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Look at the ease I am holding on in an almost horizontal position!!! Springs were fine, as was the tree, Mr Baggins!!

The angle of the bed means that it does collect A LOT of water if left on the flat. I either cover mine or as was suggested by a mate, park it on ramps when it rains, so any water can drain off.

Shame, I was going to fill the back with water and have a pool party like the rednecks in the states. Guess that's off the cards now In all seriousness, are the rear leaf springs known to be weak?

Great vehicle. Not much storage space with it being a single cab but there is plenty of leg room and with the handbrake being on the dash, a nice space in between the seats to pile stuff in. It's a great workhorse and doesn't look too shabby when I'm not working and driving around.

Well, it's been an interesting few months at the end of 2012 for me. Change of country, change of work, and a new vehicle. I wrote in other threads that I was looking for a pick up and I recently was asked whether I got one, so thought I would post some pictures on the forum. I bought a Mazda B2500 single cab, 2WD to help get me back on my feet and working again. It has been a fantastic vehicle, can't complain at all. I removed the loadliner and there was only a slight amount of surface rust where the liner had rubbed on the metal. I was relieved about this as these vehicles can really store water in the bed area. The small amount of rust was removed and I resprayed the bed. I then plyboarded the bed on a raised framework to allow any water to drain out. I finally added a contoured headboard to protect the rear window and some greedy boards which can all be lifted in and out when needed. The Mazda has a payload of 1.2 tons, and for the small jobs I do, this pickup works well. Happy New Year to everyone

I've heard the Rangers and Mazdas are made in the same factory. Not sure if it's true.

How dare you?!?! You're never coming in my Mazda again!! Ha ha I've got a Mazda B2500, single cab, 2WD ( 4WD models are available). I use it for work and personal transport. Been impressed with it.

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Cheers Was good to get back in the swing of things after a while away.

Thought I would post this up. Only a small Honey Locust but my first climbing reduction in 11 years. All done with my new Silky Gomtaro Big thanks to desertrat0201 AKA Mr Baggins.

I received my first Silky Gomtaro this weekend and was shocked with how sharp and efficient it is. I reduced a very small Honey Locust with it and was seriously impressed. The pictures of Trees and Billy's cuts made my toes curl. Hope the cuts heal with no lasting damage. I will be giving lots of respect to my Silky.

I used Auto Check from Experian: https://www.autocheck.co.uk/secure/autocheck.asp?homepage=true&&AutoLocateID=6A4F1D4C1E6884314EF34D5C Was able to check 5 vehicles for the price. Don't have a lot of experience with HPI checks, but seemed OK to me for the price.

Two questions are puzzling me: A) Why one welly is tucked in, one out? B) Why has he got a cut/tear down the right side of his top/boiler suit?

Is anyone running a CS 40 / 41 course in the midlands in the next few weeks? It doesn't have to be the combined course, I'm happy to do the CS 40 or CS 41 individually. Thanks

Rborist1: Have sent you a PM

Fantastic stuff, well done. Hope it gets made Oh yeah, and remember my royalties!!

This is very similar to an article I read from an American car crash investigator. He stated that there are no such things as car "accidents", only car "crashes". His main premise was that everything can be traced back to human error. For example, speeding, not paying attention, not keeping the car serviced regularly, driving whilst feeling ill, the mechanic not tightening a bolt to the correct torque etc etc. While I actually agree with this theory, I also accept that we are human. As such, we do make mistakes and these cause incidents to happen. I may perform my duties carefully and to the best of my abilities, but others may not. This could result in me getting hurt. Whatever the cause is doesn't matter if the effect is that someone gets injured. That's why I wear PPE, it offers some form of protection to guard against human error, whether my own or someone else's.

This thread has gone to 32 pages, so people have obviously enjoyed reading about your travels.

Silky Fox...no joke, having never personally met you, but based off your character on here, I think that you could do a similar show on tree work. I mentioned it earlier in the thread, you could visit old time foresters who skid using shire horses and then visit some cutting edge arborists doing really tricky dismantles. It would be a cracking show as you travel around Britain/Europe/Asia. There must be someone here who knows someone in TV who you could pitch to??

What's all this talk about bikes, bananas, climbing gear in panniers?? Where's the VW, film crew, director, HGV full of groupies for Silky Fox? I thought we were going global with "The Travelling Arborist":thumbup1:

Plus some furry dice

When I was working for private firms, it seemed to be work in all weathers as couldn't afford days off. When working for the local authority, it seemed that the manager scheduled work around the weather. Hot summer days would be easy, light pruning jobs then chainsaw trousers could be avoided. Snowy days would again be small, ground based work. Sadly in both sectors, light rain was par for the course. Heavy rain or storms - work if possible, if not sit in the van with the heater on. I have climbed in every weather and done emergency call out work in all weather. Now I'm older and wiser(??), I probably wouldn't climb in the snow or rain again due to my views on safety.

That does sound like a great course for the money. I did a two year course and came away with only one or two more NPTC certificates.

My puppy is a really rambunctious fellow

I didn't work at a university for nothing you know!! Seriously though, I think it's a great thing you are doing and a really kind offer to the users of this forum.