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  1. Brushcutter
    Are you looking to do purpose built ones or agri based? I did agri based forward which was unit 1.3 3.1-3.3. It was quite expensive did a day theory then a day for 1.3 and a day for 3.1-3.3 then 6 months practice practice practice. Did mine with Land based training.
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    Let me know how you get on with them. I'm in the market for new irons mine are an old set of pole gaffs. Post pics when they arive.
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    Herkules 10mm is great think i got mine from proclimber. Normally use Regate 10mm as it can be picked up most places. nice on the hands grips well and lasts quite well.
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    Nice. Timberjack is it? Any reason you went for it over a tractor/forwarding trailer combo.
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    Ok 800 quid at 25 for my Navara isn't that bad then.
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    Fill it with wood chips. Is the insurance a killer?
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    That topping out was just scary. Swinging a super axe that close to the strop holding you in the tree is just crazy. Not to mention the 'penciling' going on. We have to so much easier and safer. Truely fantastic bit of footage. I know Oregon did a calander with all the old day logging photos on it. Try searching ebay.
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    I too use the Buxtons slick line, i don't like the weaver stuff. I've hurd good things about Zingit i'd imagin thats what most people use.
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    I'm a forester there employed full time. It's a fine site to work. Just finished the tree surveying seen a lot of fungi. If you haven't you should check out the beech pollards up at Frisden and the big beeches along the college road.
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    I work on the Ashridge Estate. Take it thats Docky wood?
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    Fantastic a proper job. I'd love a go on a harvester.
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    NPTC | Latest News | Important change to Level 2 Chainsaw and Related Operations and PA4S and PA4G Update sums it up nicely. 49 is about making trees that want to go one way go the other.
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    Blakes on the climbing line and a VT on the lanyard. Sometimes i put a VT on the climbing line don't really get on with it.
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    Caple Manor are doing 40/41 in mid/late June. Not sure how close that is to you but it may be doable. There isn't a 33 anymore the larger trees are now in 32 and the specialist tree felling is cs49.
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    I have a 660 wish i had got the 395. My 660 seems to spit the spark plug out a lot and the chainbreak fills up with debris rather quickly. I've always been a Husky Fan the STIHL just feel wrong. I don't really use it that much anymore just for milling.
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    It's fairly rot resistant isn't it. You could make a fair few fence posts. I think it's a little brittle for building materials.
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    My mistake there are two road narrows signs as well, so 8 in total.
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    Buxtons did me a Chapter 8 kit for about 500 quid just the signs though. It's 2 men at work "tree cutting" signs, 2 men at work "end" signs 2 keep right arrows. All folds up into two bags about 5' long.
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    I very rarely use a felling bar in the woods. Others like it but i like wedges and a Scandinavian felling axe. I used one a few week ago to put a sycamore down the track so we could winch it out tip first my back felt that i can tell you. It was a little too small for wedges.
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    Swining Dutchmens? Prehaps with some hing tapering and a wedge in the fence side? However you did it, it is very impressive wish i had the stones to fell that tree against so much lean.
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    I've had a TomTom One XL for a few years now. Fantastic bit of kit it's been droped and it's still not broken. Well it did once and i went to a shop to buy another but they were out of stock. Went back to the car and tried the tom tom again and it worked.
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    In my local park i asked if i can climb there and they said do you have your own PL insurance, to which i said no. No climbing for me in the park until i get some.
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    I remember going to the first Celebration of trees all those years ago. It seems to be quite busy one year and quiter the next. I thought there was a lot less for all the non industry bods this year.
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    Was it just me or it a bit quiter than last year on the saturday? It was good all the same though. Was good to see the students doing their climbing they were impressive.
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    Personally i prefered a spliced split tale rather than a sewn one. Another personal thing is i like my karabiners different colours, blue for my lanyard black for climbing line and split tale. I also like my split tale a different colour to my main line. All things that i like but i've stuck with it over the years and when other new climbers have seen it they like the colour co-ordination. As for a lanyard you can't go wrong with a 5m length of XTC+. Works well as a short climbing line and for work posistioning. I've had a prussic on it but now i use a VT. Make your own prussics up I like 10mm regate prussic rope

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