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Cheesy pete

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  1. what ??? needed a before pic as i have little idea what you have done
  2. ok some simple stuff have you got the engine revving at the top ? is the pressure the same when you turn the engine off and you just press the trigger ? sounds like the pump to me though ! it could be the lance best way to test it is with another hose first and then another lance
  3. that's how to use a resource ! no waste at all
  4. [ame= ] [/ame] this one or one i made similar from scrap wood
  5. I've lost count of how many cars (well there driver ) have tried to run me over ,people moving barriers pedestrians crossing the street to look up at you to see what your doing etc etc etc even had a guy trying to get past traffic management realizing on coming traffic was there so drove in to coned area where branches and 2 groundies were !
  6. hey ho i went for it bought the one in your first post and i must say it makes the whole house warmer as it circulates the heat better rather than my front room becoming unbearable to sit in but it is only had it 2 months and it has been mild but tonight it is frozen outside and still its great all around the house we shall see if it lasts will update in march
  7. it is but it seems if you can get under the barrier at my local tip you can get away with it ! i personally can't also stick with your pricing go cheap and some jobs take longer than expected and you end up working for far too little my private jobs are difficult on pricing seems like i can't get the work either(i work on a highway contract so i do have regular tree work) but i'm sticking with what i want for the job some will do it cheaper some will do it more expensive I paid out for my quals and my kit i'm a professional I refuse to do professional work for laborers wage ! If you are i suggest you stay in landscaping as you will probably make a better wage off it your £500 wasn't way off for 2 days it's when you price it for £1000 that your way off but i suppose it's up to you. Try taking £50 off next time i don't know why in some peoples minds they see the 4 and think it is a far better price than the £500 it's why companies price everything with as £4.99 rather than £5
  8. i could be wrong but that looks more like a 50ft-60ft tree to me
  9. the 4 knots i was taught where the bow line, blakes hitch, prussik , and figure of eight as a stopper knot
  10. i charge £150 a day £75 for half i tend to get the work i also split by hand
  11. I do agree with you on best practice !
  12. lmao he did spec was neighbour didn't want tree in there garden job done i work on the highway when i get a private tree i am by the high way act allowed (after 28 days notice ) to cut back to there property line no further !!!! unless i get there(or is it their oh well english is my achillies heel) permission i have had this so i cut back to the property line not a pruning cut in sight job was clear the highway job done
  13. well that's the difference your not a true business man ................. or your already getting paid for your time ! If every job you do and all your time doing it was unpaid what you got? nothing! self employed people can't do this as we get approached all the time to do something for nothing to be fair the guy should of removed branches but other than that he did the job ..... yes not to our standards but he did it !
  14. there is it's call a light meter lighting design engineers go out and take reading they know exactualy how much light should be there and what is lost(my twin brother is a lighting engineer in street lighting for 22 years ) and it being a quite road means nothing if a council are paying a contractor to to look after it's street lighting they will actually try to fine them for not keeping up with the maintenance or for not making a compliance lighting scheme or maintaining a current one
  15. its call a service strip which is a strange issue but one i deal alot in as i do highway street lighting basically they can't do a thing about as the srevice strip should of been kept clear at all times you find not only street lighting feeds in there but gas and and other services it's almost like they don't own the land
  16. that in failsworth? think i have seen a number of those about on my travels too
  17. work for an old dear all i do is cut her hedges 3 times a year got my Christmas liqueur started (got a bottle of wine ) i'm well happy
  18. no markings or plate to state what it is? pictures?
  19. go buy a proper polesaw silky now do one that is 7.7m long (smaller ones are available ) if thats not long enough that must be a monster of tree
  20. ok i grow my own veg have done for a while but my garden has high privet hedges ( not interested in removing them currently) i wish to gain the meter next to the hedge to increase my yield and my garden is not massive and has many other uses currently so thought of the idea of digging a trench a close to the hedge and filling with concrete as a barrier thing is i'm about a foot and half down and the soil is still very dry ! I know i know that's what privet does i'm just wondering what depth i need to go to stop the hedge from just growing under the concrete? any idea? or more to the point how deep privet hedges roots grow would prefer a permanent solution rather than a guess
  21. yeap hate them even though i mainly do highway work of my domestic work i seem to do 90% conifers on domestic work it's all they seem to grow lol
  22. i have ton bags cut and placed tied up against mesh sides just make sure there lower than the mesh easy to put up easy to take off......... cost........... nothing... to replace....................nothing your mesh is pretty strong but i suppose it's up to you but i have had no issue
  23. looks like green trump to me
  24. very tiny ? flowers? not hibiscus then flowers up to the size of your fist but shrubs are stunted in pots so maybe the small flowers ?

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