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  1. Hi Steve

     

     

     

    The point I was trying to make was that many of the comments in this thread were based on the OPs assumption

     

     

     

    So it's ok for your good self to have an opinion but not for others to make assumptions? Opinion: a view or judgement formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge... Assumption: something taken for granted or accepted as true without proof...

     

    Have nice day

  2. I seriously hope you don't think I did it 🙈

    Yes and you entirely free to pick your own clients.

     

    if a client asks me to come round and quote on butchering a tree I either walk away from it or try to educate them as to what a better course of action would be, and usually you find they go with it. I think it is an important part of our job, so that's how I work that out. If their instructions are bad you should really walk away from it.

  3. Just thought I'd share this horror story with u guys. A good 80-100 yrs old Sweet Chestnut. The neighbors decided that when the old lady died and her house was unoccupied they would create more light in their garden! It's been done with decent cuts too which would suggest a "tree surgeon" has done it!!! ImageUploadedByArbtalk1414087382.814981.jpg.7228d45e05554f408af19c9d3b82456b.jpg

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  4. I would be happy to anywhere near 330 to a tank from my 09 Ranger

     

     

    I removed the egr and put a ecu tunning box on my 04 L200 and never looked back, a lot more power and over 300 a tank even pulling Little Steve's HD bandit 150 chipper around.

  5. That's fair comment, but light on the right foot all the time can lead to the coked up engine that injector cleaner will alleviate.

     

    Always best to give a diesel a good thrashing once a week or so, just for a minute once she's up to temperature.

     

     

    Agree with this, also removing egr valve helps to keep the caking down.

  6. Ah gotyou, take it your mog was in the danger zone then.

    As they say do 1 thing everyday that scares you...

    And hopefully you'll servive.

     

    Did a big black pop a few months back that was lent into another, 26m tracked platform and still got a good 10m above me, pwm Paul who owns it bottled out and left me too it nibbling bits off with the pole saw from as far away as I could reach, came to the final bit I thought was holding the whole thing up so little nick's and bang the top comes of and the stem stays exactly where it was typical could have done the lot in much bigger bits. Just shows you never can tell with part failed trees. :thumbup:

     

    sent while pretending to do something important on my mobile.

     

     

    Don't have any other pics but I'd say it was a good bit taller than this, and had a big crown adding to the pressure

  7. Sounds like it could have gone a lot worse! Poplars can be particularly dangerous trees under tension

     

     

    Mmm I was going to climb it as there was another pop to tie into, but Little Steve steered me against it. Glad he did really...

  8. Cuts like that from a platform I never tie the saw on as the consequences could be painful both physically and financially. Used the old gypsy stick from a bucket a few times so I can be just that bit further away but always scary when all that tension is released and bang it all go's crashing away.

    Any more photos of the whole thing?

     

    sent while pretending to do something important on my mobile.

     

     

    Yeah it was a bang and saw will go with it should it have to be done again! It would of taken quite a while with the gypsy stick as it was a good 18" across

  9. So we had a road closure to fell a 90' Poplar which had toppled over on to an immature Ash limb, not climb-able so we MEWPed it at 45' which was right at the tension part. We couldn't reach to take out the top so crashed it down from a good arms length, I'd hoped to dogs tooth it but only got a third way through in the plunge and heard Little Steve say it's goin!!! Then boom !! I had to brace myself in the bucket as the 365 was going with it which was connected to me.... It did let go though thankfully.

    Bit of a clencher :-)

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