Peter
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If you go the auction route BCA at Belle View were always pretty good, commercials are Wednesday mornings I believe.
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Yes to landline, some people dont like ringing mobiles, plus a landline shows you actually have a permanent base. The logo looks a lot better in blue as it is in your avatar.
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Sorry to hear that Dave, did it go from outside your house?
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My nuts are plain steel, all this fancy chrome plating is just for show I reckon.
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Got a torque in mind for that bad boy Dean?
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Welcome Eric. So you decided to pay Steve off then?
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I have some Marlow 11mm static military abseil line, perfect for speedlines, and not too expensive. Any Marlow dealer can get it by the reel, although the reel I bought was 100 metres, so you would have to find out if it comes in longer lengths. 16mm polyprop is not ideal, too stretchy and you'll struggle to find decent hardware to run on it. If you ran the timber on a biner or shackle instead of a pulley, it could easily get hot enough to damage the rope. 11mm is ideal as the petzl tandem pulleys will run on it nicely.
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Yup, same here.
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Tweaked saw, with skip chain, maybe. I dont even run 36" on my 660 very often.
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The fees will total around £700 to get up and running with one vehicle. You need suitable off road parking, a designated person to carry out maintenance inspections and repairs to the vehicle, and enough money to look after it properly. The suitability of your operating centre is open to consultation from the public, local authority, local police and VOSA. Dont try to tag onto someone else's licence, it's a potential nightmare for both of you. Download a GV 79, and find the guidence notes that go with it, and that should answer most questions.
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Nice work. What happened to the timber? Over here carvers plankers and turners would be waging pitched battle for it.
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I switched to getting the crane operator to dump both hooks on the top, and then working them round from there, as you say. It is impossible to swing a 7 tonne chain hook round the back, as I very quickly realised.
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The chains were hard work, but once you have the technique right its not too bad. Much more secure than soft strops, certainly on that thick spongy bark.
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Climbing line choked to the stem, tied with a bowline with a long tail. After I set the chains I rapped down the single line, flipped my wire core round and then pulled the choked climbing line down. I had it set that way to facilitate a quick descent in an emergency. Towards the end my 3 metre wirecore got too short so I had to extend it with a sling....
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Because its easier to park outside the coffee shop when he nips in for his morning frothachinno.
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Steel bashlins, long gaffs. Tried the shorties when I stripped the stem, not so good. Long uns much better, although more than an hour or so really made my knee hurt. That was before my knee op though.
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No seriously, do I need photographic evidence? I reckon its cheaper and easier to do that than to burn it. Bin hire 50p per day. Waste weighs in at £19 per tonne. Haulage on each bin is £80. I use 4-6 per year, with 4-6 tonne in each. Zero mess in my yard, no days spent burning, bin it and forget it.
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Burn green waste on site yes, up to ten tonnes per day, or more if the landowner applies for the proper exemption certificate from the EA. I have burnt around 100 tonnes of poplar on site in two days, and I am quite happy to advertise that fact on t'interweb. In fact here is a short boring video of the event. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qcn3Lozm-FM]YouTube - The big burn[/ame] Burning anything other than green waste, or transporting green then burning it is a serious offence. I have a roro in my yard where all the rakings and hedge trimmings go, they are then transported by a licenced waste carrier to a licenced waste transfer station where they are composted. Burning in a suburban garden will likely land you in hot water with neighbours and is best avoided.
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Vid, thanks to Steve. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2oqeB0lxxI]YouTube - peter haine.wmv[/ame]
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Canon 5D? Mmmm 21 mp. Getting a ring flash?
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They need to be tighter. The standard straps must be quite tight to hold the shank in position, almost uncomfortably tight I would say. Changing the straps may help, although I still use the standard straps with no major problems.
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You are missing the point. All equipment is supplied by someone, therefore if its PPE it must have a CE mark.
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Stein rigging tension pulley worth the cost?
Peter replied to Ian Flatters's topic in Rigging and roping
Not yet, but I have used the lowering device and I can see how it would work really well. You could use a swing cheek pulley, but the spare cheek would flop around and get in the way. £55 for a specially designed piece of kit isnt too much to ask imo. -
Stein rigging tension pulley worth the cost?
Peter replied to Ian Flatters's topic in Rigging and roping
Its a bargain mate, buy the proper tool for the job rather than bodging, you wont regret it. -
Haha, my thoughts exactly. Perhaps he should have a word with his Loler inspector?
