Mike Hill
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Get the Saw that suits the Job you intend to do with it. Its the operator that makes using a Chainsaw unsafe.
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What is your single most beneficial exercise for Arb work.
Mike Hill replied to coolie's topic in General chat
Normally I relax and tone up with some Finnish Disco. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwakjoSs754]YouTube - Finnish Disco Dancing[/ame] -
Clip a Throw bag to the end of your rope with a Key Chain type Biner,it will make it swing a bit when you lob it over a Crotch.
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What dates are you thinking of Mick?
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To be honest,with the Exception of the "RC" serise of lowering Devices and Brush trailer.I do not think Stein makes anything of professional quality,I struggle to accept that this is any different.
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This guy is probably Polish... [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L2yYsoDFB4]YouTube - Tredoktor[/ame]
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Long lowering Rope
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Good thinking! How about a special scabbard to wear on your back?You would probably have to weld a little piper extension to the Muffler on your saw to carry the hot exhaust away from your neck.But it would be a couple of steps up the ladder from the "Windmill"?
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I normally knock the Bark off with and Axe to save the Chain and Face cut at ground level.If your back cut is level with the Bottom of the Face cut,it reduces the negative effects of any Wavy Fibers. As I understand,the "Step" between the corner of the Face Cut and the Back cut is to prevent the Tree Sliding back off the Stump should it hit another Tree as its falling?Somthing we seldom encounter in Garden Tree Work. I fail to see the point in your promoting of this Technique futher than stimulating discussion.
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I liked it. For all we know they could be a bunch of Loggers who taught themselves how to do this.They may not be any further aware of this industry than the "Sherrill" Cataloge. I do sloping Cuts on the Big Stuff if I can,helps to have a Bar long enough to reach all the way through and these guys had one. I don't think this Video is pretentious,its just a few unpolished Climbers getting it done in their own way.Thats pretty much how I Roll too.
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If you have a small client base,sendout Christmas cards all of them.Or to clients who spent more than say £700.These are the Clients with money who will have some to spare at this time of year.
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Try and dry out your boots at night.Put them ontop of a open Door as the air is warmer and stays warmer up high. Wear your Thick Socks/Cotton Socks combo and change the inner pair at lunchtime.
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You didn't make that cut up. Its been used for years to Fell Heavy leaning Trees.You used the technique and then applied Tension using an external device. Your cut is the same as this one. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWXWh6wDOXY]YouTube - bore and release[/ame]
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Eat some Beans? Its nice to start up a Diesel and not smoke out the yard though.
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With the cold Weather the UK is experiancing,it may be a good idea to fit a Block Heater to your Truck or work Vehicle. They cost very little,last for ages and make starting easier for your Vehicle. You simply remove a Frost Plug in the Engine Block and replace with a Heater Element.As you screw it in,the back expands and forms a Seal.It works just like the Element in your Kettle,except not boiling the Water.As the Warm Water Circulates the Engine,its keeps internal Fluids Viscous. To use you simply plug the car into the mains. Unbelievably the parking meters in Fairbanks Alaska have Sockets to plug your Car into. Magnetic Heaters are normally attached to the Sump of Machinery.This warms the Oil and the the Engine from the Bottom up.They are not as effective as Block Heaters but easy to remove and apply.
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I suggest you call all the Scrap Metal Dealers in your area.You might turn one up or they can let you know when one comes in?
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Clean and Tidy mate! Well done!
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Toyota rebadged them as the "Blizzard",they were popular in New Zealand.Kind of like a little Landcrusier.
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A wasted Whale is not a Whale wasted Josh
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Sure! We could record the sounds of her feeding the young and play it on a loop.I am not sure about any Harbours,my idea was to have a Meat Plant in it and have the Japanese and Norwegians pull up along side to buy. Cut out the Middlemen.
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Classic!
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We would drag them in from the Side Josh.We would only put them on deck once it was full.I would expect great results from HMS Sea Beef,Whales are pretty stupid and I doubt they would catch on to being chased by 1million tons.
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I think Landrover have come up with some great Engines,the 200 and 300 tdi donks are reliable and deliver sufficient horsepower up to the 110". I don't agree with you on the drivetrain statement,gearboxes have never been a strong point of the Green Oval.Along with Oil Seals. Most of the breakages I have seen/done to 4X4's has been down to poor driving.Mainly hitting things to fast or tramping the Axels in events of intermediate traction.
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That would have been nice.Some of the Trials Trucks back home have V8's from Lexus in them,or Lexi as Alan Partridge said.
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Get alot of Birch into that so you would.
