Mike Hill
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He might have been making a"chair cut" you cut laterally first,then down on an angle to meet the lateral cut. Its good for cran use as if the boom is no centered or the peice torques it won't swing towards you.Or once you have met the lateral cut and there isn't enough tension on the peice,it won't jamb your saw.
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Good thinking Tom! I'm going to give it a try,somthing different anyway mate.
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Welcome to the forum!Get your tickets by all means,but your attitude will gain you emploment.Just use your course knowledge as a basis and value the advise you get in the feild. Best of luck mate.
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I have never had a flat tyre,which makes me an excellent driver.Much better than anyone who has ever had a flat tyre,which was of course their fault as they were driving.
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I never go to a Rave in a woodland without mine! "reach for the lazers...."
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Any phone call like "I think the tree is going to fall over any minute" is enough for me to hit the imaginary "Emergency rate meter" that is mounted on the dash of the Unimog. None have fallen over before we have got there.Ever.
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Cambium saver will fly accross the garden and lever the clients cat. Its only happend to me once but it had me laughing for weeks.
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Its going to happen.We have all been walking for years but somtimes we trip over,safe chainsaw use and two attachment points (lanyard and rope around the stem) help minimise the ammount of skin you'll loose.But thats alsopart of the job I'm afraid.
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Well done Dean! Sad thing is that the old man probably gave some of the best years of his life to defend the rights that those little vermin who attacked him enjoy. I hope the scum get banged up.
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I beleive they are either genunine Sthil saws manfactured in South America or knock offs from China. Sthil makes saws for the local market,German ones for europe,has a plant in the US and one or two in south America. OSH woun't permit these saws to be used hand held in NZ.They lack a chainbreak.If I were you,I'd hold off buying one untill you have had a look at one in person. Thats my $0.02
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I'm going to the APF! Then Egypt for ten days in Dec
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Chop it in half with the axe mate.Its just not worth taking chances with stuff like that imho
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Thanks for posting the video! As you said ,there is alot you still need to learn.You probably know just how lucky you might have been to get away with the way that top split out!If it had slabbed down the stem instead of upwards like it did,the result would have been certain injury or even death. Thanks again for posting and I hope you stick around,contribute to the forum and pick up a thing or two!
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That was as high as my pole saw would reach.Yes,even with the Broom duct taped to the end of the handle and standing on the roof of my van. I am however going to remedy the situation once I get hold of Lee's pole set in Sept.Then I'll be back to do a propper job.As well as some block paving and mount loverly concrete statues of horse's on the gate posts.
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No actutally he stubbed his toe getting into his "Freelander" .However thats academic as he no longer is in the Arb industry. His opinion however remains valid.
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I'm curious to know,if anyone who has worked doing another trade at peoples homes,painter,carpenter etc.Did clients ask you to do little "could you just.." jobs at no cost?
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"Gay Cowboy" sayes "I'd have used a gob too Mani"
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I worked out there a couple of times,500DM per day,free accom and free Beer.Loved the place and once got a Merc chip truck up to 160kmph down the autobahn to Freiborg.
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Earmuffs keep my Tweed flatcap pefectly in place.Also they help secure the hankycheif I wear on my head during the hot summer months.
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The regular "Gob" cuts come first.The cuts at 90deg are to halve the "Gob" to make it easier to knock the gob out.The saw bar is 36" and I bored the middle out of the Tree from the front. I usually make the bottom cut of the "Gob" upwards,so in conjunction with a inwards facing top cut in the "Gob" you can fit the power head of the saw further into the "Gob" when boring out the middle.
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Loverly day for a bit of felling. The client kept the Timber as he "wanted a few planks for his cabin". Safe to say he will have all he'll ever need!
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The local council "Head tree expert" took the Mayor (no chainsaw experiance) to fell the Cities Christmas tree last year.Unfortunatly the "gun climber" put the strop for the crane to high and after the Mayor severed the Trunk the top snapped off and nearly flattend the Mayor,Tree expert and "gun climber".
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Hubcap? Put a big wood bolt through the middle.Should be good.
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Does that mean pulling the drum laterally and smacking it with a hammer ?I blead the cylinder at the drum this arvo but no joy there.I think the shoe has stuck to some rust on the drum and can't come off.
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Well,the new clutch went it well.But with "Dirty Dorris" being parked up for a few days the rear brake pad has stuck to the Drum.I see that you can usually wind the pad away from the drum via a screw type device,but alas the one in the Drum mentioned has fallen off.So could I just insert a screw driver in there,put vice grips in the shank and try and turn it?Or might that break somthing? I really don't want to have to take the Wheels off and hammer the drum off (if it will come off at all).I know I could try and bleed the cylinder on the hub but I'd like to know if the pad can be backed off the drum by turning with a screw driver?
