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not sure who the guy is but surely jeff beck once owbed the car?!!! Could it be john mayall?

:“We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold”

I'd be happier if they came from UK/EU.

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You still in Glasgow Charlie?

@logjam Very funny!!

thanks for the ideas - it doesn't seem man-made to me, it smells natural rather than chemically...I've added more pics if that helps

Morning all, Heading further north today. Power had not been reinstated yesterday where we are going. Should be back on by this evening 🤞 Have a good week

Good morning Arbtalkers and here we go again 😉

Not starting new role until the end of the month Les. It will be a bit of a rude awakening too! The body clock has me awake early but early starts and early finish for something an hour away is different! High cloud and breezy here. Be good everyone and hope the phonecwas busy bringing in work! Chew, Pitta.

Morning, dry here. Sort out a wind blown birch first then go fell some more.

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Morning chaps Due to start the new job this week pete ? Good luck with it mate 🤞

Likewise !

Good Morning Rubbish Kip Have a great week.

Morning troops . Mild at 11c and patchy cloud , dead still .

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Use your arbsurplus lengths for deadeyes, ring deadeyes etc. Before you know it, you'll have a good arsenal.

On weight, the fluffy bits of trees generally weigh less than tree blokes think. And you still underestimated it. Not by much but you still came down on the wrong side so get out of that habit. Be wrong the other way. This should be your main wake up call. You haven't built, "What if I'm wrong?" into your strategy. You need to or you'll break something expensive and look a twat. Worse, you'll be a twat. Small pieces = small problems. I've rigged the world and in your example, I'd have still gone a few feet higher and done it in three or four piffling pieces. Those pieces could have been slung up so you cut and catch one, see how the rigging point feels, cut another, make sure it's still OK and so on. You can do things like bundle a few up and lower them in a loop, then pull the loop through and have your rope back. No-groundsman tactics. If you had to to take it in one, you should have involved the main stem to strengthen the final rigging point. I generally look for a main point in strong, central wood and a redirect over the best drop zone. You'll find those points in honestly 95% of trees. You were basically only using the redirect point. Weak without the context of a main point. Your current learning style reminds me of me. I got by on wit and feel and I got by well but what I didn't do was engage in the analytical and theoretical learning early enough. If I'd devoted some effort to the stuff that looks like bollocksy compliance from the get go, I'd have got better, faster. MBL, WLL etc is more than just bollocksy compliance. It's real and important. And it's also pretty easy once you decide to learn it. Now is a great time to decide to make your rigging decisions unimpeachable. If you work by yourself, you're going to have to learn some natural crotch (and other up-tree friction tricks). You should learn it anyway. It's a key skill. The rope for natural crotch is 3 strand. Get some of that first. Owning a length of 16mm double braid without the rest of the skill, people and ancillary gear to utilise it is just spending £150 to look like a billy big bollocks tree man with a heavy rope bag.

they are on ebay (from US so not sure if there are import restrictions) 12 BUR OAK ACORNS - Quercus macrocarpa | eBay UK WWW.EBAY.CO.UK These are live acorns are for growing trees. I have the largest selection of acorns on E bay. Over 20 + species. Its fringed acorns are food for wildlife. A very long-lived tree. Edible...

Yes we do use google, however we work nationwide and have had some good connections through these kind of forums and other socials, resulting in creating great relationships with companies.

Thanks for comment. Two or more suggestions for bearing - ok, better get over my laziness then …. Blow by past the piston maybe?