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waterbuoy

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  1. Nah, it wasn't that - just trying to imagine what a 'Sceptic' tank looks like
  2. I tend to use Stanley/FatMax for general outside or site work, but also have a couple of Stabila ones that I keep 'for best' - iw working inside at home with shelves etc. The stanley ones seem to take a reasonable amount of abuse before they lose their calibration.
  3. If only - you'll have noticed that my profile is somewhat less streamlined! Had to speed it up else people would have died of boredom. Working on my own means I prefer to take it steady - especially when the house is within range if it all goes pear shaped. On that phase about 35 were removed - I have another 10-12 to do as soon as I have recovered from the cracked ribs that are currently confining me to the keyboard. (They weren't from the tree felling, but re-confirming that gravity still works whilst skiing - my wife keeps telling me I should give up but hey ho!
  4. Seeing as that seemed to work, here is another. A slightly larger trunk - one of the last of the first group that we felled. I should perhaps add that I am what you guys would call a 'weekend warrior' - albeit I've been doing so for 40+ years - so please don't be too critical! The expletive was from my (then) 13 year old son.
  5. Not sure if this will work but, if so, one of the many spruce trees we took down during the 2021 lockdown Target area was quite small (ie between house and other trees - so we erred on the side of caution and aimed for the ash with dieback.
  6. Found these when clearing out the 'phone this afternoon First two taken when we dropped some of the trees in our back garden during lockdown - despite appearances she is nearly 6 yrs old!
  7. The Tree Clinic Surrey - Tree Surgeons based in Woking covering Surrey & Berkshire WWW.TREECLINICSURREY.CO.UK
  8. I hire cars abroad maybe three or four time a year and have always found 'HolidayAutos' to be pretty fair TBH - they effectively act as a broker and use the larger firms. The further ahead you book the cheaper it seems to be. One piece of advice would be to take a standalone insurance policy to cover the excess rather than accept it as an add-on. Our policy costs around £45 a year, covering the whole of Europe for multiple trips in a year.
  9. Or go the whole hog and buy a Silky polesaw but also with the additional pruner/cutter head?
  10. The final pararaph appears to conflict with your (repeated) view
  11. Not sure this helps Bill, but I am right handed yet the first glove I remove is from my left hand - not that I wear gloves very often.
  12. Like many aspects of life, I think the CSCS cards are another money generating exercise brought in on the back of 'Elf and Safety that provide bean counters with another piece of paper to demand. I was fortunate in obtaining a CSCS card on the back of my LEEA (Lifting Equipment Engineers Association) membership (which itself involved a number of weeks attending training courses etc). Initially this was a red card, but that has evolved into a white one through CPD. Every construction site we have had to work on has accepted this as either 'Team Leader' of 'Foreman' qualification, even though I have not actually completed the specific CITB H&S course (the LEEA courses include a lot of H&S as one might imagine). Not sure that any of this helps with the OP, but my understanding is that you can apply for a higher grade card in its own right in order to manage a site, irrespective of the practical experience you need for a skilled grade. Further information available here: Which Test? CONSTRUCTIONCERTIFICATION.CO.UK Looking forward, this is something which is likely to be an increasingly common issue so maybe the Arb Assoc should be working on behalf of the sector to simplify things to a sensible level (unless they already are)?
  13. That was my thinking, esp on larger vehicles
  14. Thankfully there was no one at Silly Point
  15. Looks to be bloody lucky it didn't go backwards into the adjacent building, taking the rear end off the transit as it went!
  16. It is how I've always put stakes in tbh - I think the reasoning is that it will (or should) interfere less with the tree itself than if put in vertical. It also helps keep the stake away from the rootball when the tree is small/young.
  17. Sorry MIck - had a total brain fart there - been sat at the screen too long. It is a poplar not a lime, but on the off chance here are some pictures taken just now. It is over 100' tall, about 2' dbh and has been crowded out by spruce and one horrible confierous thing that no-one can identify (we are surrounded by spruce and larch, and many forestry workers). The latter will be coming down soon (it is only 50' from the house and sits on very wet ground!) and we are steadily working our way through the spruce - 35 taken down since the start of lockdown.

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