Mike Hill
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Best thing is to ask the supplier what they recomend.13mm Portland braid was crap when wet (grabbed too much).I am using 14mm at the mo,its a bit thick for most stuff but I got it wrong when I ordered. I have some 17mm tennex for the big stuff,I got it free and its ace. There probably are lines best suited to them.Google might be the best bet if it picks up info from other forums.
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You really can't go wrong with a GRCS mate.They would sell alot more of them if it was possible to demo them for a week before pulling the trigger on one.Not so many people have them so industry exposure is pretty minimal considering the productivity gain. A bit like imagine attempting to describe the benefits of a Wood Chipper to a man who had Bashed down Tranist loads all his life.Then expecting him to cough up for one.
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Pretty much mate.It also breaks down into two parts.Good if you have to carry it any distance.
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Over all yeah. IF you were spanging big lumps from single stem trees all day long,then a Hobbs is for you. But for everywere else outside the Pacific North West then GRCS.It is truly one of those things that you wish you had bought a long time ago. You get a static Bollard as well as the Winch with a GRCS,so its win/win.
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Best bit of non motorized kit I have bought. It paid for itself in a couple of months,I bought it specifically for one particular job and now it practically goes out with us ever day. Get one.
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Bits of Lowering Rope normally,Tie a Loop in one end and have four of them hanging off the Hook.You can balance any length branch with four "Spider Legs" as the Yanks call them. I hate using Chains,Slings are alot easier to handle of the Big stuff.
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You should be able to get a serviceable Tracked machine and trailer for 9K.
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I had a T22,it was Blue and had absolutely no padding it.Or loops to hang anything off. Maybe if the gear was as lacking in "Glamour" now as it was then,there would be a hell of alot fewer "Tree tarts" about.
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Pretty all of the above sounds like a lack of maintenance coupled with abuse,on top of inexperianced/incompetent people doing the repairs. You can change the top and bottom feed roller bearing(s) in a couple of hours. Ignition barrels jamb on pretty much all machines in dusty enviroments,you have to wash them out with WD40 periodically and pay attention that the key returns from the start position. There is a bolt that winds into a dimple on the cutter wheel to hold it when you are changing blades,its under where the bolts are that hold the cover on the Cutter disc housing.Failing that,use a Axe across the fins on the back of the Cutter wheel. The Steel on Jensens is excellent,even my spastic welding seems to stick.If you think its then and tinny,have a look at a Timberwolf. All machines require maintenance,especially Wood Chippers,considering how much vibration they are subject to.
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IF the Gaffer wants you to run,then do it or find another job. Its not up to you to set the tempo of the job.Running,down a drive or about a Garden is not the Royal Marine Assault course and all this talk of "Rolling Ankles" is merely a display of the Pathetic self possessed entitled attitude that sadly prevails in Society today.
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Yank Trucks are just that,Trucks.Not light weight ponce wagons with a extra driving axel up the front. Heavy components,large Engines,Comfortable and reliable. My last Suburban with a 6.2 V8 Diesel in it,used about the same fuel as a Transit van.And thats towing a 2 ton trailer all day,every day on very steep roads. I have been using them for going on 8 years in the Arb industry,and wouldn't think of using anything else.I can get practically any part over the internet.The Engines and drive train are bullet proof. Year before last I was towed a Trailer of two tons and a Nissan Narvara that had a mini digger on a trailer up a hill in the snow.
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Don't be shy,tell us
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2002 England:Transit Vans and Three Strand,Loler'd nothing and a Pint at Lunch time.
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California/Norway/Alaska/New Zealand/Canada/England
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Brilliant!
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Do you really need Chainsaw foot "protection ?" I just use whatever hiking boots fit my feet,or Wesco boots from America in the Summer when I am feeling like a Logger.I have never cut a foot and frankly think that anyone who has is a bit of a Bell End.
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Quite right Peter. Allan is a dab hand on Hydraulic Tree jacks and sharpens the 52 inch bar to Perfection!
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Allan has been climbing for about a year.This is the largest Tree he has taken down so far. He learned how to wedge over Tops and climb 120ft+ Trees on the 10 week course he did when he left the forces.
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Are you ex-military?....no not one of Steve's polls!!
Mike Hill replied to armybloke's topic in General chat
You must have been in the SAS. -
Don't try to catch a Pig by its Ears. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A46Ndk-ru0U]Wild boar rips injured Hunter while hog hunting with dogs - YouTube[/ame]
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Engine rebuilt twice in 9 years,sounds great!
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Thanks for the kind offer.Someone else has already done that.Saw is fixed.
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I took the carb out to fix some of the linkage and......can't remember the how the cut off contact goes back in.I have cocked about with this too long,can anyone help?
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Does look a handy bit of gear.Wouldn't have been long ago the price tag on that would have been 50K plus.
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I found this interesting [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxaesGo2EKw]Poppa gettn a tow.... NEK MINIT... Foxpine steals the show! - YouTube[/ame]
