Craobh

How the heck did a brick get in the tree?

lmao we all get old but the main thing is you still got all ya bits .......well hopefully ya do:thumbup::thumbup:

OMG I just watched a so called professional take out some trees and it was kinda mouth dropping to see the time taken and the mess left I'll post pics of the stumps when I get them and work out how to upload them but holy moly I never seen such a bloody debacle and mess coupled with one tree was so near the founds of an 18th century bridge and they didn't even check to see if when they left it that thru decay the ground wouldn't move Sorry guys but I really am kinda gobsmacked as if I ever left stumps like that I'd get shot

The old saws are the best that I would agree there lol

Got family in Forfar bro

perth area

Husqvarna (orange) 5 (here another 8 stateside) Jonsered 2 (here 3 stateside) Stihl (white and orange lol) 1 (here) here being Scotland

Your spot on mate and one on there I know who selling it and it in good condition and well worth a bid Stick with what ya know and that saw will cope with most of what ya need it to and in time add to your tool kit with other saws and as said get spud to tweak em

From a different angle I can see where your coming from. I would suspect that there isn't the amount of assessors due to (well in hand falling) that there isn't many left that can and do hand fall for a living and also I know a few over here that wouldn't want the grief on teaching (me included ....well over here anyway) I do fully beleve and this might get jumped on that it is not necessarily this country that went nuts over certificates or qualifications but strings were pulled from elsewhere.........you'll may be work out where I'm talking about lol. However the UK being the UK we tend to usually comply with suggestions and rules lol where as the others (think east of here) propose then sit back pull the strings watch the UK comply then they don't. As for competition lol .....well and this will get jumped on lol........The style that seems to be only taught here .....(I'm not talking bout the guys here that have gained experience and furthered skills by working and listening) is a style that was promoted by one person (one of the best fallers I've ever seen mind you) and there are videos of said before it took hold lol (if ya know where to look) It was taken stateside and it turned into a $$$ business however it only took hold in really one area lol......The industry over there is big enough to choose but it does depend where youcome from .....I have a friend that set up himself doing saw logs and mainly veneer cutting and the aforesaid style was the only courses he could find which he deemed wasn't wide enough in scope and a hell of a lot of money for not a lot ......so we taught him lol now he cn use that style (as it does have it's merits for sure) but he also knows other styles and ways that he can use. I'd guess the competition angle here won't change as the industry not big enough (not a hit guys) and the skill set here been mostly lost (not totally there are a few on here that know there stuff) and really this country is not a free competitive culture and is over regulated. Also I would really suggest that trainers here hands are shackled as to how and what they teach and as one guy told me (and he spot on) he can only teach so much in a week. My views are my own and from someone who is from here but trained over there and is looking in from the outside in. I'm not being arrogant nor Mr know it all just making obsevations (maybe wrong ones granted)

Last derail lol I agree with ya bro Morton there is free healthcare stateside (not universal granted) and there are unemployment benefits too is is a widely held wrong belief that there isn't the aforementioned. There are also food stamps etc etc. Granted Europe is possibly slightly ahead there. However not all the misconceptions about the states that are banded about are actually true. I'll put it this way if you want to set up in business and are prepared to work then it way way easier to succeed over the pond than in Europe. Hard Graft and sweat are rewarded there and we don't have the rear ends taxed outta us......well yet anyhow lol

The younger really does look like Daisey Duke lol

:lol: eh will pass on the pics

just bide ya time til we get back stateside lol

\Don't talk bout cooking hmmmph they only know how a microwave works, they do however really know how to pick up meals from the KFC (which is gonna make me laugh as mom just took them there and the KFC here ain't like they used to lol Cleaning well not by looking at the rooms here lol They like horses we got 6 back home lol

Thanks bro much appreciated will have to see if I can acquire one and run it for a bit. Info taken on board