MattyF
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Another reason why trump is a total £&&’ https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.businessinsider.com/elephant-trophies-to-be-allowed-back-into-the-us-2017-11
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Pretty sure you could botch up some thing similar with some tubes ,tenex and a small cut down sealed sash pulley... what ever you use that’s in the style of the ascender it wants to be locking , those Chinese petzl croll type ascenders on eBay would do the job.
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Velox return block and double tubes ... mine from the out side is falling to bits , just wrapped it in electric tape! Don’t know if it’s worth trawling some chandlery web pages for any micro pulleys similar.
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Velox is a better design with no flat spots as it’s on a doubled up elastic , I’m pretty sure though they robbed the idea from the maker of the SAKA and saka have just been taken to court as well so you can not even get a buy the saka velox alternative ... well they still sell the mini version. Easy enough to make a basic knee acsender of your own with some decent elastic but I think unless you find some mini return type block that’s what’s like in the haas velox you would struggle to replicate that system. I found the spare elastic and tubing from a tree motion was pretty ideal.
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You could easily make quadruple or double off a days work in London when I was down saaarf... horrible though, traffic , parking , pedestrians... constantly looking over your shoulder for thieves I’d rather enjoy my work than some of the stresses but I did have s few good days !
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Carbons are mint , I would not use anything else!
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The concept of feminism I wholly agree with, I really do and think it’s a great quality for a woman to have.
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I wanna ask you if you have a job , it looks lush ! Would love to fish that river! I know around my way the clear fells are not replanted straight away because of pine weevil , it takes at least a couple of years to bring the population down after felling,felling for some reason brings out a boom in the population ,even with spraying and sticking more crap in to the environment after that time it is still hit n miss but they recon if planted In those first two years it would absolutely decimate replanting and make it a failure .... but then again yours is a different environment.
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15 mins it says.. I don’t think thats bad, tracked chippers starting around 9k second hand and you might not want the hassle of running and insuring two machines , I would look at one for sure.
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Looks a great idea to me.. would like to see a video of what it’s capable of....also benefit any one that can’t tow over 750kg as a tracked chipper n trailer is out the question, also often the sites that need a tracked chipper the trailer is miles away so that is always a worry it will get stolen.
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We are spoilt for choice these days ! I think it’s down to the individual but I found the protos offered very poor hearing protection, using any thing other than a topper was painful to the ears , stihl ground saws seemed alright but the screaming husky auto tunes no good.
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I think it’s higher to be honest..
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I have read and can well believe 1 in 6 women are raped ... with only around 16.3% of rapists convicted and I’ve seen the damages and issues it’s caused from suicide to mental issues and never being able to have a normal relationship again and that’s just the person who has been raped , family and partners also suffer so I’m not sure what your point is. Men are just as equally as capable of lying the fact this woman did this does not really prove anything that feminism is bad.
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Nice , where can you get a self releasing block from??
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Nice , where can you get a self releasing block from??
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How many hours do you put into your business?
MattyF replied to Stefan Palokangas's topic in General chat
Dunno dilz , those trees which are the really horrible challenges and you where crying in pain from chillblanes and windburn are the ones you look back on and remember and think yeah I beat that one and ruled the day.... or maybe being in to sadomasochismis what’s needed for this job. -
How many hours do you put into your business?
MattyF replied to Stefan Palokangas's topic in General chat
Work to live, live to work... we are blessed to be out doors and experience what we do ,the adrenaline .. the gardens and different locations and special trees ! maybe I’m a sad bastard but I feel this is a life style more than a living. I’ve had brief jobs in factory’s and other things when I’ve had enough of Tree work , production climbing can be hard work and can be soul destroying but I think back to that martin sheen line in apocalypse now about all you can think about is getting home but when your there all you can think about is getting back out here in the jungle.. or something like that.... -
Thing is if your self employed you should be paying for insurance incase or medical issues If you can’t work.. if the bloke was reaping the benefits of low national insurance and tax benefits of being self employed maybe that should of been a thought?
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Roadside price of larch chipwood
MattyF replied to Big J's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Wish we could find timber at that price ... if any timber at all .. this has come from one of the guys we used to do mensuration of sites for and was one of the harvesting mangers for at the F.C. that two lots of Sitka fetched £60 a tonne standing in the borders in the last few months, prices are rocketing wether they stay i doubt it, but it will be good for some but the small saw mills and firewood merchants will suffer over next few years unless they have timber sewn up. -
I have always ran mine on 3/8 the thing is the 562 is the exact same saw just with a longer crank and running gear designed for 3/8 and the larger bar mount ...that said I’ve never had any problems on 3/8s with the 560 despite its running gear being more designed for .325. I even run my 550’s on 3/8 as well as it means I need one reel of chain for mid range up to 90cc saws.
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I’m pretty sure they are just teaching a choked line David. Was never a fan of the rope guide on a straight stick like .. you need a stub and I hate stubs , choke it tight and it won’t retrieve loose and it slips until it’s tight and won’t retrieve... I left my rope guide in a tree I decked out with targets for my ex to practise on over a year ago and have not gone back for it! I would SRT nearly all trees now.
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SRT -Rope wrench on a retrievable 3 -4 meter tail is spot on.. It won’t move choked off and you can position your self perfectly for the next cut put in the face and r retrieve easily for the back cut and stack up the lumps perfect... or ring or snatch .. what ever but it would be the only system I would use now.
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Basically your not gonna beat simon unless you have a tractor... not even a bcs meter finger bar can!
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Timber trailers.... what to consider when purchasing?
MattyF replied to swinny's topic in Large equipment
We run a botex 8 tonne with steering draw bar and brakes trailer is ok , crane is a 360 and will lift about a tonne maybe more close in , I’ve got some lumps on there but done by dragging and removing bolsters overall I would say the crane is sloppy and not amazingly well built but was the best we could afford at the time and has done the job well. I would not want anything bigger as it’s ran on a valtra 101 or 6400 and struggles on the road fully loaded I imagine a 11 tonne trailer would pull the arse out of the tractor. Also any thing bigger in the woods we work in and type of work that is done would be a hindrance. A driven trailer would be nice with a bigger crane but that would probably suit clear fell better and you would want a bigger trailer anyway! And would end up purpose built and there is no way I would leave a machine in the woods over night. -
Think I payed £30 for this brades a few years back , the seem to be going up in value so I’ve left this one as a house pet and have a well worn elwell no7 in the truck
