MattyF
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Joe has a very valid point and it really annoys me that company’s and people see no issue with selling metal saw hooks , I climbed on a metal hook for about 10 years so know the risks and would never use another ,stick with the caritool ... if you rig big and think you need a big strong hook for your big saw think about what happens when that big lump of a top folds around but does not quite fold enough to give you clearance and the line brushes past you snagging the hook... only takes one time and it has potential to do a lot of damage, I’ve had it happen on small bits and that’s no worries but once rigging a big multi stemmed ash out over badger sets I had a whole top sit in the hook ..I had to cut my strop and take the swing with the lump as I could not move and was getting torn in half ! Ached for a long time after and I would consider that very lucky.
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What's the longest you've spent throwing a throw bag?
MattyF replied to billpierce's topic in Climbers talk
I have spent 40 mins or more trying to get a line in before , can throw pretty accurate usually ! -
I have an older one, does the job and have cut plenty of building materials with it for barns. Would like some thing faster although I’m tempted to change the engine as it’s only an 18hp Koehler... does the job and they are priced according to there abilities.
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Check the earths Jonny , our Valmet has given us loads of grief and was all fixed when they re-earthed the switch’s. We also have problems now with the gears going from high to low box’s but that’s linkage .. get underneath and wiggle and it’s fine!
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Was there any die back in the upper crown? Looks to have healed well.. I’ve seen folks kill mature broad leaves doing that though.
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Get sleep and forget working hard to play hard , burning the candle at both ends and all that .. this job will burn you out and mess you up for life if you go beast mode 24-7.. human body and mind is more fragile than you think and needs to recover.
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I used one for a few tanks and it really impressed me ,instead of a pencil sharpener I was expecting it was pretty gutsy and quick in the cut for a small saw.
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Once the carbs go they are usually knacked.. unless you know how to fix or blank off the accelerator pump I would just buy a new one, they should be about 1 turn out each with the low jet tweaked out between maybe quarter of a turn more and maybe also a slight tweak on the H as they tend to scream with just one turn but only ever seized a couple at the most on that setting and that was probably down to air leaks some where else...If it’s sucking in crap it maybe worth checking the fuel lines for holes and replacing the tank pick up filter.
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Better grip and dexterity, also don’t fall apart in long shards they just wear out.
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Clutch , anti vibes , fuel lines , impulse line,carb gauze and ignition module have all failed on mine of about the same vintage.. also I straight fuelled it once which it didn’t like!
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One of mine is a bit hit n miss , recently swapped clutch covers over and it’s improved it but I’m thinking I have not put the break handle back together properly one time after replacing it...
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There is a few floating about in the uk that where pre production models.
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Didn’t like the Bdb myself .. felt too heavy , lots of drag and fickle on ropes it was used on ... the akimbo was great on new ropes and definitely the easiest to use in a Tree especially for mid line attachment it just didn’t like sap of conifers ,saw dust or just being around them it seemed it would stick and lock up and not tend... hopefully the production model will have sussed a few issues , I did get a spare spring off rich but do too many conifers to make it work for me. .. had to go back to the reliable hitch climber and cord set up.
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I’ve probably shortened it a few inches since or binned that cord .. was looking at the photo and thinking I retied one of the fisherman’s as I had just taken one off to re wrap with tape ..it just happened to be the only photo I could find on the phone of how I tie that hitch! I seem to remember that was a sporty reduction climb though so maybe I didn’t!
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This is what I’m on , looks ridiculous as the legs are long but love it, never binds and tends slack pretty much instantly .. you have to dress it and there is a bit of sit back but have yet to loose it in too free fall ..just got to watch the gloves in the wrench ! Find having the wrench close to the knot really helps with drag on limb walks with being able to pull the wrench on to the knot and still have control with one hand but I doubt there are many who would want to use it ,I have tried the HItch hiker , bulldog bone , akimbo , and ZZ all seem to have there issues but with a hitch you can tune it and make it fluid for movement so much easier
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I think it’s what you get used too .. I climbed on a Prussic for an Ariel rescue last week and it amazed me how much it slipped and binded up ascending , really didn’t like it. Don’t mind sit back or having to dress the hitch as long as it self tends, self tending with any system is what I want but really don’t like the zigzag and find it binds and does not self tend as well as a super loose vt type knot but I’ve only really used it on a ropewrench , been on 8mm armour prus for years, great stuff and very difficult to burn out , I was using liros before and having it last one climb.
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Can’t like that post , sorry to hear your going through this Dom ,I know the angst you will be going through right now too well.. hope you get some where with recovery of any gear or catch the bastards !
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I think that one is 2002! It’s a bit like triggers broom though...
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More mate I think
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In a Feild in the north Tyne valley nr Hexham ,Northumberland mate. Next door have a huge stack of oak that Scott’s turned down , chatting to the guy and he said as soon as there was any branch on a trunk they are not interested. He was getting good money for clean sticks but he looked at my photos and said that’s fire Wöod laddie! Shame as ring count was about 250.. I would mill it for posts before fire wood though.
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What are the opinions on the smaller branches on the stem decreasing value ?
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Was chasing it up off the stump , I recon another 8” and it will be fine bill... didn’t want to cut any more off! And I had taken a tooth off the 88 with a stone on the stump.)
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5m to first fork by 1m log interested to know to give him a fair price if I buy it for my mill but have seen oak prices vary wildly and it does have a few smaller branches on the 5 m straight length I was thinking around £200?
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So for instance your leylandii , you can not see what they are resting against at the top so when you get to the top that 1” twig that was keeping them straight breaks and they twist even with some on the bottom they will still twist..
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Have seen people twice go through conifers off ladders breaking ribs.. one of the cringeworthy things I’ve seen was a guy on the top run trying to get to the first branch on a massive beech .. in the end he tied a half a brick to the end of his climbing line as a throw weight which came back down on its first attempt right between his eyes and off the ladder he came.
