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skyhuck

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  1. He stole that rope technique of Dean!!
  2. In the yard for 7.30AMish, back to the yard normally 5/6PMish, half hour for lunch, one 20 minuet break.
  3. Oh it does, Todd my groundie is not huge, so by setting the hinge further back he does not need to pull as hard. Also by using a large gob on upright well balanced trees you need no felling add at all, they just go over.
  4. On hollow trees I just leave the hinge thicker to make up for the lack of width, again with hollow trees I prefer the hinge to be nearer the middle, as I feel it reduces the chance of twisting and splitting.
  5. I know I'm pushing in my mog when my groundie asks to get out and walk before the slope. If its a side slope I tip the chip box up the hill. Another thing I do on descents, is select 4x4 and crawler box, the last thing I want to be doing is touching the brakes. I do find it some what scary at times, I am by no means an off road expert.
  6. Shhhhhh, I was not going to admit to that:blushing:
  7. I have been known to do gobs up to 80%, but not for every day stuff. I almost never use wedges and always a pull line.
  8. Bloody hell!!! Did I leave the web cam on again!!!!!!
  9. I would argue the opposite is true, by cutting a larger gob you create a wider and thus stronger hinge, giving you better control as the tree comes upright.
  10. But you require more leverage, because you have not undermined the COG, just get a tin of beans and a pencil. Put the pencil under the tin in the "recommended" hinge placement. Now push the tin as though it was a tree being felled, note the amount of pressure required to push the can. Now move the pencil back to near the middle of the base of the can, now push the can again, the force require will be much less.
  11. But if the material is stretched so flat that a tooth passes right through it before it is dragged in to the clutch, you could receive a serious laceration before the chain stops.
  12. I hope your lass knows how lucky she is. We celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary last Wednesday and in all those years I have never done any laundry.
  13. This could be quite a serious issue. I think tightly fitting trousers could offer much less protection?? Any one else think the same??
  14. Windy gun?? Or impact driver??
  15. Tom you manage to get a bra in most of your pics!!!
  16. And vice versa:thumbup1: How cool would that be!!!!
  17. I like the language you have used, no offense intended It just makes me smile when people use those sorts of terms
  18. Really!! I will keep my eyes open!!!
  19. I was only pulling your leg , but the correct spelling is not hard to find. I too am dyslexic and make full use of a spell checker.
  20. I thought "helmits" were what kept Satan's hands warm in the winter??????
  21. Is there no end!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:banghead:
  22. I've made it very clear to all my kids I will support them all as much as I can in what ever they choose to do!!!!!

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