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Mick Dempsey

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  1. Mick Dempsey
    550 is the best saw on the market, a modern classic. All saws bigger than a topper are going to be a pita up a tree in comparison (to a topper)
  2. Mick Dempsey
    Out of curiosity when were you using a saw aerially? as the 020t has been knocking around since god was a boy.
  3. Mick Dempsey
    And a bit sad as well. A successful British manufacturing outfit swallowed up by a foreign company.
  4. Mick Dempsey
    Well, that is big news!
  5. Mick Dempsey
    Too many variables, you’re wasting your time.
  6. Mick Dempsey
    Reminds me of this oak I did for 2k on a Sunday just before I moved to France. Was yawing apart in the wind.
  7. Mick Dempsey
    Both in the same day?
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    Money is a consideration of course, but there are other factors. The security of knowing that your workers won’t (or at least are less likely to!) tell you on a Friday night that they’ve found someone who’ll pay more so that’s the last day they’ll do for you. They can more easily get credit and can start setting roots down which ties them to you more. The general feeling that you’re all in the same ship and that any progress (new machines etc.) is a reflection on them as well as you. None of those things are quantifiable, and there’s many arguments against it. But for me it’s a real step towards legitimacy and peace of mind.
  10. Mick Dempsey
    Get some better photos up.
  11. Mick Dempsey
    It depends, if the gaps are due to the trimming, ie the reduction in width of the hedge. If that is the case I wouldn’t worry a jot or bother with feeding. It’ll come back strong in the spring. If the holes appeared in the weeks afterwards due to defoliation it’s a different matter all together.
  12. Mick Dempsey
    Especially if they’re heroin addicts!
  13. Mick Dempsey
    If you’re dragging brash/doing groundwork you get paid at the end of the day or at the end of the week if you’re working all week. It’s part of the deal for getting poor money.
  14. Mick Dempsey
    Electric winches are good, can be used repeatedly but must be left to cool occasionally. Not an all day every day thing, but so much easier to fit.
  15. Mick Dempsey
    No bother, just make you’re own decision, don’t be swayed too much by internet opinions like mine.
  16. Mick Dempsey
    Sure, why twist when you’re already holding? I’m on an American forum as well and IMO something like a GM quad chip or a TW 230 would blow their minds if they used them for a day or two.
  17. Mick Dempsey
    On the odd occasion (recently a lot less of course) I come back I’m staggered at the chipper/chip truck combos everywhere. I sit there wondering how they can all be working!
  18. Mick Dempsey
    I know Vermeer rebrand Multione in yellow and sell them, was doing that ever an option?
  19. Mick Dempsey
    I rarely get involved in these this or that debates, but… Having owned both a TW and a Forst I’d get a TW every single time.
  20. Mick Dempsey
    Their small (50hp and under) are crap compared to the euro ones. The big ones are epic of course but this side of the pond we seem to err towards tractor and PTO combos for the larger work.
  21. Mick Dempsey
    Spied a nest in a spruce we were due to top on Friday, still active. Client was fine about turning it down (like they had a choice!)
  22. Mick Dempsey
    I think he’s referring to this.
  23. Mick Dempsey
    Then the free-lance should start his own gig, or find another company that will pay what they ask. Theres a shortage of workers at the moment, if you can’t command what you think you deserve in the current climate, you never will.
  24. Mick Dempsey
    Of course they (freelance guys) set the day rate, whether they get it or not is another issue. It’s got nothing to do with moving the industry forward.
  25. Mick Dempsey
    How’s that work? I thought you could tow 3.5 tonnes before you needed air brakes

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