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    i had a pair of corona bypass and very good the time they lasted 4 days. had a fault with them and dealer never restocked them. so went with a pair of sthil very good loppers but be good if they had the ratchet on them to aid cutting wood. felco looked at them but at £150 a pair there are as good loppers out there for less money. hedgelaying group bought a pair from Liddles for £10 best loppers i have used. need to get to a liddles to see if i can get a pair. had a huge anvil and blade and very well built never let them down and used a lot. but bypass is far better than the parrot beak ones do not work well
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    the site you need to look at and get hold of is tree runner in andover. have all you have posted plus they have Arial climbs going up plus 90ft. should be able to help.
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    for a bcs thats not the norm normaly very reliable and strong. if you do not get it working properly get hold of trackmaster burgess hill they will get it fixed.
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    if you want info then go on BFF forum have a sub section all to do with buildings. should get the answers if i remember they did say its not drip proof. hope this helps
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    thats bad been doing some bad paths but not as bad as that one this year. i get the ones county will not touch as can not get there flail mower down as stiles and kissing gates in way. i do not mind being paid by the hour. so off i go with walk behind say no more about that thing its going back monday and they can fix it properly not put a big belt on and it stalls engine. as they can not find fault. good job cow horn saves the day. just plod on and strim away much quicker in end.
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    when on call with last job covered the west country. said to firm many a time do not ask me to go down A303 after 11am on a saturday. once did winchester to yeovil took 5 hours. normally just over the hour. left it to the sunday early and no problem.
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    was asked to quote to cut a lyandi hedge 25ft tall and 300mtrs long top and sides. quoted £500 that was hireing a mewp. said he had someone doing it cheaper. how cheap do you go i thought £500 was a bit cheap for job. as it would have taken two of us two days to cut and take brash to his fire. next time he asks it will be the proper price to do job.
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    sums it up found it would do nothing as it would cause a stink. and press would love the story of traveler and family evicted from caravan. now its if we can find it we will recover it for you. which haystack do you look for needle. got a festival over road someone nicked some arm bands to get in security chased him towards our place ran off into woods. police arived 1/2 hour later one copper on his own to look for him not a lot of cop he was gone.
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    i have a saw and i do fell trees but in the wood and i make sure its clear to fell without getting hung up. i would never do a tree in a back garden do not have the skills or proper kit to do it. so pass any of that work on to guys who can do the job. people think its easy to drop a tree its not in the wrong hands. and insurance would not pay out if it damaged anything.
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    when i worked in IT 20 years ago they said that paper would be a thing of the past as would all be stored on a pc 20 years on and we use more paper now than we did back then and most of it is wasted by big companies who just print it for the sake of.
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    whats wrong with the smell of river good for hands and complexion. love working in or near rivers never get many jobs to do in rivers if i had half the chance would love a job working on a river looking after it
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    not the tenants job to ask for any work to be done has to get owners permission to do work and owners pays for work if needed its in the tenants contract as just done a contract and anything which needs doing they have to ask me to have it done. as its all to do with structure and land not fixtures,utilities or council tax which is there job to sort out.
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    i know i have asked but to no avail need someone with a truck which if you do not have a ebc tank then the poss of hiring in a water bowser to water these plants. may be a goer. if interested then please give me a call with price. to do job. its getting that i may have to drive up with my tank filled up to water them. do not want to. my mobile is 07881911241 cheers
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    why buy new go to the recycling yard and pick one up. got a mountfield with roller on back cracking mower better than the honda. had some good mowers from the tip just need a tinkering. some are wrecks just need to trawl through rubbish to get a good one. cost me a tenner had it a year. and its a old mountfield not the new tonka toys ones. but unless you want to pay top doller for a JD,Honda, Toro then. the tips the way to go.
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    have a very good timber firm near me that are closing down which is a shame as did very good products. but have a lot of machines for cutting logs down. will try and find out when its being sold if anyone is interested have band saws morticers. just to name two of the machines
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    try a firm called Concorde insurance in eastleigh. they insured me with rural insurance. very good broker and insurance company speak to neil.
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    had a phone call today to strim the tops and side of flood channels on a water meadow. the one i am doing is one of only 3 left in the country still working. most have become derelict. they have restored the sluice gates that allow the water from the river on to the meadows. so it floods in winter enriching the soil for better fodder for livestock. will get some before and after photos and when they open the gates for the first time in 10 years on saturday. nice to see water meadows being used as they did for hundred of years:thumbup:
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    i know a hedgelayer who has been to holland for comps they lay different over there they pleach up the stem instead of down at bottom and use one of the stems as the binder. yet to see it done. but pictures look very good. like to have a go doing it
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    if you are employed by a company then the loyalty is to the company they pay your wages. my old boss if i when working for a customer that was looking for more work i passed back to him if it resulted in getting the work then i got a extra in my pay packet for sales lead same for being self employed if someone hires you to do work and the customer wants more work then should be given to those who contracted you in to do the work. different if you have left someones employment and a customer calls you to do work.
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    well i have found in the past the Americans very good to replying to emails re products. sadly not the case with bearcat not come back at all. as for machine well its in workshop. when i get it back the season will be over. so good money spent on a machine thats done if lucky 4 hours work. cost me money in fuel using cow, horn line, and my time as taken longer to do jobs. still going to saltex may need to go on there stand. see what they have to say.
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    i get white finger due to using breakers for a few years if i use a saw for some time more so when its colder my hands tingle and then become very painful and swollen. was advised to get a heated handle saw as it keeps the little veins in fingers and hand open so controls reynards or white finger as for gloves may make it worse as restricts hands only gloves i do use is cut 5 gloves from tool station soft and light but with protection not from chain
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    is it water cooled or air aspirated if water as recommended by eddie at aspen use aspen 4 with proper two stroke mix as looking to put in our modern two stroke mx bikes. if its air cooled the aspen 2 will be ok. if its been stood up for a long time i would take carb off strip down and boil in a pot of water this takes all the crud out of carb and floats to surface when it looks clean skim muck off take carb out. let it cool down and rebuild. and then just clean out the tank and lines with fresh fuel poss changing fuel lines if hard and brittle. should then be ok
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    makes me hungry just reading this post my fav is crusty bread with strong cheese and a raw onion yummey with a bit of salt on it
  24. hedgesparrow
    if you want good strainer posts then use yew will never rot or ask for HD4 treated posts have a garaentee for 15 years ifi am right better than normal posts better still a good hedge laid will outlast any posts
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    put it on correct sub forum looking for someone to water a newly established border of shrubs at chiswick roundabout. need own water supply and tank as none on site. and or a permit to be able to draw from a hydrant nearby. needs keeping watered during dry period until established. eg twice a week if interested please pm me your details and will furnish more details to interested persons

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