TIMON
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All of the above!! Oregon flexi-blade 2.65 mm is the best I've ever used. It depends what head and diameter feed apertures are on your machine wether it will work. I've done a lot of strimming ... Church yards. heavy clearances etc.. If you can fit an auto-cut 440/2 head to your machine you should find this stuff very hard wearing. There is nothing more frustrating than strimming with unsuitable kit. Hope you get it sorted. Oregon flexi blade... 2.65 mm is the h Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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Thanks Dave, Great photos and vids. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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Hi David , Really neat job mate. We're just starting out but we're really busy. We're only able to do the most basic forms of lowering at the moment. I look forward to the day when we can work to that sort of standard and technical ability. Any tips ?? Thanks Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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Did a similar sized tree with drag out thru utility room at side of house. 2 x 3 1/2 ton trucks, 6 guys ,one chipper. One day. £1000 Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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Our 1250 works out about £1200 pa on a big fleet policy. We pay through the nose because of all the claims we've had on the rest of the fleet on our other businesses. Think I'll look into a separate policy for it judging by what I've seen you guys are paying...... Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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While the the robber gets taxpayer funded counselling so he can recover from his "trauma" and hefty compo claim to set him up for life..... The world is a sick place sometimes... Nice one Steven. All the best mate. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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Totally understand where your coming from. We've been had a couple of times (once at gunpoint where they emptied the safe) other times we've lost equipment. Along the way we've had to learn to adapt when it comes to our security. But since our tree business is owned and run by registered charity, fighting fire with fire is not an option for us. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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Sorry to hear about your loss. When we had a health and safety audit done at previous site the H&S consultant told us that we needed to make sure that our premises were safe for burglars!!! If a thief enters your property and hurts himself you get sued... Outrageous but true. It's a sad state of affairs but it's not just the thieves you have to contend with these days. My advice is be wise when adding security measures, while it's very tempting to install aggressive measures they can come back and bite you (costly litigation etc...) as an ex-thief I would recommend muti-layered physical defences. Then perhaps false floors and walls for concealed storage. Leave out only old nackered machinery as decoys.. Hope you recover from your losses soon. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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Hi all, Just tried a practice climb in a nice wide oak tree using a distel on HC system. 65mm / 8mm eye to eye ocean polyester. There is a small amount of sit-back but nothing too excessive. Really enjoyed it and got used to it pretty quickly. Loved being able to tend the slack one-handed climbing the tree and returning from a limb walk. I also found that the option of using the middle hole on the HC for my lanyard gave me far superior work positioning when using my side strop there. So all in all a big thumbs up for the distel! Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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I'm nearly 49 and just passed my 38/39.... Absolutely loving it. I'll never be the quickest but I'm getting better and quicker with every climb. Hope I'm still climbing when I'm 60!! Aches and pains are a small price to pay... I'm 5'9. And 14 stone so could do with losing a stone perhaps. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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Thanks for the warm welcome! Will let you know how it's going. Got loads of work booked so I'll be getting lots of practice Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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Hi all, Just recently passed my CS 38/39. Use a VT on my side strop with a micro-pulley on 8mm ocean polyester Eye to eye 65mm. Strop is 13mm Marlowe gecko 5m with captive 3-way swivel-caribiner. Would like to eventually use a VT on my hitch climber. Not confident enough yet so still on prussic and Blake's . Thinking of transitioning to HC with a distel, then when I've got a bit more confidence/experience I'll make the switch to a VT. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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Taking delivery of a 9 inch pto green mech next week. It's going on the back of a 1250 mog, any tips?? Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
