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Purple tree care. Purple Tree Care I did my stump grinder course with Ronnie and Chris and they are top blokes. Got to use his tracked carlton grinder for the training as well. Well worth an enquiry anyways. Linwood if memory serves me. Hope this helps. 07976 316 955 or 01505 320 221

Was that an electric saw? Rubs eyes!

eat a Tesco burger? Neigh chance !

If you have attended college you should know how to use a computer for word processing. It's in just about every course these days. You should also have a grasp of the information that has been spoon fed to you for the years you attended. Had some stoaters looking for jobs with certificates and the patter but were unable to answer simple questions and basic plant identification. Red faces and beads of sweat not nice in interviews. Pass marks are too low which leads to laziness. (learning difficulties aside)

Bookies and cash for gold/clothes etc.

Acg128 I'd get a wheelbarrow for that. And a trip to the doctors. That's not right. They are good for the hedgecutters !

Is this the sort of thing. DREMEL-DIRECT.COM 1. Carving / Engraving / Routing I've got one of the wee cordless numbers. Quite handy now and then. The cut off discs are deadly though.

Dick Strawbridge type.

On the last pic who's the dude on the right hand side?

http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg317.pdf I've heard a local chap had his head open up like a tin can. Even when I do the odd bit of carving I make sure my lids on. (face and ear protection there anyway). I'm still recovering from zipping 2 of my fingers with a saw. Don't think I'll be able to play my guitars the same way again so I've had my warning. Hope that helps.

Good idea Alex and some good pointers for the non techies. I would add ensure you allow windows updates automatically. And try if possible to remove all the free applications that seem to be preinstalled on PC these days. Was shocked at the amount when I got my new lappy before christmas. One of the main problems I have had with fixing peoples computers is the amount of silly little programs they have running like RAM boosters, speed checkers, etc.(i'm not talking about browser add ons) And keep your desktops clear. IMO keep to the bare bones approach as much as possible. The more programs you are running the more chance something's going to go wrong.

Stay safe dude. Great attitude. Looking forward to hearing of your adventures. Remember the old sun tan lotion is protection as well.

Good stuff Rich. Contenders Ready !

What CS you been doing today Rich?

Salts ready......

Bit of something, thats abstract in the art world!! Hows the new saw doing?

Been happy with my 211 as a firewood saw. It's solid compared to my Husky 240. I take it you got 1/4" chain and sprocket on the 10" carving bar.

Starting that negative vibe again. Don't say it's not your fault !!!!!! "Phones a bit cack :blushing:". would get the message across in a better light. Think before you type friend. Here to Help mate.

:congrats:That was very good of you Dan. Thank You.

Mine too don't think it is chrome friendly.

You forgot to stuff all that in a sheeps intestines. But looks quite tatsty.

Analogy would be a taxi driver gets a driving licence but needs the Knowledge as well. At the moment I wouldn't even consider what you plan to do. As has been said before there have been plenty on here asking for advice in starting up and never to be heard from again. I'm a head gardener and gradually going through my tickets to deal with the trees on my estate. The thought of doing a fast track course really scares me and would be very reluctant to employ anyone who has chosen this road. I think the fast track route is good for people who have grown up doing this line of work and are in need of getting tickets to satisfy insurance etc. But I wouldn't be able to learn the lot in 6 years never mind 6 weeks. I haven't researched the market but from what I've read on here the market is saturated. As for changing career I can only say that it has been the best thing I have done. Was working in factories for years, heavy work and lots of stress, deadlines and not much natural light. Took the jump and packet it in, Went back to college got my HND Horticulture and got 2 jobs while studying as well(one in a garden centre to get the knowledge and confidence in this line of work) and one gardening on an estate to get practical knowledge. Lot's of very hard work which made me employable compared to the others in the class who waltz out with a bit of paper hoping for a job. I'm now the Head gardener at the estate I worked at during this time. Apologise for the long winded life story. Whatever you plan to do it won't happen overnight and does break people. Best of Luck.

As I recall on my chipper course a push stick has to be a minimum of 1.5metres long. The operator has to be no less than 1.2m from the feed rollers and an additional 1ft or 300mm is added hence 1.5m. I use a small eliet chipper/shredder and have a piece of 2"x 1" timber that I use to poke the difficult bits down. I just check it now and again when the old pencil sharpening thing happens and it becomes a little shorter. Stand it up to chin height for me for a rough guide. Or just use a straight bit of whatever your chipping. Hope that helps.

Happy with the Waipoua's as well. Don't go off ground but have found them very comfortable and have stood up well to boggy conditions. Got them off Mr. Jones as well. Good Value.

Just ordered another £20 worth. You must be very proud Steve if a little tired!! The estate that I work on has a number of young disabled residents so I am well aware of the help and difference that this money can bring.