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Any where north of the arctic circle, not sure about summer solstice, but I was just starting to go dark at the back end of august.
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I've got one, more of a fun item then owt else. I struggle with my left as I can't do the circles required to keep it going:blushing: Good for a quick pump so you can't hold your tea, but for long term stamina - not convinced. Have been banned from using it after the kids are in bed, too noisy:001_tongue:
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When you're asked to leave the brew room of the hotel you're working at due to what's dropping off you.
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Which comes first, the gob cuts or the cut at 90º to the hinge? Looks like a nice job, even if your mate is dressed for fishing!
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Jacko, did you see the bit in the last West. Gazette, a small reduction of a TPO'd Yew in Grasmere. Reduced!!, taken to a 2 m stump from a 4m x 5m specimen. Good job the LDSPB gave consent for the reduction! Sorry no photo's as I've only seen the before and after shots in the paper.
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I got mine from the spot in Penrith (Cumbria). They hold about 1 cubic metre and are tagged as multi trip. Haven't had them as long as Firewoodman but haven't bust one yet. One thing I'd recommend if you're using a forklift to shift them is to get them with side sleeve no loops, easier to stack (could even get rid of the pallet in between?).Not sure it's possble but worth an ask as they do custom openings etc for solid bulk bags. I stack them in a long stack (2 wide at the base with the upper layer offset by 1/2 a bag to one side) on pallet base and divider between layer. I saw it some where............. http://www.bagsupplies.com/ventedlogbags.htm Dean I doubt it stop them getting nicked, unless you get some with a metal mesh weave, and add them to the container circuit!
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I'm on Samson Stable braid (19mm I think), ISC pulley blocks and buckingham porta wrap (Hobbs if I an justify it on a job) plus whoopie slings etc. How big is big? Cranes or cut and chuck?
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I'm in please Lee, and good on ya for doing it.
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Got to agree with Bob R on this one. I've spent years teaching / taking rock climbing sessions and it's a matter of time before you find screwgate open that you're sure that you shut. We even went as far as running ropes through Fig 8's on top belays, had too many screwgates vibrate open on top belays. I find it easier to watch krabs when you're rubbing past a branch than all the time.
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Anyone got an armor prus source in the UK, my OP has worn out and was good but still looking.
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STS Might have a week for him, starting 18th August. All based in Windermere. It'll be some big take down, chipping, tidying, and plenty of dragging / tea drinking. I'll need to check with the employer etc but if he's interested let me know. Dave -
Climate Change - Man made or not?
treedave replied to Jack-Arb aka Tiago Sinclair-Julio.'s topic in General chat
Personally,I take little notice of academic research and its creators. Their motives can be "swayed" by funding i.e. The british sugar bureau research and their advice on healthy eating. As with many scientific topics, you can find statistics and reports to support you're own opinion. The point I was trying to make (and obviously failed!) was that even if the world heats up the local consequences can be totally different. I prefer to look at the whole issue as climate change, sometimes rapid and unexpected change, but the world has gone through it before. Last time mammals ended up with an evolutionary leg up, my bet for next time is the insects - ants if you push me to pick a front runner. -
Climate Change - Man made or not?
treedave replied to Jack-Arb aka Tiago Sinclair-Julio.'s topic in General chat
I wouldn't worry about the warming, if it melts the ice on Greenland (as the thickness is decreasing at a measurable rate), the extra freshwater will upset the salinity levels causing the gulf stream / Atlantic conveyor to fail, thus causing is to have weather on a par with Moscow, but with more rain. Anyone for Ice storms? Then again it might not:001_tongue: -
West coast fallers to be, I believe. I've got the weekend to learn how to set the video:001_tt1:
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I chucked my last top handle from the top of a 30m beech, but it was a 335. Then they agreed to replace my saw.Good luck with the 338.
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:dito: I like to give people the benefit of the doubt, but then they go and prove you wrong!
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I looked on their site too, but nothing grabbed me, the search continues:thumbdown: Ta for the info Dean, good job you didn't buy in Kendal - they are seriously un-cheap!
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Dean, What's the name of the white rock you've got?
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Just the once............. 2 day ticket - £24!
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Turners will have it, especially the pieces with a whorl of branches in it.
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Climate Change - Man made or not?
treedave replied to Jack-Arb aka Tiago Sinclair-Julio.'s topic in General chat
Apart from the dino fuels that fell, take to the yard, split, cut again and deliver it. But hey, don't tell the ecomentalists that, they'll label firewood as "unsustainable", give it the greenwash and roll on the green pound -
Macs all the way, home , work the lot. I find them fast to learn (more intuitive than then the multitude of steps in PCs). The design dept of one of my employers uses big mac servers and 24" flat screens, they say the graphics and colours are better (they do web and trad catalogue designs). The newer mac book pro's seem to be fast and capable, the missus has one and is usually running excel, filemaker pro, entourage (email) and powerpoint at the same time with no issues (or delays) I'm waiting for someone to bring out a decent autocad style prog for Macs to create/read .dwg etc.
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It may work for you, each to their own. I prefer to give them a reasonable price (£800-900 for me) and then get the repeat work / word of mouth recommendation. It's paid dividends in the past - 1 job turning into 7 along a line of houses fringing a wood. What do they say/think about you when they get another quote and it's £600-800 cheaper?
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To an extent I agree about firewoods point around only using hardwood as logs. Chip boilers are just efficient with softwood chip as on hardwood chip, I've even been told a local forester turned arb consultant that scots pine has the same calorific value as beech - the only difference is the rate at which it's released. In the south lakes there was a historic industry that utilised coppice woodland (gunpowder, steel, charcoal, weaving, bobbins, cockling / fishing etc) for its raw materials. As a result we have a large amount of derelict coppice woodland, until the price of firewood rises enough to make it economic to work it again, it's gonna stay that way. The recent opening of the biomass plant at Lockerbie has caused a run on firewood, with a lot of firewood merchants in the north of the county running low/ or out, last winter. Not quite at the clear fell stage yet, but that's only round here.
