Mick Dempsey
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Maybe so, but I’m the closest so far!
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1.5 tonne for the pine. 4.5 for the sycamore.
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Yes, placement is key I suppose.
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My nephew uses one a fair bit with one of the firms he works for. Does speed work up a bit (a lot) but you have to approach the job differently he says. You can prepare the stuff for the chipper up there, strip it out ready for chipping when it hits the ground. I’m mulling over getting one, lot of moolah, but they hold their value so when I fold the biz I’ll get some back.
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Do you do a lot of MEWP work Joe? Worth getting one you reckon?
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I liked him best as the spoon salesman in Fawlty Towers.
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Fair point, I’ll explain. I had a rigging point back towards the central stem with a rigging ring, we had taken loads of stuff with it successfully. I went out on the limb with every intention of using it to bring the limb round in one or two goes. Once out there I was unsure it wouldn't drop too far before the rope caught it, plus there would be a huge swing towards the house and it would be too dynamic if you know what I mean. So I decided to keep the rigging point but use some natural crotch (ie. A half hitch) to rope the end of the limb off itself in two goes. I couldn’t be arsed to haul up another pulley or ring to make it smooth or (as my nephew suggested after seeing the clip) use a zipline so I did a self lower using natural friction.
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I’m waiting for the No7 bus, do you know when it’s coming? I get confused you know.
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Client just sent me some pics, Caption competition. ’start you bastard saw!’
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Do you mean the self lowering bit?
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Bought it at a brocante a few years back, 3 mètres of wire strop with a thimble spliced eye each end. There was 2 or 3 for sale brand new. To this day I don’t know why I didn’t get the lot €15 each!
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25 ft circumference at dbh. (Not that we took it out completely) Big enough to be taken seriously for sure.
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Yep there will be buzzing in the winning changing room afterwards!
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750 plus vat, leave the trunk, is still a fair price.
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Killing some Conifer trees to let Ivy grow up them
Mick Dempsey replied to DTaylor's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
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I would have done a few things differently, but it’s lasted well and doesn’t look too pikey. Don’t remember exact costs maybe 1k for the stuff and 400 quid for the welder bloke, and his materials. Van is 2008 and has just past another MOT. So 2 more years hopefully. Transits are bloody brilliant.
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Buy the materials yourself. Angle iron for the frame, ally sheets for the body. Get a fabricator/welder mate/acquaintance to put it together and you do the holding in place and fetching and carrying.
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Burn to a crisp if it ever germinated out here. Looks smooth and even anyway.
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Not going to seed it now are you?
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Mid thirties is young to me. I suppose we can generalise too much. I hired a mid thirties guy with no background in the industry who was great, good on machines, ran the ropes well, looked after stuff, he had no interest in the job at all really. Just felt he should do his best.
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Are you talking about an older applicant (45 plus) with no experience in the industry?
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Well, yes.
