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I’m surprised at Beech but good on you for getting a nice price on it. What was the MC when sold ?
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That’s a huge variation in price per board ? Can’t see anyone parting with £600 for a Beech Board spalted or not ??
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De-barking irons are good for ivy on walls. It won’t pull at the mortar
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Hopefully you are doing it on a day rate and it doesn’t matter how many times they change their mind. Only wasting their own time and money then.
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Not my favourite task either but I put a healthy number on it to account for the hassle.
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Dead wood removal on this huge Oak today. The crown was quite epic. Yes it’s one tree in the first 3 pictures. The other in the background was In poor shape and I gave that a monolith hair cut last week. Will pop back and measure today’s beast. Around the 95- 100ft mark I’d say. The stump is vast. I would say around 9ft across. Used the DMM captains hook today which turned out to be a handy purchase for sure.
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Any of the Hedge layers on here happen to know who is laying the hedge in Compton village ,Surrey , just near Honey Brothers. ??
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Definitely are. You are basically on the verge of bonafide sub contractor there. Providing Ppe , climbing kit etc, they are going to be paying you grunt money without any overheads. All the kit wear and tear will be yours to sort, if your turning up with climbing gear most firms will want an up to date loler ticket seen etc. Again your cost. They won’t be covering your sick/ holiday blah blah. Best off doing some work with the companies kit gaining experience before you can charge yourself out fairly at a rate where you are making profit not just your wage. [emoji106]
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Chainsaw wellies: new old stock, out of date - safe to use?
lux replied to carbs for arbs's topic in Chainsaws
100%. I was doing some felling in an incredibly wet woodlands years ago. Just poured with rain every day. Bought a pair to keep dry. Trench foot was more preferable so never wore them again ! -
Way too cheap. That’s less than wages money and you are proposing to provide your own kit. What amount of kit are you aiming at providing. ?
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I ordered a part for a stihl last year. It had to come from Germany. Almost 3 months and still no sign. ( via honey bros ).
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Some handy advice re carb settings on here. 2511 ( spud exhaust mod ) is a wonderful tool. The carb is a fickle thing and requires regular tweaks. Mine is running flat atm so need to take a look again. When they are really zipping it’s surprising how much the full size top handles sit in the van all day
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SRT looks like a faff Probably my ignorance and lack of knowledge about it. Really dislike the thin climbing lines. Feels like a shoe lace in your hand. Is that graphic accurate ? Surely attaching anything around your neck instead of your chest Is a flawed idea in any climbing technique [emoji38]??
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Blimey that’s a bruiser. What’s he weighing in at.
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Any larger echos in the pipeline?
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I think I had the same set of curtains at that time silky. .... sadly that was when I had enough hair to grow curtains. [emoji23] I think I’m more Venetian blinds now [emoji23]
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Very cheap. Those figures wouldn’t add up for me. Gotta be looking 800 plus vat for 3 man team if on day rate. I’m amazed at regional variations in price.
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High turnover on staff it seems. The outfit that worked on the boundary of our field were utter garbage. I can imagine people would want to work for them too long
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Ha. Wouldn’t surprise me. I was chatting to a rail side contractor. They were putting out a 3 man team at 650 a day. Must be paying staff peanuts but that probably goes some way to explaining the woeful standard of work they were doing.
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7310 621 and 501 is a cracking line up. Great saws.
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The names a give away but Hilux are great. You will find their used prices are stronger than the others so you will be looking at an older truck. For your money a tidy mk6 could be found. That will be everything you need. Ultra reliable. I’ve done a few mods with my hilux and it’s such a good do it all car. Currently running at 240 bhp so fairly pokey too [emoji106] The 3.0 ranger old shape is also a great vehicle. You’ll find a nice wild track model for your upper budget. The curve ball is old Isuzu rodeo 3.0. Like the old ranger a little lower on ground clearance but a great truck none the less. You won’t go wrong if you find a good one of any of these.
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That’s all down to what tractor you run one on though. I’ve got both. If you have a classic tractor say the ubiquitous MF35 or similar the hydraulic flow rate is so poor you would be better with an axe. If you go to the other extreme like a fair sized moser. Tractor you can really make a splitter fly but you can overheat the hydraulic oil easily or bend a ram I have the venom 22t and for what it is it’s brilliant. Road tow too so have put it behind the pickup and hired it into a few jobs. In fact if anyone wants an oxdale 3 point hydraulic splitter I e got one kicking around that I would part with for the right money.
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If he still wants one and has land does he have a small or compact tractor. The pto offerings would be better value and more powerful at that size.
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Be more useful than a 4” chipper.
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Is the 881 not on sale over there. ? Can’t stand that little Jimmy Cranky look-a-like.
