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Morning all, Ditto here Stephen. Yesterday's mewp willow dismantle turned into mostly climbing, due to a wall more in the way than I expected. This morning the new knee is fine even after working on spikes, in fact the least achey bit of me! Got to go back for the timber next week and handball it out over a wall. Have a good weekend all.
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Morning all, Heavy frost again. MEWP dismantle of willow today. Stay warm.
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Morning all, Frosty here. Starting two days of mewp work today. Dismantling unstable leaning silver birch and pine, then taking down a willow.
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Morning all, Dry for the morning here. Some conifer trimming and one to reduce, then get MEWP in place for tomorrow's job.
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Morning all, Nursery slope climb for me this morning. Small Rowan to dismantle. Have fun, stay safe.
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Morning all, Lazy Sunday. Light the stove and read a book is the plan.
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Morning all, Taking the full trailer of sweepings to weigh in at the local skip company, then domestic pottering. Have a good weekend all.
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About 20 years ago I was up an ash tree over the road, with stop/go sign traffic control, with a highways permit. An idiot in a big flash merc ignored the stop sign and kept on going. I was so tempted to just carry on cutting, but gave in to the urge. WTF to the power on N? Whenever we have TM in place I pay/charge the customer the extra cost for an operative to remain on site - independent witness and less hassle if lights play up. As a rule I have found posties to be the worst offenders, can't let the mail be one minute late.
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I have a 2009 Kubota STV40 compact tractor, 40hp, which I rate highly. I have converted a Fairey Land Rover PTO winch to hydraulic drive quite easily and mounted this on a 3 point linkage ground anchor. Only used it once so far but it worked well. With a bit of fabrication for some mountings I can't see why an off the peg hydraulic winch could not tick the box for light duties. It's never going to be heavy duties with tractors of this size, although I have been known to anchor the back of my series 3 Land Rover to a tree to allow the PTO winch to give serious pulling power.
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Morning all, Lazy Friday for me, going to see friend. So having done 3 days of hedge reduction why did I quote yesterday for another one. Three reasons: One mile from home, nice customer, right by the excellent butty van. Oh yes, fourth reason is quarter mile to the chip tip site.😊
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Certainly not heading for a good half term report at the least. Needs to try harder. Morning all, Frost here too but sunny day ahead, third day on conifer reductions then proper stuff next week.
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Morning all, Better weather today hopefully. Got wet and cold yesterday.
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So frustrating. I have similar frustrations literally every time my climbing and lowering kit goes in for Loler. Morning all, Conifer hedge reductions today, tomorrow and Thursday.🥱
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Morning all, Dry here. Small local job for the morning then pottering.
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I assume you are referring to Stoke? If so, I know what you mean.
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THIS ADVERT HAS EXPIRED!
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This machine was built as a project. We used the multi-tip cutter wheel from a scrapped grinder and my welding friend and I fabricated the very robust adaptor frame to mount it onto my Bobcat E10 minidigger. The digger pins are 30mm diameter. The engine is a 21hp Honda V twin, bought new from my local Honda plant dealer. The bearings that mount the cutter head were replaced, as were the bearings in the belt tensioners. The fuel tank is hinged and swings open to allow access to the battery. The long cable to the digger is for the dead man's switch on the digger. The cutter teeth are multip-tip, which are readily available. Equally they can be sharpened with a diamond wheel on a small grinder. The black mounting cradle the machine sits on is included, as is the wooden dolly beneath it. The cradle has adjustable legs to make it easier to fit the machine onto the digger. The video shows me using it for the very first time. After getting used to it I can operate it a bit more smoothly than in the video.£2,400
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Morning all, A day of idleness for me today.
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Knee all good thanks Pete
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Morning all, A tropical 6 degrees this afternoon here, with hardly a breeze.
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Morning all, Stay safe everyone.
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Happy birthday Ted. Apparently you have reached "The new fifty".
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Morning all, Rain due today. Taking down a decent sized silver birch today. Young and sensible lad doing the climbing for this one.
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Morning all, Good to talk to you yesterday Pete. No frost but pretty cold. Conifer reduction, hedge trim, and a couple of small maples to clear around BT cable today. Keep warm.
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I'm not worried about stinking - we all know tree work + sweat = stinky. I have had to take a break many times when using forecourt petrol for my 2 stroke in larger saws, typically 462 and bigger. Admittedly not a problem off the ground, but can be a real problem when ringing up a large trunk, or the last few slices of a tall stump. My eyes were stinging and watering, and chest felt affected too. Now it's Aspen all the way for me.
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Morning all, Late for parade. Set the lads on local hedge job, letting the knee have a gentle day today as bigger job later in the week. I'll take the little tractor along later to move the heavy brash bags up the hill for them!
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