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  1. Tree monkey 1682
    I've just never seen the point of front protection if your climbing etc ..
  2. Tree monkey 1682
    Only ever use all round protection ...I've never had a a hit with a saw touch wood, If you don't have full protection...what's the point of wearing ppl?
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    They are very good, I've never nicked a pair and would rather these than trousers ,I expect to be shot down soon , but I've never cut arms or wrists , and yes I've done every discipline of Arboriculture and some fair sized takedowns .. However I've seen certain guys bragging how many cuts he had on his arms at the last lv/hv induction at Berkshire was amazing he still had function of his hand . Also one former boss slipped with a sliky after saying top handles are dangerous ..9 stitches later ..they'd have stopped that . £70 a pair and they'll save the damage to your forearms. I've never needed them but should I need them there on. Dunno why the hse ,arb association (seems they like to meddle with stuff ) And utility companies don't enforce the use of them. I expect the will be some one who will winge or have a go .
  4. Tree monkey 1682
    I looked at while ago at the avant ,skidsteer varient ...good lift on it also ...
  5. Tree monkey 1682
    I'm sure the same was said about asbestos ....that didn't go well either
  6. Tree monkey 1682
    Wouldn't use it as a chopping block. Known for being a carcinogenic wood
  7. Tree monkey 1682
    East anglia 🤣
  8. Tree monkey 1682
    Poor guy .. living in Norfolk.... they are all nuts up there ....
  9. Tree monkey 1682
    I'd also find out which dealer has the nearest support network to you also ...some fitters are miles away and also charge a stupid callout fee .. and a hourly rate , getting wearing out spares easily is also another problem... also has either one got a better option -like hydraulic oil cooler ...sound stupid but if the oils getting too hot you'll end up with weepy rams and that's down time ..
  10. Tree monkey 1682
    If you were in Dorset I'd have laid on the hook bins
  11. Tree monkey 1682
    Aspen do bio oil that's thinner and would flush it out ,aspen 2 in the fuel tank to clear that out if he's fkd up like my groundy did. I myself have put diesel in a efco 131 chainsaw and still ran on it ..that was the bosses fault for putting everything in 20l green cans in a dark garage unclearly labelled.. That was my f up though ...but hevshouldnt have been a knob!
  12. Tree monkey 1682
    Learn not to lend tools out, as above or use aspen ,my ground once did the same thing 🤣
  13. Tree monkey 1682
    I quickly read it ,as I was thinking of another incident that happened in a London park with a poplar ,unless they got it confused with this !
  14. Tree monkey 1682
    Was that the incident where a poplar chucked a limb? These incidents seem to happen more and more
  15. Tree monkey 1682
    That's some weight for cedar
  16. Tree monkey 1682
    I was lucky once , I was a fat bugger 14 stone due to medication ,I was about 12 messing around on a willow tree guess crack willow on a limb that was 2ft round ...it sheared/failed and dumped me in a river luckily it didn't pin me under the water.... . It could have gone the other way. I'm not sure if dynamic or static loading makes a difference or if trees just get to a failure point .. if x weight gets put on it then it's going to fail no matter what . It is just shit that it happened when kids were on it playing on it . Bloody poor tree stock management ....
  17. Tree monkey 1682
    Councils are too slow felling old,dangerous trees... Can think of about 3-4 incidents of children being injured or fatally ..due to trees that should of been removed. Get over it ,it's a tree,trees get old,weak and fail. Does make u wonder how the weight of a few children makes a limb fail .
  18. Tree monkey 1682
    Pathetic, it's not my fault that stihl in Surrey has a German technical advisor called hans . At the end of the day it's meant to be a forum ...it's not my fault I've upset a woke ,net zero bunch of lovies. I used what I've found best if I've tried battery and found it to be shite...then so be it.Equally if it works for you that's fine but it's as I've found them ..and I won't convert to battery ..il stick to aspen and we'll maintained equipment .
  19. Tree monkey 1682
    When I last spoke to hans like I said in stihls tech department the were saying they never could match petrol power .just wasn't possible .
  20. Tree monkey 1682
    That's your opinion ,I'd not wanna use battery as I think they're crap . According to hans at still technical in Surrey..they won't ever be able to fully replace petrol chainsaws ....
  21. Tree monkey 1682
    Well you'd look a dick going to a customer oh can I charge my battery halfway through a job .
  22. Tree monkey 1682
    Used a battery saw at the nptc training centre, I can't say I'd use anything battery ,noisey ,slow and bulky.... then u have the hassle if it fell out of the tree...and have u got enough charge to do the job or keep going . Probably excellent for a part time gardener/landscaper. Then thes the hassle of ♻️ and trashing of the earth for unique elements ..😐 Don't know why they don't force everyone onto aspen and bio oil . Problem solved
  23. Tree monkey 1682
    Don't think so bud ,I might be completely wrong ...but by the time uk docs find out what it is ...most of the time it's too late as it often behaves like a regular fever .. nothing distinctive
  24. Tree monkey 1682
    Quickly do it whilst thes no one in the house ! ,if thes a chain link fence in there .then that would be your boundary... Did a tree once like that in north Dorset..the person still alive footed the bill and no one seemed to mind .
  25. Tree monkey 1682
    Thes a few old 353, 365, 372 xps and 395s around , there new but I don't buy the it's made in Brazil, after all the Chinese copy anything ..but I'd not know what to look for...I'm glad I kept my efco 199 as the doesn't seen any clones of it !

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