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Wow, after googling this the symptoms are exactly what I am getting. I probably did then! ? Timescale on getting feeling back is 2/6weeks. From a single cut all this drama. Frightening to think what a chainsaw would do and recovery time in those cases. Yikes!

I'm back now. I took the stitches out a few days ago. I had 4 stitches in muscle so just getting full movement back now and I can apply pressure. The area around the thumb and index finger still feels strange to touch, has a numbing feeling, maybe will take a bit longer for the nerves to sort themselves out a bit. I am back light climbing but still a bit cautious. Been just short of 2 weeks so it's gone pretty well.

Very similar actually. Customer drove me to A&E while I was holding pressure on the cut. Mine was a deeper and longer cut than that as well! ?

In this industry, I just buy my phones outright as they don't last the length of their contract due to getting smashed or stop working. I usually budget for £100 a year and buy a new model every year on a month only sim. My monthly bill is £10 a month. I don't get fooled into buying the latest iphone for £60 a month+ contracts. It is such a con! Phones are built to break in this time so the manufacturers make even more money. I do believe that phone manufacturers put technology into their phones that slow them down after period of time, so the user is then persuaded to buy another phone.

Hi Folks, I need to find a qualified groundy/climber in Derby for a few days a week. All my work is domestic, pretty nice jobs most of the time. If you live in the area, then please send me a message. You do need the relevant NPTC qualifications CS30,31 (optional CS38, 39). Having your own PPE is essential. Look forward to hearing from you. Thanks, Dan.

Hey guys, Had a small accident in a spruce tree on Wednesday. 25 foot up the main trunk during a take down, stripping the lateral branches with the silky, cut a branch on my right side from the topside until it swung down and hung on its last fibers. Grabbed to hold the branch with my left from the underside and proceeded to finish the cut off with my right hand from the topside again. The final cut went through far easier than expected and the final destination of the blade ended up hitting the topside of my wrist/forearm with some pull motion. Took a quick look as soon as it happened with blood squirting from the cut, got myself down from the tree asap and got my lad to get the first aid kit and the customer rushed me to A&E. The result of this silly mistake ended in 4 internal stitches. It had cut to muscle and cut a superficial vein and I have 9 external stitches. Thankfully no tendon damage and I should be back to work in a few weeks. Keep safe guys!

I've got the M400. Weighs just over 200kg. I've got hilux pick-up with a chip box, tow the M400 on my ifor trailer and leave it on the trailer throughout the day unless I am chipping on site and roll it off. I have ramps to load onto trailer. Doddle to move around.

My current sub-contractor groundy has been given regular work elsewhere so I now need to find someone else. Anyone in Derby self-employed with CS 30/31, own PPE and can drive, please get in touch. Day rate is £100. www.gscape.co.uk Thanks, Dan.

Hi folks, got a pair of blades I need sharpening. Do you know of anyone in Derby area who does blade sharpening? Thanks, Dan.

I can't help but think these figures are faked and it's simply the government being in the pockets of the energy suppliers. More and more people are heating their homes with wood burners, less need for us to rely on the money grabbing energy suppliers. Just imaging the whole country was to move off grid next week, the energy companies would no way allow it to happen, even if it was the best move environmentally. Pollution from woodburners is a drop in the ocean in comparison to cars, trains, buses, aviation, and what about the planned 3rd runway at heathrow! What about the huge carbon footprint of running the kilns 24hrs a day and extra shipping from imports. Whilst I welcome the decision for tighter control of better quality wood, I think they should spend more time educating owners of wood burners about wood standards and what to buy.

Isn't most kiln dried wood imported? If so, then the huge carbon footprint of transporting it to the UK from abroad as well as running the fossil fuels kilns running all day.

I'm anticipating they will be back. They just better not try when I'm in cause some arms are gonna to get broken with my baseball bat.

Hi Guys, Wednesday night into thursday morn my garage was done over. Just moved into new property, haven't got security sorted and I got caught out. It was to easy for them. Stayed the night at my gf's, truck was off the drive and its either pure coincidence they picked that night or they had been watching the street. In the past month there has been 30 incidents in Littleover, Derby. They took just my Stihl gear and left everything else. Thankfully I had my blower and HL95 trimmers left on a job and they left my strimmers outside in the garden. Only assume they were either spooked or couldnt handle carrying everything. Stihl MS261 SN 178109661 201TC SN 182473020 181 HS45 Dewalt mechanics toolkit I've now beefed up all my security and I will be ready for them next time. If working in this area guys please be careful and don't make it easy for them. Thanks!

Yes it did thanks! Fitted it and back up and running.

Ben, sorry dude but I price the work to what suits my business. thanks. If I price higher, which I have done in the past on certain jobs to see how customers react, I didn't get the jobs. Most cases people just don't want to pay the price, and if us qualified and insured tree surgeons did stick together and price high then unqualified and uninsured outfits would come in a do the work instead at rock bottom prices. All customers aren't like that though, some just get one quote and are happy to go ahead straight away, but most go for the cheapest option. BTW, I don't light bonfires. Pick-up truck with chip-box and Jo Beau M400.

I love being small. Pick and choose jobs, get a good earner in a day then you go home early and relax. Equipment is clean, well looked after with regular maintenance and probably the one that gives me most pleasure is that I pretty much always under price anyone else in the local area due to the fact my expenses and insurance premiums are so low. I also enjoy the interaction with the customer before and after the job.

The tree had massively outgrown its space and the owner didn't really like the tree. It had previously had work in the past and had limbs with rot. To be honest, it's an ugly tree in my opinion. So what is causing the flaking bark across the whole tree? That isn't normal for a Horse Chestnut. There is red staining also.

Hi folks, Was pollarding a horse chestnut and I just want to know if this tree has the common bleeding canker? The alarming amount of flaking bark and lack of conkers looked like the signs of it. It looks like it suffers from the mining moth due to the leaf spots. Sure does look poorly. Hope you can help. Thanks, Dan.

HI all, Has anyone got this part available as I've cracked the plastic head cover on the GX630. I can't find any in the UK and only one international seller on ebay and the arrival date is estimated at anywhere between 2/4 weeks! Thanks, Dan.

Has no one mentioned the energy intensive process of running those massive kilns to dry wood?

I didn't bother ringing up about them to report them, only if I needed parts. The bearings with the extended grease nipple sheared is still going, the bearing set on the other side, the casing cracked, the bearings were OK but I had to buy a whole new part. I've reported the hopper resting on the engine when it is folded over, it does that. That shouldn't be normal for the weight of the hopper to sit on the engine oil filler cap. Like I said, the wiring is bad. Why don't you just case up the wiring or cover it up in protective tubing? Please pass this on.

The MK3, 4 and 5 are all tanks. They all suffer from rust though and you will rarely find one in the UK in good condition. Expect to spend more money and time fighting rust with yearly maintenance, but I like looking after mine. They are so simply built, strong and reliable. I can tell you though, undoing bolts and replacing parts is a total nightmare because of rusted bolts and nuts. I have a lower ball joint to replace on mine and it's a damn nasty job! Worth checking out the HPOC forums for more advice about hilux's.

Must have a bad machine, but you let your machine go out with wiring like that it just doesn't look good. It get hot behind that engine so its pretty obvious the wires need boxing in.

The Jo Beau M400 is a great machine and it also comes with the Honda GX630, but I have had problems with the M400 since getting it from new. The engine is spot on, no issues at all, but the design of the machine is shit (made in belgium). It has many design flaws that make maintenance tedious. Issues I have had in 140hrs of work. - Cabling that links the depress safety buttons comes loose, nothing is boxed in to protect them. The cables melted from the engine heat and began shorting the engine. No end of hassle with this. - Drum bearing grease nipple easily snapped after a few weeks. - To change a simple fuse on the engine, I had to remove a wheel, the belts and slide the whole engine across to get access. Should be a 5 min job to change a fuse. - The chute bolt tightener is made from plastic and cracks after about a week, so I ended up fabricating a metal one. - Many bolts come loose so expect to keep an eye out and locktite them. I don't think they do it in the factory. - When you fold over the hopper the weight of the hopper actually rests on the engine, causing the oil filler cap to crack with repetitive use. - If you run the chipper on a trailer connected to the tow bar and like to shoot into a truck, a lot of the chip falls onto the engine below as the chute doesn't extend long enough over the engine. Each time I have to disconnect the trailer and and angle it as a workaround. Despite the amateurish design it chips well. The Honda is a big selling point for me in any bit of kit and it's the best thing it has going for it. I wouldn't buy another until they fixed all of the flaws they have. Sending out the machine with the shocking wiring it has is a complete joke and I did flag it up with @GlobalNewark

Same issues here with Hellberg ear defenders and the screws working loose. A design fault they need to fix. I find myself having to whack each ear defender to get it into the close position.