digga
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you might be ok i have big hands but sure they will change them if you send them back before wearing them if to small . found a couple of places that sell them shame more places dont stock them
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on a hedge laying job last year totally trashed a pair of welding gloves in 2 days . yet with the Ripeur2's i done 600 metres and only sign of wear is on the cuffs would definatly buy another pair they take a little breaking in but can use a billhook while wearing them after broken in but like rover told me buy a size bigger than you think you need
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they do look thinner but job to tell tried the red 1s from screwfix last year only lasted 2 days on a thorn hedge and got jabbed all the time by thorns even before the holes appeared
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im left handed after rover recomended them got a couple of pair of the ripeur 2 gloves definatly the best gloves i have used .way better than the welding gloves use to use for hedge laying and not to stiff once broken in be better if they had a longer cuff but going to try extend them with a old pair of welding gloves going to try this stuff [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyPDrg09Rek]Bish's Original Tear Mender - THE test showing strength & speed of Tear Mender - YouTube[/ame] looks very usefull stuff
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well done dorset didnt managed to get up there :-( sounds like a nasty trip up there hope u had a better trip back
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wear my haix blue mountain for everything including hedge laying very comfy boot and havent had wet feet in them yet there gore tex inside and just put on another pair of thick socks in the winter if needed very nice boots
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<p>hello russell im based in east sussex south east of england how about you ? really nice work on the hedges in your pictures</p>
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yes strange how it goes was busy last year done around 600 metres but season only just started so could pick up yet :-)
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busy with fencing and forestry work but no hedge laying booked in as yet hoping that changes
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hoping to be able to get up there for a look around
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very nice work dorset
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might try and go this year again but not to enter unless i get some hedgelaying booked in this year to get some practice first must try do a comp sometime
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im hoping to go tomorrow fingers crossed
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thanks steve
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hedgelaying isnt a easy way to earn good money sometimes you will earn good money on a hedge and on another you will work your butt off and get nowhere same with any job you have to take the good with the bad
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lot of things can change what you can produce in a day like having to work around mature trees like oaks to be left ? are you cutting to length? burning the top as you go by hand or putting in piles ? One thing for sure you will earn your money. also if you lack in experience your not going to be producing much to start with lots of little things you learn as you go along the way cutting chestnut coppice that save you time and a lot of work and sweat and there for putting your production rate up
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thanks will have a look at those but still not totally made my mind up on the phone
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hi time for upgrade on the phone and was looking at the Samsung Galaxy S III Mini as the carphone warehouse have a offer with a free tablet which would be handy. but looks like otterbox dont do a case for the mini so does anyone know of another good case ?
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when trying to lay over big stuff when hedge laying find it helps to try and reduce some of the top weight first with the poles saw to make it more controlable on the way down less likely to bust off the pleach but willow grain is a lot more stringy than a old thorn tree so wont be so much of a problem just need to watch out more for getting a barbers chair due to just cutting in from the back on leaning stuff
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enjoy making the hurdles got a few to make at the moment including the miniture border ones the small ones seem to take just as long to make but can use some of the small wood up i cant use for other rustic stuff
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they look great its allways nice to find a bit of wood with Character and design the rest around it and glad to see the hurdles are still holding up and doing you good service
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in really wet ground conditions for straining posts and hand digging found that putting feet and breast plates on the strainers helps a lot but can add work and time to them but they do hold well
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Coppice workers conference next month
digga replied to TobyAllen's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
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yes can see it would have been a pig to lay but as you said very satisfying when you can make something look good from a bad hedge. makes the extra hard work worth it looks like you laid some back the other way to fill the gaps more nice touch
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nice job looking good allways good to see how much difference a well layed hedge makes
