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  1. Will C
    We're still waiting
  2. Will C
    The nptc course for loler testers states you have to have and keep up to date with the equipment you are testing. Therefore your tester should be up to speed with Arb gear. If not your prob using a tester that knows about forklifts or any other gear other than Arb. If this is the case you need to look at your choice of tester not only blame the tester:001_rolleyes:
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    We postponed climbing a hollow beech for retrenchment pruning and headed to the woods to fell with the wind, got there and got 3 call outs once we were ready to go:001_rolleyes: we went to them, one 45 degree connie held up with tirfor then climbed one 70ft connie straight fell as root ball was lifting 18 inch out of floor and another similar connie already laying flat, that one still lays flat on the floor just enough done for our fence man to quote. Our second team was on the last hedge plant of the season this morning and joined us for the afternoon. Had 80mph winds at worst during the day but news said it reached 106 over night:001_huh: all in all not a bad day and home by 6 Felling when the root ball your stood on is moving is a strange experience that makes your bum cheeks hold on to anything close by:lol:
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    We have got one of these https://weibang.uk.com/index.php/products/garden-maintenance/weibang-wbsg13h.html Been a good machine, we picked it up bout a year ago, been looking at the 460 to up grade to but the hb20 looks good, ours is 33 inch and a cumbersome beast but well built
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    Bring fire lighter blocks, and dry wood to get going, cut small with Bill hook till you have a good hot fire then just stack on but make sure you keep the brash stacked in line, once you start cris crossing the branches they won't sink down as the fie burns and you lose the hot hart to the fire that is key. Oh and chain oil may help at start but petrol is just daft, sackable if you work for me cause it's a fools game
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    We were at a property a while back owned by a pair of nice middle aged woman, one of our lad had just run the hedge cutter over a couple of shrubs at the end of the hedge. I walked up behind him lifted hid ear muff and said you've just trimmed a lesbians bush! We had to pick him up off the floor Also had a man of a slightly more feminine nature say we are just the same, we both like to play with wood! That job got a silly price and as luck would have it we didn't get the job:001_rolleyes:
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    Flesh wound or broken down car it's man up and get on. Proper emergency it's what it takes if that means downing tools so be it, by proper I do mean proper no ingrown toe nails or dead hamsters etc. Our team are important with out them we don't earn so they need to be looked after and if s... Hits the fan it's all hands on shovels to get out of it if that's what's needed
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    You need to think about if you could stand up in court and justify why you passed a bit of kit that some one has had a serious injury whilst using it (if it failed in use) when it was not a ce marked splice or evan just imported with no ce mark. A difficult position but one you need to consider.
  9. Will C
    This is very true. Whilst the boss may earn more than a lot of the workers they seem to forget the boss starts a hour before them and is still working at 10pm to keep them busy. £ per hour the boss may not earn any more at all. I know I dont
  10. Will C
    The other thing to consider is a lot of the general public look at us as a industry as nothing but glorified gardeners
  11. Will C
    Very true, that was me 6 year ago
  12. Will C
    Will repollarding it higher create 2 sets of weak points at 2 knuckles? Not a critisim just asking to learn I was of the understanding where the regrowth sprouts from is a weak point?
  13. Will C
    like mick said its supply and demand and there is always a plentiful supply of lads thinking they will earn twice as much going it alone and giving up after 6 months cause they can't make a go of it in the mean time they all undercut the established people keeping prices lower. That said most of us started like that, it's only the driven few that make it, most of them will admit they didn't charge enough when they started out.
  14. Will C
    The stein are not tested, I've got some, other than colour they are the same as the basic Jameson ones, my grounder has a couple and they will interchange but I've not looked to see if the Jameson ones are tested for electric work. I've not had any issues with my stein ones
  15. Will C
    The other thing to consider is by upgrading your chipper it may be cheaper to run from a day to day point of view. If your working your 130 chipper to its limit then that's when I find gear breaks which costs if only in down time. We went from a old 4inch enter to a forst st6 2yr ago, believe it or not the bigger chipper uses less fuel cause it's not always working hard to its limit. Sometimes you need to go balls deep and hope. :laugh1:
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    Give it to customer on completion of job, or with out fail by email once you get home. Ours say payment due 30days from date of invoice and some thing about charging interest at x% plus the Bank of England base rate for late payment. The exact wording can be found on Hmrc web site. It may sound harsh when giving it to a little old lady that has given you more tea and cake than you need but the day someone doesn't pay you will struggle to send it to the small claims court if it's not worded right. Sorry I can't give you the wording now but the computer is turned of and I don't want to tell you wrong Over 95% of the time we get paid on the day from domestic work. If you get into commercial work agree your payment terms before starting work, some will try to take the piss it's unusual to get paid on the day for commercial work.
  17. Will C
    You Sir are a gentleman
  18. Will C
    Does the hedgerow regulations cover anything like this? Ask the council to provide a full survey inc environmental study into the wildlife damage and the amenity value of the hedge. Bet the tree officer wouldn't let you take it out if he wanted to. With people like that in power were in big trouble!
  19. Will C
    Looking at getting a pair for one of our blokes. Are they a fairly standard fit or do you need a size bigger than normal? Do they seem to wear and last OK? Our man they are for is mainly a groundy but climbs occasionally. Cheers all.
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    Will C replied to MTS TREES's topic in General chat

    We ordered spare set of blades with ours. We use our local machine shop to sharpen ours but we are limited by being geographically challenged On the north island though you should have a number of options many companies do a mail order service but I can't comment on there service
  21. Will C
    When working in the woods I can get a 441 with a spare bar and chain, wedges, hammer and my dinner in a army burgen rucksack. I used to then carry fuel can and felling bar but you may not need that much gear and looking at a smaller saw. Could be worth a look as there cheap and well built. Good luck in your hunt.
  22. Will C
    We use the basic model stihl one for tree work and milling with a alaskan mill
  23. Will C
    Nice stick if you weren't across the water I would be tempted to make you a bid
  24. Will C
    Unless you feed it Kaskara it will prob grow back, I've seen willow shrug off roundup before now! That Kaskara seems to sort most woody and broad leaf stuff I've tried it on
  25. Will C
    If it's now a collectors item I've got 2 new drums in the unit. Open to bids, please bear in mind there now a collectors item and worth a big premium On a serious note what a load of tosh. It was cleaver marketing on there part but I couldn't care what pic it's got on, it was brought as it's cheaper than the other brands available on the day I needed some. Reckon I might go and get some stihl calendars as they will be pulled next and worth money I wish I had time to worry about such trivial crap as what sticker is on my chain oil

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