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  1. Mark Wileman
    All the fuel garages will tell you it's full of rats piss. I've never had an issue and I always use Tescos fuel, all about the club card points. Plus someone as big as Tesco/Asda isn't going to breach the fuel British Standard to make a few more quid, wouldn't be worth the risk.
  2. Mark Wileman
    Not sure why that offended you?
  3. Mark Wileman
    Everyone is saying tree climbing is totally different to rock climbing, I do agree, everyone is missing the part where tree climbing is a lot easier than rock climbing, though
  4. Mark Wileman
    Hi guys I'm fitting a pump from a 2010 transit tipper to my ranger and cant see the ampage anywhere on the motor. Does anyone k ow what it os, so i can put the correct inline fuze in? thanks in advance marl
  5. Mark Wileman
    This makes me feel bad for burning a whole nest of the little fuckers earlier this year.
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    No wonder I used to fight so much on the piss...
  7. Mark Wileman
    Are you sure? I've researched pretty intensively looking for an exact definition but it's just a grey area and totally up to the opinion of the HMRC officer running the case. The same can be said for large contracts, whats the difference between me providing an arboricultural contracting service to a tree buisness for 2 years and a civil engineering company providing a service to highways for 2 years? I don't think the tax man is going to be getting Highways UK to pay Balfour Beatty's holiday pay for X amount of thousand employees So long as you aren't breaching any of the bullet points on HMRCs 'are you employed' checklist then they can't touch you.
  8. Mark Wileman
    Well done mate, use it for the experience and just look around for better paid work, if you find any get a pay rise
  9. Mark Wileman
    Justifying how good you are at falling is probably not the best way to start a career in climbing trees ?
  10. Mark Wileman
    what's caused this? Putting mulch too high?
  11. Mark Wileman
    Same on laptop & phone.
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    Hi mate have you had an MOT yet, just wondering on where the law sits on the front bumper missing the plastic bit beneath the metal part and the whole hitting someone and "sucking them in". Not asking to be a jobsworth, I'm planning on doing the same to my ranger and will have to cut away some of the body work to expose my underneath at the front.
  13. Mark Wileman
    You'd get 3 Rock Machinary Venom's for that and have £500 left over!
  14. Mark Wileman
    https://www.ereplacementparts.com/husqvarna-372xp-xpxtorq-chain-saw-parts-c-114486_114487_290347.html Should see whats come off by referencing that diagram.
  15. Mark Wileman
    I know a few building labourers on £150+ a day (that's in rural west wales), tree work is years behind on its economic growth, but noone is going to start charging more out of fear of losing the quotes. As an 18 year old, labour on a site/learn a trade for 100+ a day or drag brash and get passively bullied for the next 5 years until I've earnt my right to put a harness on for £55 a day.
  16. Mark Wileman
    The instructor at 0:40 took me for my chainsaw in the harness and various assessments, he's 60 and an amazing climber.
  17. Mark Wileman
    advancing a base tie you'll need something to create a false crotch ahead of you each time, I guess the whole point of SRT is to get the line as high as possible or you might as well just DRT up!
  18. Mark Wileman
    In terms of tickets to be useful to 90% of tree firms as a second climber she'll need her Chainsaw Maintenence and Cross cutting (CS30), Small tree felling (CS31), tree climbing and aerial rescue (CS38), chainsaw in the tree (CS39) and woodchipper. The rest of the tickets are obviously a bonus but you can fall down a rabbit hole of going ticket hunting instead of getting on the job and actually learning (and making money). The above tickets will probably cost around the £2000, depending where you go for it. There are a few companies that can take advantage of government schemes and apprenticeships to get some of those part funded and bring the cost right down. @LynherTraining is a provider based on the Devon/Cornwall border that I can vouch for.
  19. Mark Wileman
    Myerscough seem pretty poor at correspondence to be honest, I've sent them my certificates for my FdSc application three times now and they keep getting missed.
  20. Mark Wileman
    Are you climbing off a base anchor? If not then you can just use the other end of your rope, but would be quicker to just lanyard in and then readvance your tie in point.
  21. Mark Wileman
    I think I misread your original post, I understood it that the little guys should charge as much as the big guys (and probably not get the work) to keep the big guys in business. ?
  22. Mark Wileman
    I'm cheaper than everyone in my area, if I start charging the same as the guys with £200k + of equipment then I won't get the work. Why get me in with my 4inch chipper and some ropes when they can have the 3-4 man crew in with the MEWP, 12ich chipper and Mog? Like has previously been said, it's not about under valuing the industry, it's about having a business plan that is lower cost to run and therefore give more affordable services, for not too far off the same margins as a larger firm.
  23. Mark Wileman
    Their website says 800mm wide (with the wheels on I assume). If its just two posts you need to get through you could squeeze it through diagonally. https://www.timberwolf-uk.com/products/1375g-chipper/
  24. Mark Wileman
    If you burst a blister it'll just seal itself and keep coming back. If you want it gone for good the best way is to thread a needle through the blister and leave the thread in, it'll continue to draw out the puss until the skin sticks itself together again. I can imagine shins are a painful place to have a blister, but if you whack a bandage tightly around the blistered area then there shouldn't be any movement, "empty" blisters don't hurt if nothings rubbing against them.
  25. Mark Wileman
    A lot of car parks will say its illegal to overnight park. Me and the Mrs did 3 nights on the Cornish Coast parking up in such 'illegal' car parks over looking the sea and nothing came of it. I think the rules are there to stop people setting up camp for weeks on end, if your in and out no-one will even notice

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