removed.....

Keep raising money for them people, they depend on us to donate and anyone working in remote locations doing dangerous stuff with chainsaws might need to rely one one to save their life one day..... All our regional air ambulances are a great cause....

I had a similar thought today... I tendered a refurb project for a well known private school, not a big job but worth having, I went in 'keen' and discovered today that of the 5 tenders, ours and 1 other price were spot on what the QS had said would be keen pricing, yet there were 2 other contractors waaaay lower. I know that this school charges a bloody fortune for everything, yet they are happily complicit in screwing the profit out of the industry. If their QS has told them the lowest prices are running a loss, they should discount them, if not on moral grounds then how about to protect themselves from the contractor going bust mid contract or trying to up the value by being contractual...? Fortunately we don't need to compete in that end of the market, but so long as businesses buy work the whole economy is going to continue to slide... things can't really head in the right direction until everyone is making profit they can reinvest.... Stick to your guns boys, it will benefit everyone in the end...

Great blog, give her a smiley face from me. Terrible food, your local authority should be lined up and shot at dawn.

My mate lives in Slovakia and his wife is variously called Alena, Ajka or Alen..... guess it's like our Richard & Dick, William & Bill etc etc...

I'm going to try one when I get a few minutes in the next few weeks. I was going to have a car [took a 2.2 Jag XF out the other day, was a bit disappointed with the engine to be honest...] but a 110 utility works out so cheap on tax, just need to have one for a day or two to try it out...

I didn't know there was a legal distance from a road... We shoot from just inside a roadside hedge at home.... I know that when you get your first firearms license for a high powered rifle they inspect the land you're using it on to make sure it's suitable....

Where are you based exactly Colin?

Did this this afternoon. After getting up through the bloody conny which was growing next to it, it was a doddle. Didn't have to rig any of it, all cut and chuck, then felled the last 20 foot pole. No interesting photos I'm afraid. Thanks for all the advice! Did try a 2+1 VT on this tree as it was so dinky, I've never experienced self tending on a Hitch Climber before, really enjoyed it....! Bit frisky at times but something of a revelation...

Ahh, well, if that's the case, if there are any grown around you consider hauling spuds when they're lifting and driving a bed tiller at planting time. They're long days for a short window so a great way to make a quick few quid. And spuds do seem to be eternally profitable so the pay ain't bad. I did a bit of it when I was a lad, earned a packet and didn't get a second to spend it [start at 5am, finish at midnight, later if the weather was against us, that was for Will Chase who went on to start Tyrrells Crisps]... think it all went on a ridiculous car of some sort....

Ahhh... H&S, something I know ALL about. One of my roles in our company is 'the health & safety man'... because no one else wants to do it. This means producing construction phase plans, O&M files, risk & method, monitoring our policy, making sure our systems work plus various other odds and ends, I've just got us SafeContractor and CHAS is being assessed as we speak [neither of them worth the paper they're printed on incidentally], having railed against them for years. The primary function of 'Health & Safety' as we know it in this day and age, is [to give it it's correct name] 'Discharging of Responsibility'. I do what I do do ensure that if Dave the Dipstick falls off a scaffold, in no way can we be held responsible. People still have accidents, there are still people who will cut corners with little regard for their own or others' well being. These people are still morons. The problem now [and this comes back to my dim view of the Labour government's insistence that university was a right of EVERYONE, and as a result we have infinite lawyers who need a job] is that there's always a blame and there's always a No Win No Fee satanist out there to help some cretin sue someone who HASN'T DONE THEIR PAPERWORK CORRECTLY. As I tell my guys on site, 'paperwork doesn't prevent accidents. Being careful prevents accidents. What the paperwork does is keep ME at home with my family if you chose to go for a Darwin award'. We all do 'health & safety' when we double check our hitch or make sure the groundy is out the LZ. But 'Health & Safety' has nothing at all to do with that. It's about bureacracy, paper trails and shifting responsibility back DOWN the line.

I wear glasses to drive and for distance work. I always wear them in a tree, wouldn't want to throw something onto a groundie!! I don't wear contacts for the same reason I couldn't have laser eye surgery, I hate things being put in my eyes....

Never use a ladder, use a rope even in tiny weeny trees, if they're too small for that then it's pole saw territory. I'm terrified of heights, always have been, flying, ladders, scaffolds, tall buildings, mountain roads, ski lifts, even skyscrapers on the telly give me the collywobbles. That said, I love a good view, I love snowboarding and I work in the construction trade so get up onto some hairy buildings when I'm surveying. I love climbing trees, it gives me a real buzz and I feel better about myself for facing my fear, and I am getting over it. My only real 'rational fear' is anchor failure as others have said, particularly when using the same tree for negative rigging. I take AGES checking things over before I start the saw....! I REALLY don't want to die!

Wouldn't want to fall out of bed would you!!!

How about this and a trailer.... although the tow bar design perhaps needs re-thinking before it ventures off road.... 2000 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY TD5 S BLUE MONSTER TRUCK ADVERTISING VEHCILE | eBay I can't help being suspicious that dynamically, it could be something of a disappointment...!!!