"Have you tried Arbtalk Chris ? We use a freelance climber off there."

"Have you thought about an all steel contractors fork ? After all that's what you are. http://www.arco.co.uk/products/3172167"

"We're a pretty close knit bunch at our place so i do lend tools and more usually vans out to long standing employees. I try to imagine what i would want and think if it were me in their shoes, why should they go above and beyond the call of…"

"I've got one Gazza ! "

"Hi Bo, its a cut throat business i'm afraid and its not going to change any time soon. Personally i think that so long as he's operating within the law then he's not doing anything wrong. He is free to charge whatever he likes. Your…"

"Hi Neal, i gave up with my bahia last year as it kept snapping brand new drive (transmission) belts after about an hour or so. Should i try two new pulleys or could it be a problem with the hydrostatic drive ? Might try getting it going again if i…"

"Assuming your original springs are not completely knackered then buy a pair of springs from a breakers yard, cut the ends off and stack them under the originals redneck style !!!! It would be worth taking it to a weigh bridge unloaded so you can see…"

"No one can give you any worthwhile advice without walking the site themselves. 26 visits sounds odd for a housing assoc unless they intend some of the winter visits to be litter pick only, in which case they should be priced accordingly. We work to…"

"We had two long reach hedge cutters and a heavy duty d handled strimmer stolen last week, the thieves had scaled some tall electric gates to get to them on a secure site. They even used their own van to take them away but the witness that took the…"

"Yep you need a dropside truck, van or trailer so they can forklift materials onto it when you buy them. Nice and easy that way and gives you a platform to work off when at the job. You don't wanna be lugging concrete posts and base boards in…"

"Not sure about 100% but deffo the way forward with this problem. Also clean out the fuel cans, be sure crap isn't around the neck of the fuel can and make sure people arn't using blowers right near when you are refueling. "

"Get an echo single use non multi tool type. Shindys blades are too flimsy and bow between the blade bolts also the gearbox is something out of a christmas cracker. Kawacrappis that i have known always had the tendency to snap teeth off the blades if…"

"Best wishes Dave."

"No wonder mowers need fixing every five minutes."

"Got told off by a customers neighbour for gardening while her husband (who worked nights) was sleeping. I thought to myself, i can hardly come back in the middle of the night to do the garden. It would be dark, i wouldn't be able to see what…"

"Agree with Anthony regarding the insoles. Finding a pair of work boots for gardening is just as critical as getting fitted for a pair of hiking boots for hill walking, we don't stand around yards or building sites all day in a sloppy pair of…"