Mark Wileman
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Hey guys, I'm trying to make an e-flyer advertising myself as a freelance arborist, not having much success! Does anyone have any templates or any pictures of old ones I could use for inspiration? I want to target Arb, garden and construction businesses (land clearance) all in one so don't want it to be too heavy on Arb centric stuff and don't want it to read like a CV, anyone done similar and can offer any advice? Mark
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It's odd that the AA promote ISA membership and not the ETW... I imagine there are far more British Arborist's working in Europe than in the States.
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I've not heard of the European Tree Worker, can't seem to find much detail online, then again European websites always seem a bit hard to navigate for me... Is it academic or practical?
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Can't comment on stihl stuff but I find the Arbortech type Cs I have far more flexible than the Husqvarna technicals.
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just for my own education here, was is the main risk with krutz? Of the main stem failing if its shockloaded? Would using another rope as a backstay to counter the lateral pressure put on the rigging point be an option? This is all assuming your going to rig off the stem. I guess another more complicated option would just use a ton of redirects/secondary rigging points to spread the load?
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Hi Mate, I'm literally just getting into SRT so don't take anything I say as gospel. I've been using my Marlow Gecko 13mm for SRT, simply because it is my only climbing line! It does have a lot of stretch and isn't ideal at all, but it works, especially if your only planning to SRT for those bigger jobs where the thought of thrusting up 10 meters of stem is out of the question! I use a rope wrench and a 10mm prussick cord with a VT tied, I'm just using my DDRT set-up with a rope wrench above it, so simple enough to switch back to DDRT if required in the canopy by just removing the wrench from the system and sticking mycanopy anchor back into my pulley. If I was to climb SRT all the time I would probably invest in a more suitable rope, one with less stretch.
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Dismantled this lightning struck Ash yesterday, first commercial SRT climb! Spot the hoody half way up the stem, was keeping in 100 or so honey bees!
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Stihl 038 for 100 quid, way ba k in 2016... Runs rough and was too powerful for what I needed! In the process of giving it some tlc... Bought a 550xp and I've experienced none of the new carb issues, run it all day every day!
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Too be honest I'm just bored and its sunny! It's not going well, I just put mix in my ride on and now she's backfiring and cutting out. I think today was not grass cutting day....
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Its not rained in a week and its 15 C and sunny today so I'm going to cut my grass! Anyone else experiencing strangely nice weather?
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Haha, he does bring comic value to a lot of posts though! To the OP, if you've got any questions regarding ELCAS/resettlement stuff and Arb give me a shout, NPTC tickets aren't the norm resettlement training and it takes a bit of juggling to get what your entitled etc... Now where's my Ryobi and ladder, got two ash trees to top for a farmer for 20 quid, said he's been ripped off by others ?
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Vespian is my favorite Arbtalker.
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Have a search on here mate, this questions batted around loads. A 50cc professional stihl,husqvarna,echo saw and you won't go far wrong, the rest is just preference!
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I was always on the lookout for one of these as a kid, ended up seeing my first one in Afghanistan!
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Did a downhill alpine ski race once, fastest I've ever been on ski's.
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This is the best thread yet!
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Tree planters and forestry operators required South Wales and Welsh Borders
Mark Wileman replied to Ash's topic in Employment
hi Tom, Is most of the work in the valleys or further West as well ? -
@roughhewn have a look on the wee chipper club thread, there a guy on there that really rates the rock venom, their advertising video shows it working pretty well compared to the other cheaper variants.
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I've found triple blades miss a lot of growth when sweeping back and forth, meaning you have to go up/down/left/right a lot more than with a mulching head that cuts both horizontally and a bit vertically.
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Thanks for all the advice guys, got an Efco 8550 BOSS on order for a very reasonable price, mulching head included!
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Thanks for the replies guys, glad it wasn't my total incompetence that made it so hard! I gave up in the end and now have a 34m rope!
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Thanks guys, think I'm going down the efco route, we use some of thier smaller stuff at work and they are great starters and generally pretty good, not that they get much hard work. But a couple of hundred smackaroons cheaper than a husq/stihl in the same CC! Might even have a look at thier newish top handle! Thanks!
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HI guys, Looking at getting a new brushcutter mainly for bramble bashing/ferns etc... What sort of cc should I look at, or is bigger literally better in this case? I have a 26cc strimmer that is fine for grass and smaller stuff but need something with some more power, but equally is a 50cc brushcutter a bit overkill, like turning up to fell some medium trees with an 880 - looks cool but hugely impractical.
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HI guys, Looking at getting a new brushcutter mainly for bramble bashing/ferns etc... What sort of cc should I look at, or is bigger literally better in this case? I have a 26cc strimmer that is fine for grass and smaller stuff but need something with some more power, but equally is a 50cc brushcutter a bit overkill, like turning up to fell some medium trees with an 880 - looks cool but hugely impractical.
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Just trying to eliminate all the alteratives before forking out for a genuine coil assembly
