MattyF

Aye mark the alpha dog fox is boss.. when I lived down south In the woods next to a big pheasant pen the keeper of the shoot was an ex marine who had been in the Korean War , an entire encyclopaedia of anything country and life related .. I told him I had seen this big dog fox the size of an Alsatian close to the house and near the pheasant pens and he should shoot it... he looked at me funny and his reply was this , if you shoot that big fox you will get a hundred more come in and take his territory, he is the boss he controls every things around here. So I didn’t shoot the fox but some one else did ... within a week we had the chickens gone , the fox went through wire ripping itself apart in desperation to get them.. another keeper locally reckoned he had shot around 100 foxes in the same week trying to move in...that big old dog fox whilst he still had strength had kept out all the young pretenders .. personally I have no bother with fox hunting, in nature the weakest get taken out and a pack of hounds will never catch a heathy fox upsetting natures balance... predators keep a balance doing what they do.

The main benefit as I’ve already explained is about forces .. a friction device on the bottom of the spar with a pulley doubles the load on the top pulley , not good on a defective spar ... this is where imo the safe bloc comes in.

Right there , out of a trip of nostalgia I visited some cattle sheds I had seen my father birth a calf when I was about 8 ... they had been bull dozed and in its place a great big automated piggery ... I looked inside and saw at least 3 dead animals , the building breathed with the sun direction and dropped Feed at certain times of the day , the whole thing was automated ... I became a Vegy for three years after .. now I do eat meat but want to know it’s source... and to be honest would rather rear or shoot what I eat altogether.. no excuses really the whole industry is unethical. Had plenty of encounters with foxes over the years and most of them not nice but one interesting one was last year when I was wading in the North tyne fishing approaching a well known salmon lie and I clocked a fox on the other bank.. he was not so much watching me but what I was doing , kind of like teasing a dog with food watching it’s head movements it was watching my casting and what I was doing , spent a good 40 mins with him watching me until dog walkers came and he disappeared.. amazed me his brazenness to stand out in the open and show behaviour I would expect of my dog.

Turn and a quarter should be safe if there is no air leak with stihl carbs or copies I guess ? Always set mine to that.

Just Allen keys I thought.

Did think the same !

I would just use normal fuel , I do not think larger carbs are as prone to petrol issues as the smaller ones in two strokes... obviously stale fuel is not great so I would probably drain it if it’s been in there for months to be safe... it would be cheaper to get it gold plated than run it on aspen though.

So your using the haas as well as a foot ascender? It should work ,mine system will tend efficiently at around 2-3m. The trick is and it’s not some thing I do often my self unless there is a lot of thriffy growth in the way messing up my ascent by taking weight off the tail is tie a heavy throw bag on the tail so it’s hanging a few feet off the ground and keeping it taught... failing that I’ll get the groundy to keep the tail tight for a few metres , it think the technique will come the more you do it with out realising... I’m not sure there is one tbh just practice until you get to where it should be with a throw bag on the tail. What rope are you using ?

Pics or it didn’t happen vesp... nice story though.

The climber in Vespasians vid .. the legendary Graeme Mcmahon Top friction lessons the forces on the spar , if your using a friction device on the bottom your doubling the forces at the top... I have a safe block but pretty much only use it for defective trees , most of the rigging I do I will use a block pulley as it’s usually in tight situations and the ability to pull branches off targets or pre tension lines in necessary. I did a job recently though where it was a proper hike to the job a big tree over a wall and none of us could be bothered to carry anything!!it felt invigorating using natural crotch rigging for the first time in years but worrying about the damage on my £150 rigging line !

I do have a tacho now so will try and find out what it should be and try again , thing screams but not sure if that’s the none oem exhaust.

Really nice that james [emoji1303]

Found a few bits of maple , maybe too small ?

What is the deal with rippled sycamore? I’ve logged up loads as always thought it was pretty worthless but some one told me how much they had got for a stick a while back and I shuddered!

Will have a look

Still plenty of time on that one , need to check the plug colour.. still think it’s running lean.

I only give you the dirty ones Steve.

Nice saws, you selling them on?

The metal strip that sits in the plastic casing at the top has a habit of coming out or the plastic lip breaks off , if it has not broken off pry it back in with a combi spanner is usually the easiest way of getting them spot on again.. you have to really look as it’s only a case of barely a few mm.

What size is a minimum ?

Older machines had faster rollers but not as much grip on the rollers as the newer ones , also stronger chassis but that may be irrelevant if it’s got tin worm any way... rollers easily changeable though ... We have had 4 stolen over the years amongst all the others I’ve heard of going missing there will be ones that can’t get moved as easily... hence cheaper so check them over thorough. I think they say 400 hours for bearings but I’ve seen them with well over a thousand if looked after and blades changed regularly, check the fins on the fly wheel as they easy get damaged and throw the bearing out.

Think there was some advertisement for courses up near Penrith , plenty of b&bs up that way!

Igland make great winches ,should be around 5T pull but I would be very careful about buying any second hand winch.. I would try and have a play with it first , clutch could be knackered.. on igland web site it says there 5t winch is rated for tractors up to 90bhp ... have never ran a small winch on a bigger tractor so have no idea what would happen ,possibly burn the clutch out??

Does not seem to be any hi viz ones in stock any where.... apart from one full price I saw on eBay.

Same as stubby.