Mike Hill

I think we have it right there. No ammount of training or experiance will completly eliminate the risk of kick back.There are to many factors that can cause it.The size of the saw and log in question are irrelevent in my opinion,bad technique sounds like the cause here,and that can cause injury with a 088 or a silky.

My thoughts to him and his family.A tradgic accident and a reminder to us all.

If you do get the job Dean,it should easily pay for a new paint job on your landy. And a coat for Teddy....you miserable sod.

Thats a sentiment that is to often disregarded,especially around where I live.Pops seem to have been a quick solution to gaining large tree stock in parks.They grow big fast and fail big and fast. Top marks on a good job and hats off to the people with the knowledge to know when the tree's time was up.

Why no smokers? Are drinkers ok?

Looks good that does! Wish I could weld outside like that! I'd need scuba gear at the moment....bloody rain.....

Did you know Fred Dibnah?He was also a pretty handy sort of bloke:001_tongue: Welcome to the forum mate and best of luck in the job search.

Thanks Andy. I had a welding/drilling/threading feista and made one up.I just wanted to know what it was called. Thanks again

Hello I don't have a picture of this item,but need to know its name. It is the fitting that connects the flexable hydraulic hose to the ridgid steel pipe that runs into the body of a hydraulic ram. It is about an inch square and is connected to the flexable hydraulic hose by a double male fitting.It is welded to the pipe that goes to the ram body. I will upload photos when I can. Thanks in advance

Beautiful pictures mate!

I think that your confidence in your ability should progress with the size of the Trees you find yourself climbing. If I find myself getting abit shakey,then I slow right down,think through what I am about to do and change my plans if what I intended to do now sounds like a bad idea.

I still lived in London when that first came in.All it seemed to do was encourage people park at a train station abit further away than they used to, then get the train in.

Should have left the engine running Dean. Problem solved.

New caps are "the experts choice",except no experts seem to like them. Old screw type caps on the 066's here in Norway.

I would recomend getting your HGV if you don't already have it.It will make you much more attractive as a prospective employee and give you a back up in the slack times. Your atitude will count so much more than your gender in this industry.I have met/worked with/and helped train many climbers.The climbers attitude is whats important. Best of luck with your search!

Numerous stitches both inside and out,020 into chest. Lost a bit of my pectoral muscle and it also seemed to have stunted the growth of my chest hair.

Tying the lowering rope below the peice I was snatching down. Only done it once,once was enough.

Get some base experiance and then head overseas for abit.

Diesel and waste engine oil works very well to preserve wood outdoors.Its not very eco freindly but it works.

I've just done the bearings in the PTO box on my mog.Although only the rear output bearing was going bad,I took the box completely out and replaced all the bearings right through.Having the box off I discovered that the PTO thrust ring had fallen off the clutch fingers and broken a finger mount in the process.I am pleased I took the whole box off. You might be lucky and find all the bearing at another supplier,but as some have a groove in the casing for an external circlip you might have to source those from a dealer. If I had been inclined to only replace the rear output bearing,then you could do it by taking off the rear output flange and after taking draining the oil,take the rear cover off the output and intermediate shaft.There is a drain plug under the rear PTO shaft but I would advise against undoing it,as they can be hard to acess and since you are taking the rear cover off,oil in that area will come out the back.

I like trees but...the chipper likes them more!

Thats true!

I hope that you at lease pee'd in her garden.

200 days of rain on average here in Bergen.No choice but to get on with it.