MattyF
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It didn’t unless they have done it quietly ... living in the forest I’m pretty sure our sheep would get it first but there are quite a few farms more remote than us , not that I’m bothered they seem to want to die anyway with out the lynx there.. we have taken them off entirely off one side slope as the generator shed kept flooding as they grazed it to nothing , might give some of the scotts pine a chance to naturally regenerate. I know all the local farmers opposed it though.
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I was gonna give it to my neighbour and see what she made of his opinion on sheep and reintroducing lynx but had second thoughts.. he has some interesting ideas but you can’t wipe out a whole way of life for folk because you don’t like it.. I also think conifer forest has a lot more benefits than he gives credit for.
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Haha ... started to get a bit carried away John ... nearly ended up drawing skeltator with a chainsaw and had to stop myself in a wtf moment.
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Yeah my safe blocs nearly popped out a couple of times .. it’s a handy bit of kit but expensive like the rings for what they are .... if you don’t like your rope .. or for factoring the cost of a rope next to rings pulleys etc just go oh natural?? Natural crotch rigging can be really smooth if not more effective at times... my bad sketch .. this technique save us on Monday and wish I had the go pro on so you would not have to settle for a crap sketch !! it took a huge top with complete ease and was so smooth it surprised me and I felt the safe bloc would of still needed backing up with a porta wrap if both had not been left out and put in another rigging kit, also the climber can easily control big loads self rigging ..if thought out I actually enjoy this style of rigging more than swinging /lift and balancing rigging.. feels more of an achievement than relying on fancy gear
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Beech ?
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I’ve found that drivers will try and scare the shit out of you if you ask to ride the hook ...but Nothing quite beats the feeling of being hoisted up to the cranes full height in a few seconds whilst you ponder over the tree below which is usually a big monster hence the crane in the first place ! .... makes the rest of the day go easier any way as your never at that height again.
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I can remember watching a climber dead Wood this beech on a Saturday morning back in the late 80’s ...I’m pretty sure he was wearing spikes ,years later we braced the same tree with cobra and I’m pretty sure the marks near George are spike marks as they ran in a consistent pattern.
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I just have memories of using our 201 and it going pete tong trying to chase a cut due to it being a complete gutless piece of crap... although it’s been fitted with the upgrade kit since .. I have no faith in it at all and the saw has not been on my belt since and made it a priority to fix the 540 immediately ......
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Not unless they ask or I am in a preaching mood and they are pretending to listen
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That’s it Mark , quick n easy.... another thing is if your learning SRT I felt it put the ropes I felt in more in line with a position more familiar to ddrt whilst your getting to grips with the system, Chester is on my shopping list next time I’m in gustharts now though for those all day trees I think it could be better and safer.
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One thing I think the Chester has in its advantage, is you can clip in the haas higher and get more progress than off the hitch climber .. not that it is an issue for me any way as it seems you can still get a decent stride off the hitch climber.
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Aye but you unclip it most of the time anyway so it’s still 50/50 I’m not giving it up until I’m forced.. I think it works sweet .. every time I try and put a Chester on its like doing a Rubics cube and I really hated the slings around your shoulder thing .. some times I will just hoy my lanyard over my shoulder off the back of the harness to the hitchcilmber if I’ve left my tether in the bag and I just need to get on.
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Why??? I’ve been using one for a few years now and solely using SRT for work so that’s a lot of hours with no incidents at all , I really don’t like putting a chest harness on and find it restricting and it just does not work with my climbing style I’ve adapted too , if I really had to use a chest ascender I would still fit an XRSE with elastic on in the top run I guess. .. I imagine that is probs what will happen as the health and safety police seem to have condemned them and the pinto retrievable anchor .. both of which I use every climb just because it’s easy minimalist and less hassle.
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They look good.
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I’ve had a Harkie one on mine for two years now and it’s not fallen off, but then the harness is a TM and it is designed to carry one ,previously used the stein ones and they didn’t seem to stay on long even with the TM first aid webbing.
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Definitely, I keep praying our oldest 150 dies so it can be replaced with a tiny echo ... local echo dealer quoted me £397 for the quarter Pitch all in for today... would definitely get the 1/4 pitch in as the sprocket was quite dear on the last one I converted... then all you have to do is fit the stihl bar.
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I’ve found the 540 one of the best top handles for anti vibes ... unless I’ve filled the rakers down too much ! Have you checked over the springs to see if they have broken ? I can’t see the grip being the problem unless a spring has snapped or is seriously bent.
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Think sticking dogs on will not be no good for pruning and tear up your trousers clipped up.
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What are you going to be doing with it ?? The hobbs is simple and great for pretensioning lines rigging big and you can dump big loads no worries on it it will lift but nothing like the grcs winch although it will lift it takes time if you try. I can live with my Hobbs type block though.
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Petzl Alvio , lightest and most vented.
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I’ve already started Kevin ... the news today was pretty disturbing with Russia saying it will take out any American base missiles are launched from ... interesting the way we are being fed story’s from Syria though , which ones the truth ? https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5386503/amp/More-640-Russian-mercenary-soldiers-killed-Syria.html https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.spiegel.de/international/world/american-fury-the-truth-about-the-russian-deaths-in-syria-a-1196074-amp.html Genocides in history though Hitler is 3rd after stallin and in first place Mao Zedong ... not saying he wasn’t a massive (unt but the out come of Europe would of been even more horrific if Hitler never invaded Russia and the war machine stallin was building to take the world to communism never of been exhausted fighting the Nazis with the slaughter of 11 million of its troops being left pretty impotent against further battle and giving us 50 years of Cold War stale mate.
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You do realise the northern hemisphere ... no probably the world will be an apocalyptic nuclear waste land after ?
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I’ve got one but unsure of the size ... think it could be the 2.5 m as I’m sure I’ve come across a few trees it’s been too small on.. either way a bowline is still does the job if not.
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Battery’s go pop too dude , and that’s with out smoking tabs ... like I said earlier I’ve never seen any saw explode ... there was a time I heard of a lad who I showed a trick too that if you emptied a tiny bit of fuel out your saw tank on some dead pine needles and fanned with the exhaust it would get a bonfire going real quick with out a blower and litres of diesel.. unfortunately his saw went up when he put the exhaust up close after dumping half a tank on some scotty needles, I guess petrol vapour on a naked flame ... I’ve fuelled up daily with a tab going as break is a tab and refuel and get cracking again and never ended engulfed in a ball of flames , not saying it’s a bright thing to do ...but there it is.
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Here’s an interesting one it says stihl but that’s definitely a husky 550 right ?
