kevinjohnsonmbe

I haven't used the cone splitter a great deal Beau, useful for splitting billets and really gnarly stuff when sitting in the cab with the heater on and a coffee is more appealing that slugging away with the splitter. The significant benefit is that the 'bolt on' options are pennies really so it's the head unit that is useful and you don't loose your shirt if the bolt on attachment doesn't live up to expectation. For me, that which kind of sums up the appeal of the MO (and attachments like the BS rotator head) is that they are 'pretty good' at a lot of things rather than brilliant at 1. Not AS GOOD as any single purpose machine designed specifically for 1 job, but good enough at many jobs to be worthy of consideration. The wire brush is a good example, a purpose designed brush attachment has hydraulic swing out to the side, raise / lower etc - but it comes with an obvious financial cost, it needs storage space and you have to consider your transport options - plus it does 1 job really well. If I fab up a side load bracket I can achieve most of what a purpose designed attachment would do at a fraction of the cost.

Yes, absolutely they are! I started to think that just after I'd posted I remember thinking EXACTLY that last time I transmitted from LGA to Manhattan! It's truly desperate in the Burb's and it appeared to slowly get slightly better (like peeling an onion) with each 0.5 km closer to NYC.

Would never have happened under apartheid...... Just saying..... No need (for those that might feel the need to) to get all sensitive, it wouldn't have happened that's all I'm saying... Hey-Ho, can't stand in the way of progress.....

Type 'Black Splitter' into Youtube! Here's a good general PR vid: and here's the stump planer: and the wire brush (1 lesson learnt from using this; it's useful, but would be better if it was slung out to the side rather than on the centre line so I have to make up an off-set bracket so that I can get to the edge of paths without running the wheels of the machine up the verge (hope that makes sense)): and off on a tangent, a selection of attachments brought into use on a single job (the vid is a bit cheesy because it was made for the customer / parish mag) but it shows how a simple tree job can be upscaled into something much more comprehensive:

Prep'ping up a leg'o'lamb for roast tomorrow. Made me think back to this thread and saw some of Mendip's posts. Heart warming stuff just like the roast will be tomorrow!

It's not just the obvious candidate countries either.... A large proportion of the countries that Brit's holiday in are desperate places to live, hence only the beech and hotel resort or an organised tour are generally seen by the visitor. Downtown and up country are strictly undesirable, unsafe and unpleasant places (or to put it another way, poop piles!) Everyone knows it, it's an undeniable fact - should Trump have said it? I can see both sides - politician tells truth shocker v what he says has greater implications than what us minions say...

Same here, great to see the attachments and applications others are using the machines for! The auger question.. To complement the versatility of the machine, I went for the black splitter https://www.blacksplitter.de/englisch/. available in UK from http://www.exac-one.co.uk/Products/Timber_Splitter/Black_Splitter/index.html (and they are familiar with adaptions for MO) The rotator head allows for interchangable attachments - riddling drum, wire brush, cone splitter, auger heads of varying sizes, stump planer.... I've got the first 3 on the list and pretty impressed by the performance (I'm a bit less enthusiastic about the riddling drum which needs dry soil other wise it clogs terrible) Hoping to get sorted with the stump planer and some auger heads when time / need arises. It may be a bit more expensive than a stand alone auger initially, but the interchangeability of the heads makes it really adaptable and a saving can be made over the combined cost of individual units.....

Now THAT looks like a good movie!!

The chimp gives it back! Tribal squabbling leads to mass genocide, displaced millions, famine, disease, squalor? But even more terrifying..... Bob Geldof resurrection!

Maybe it runs at a different pace in different locations.....?

Tree contractor being liable? Liable for breach of contract (if not responding in within pre-determined timescale) but you’re not suggesting liable for the land owners hazard causing damage / harm are you Khriss?

Justine Greening out - well overdue! Muppet.... (I made a mockery of her when she did QT in Plymouth as head of DFiD! It was a pity it was the 'warm up' question before the cameras rolled otherwise she'd have been shown as a bumbling FW on national TV.) JRM not in......? What, are they scared of him or is he being sidelined in favour of lesser talent because he's the wrong gender / colour? https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jan/08/cabinet-reshuffle-whos-in-whos-out

Awwwwwkward....... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5245887/Critics-call-boycott-H-M-racist-advert.html

Said an Amey spokesperson....

It is said with a generous dollop of humour and irony Mull, perhaps encouraged, as Matelot intimates, by the seemingly endless tirade of similar (opposite) name calling by the more ‘delicate and sensitive’ types.... I’m sorry, I should know better, but it’s late, it’s Saturday night and it’s a bit of a giggle. Until there’s another indyref, it makes for good sport ?

Starting at the end and working backwards: Iraq now after 2 wars - better and improving. Not my words, not the words of a reporter with political biase. Those are (a heavily abridged) version of the words of the deputy mayor of Basra from a direct 1 on 1 online chat I had with him less than 2 weeks ago - we’re Facebook friends after forging the sort of deep personal respect and admiration that only comes from facing adversity together. Part of that conversation was a personal invitation to visit which I very much hope to be able to accept this year. Lest we forget, the population of the South of Iraq were historically deprived and habitually tortured by the Ba’ath party. And, similar to yourself perhaps, albeit possibly in a different scenario, I was ‘up threat’ for 1 and then spend an unforgettable period post 2, on the ground in Umm Qasr and Baghdad for the post conflict reconstruction. I think we could have a very interesting conversation if the opportunity ever arose - there may not be so much between our opinions as might be supposed. Trump - I was keen at the election stage (given the alternative.). Has he delivered? That very much depends who you choose to listen to. Is he coming across as an unhinged, nutjob? Unquestionably! Will we look back and compare achievements of Obama and Trump objectively? Some might, I think more will however, be blinded by prejudice. No denying, this IS funny (unless you take life too seriously):

But if you absolutely HAD TO......?

No mate, you've bought the line and missed the point! It's not 'external influences' that will result in the demise of despotic regimes in (a) China (b) Iran (c) N Korea, etc.... It will be as a result of the uprising of the oppressed peoples of those nations... The irony is almost unbearable

It's a toss of a coin no TVI? A rampaging N Korea, an out of control Iran, a weak Israel.... Or a lunatic in the White House. If you absolutely HAD to choose 1 or the other (no middle ground, no alternatives) which would it be??

Bite me buttercup! I'm half way through a reply to Ti about mine closures but have to go cook!

You're laying your cards on the table well and truly there mucker..... Nothing to disagree with! But (mindful I haven't read any further yet) you should expect a avalanche of libtard, f*wit, antifa, bremoantard, whining PC BS pretty much as soon as you pressed send on that post.....

Read these 3 and you'll be streets ahead of 'We'll beat any quote' before you even start! BS 3998:2010 - (rogue copes available online (apparently) or buy one or get someone to send you a copy) The Tree Climber's Companion ISBN 0-615-11290-0 The Art & Science of Practical Rigging ISBN 1-887956-28-8

Fair do's! That is genuinely hilarious.....

In-laws neck of the woods!

I’d have thought it’d be for the TO to decide if he/she is suitably convinced by the case stated for application for removal. Attach report to application, press send. If yes - TPO app approved, remove tree, replant according to conditions, collect paycheque. If no - refer back to consultant for additional input required to justify removal. As for insurance company - you may be right.....