Peter

Same one, yes, but I didnt put it through again. It was more than half out when they inspected it.

I imagine you'd be so grateful to be off holly duty you would pay to do it!

LOLER covers everthing from lifts to tower cranes. Surely no-one is stupid enough to think that being qualified to inspect in one industry covers every possible application?

I was asked by one of my clients to drop some kit in to a large nationwide hire company, who offer loler inspection services. I included an old Marlow climbing line, with the (factory) eye splice hanging half out, clearly not fit for use. They passed it, but failed a perfectly good harness because they couldn't find a SWL marked on it. I certainly wouldn't trust them with my kit.

No, I'd send McTree up it. :laugh1:

Sweet chestnut is the mutt's, and split is the way to go whichever wood you choose. The diameter of the logs needs to be about 3 x the desired width of the finished shingle.

Yeah, put up a pic. If you can get the model number it might be possible to get a pdf manual for it.

Its not a digital tacho Paul, its an analogue tacho with a digital display, if that makes sense. It should have a mode switch on the front, there will be 3 small symbols, one is crossed hammers, one is a square with a diagonal line through it, and one looks like a flattened "h", which is supposed to be a bed. Crossed hammers is other work Square is Period of Availability Bed is Rest or Break. Most or all modern tachos record driving automatically, so just drop a disc in and go. If you are working on site then you need to set it to other work, and make sure you record enough break time in the day. You need to read up on driver's hours, its not too complicated, basically you can work for 4.5 hours then you need 45 mins break, then you can work for another 4.5 hours. There is more to it though, so do your homework. One other little tip for you, always put your disc in 10 minutes before you leave the yard in the morning, and set it to other work, otherwise you will get into trouble for not doing daily walk round checks, or not recording your working hours correctly.

Wire fid is best for 16 strand, I use only the toss wand for double braid.

Nice truck. Did you get your o licence sorted?

Albert Jagger Ltd.

I always used to tip at Brabyns Park in Marple Bridge. Failing that you can weigh it in as green waste at the council tip in Bredbury.

A double braid is really two ropes, one inside the other. In a situation with little or no friction to the outer cover, the load is shared equally between cover and core. When there is friction from rubbing on a branch the cover takes most of the load, so the rope is not as strong as it should be, and are susceptable to damage from glazing and picking. Additionally, double braids are expensive ropes and ruining them by running them over crotches is a bit of a waste of money.

I have tried a Gleistein climbing line, and I won't be buying one any time soon.

Yale double esterlon, Portland braid, New England double braid, Liros all good.

Most backboiler stoves should have a kilowatt rating for the boiler and the stove, so you can work out whether the boiler puts out enough to heat your rads. You could also connect the back boiler into the existing system without disconnecting the combi boiler, using a heat exchanger to avoid contaminating the water in the radiator/combi boiler system. Handy if you come in and you want to put the combi on for an hour while your waiting for the log boiler to warm up, and you could easily remove the system later on without altering the existing heating system too much.

Dont think much of his srt rig. Wonder if anyone has ever base jumped from a tree?

Now that is a seriously smart truck. Bet they want silly money for it though.

Velocity is 83 grams per metre, so a little bit lighter than Blaze. I reckon I could easily pack 100m of it into a standard size silver bull rope bag.

I have a feeling Velocity is lighter than Blaze, but not by a lot.

Should be plated at 10,000 kg gross train, so it would cope easily.

Hairspray?

The Iveco is nice, but its old, parts wont be too easy to find, and the 5 tonne payload is laughable.

You might be better off buying a suitable vehicle and fitting a crane to it. There are some nice 4X4 tankers on autotrader that would do. The vehicle you want will come up eventually, but how long do you want to wait?

New England HRC I would say.