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Hired the Australian one with the Honda engine a few times. On the right ground it’s fantastic. On the wrong ground it’s miserable. Sand with an almost sandstone compacted layer about 200 to 300mm below the surface was grim. They don’t hire the spike out to pilot hard ground sadly. On other ground 4 inch stakes have flown in no bother. On the whole it’s a good bit of kit. Hard on the ears though.

Only ever used cobra but always found it easy to install in either static or dynamic applications. To be fair it’s what they sell at the local arb shop so that’s what we use. No issues with it though.

Exactly what I thought as I was reading that …. Total contradiction. How strange the margins seem tight when you don’t charge enough …

Looks smart for sure. I’ll not change my hilux until a fully electric one is available. That’s a good looking pickup. Is it a concept or something heading towards production ?

I don’t think auto or manual would of made much difference there eh …. Glad to see although it must have been a bum clenching moment and a pain to sort nothing looked too damaged. Hopefully you were towed out without a problem. Can’t remember the name of the program but there used to be a series following the recovery trucks is snowy Norway. Was pretty good viewing.

Merrist Wood in Guildford would be your best bet. No, not too late but factor in the wage dip as a trainee again. Do a distance learning course after getting your practical qualifications that will gear you for the second half of your career as perhaps a consultant doing surveys or tree officer for local authority.

Much cheaper. It’s exactly what I’ve done. For a start you can reclaim your VAT

Most modern autos can be used in semi auto fashion these days and you can hold a gear like a manual. Have a look at what trucks offer an auto box you can do that with. Good advantage with an auto is they generally have a higher torque rating than the manual equivalent and less chance of wear and tear pulling away / clutch slipping etc etc. I know of one chap with the old style Isuzu rodeo auto that tows a digger everyday on auto He was at 215k miles at that time with nothing but oil and filter changes to the auto box. Impressive. If I was changing my hilux now which I’m not but if I did I’d certainly get auto next time.

Ask some private landowners. I’m sure you’ll find something local easy enough

Really wouldn’t worry about those chain catchers. They make so little difference they aren’t worth replacing

Tbf there is a big difference between sizing in some brands Not tried pfanner boots yet, they look so bulky for climbing. It’s always the soles that fall apart long before the boot itself which is annoying. 12 to 18 months of climbing and the soles disintegrate on all Arb Boots. I love the fit and comfort of the Andrews boots but the soles aren’t very long lasting

Have to say mine have been bloody good. Keep on top of the valve clearances and I’ve found them reliable. Daily greasing on hedge cutter heads in the trimming season has kept them sweet.

No difference in performance whatsoever . I’ve got both but don’t use the the new style shaft on them. Not so keen on the new saw heads either. Prefer the old one. Trigger unit on the older 131 is better. Easier to lock it into a running position which is very handy doing tricky outstretched trimming jobs off tall step ladders etc. The 135 has to be put onto a high idle position on the choke to achieve the same. Just more of a faff but does the same. The older style shaft fits them both meaning you can run all your hedge trimmer heads on them so that’s handy. Both fantastic machines

Same. I don’t climb everyday so got longer out of the clutch but got through a couple. Nice device though. No real grumbles about mine. Changed over to a Zillon but ran my own lanyard through it. Also a good bit of kit but can be easy to catch it and release some rope through just as you are getting into a work position. Quite happy with it though

Old school looking rope How’s the avant comparing to the multi one? Same thing different colour or more different ?

It’s the best pole saw on the market. Brilliant for big hedge trimming jobs too. Got 3 on the go atm. Would bother with anything else [emoji106]

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Day rate can be handy when you get an unusual job to price or clients that want you doing various tasks over a few visits and you know they will change their minds continuously Set out what machines are included in the price or what extra they will be. As long as it’s all set out there is little chance for ambiguity. In terms of staff / subbies I’ve always paid day rate. No one has given me an hourly rate except on large machinery Finishing times are swings and roundabouts, sometimes a day is done at 3 sometimes it’s 5. Generally it balances out but if it’s a lot of late Finishes a bit of extra cash smoothed things

Faggot (unit) - Wikipedia EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG Seems to be a lot of variation on the use. On the woodlands tv channel a local guy in Petworth makes the pimps for fire lighters in the same device as yours and it’s called a pimp machine there. Faggots he is making are in long bundles for river banks. Maybe the variation is regional ? The temporary structure / shelter they use is known as a Bender

Both Faggots and Fascines are used for river bank erosion Pimps are for fire lighting. I bought birch pimps from a garden show once. I have to say they were outstanding fire lighters. Way better than the fire lighter blocks. A mix of super fine twigs to light easily bundled in with some nice kindling to get heat going. Excellent. Gotta love the old terminology. A dozen faggots and a few pimps please my good man ..

Looking for faggots Doobin. Look on coopice-products.co.uk You’ll find a list of suppliers/ makers on their mate.

I agree with @joenewton The crux of this one seems to be an experience / confidence issue. I can think of plenty of trees you really have to push yourself mentally on to get past it and improve. Worst thing about small leaning trees like that if there is usually they are more tiring / uncomfortable getting into good working positions. Spend time setting up though. Try not to make cuts from awkward or strained positions Any pictures of the tree. ?

Yes. Ours came with one face and edges done. Obviously everything you cut / trim then has to be burned as best it can to match in and hide cut surfaces. Just a simple plumbers torch up on the scaffolding was used for this.

No. It had a coat of oil when it went up as well. 0 bleed.

I can always dig out the link for the company we used. They sent a big selection of burn samples to help choose what we wanted. We actually got a surprisingly good deal on our timber at the time. Don’t forget you’ll be getting 20% back too as it’s a new build. For small projects like a small barn / office garden type thing i would 100% say doing yourself is worthy and achievable On house / larger project I would go down the bought in route. I do appreciate budget is a big factor. As is time. Variations in charring will show up dramatically and could give a patchy look. The depth of burn and consistency of colour is very good on our boards tbf. I would say the sugi is on about 60% of our walls. The tyvec and battening was done by the builder. ( which the carpenters had to adjust [emoji57]) Just to fit the boards took a team of 4 to 5 guys about 8 days. 2 /3 guys on the deck cutting boards and 2 guys up on the scaffold fitting. They worked at a decent pace too. If you are having a shadow gap we found a great tyvec style product in black with no writing which was a fair bit cheaper than tyvec Exactly the same thing but essential not to have print on it if shadow gapping. Lost head screws. I bought the screws from the cladding supplier, got screwed on that. Paid £950 for the screws. Carpenter said we could of got them for £400 ish. Classic of being given the spiel from the supplier about specific screws blah blah. Anyway. The gist of all that Tom is if you want any advice from our experiences or general questions how we did the cladding etc feel free to drop me a message. If any of it saves you time money or both then great [emoji106]