BrendanTreeFeller

b)    The MS 661 C-M

Pm'ed you.

Lovely job [emoji106]

Not exactly using modern environmental techniques taking a 26t lorry to a job that 2 men could do in a couple of hours ! I’m sure it has its place though [emoji41]

Happy St Patrick's Day to one and all!

What do people make of this Corbyn and Soviet spy business?

Good on ya first boy stick to you guns [emoji106][emoji106]

Hired out a Timberwolf TW13/75G I think it was, needed something for chipping up some Eucalyptus in an awkward garden. £50 per day and what a total waste of money! anything over an inch just bounced off the blades and anything under just sat in the shute. Plus it may be narrow enough to get through a gate but took two men to haul it up the garden. I honestly could have carried the amount of brash it chewed up down the garden to the trailer in a quarter of the time, and the chip was course looking, told the customer they'd have some nice fine chip for the flowerbeds, I'd have made better looking chip if i'd taken an axe to the brash, certainly would have been faster. Are there any micro chippers with a better design that helps pull the brash in?

Excellent well considered and written article agree with all the principles written.

People you've made the effort and spent time and money for, to visit their house / site, meet them, discuss their requirements and figure out a quote for, then they don't even have the courtesy to get back to you and let you know whether they received your quote and if they would like to accept it or not [emoji35][emoji35][emoji35][emoji83][emoji83][emoji83] blood boils

Well written guide Landmark - I wish I had read something like this when starting up.
The advice I would give anyone starting up and signing up for their training courses is:
Choose a course provider that does not make you first buy all the equipment and tools they say are necessary for the course, before you even know what most of it is or what it does! and that's not even including course fees!
Choose a training provider that will loan you chainsaws, tools, climbing gear for the training, even if they charge more it's better than spending upwards of a £1000 just to buy the gear to do the course. Spend money on your gear later, when you have the experience to know what you actually want to spend your hard earned on and what you think will benefit you most for your everyday workload. [emoji106]

Wow - what a load of hassle - any point to doing this? I hate remembering 10million usernames and passwords ...

Birmingham - the next Sheffield LOL

Thanks mattyf - I don't actually know what works for me yet as I haven't got one yet, ignore my first post which didn't actually post what I'd written !

but I am looking to buy one to save my back at the yard and on jobs - so interested in opinions of who's used the different brands already:
- Ochenskopf 1100 mm (= 43.3" )at Clark Forest is the longest one I could find online - but I have heard some reservations about the "sticking power" of the point.
The Oregon one is nicely shaped and a nice point - but a bit short for a tall person at only 28" - I don't see the point of getting a log pick / hookaroon / pickaroon if you still have to bend to get it stuck in and pick stuff off the floor, even more so if the piece is not directly below you because then you need more length again -
Then there's the logrite hookaroon - 36" long but the aluminum round handle won't orient the pick point in your hand by feel as you pick it up it - and maybe the point looks a bit fragile?
The handle May be tougher than a wooden handle though ...
Leaning towards the Ochsenkopf at the moment I think ... @NI Tree you sound happy with yours?

That did not come out right - meant to say Ochsenkopf long wooden handled 1100mm looks good and long for a taller sided to save bending - MattyF would you mind telling what did you find was wrong about the Ochsenkopf one?

I have an  ochsenkopf short one and long Wooden ones from Clarkes https://www.clarkforest.com/shop/forest-garden/sappies-and-log-picks
 
http://www.ochsenkopf.com/en/products/sappies/
 
i also drive  wedges with them both but not full on

Nice promo video I thought it was fine myself

Well done for posting this, many wouldn't. A reminder how easy injuries can happen. Wishing you a speedy recovery. [emoji106]

Similar + a rain jacket when it's raining.

Let it live ! [emoji106]

Apps working again, thank you Steve update looks good [emoji4]

Same here - Arbtalk app has not been working since 23rd July on my iPhone 5, that's nearly two months.

Personally, I found the app much easier to use than either the desktop or smart phone based browser based forum. 

I hope the app can be fixed soon.

They cost you nearly a £ each and you're charging the customer only £1 to supply, bring to site along drill, tools etc. insert each one?

what are you, a charity ?

ever heard of a thing called making a living ?