Starscream

I've got 50m of this rope and can't complain. Strong and cheap. Haven't used it with a friction device though, just a pulley up top and a redirect at bottom.

No worries!!

Interesting.. I use an 11.7 yale hedera which I understand is the same as blue tongue just a different colour

Wow, thanks for the de-rail!! Let's sum this thread up.. Give me just one word, zigzag or Lockjack. Whichever gets the most is the one I'll try. Thanks

Impressive rigging. Really enjoyed watching. Cheers

Wonder grip, blue ones.. Best gloves I've come across so far (in my opinion) FR Jones sell them

That vid was the nuts.. Really enjoyed it. I don't get to climb that often and have very limited experience but I have a question.. I was wondering why you changed from DRT to SRT? What were the benefits? I only climb on DRT with a hitchclimber setup whilst I'm finding my feet. I didn't want to ask as it may seem obvious to most, but if I can't ask on here, where can I ask??!

Pole saw

Just a standard glyphosate from Monsanto should do the trick but brambles will take repeated hits. A selective herbicide that they use for lawn weeds is quite potent as well. There's one called Re-act. Or anything with mecoprop, 2-4d or glyphosate as the active ingredient should do the trick. Like I say though, brambles are pretty tough customers and will prob require repeated sprays.

I think this happened to me too. No damage, no sign of forced entry and I'm 100% sure it was locked. It really does my head in when s#!t like this exists. A skeleton key.. Great

My boss does it all the time. I've done it in a couple of circumstances but find it difficult when it's extended as I don't think I'm strong enough to wield it safely, so generally don't bother and just use my agility to get to places

Always have my zubat with me up a tree

Why don't you try and re-post the correct vid instead of deleting this thread. I wanna see it now

Haha was that your last 'copy and paste'? You stalking some bloke on Facebook!!??

It's just some blokes Facebook page.. Am I missing something?

I just bloody bought a new 201t. They're not that bad are they? I quite like them. I heard that the husky ones are prone to the plastic parts breaking?

Looks like a quiet road. If you've based that price on your experiences, then go with £600.. If works slow, maybe knock a few quid off to guarantee the job?

Can you modify an ms201t?

Don't charge for waste removal. People don't like it as it can be a grey area and perceived as a hidden cost. Give a price for the job and take into account the amount of waste you will remove and charge accordingly. Don't sell time as you are then bound by it. Sell a product. If you charge £25 for the hour (for example) and you complete the job in 40 mins the customer will not pay for the full hour so you may have shot yourself in the foot. Whereas if you give a price of £25 for the grass cut, work your arse off and get out in 30 mins it's happy days. The customer pays and your on your way to the next job.

Fr jones sell a brand new 181 for just over £200 with bar and chain.. Even with all your add ons I'd rather pay the extra £25 or so for a new saw with 12 month warranty. Think it might be a little on the high side. Worth a punt though

I just watched a video of a muffler modded 660 with 36" bar. Cutting a, roughly, 3foot lump of wood. The modded saw was about 11 secs quicker getting through the wood than the stock 660. I know nothing about chainsaw modifications and have no need to mod mine, but, my question is this.. Because the modded saw is cutting 11 secs quicker, does this put strain on the components of the chainsaw and decrease the life expectancy of the components? Sprocket, clutch etc.. If so, would this mean that a small gain in productivity equates to more maintenance on the saw and potentially shelling out for parts that wear quicker than a stock saw would? If the above is correct, what would you choose? 11 secs per cut on the job and more maintenance in the shed and potentially more costs to maintain. Or, slower cuts on the job, longer life expectancy of saw and less time in the shed. Just a theory, but interested to see what people with experience of modded saws think. Thanks in advance for your replies, Matthew

Also, I'd see those guys scarifying your customers lawn as taking money straight from your pocket! Get yourself a scarifier and offer that service! Hayter scarifier for about £400, they're pretty good.

At the company I work for, we scarify lawns as part of the winter program for our regular maintenance customers, and, yes, we do do the odd frozen lawn. Obviously it doesn't give great results but what can we do? We all got bills to pay. We can't just say "well I'm not scarifying that lawn, it's frozen. I'll just go home and lose a days pay". Nah. We are predominantly a garden company and I do the tree work for him, but if there's no trees to do then I do whatever. Winters a hard time of year for us and I'm just happy to still have a job. Having said all that, I do have a conscience and if the lawn is too bad I'll talk to the customer and opt to do something else for the cost of their job. Ie prune a small fruit tree, thin out shrubs, reduce a hedge etc.. I understand what you're saying but I don't think it's desperation, more necessity.

Not suffered from these problems but the climbing boots I wear are extremely comfortable and supportive. They are meindl airstreams. Might be a bit overkill for what you want them for as they're around £180, but they have memory foam inside that moulds to the shape of your foot.

I wear active clothing, for runners, athletes etc.. (Apart from my chainsaw trousers) Most of it high vis. I like a nice fit close to the body. It drys quick if it gets wet and is warm. I find that baggy clothing doesn't look good nor does it give a good impression. Tramps where baggy clothing and, moreover, you don't want anything baggy around machinery. A nice fitted t shirt over a tight fitting base layer, I find, looks smart and is practical and provides good manouveribility. Today was a Nike Pro Combat baselayer(black) under an orange Stein hi-vis t-shirt, North face raincoat, north face fleece. Different clothes suit different people though.