MattyF
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That’s the trade off for not going deaf I’m afraid , I’ve got the 3x and even they won’t go back in, I can’t think of any time when I did slide them back up with the standard muffs any way so can’t say it’s bothered me..
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I have got to be honest I usually go around two wrist sizes or maybe the size of a right handed person forearm who’s climbed on a Prussic for years ....unless it’s a redirect ,I’ve always had a massive fear of my anchor point braking and that’s not helped since getting over 40 with a few more pounds ... I’m hardly the 9stone little whippet I was when I started climbing at 16.
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I would trust your gut feeling... and that’s having had a lot of gear nicked over the years from odd chippers to complete clean outs ... the twice I was cleaned out completely I had a gut feeling after having to unfortunately deal with the kind of folk you are describing but I believe the other three chippers and a few saws where opportunity thefts.. there are folk out there who make a living from professional thievery and some are bloody good at it... Shame they can’t put there good efforts in to doing legit work that won’t cause severe financial and mental pain to there victims..
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Would be fine if you stacked crates in [emoji1303]
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On a quick note , screw and don’t nail on the boarding ...We learnt that on the first shed !
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It was slightly modified since to support the weight of logs.. There are boards over the wall but with 3” gaps for air flow.
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It dries wood ok as long as you have filled them for June! , The only problem we have has been having water coming through the floor on on that particular barn and turning some logs black. The other is for hard wood and a lot more open fronted... a lot more light getting in and drying wood is quicker in summer. To be honest I’m thinking of using IBCs as we store wood for two years before processing in to the barns so have just brought 50 to see if I can get green wood from tree surgery waste down in a year as an experiment.
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We built two like this, the main beams old telegraph poles and all the roof beams and cladding milled from larch and Douglas .. main beams held together with hangers. 1” gaps on the cladding... was pretty easy and satisfying. About a week on each with three of us , I was milling whilst the others did the beams and then kept the cladding coming and caught up and helped them finish to put that on.
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Christ your a clever babe aren’t you?? With your years of experience and health and safety expert Khris who last time I checked was climbing on a non CE marked device and lowering rope I’m pretty sure between you two that you could run and dictate to hse where we are all going wrong... I’m at the end of my patience with you to so I’m off this thread and forum for the future.. good bye and **************** off.
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It’s more likely to tear you in ****************ing half....
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True , I don’t really care any more for climbing though.. this whole two rope crap has taken the last bit of enjoyment out of it for me on commercial sites, gone are the days you can take an aimed dive and a swing to get to your target area of the crown from the the other side of the tree , now it’s just some royal fuck on to traipse 80ms of rope through a canopy getting caught up on every thing and worrying about what it’s going to get caught on or leave you in a vulnerable non escapable position ....and really I have nothing to prove to myself or anyone else so if I’m honest a mewp makes the majority of jobs safer and easier so why not. It just saddens me now most sites and life in general is ran by idiots with risk assessments trying to justify there positions in life by making up and justifying what ever stupid idea that pops in to there head because they have a degree.
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Can’t do polls from the app Marc you have to go through the normal site.
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Don’t grind on any slope or bank with out them... they have a habit of going over without them! Good machines though and with an impact wrench a few minutes to take off the wheels they still fit through a standard gate.
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About all the info there is on it pete.
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Aye pete there mechanic was out at overland when I rang today and he was the same last time I rang as well a few weeks back , can’t get a more helpful guy when you do but I want to get stuck in and done... apparently it’s self adjusting so I just didn’t want to wind it up to get the slack and mess up some thing! nothing in the manual apart from the belts are self adjusting and the position of the tensioner
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No mick I never said it was , but if your going to harp on about it being the law endlessly it’s interesting to see out of 46 votes 43 are not using it.. I could not give a flying **************** either way if you or I use two ropes or not.. I definitely won’t be when I’m rigging trees that won’t suit it or I feel it’s dangerous and it will certainly encourage me to become a bigger fat middle aged bastard by using a mewp as much as possible.
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Well it’s pretty obvious who the only two people who are using it in the poll are.
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Any one done this and can help ??? I’m looking at mine after one v belt has snapped and I’m guessing it’s as simple as this... undo the PTO pump that requires one bolt this should slide out?? Screw the slack adjuster up pushing the engine up. Now I’m guessing but not sure that is it I can now now install new belts but how far can I wind the adjuster up and is there any thing I’ve missed?? any tricks to getting all four belts on easily?
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The Arb talk oracles are still out in force on this thread i see.
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I’d take a 462 over the other saws ... truth is I’d probably use the 500i more as it’s the power of a 90cc saw with the weight of a 70cc... I’d be really tempted to try the 7310 though by it’s rave reviews..I’ve only used a few 7910’s briefly and they didn’t blow me away and want to rush out and by one.
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Any long term smart winch users out there want to share there opinion?
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No cons really ... maybe cost ? I’ve had quite a few saws over the years with them on and they might only get used 5-10 times a year but theres been times when I’ve thanked god for them !
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Bit long for this time of the evening but really enjoyed this podcast, lot of sense talked for any one new or experienced in the industry .. worth a watch well listen when you have some time.
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Rope Wrench Tether Options/Substitute?
MattyF replied to Treespasser's topic in SRT (Single Rope Technique)
Any one tried those metal notch tethers? I find the tether length is down to how long you tie your hitch cord but you definitely don’t want it soft for advancing up a rope. -
Can’t actually find a Carlton guide for 404 ?... maybe stick with a stihl.
