Rob D
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Some big old boards there - glad the job went well 😀
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Very difficult to measure but we have likely taken far more from countries like Africa than we have ever given. But I don't have all the facts... Likening people to rats though? Seriously? I support projects in Africa that provide clean drinking water - I think it's every child's birth right as a minimum to have clean water to drink as they grow up. What you have written above is madness mate.
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Yep but I notice that the de population idea usually applies to other people - ie I don't see many people topping themselves [in a carbon neutral way of course] in order to reduce strain on resources.
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Yep I really feel the same way - there was a fairly big protest yesterday near us shouting 'No Oil, No Gas, Keep the Carbon in the Ground'. And my thought was 'how am I going to get to work? and have they thought how they were going to get to work? drop the kids to school?'. I am part of the problem - we all are. But I don't have any answers. I don't think there are any clear answers right now.
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Better than nowt I guess!
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Just another way to push their own agendas. Bit off putting for me is the World Economic Forum is punting it at the top of their website so clearly it works in with whatever they are up to.. I mean the whole thing is just bollocks isn't it...? I'm not even interested enough to find out.
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As lovely as wood is the hardest thing is to sell it - so I reckon if you can sell it then sell it - there's plenty more out there that needs milling.
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Looks good - no ring shake - prob some very nice timber in there
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A brilliant machine at a crazy price. Was so looking forward to this as pretty sure it can work off a 12v battery which in my dreams meant you could go to a milling job and have it sharpening a chain while you are still working [then swap over every 4 or 5 planks]. Doing the depth gauges as well is magic. The person who came up with the above 'key data' should find a job in politics! -
It is a goer but I reckon not worth the faff - prob is better to buy the 28" bar and reel of chain and keeps life a lot simpler.
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High Hedges - killed if cut to actional hedge height?
Rob D replied to benedmonds's topic in Trees and the Law
Just an idea but could you bend and encourage the end branches to thread their way through what will be left of it? I did that once on a shorter hedge - looked a mess for 2-3 years but after that it was ok... sort of!
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You should be able to just use this adapter here to make the mounting studs fit the 14mm slot Bar Adapter Turns D025 12mm Medium Stihl Studs to 14mm A031 WWW.CHAINSAWBARS.CO.UK Use this adapter plate in order to fit 14mm Large Stihl type bars to the mid size Stihl mounting studs which are 12mm. as well as changing the drive rim over to 404 on the MS661 [you'll have to remember to do this if you change back and forward]
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Ah ok and what's the e-mail of that [associated with the business] - you can PM me if needs be..
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No prob - have you ordered off us before?
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Cheers - yep hasn't it just!
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Thanks for the feedback - also it's the 10 year anniversary of Chainsawbars come December - so there may be something in it for the regulars
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It often crops up - can you do me a deal? - if you're a regular customer yes - no if you're not. And this is auto applied. A few years ago we really wanted to move away from the 'successful' model that large businesses seem to use which is 1) offer the world to new customers in order to get them to come on board 2) operate a milking system for regular, loyal customers who quietly provide the backbone of your turnover but don't ask much for doing so... Also if we did a deal when folks contacted us then we're making a rod for our own backs as well as undermining said loyal customers ie. if you called and got a deal once you'll call to get a deal next time. And if you didn't get a deal next time then you'd be annoyed. So I reckon the existing system works pretty well [feel free to comment] as it's simple and does what it's supposed to.
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Give Loglogic a call on 01884 839999 as they were the dealers for 10 years+ before Riko... Though I suspect they likely sold on all their spares at the time - always worth a try though.
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I have a needy 5 year old and an annoying Mrs! But it's all good and I've settled into family life a lot better these days. At our work people pretty much take breaks when they feel like it - it's not treework so i don't think you can draw too many parallels. Prob as said there are no rights or wrongs - just what works for you and who you are working with.
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Yep it's sad and don't really see how the corruption and nonsense will ever end. Those in power benefit from it all - so why would it end?
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Yep - and the worst thing is it can be common knowledge for everyone to see - and nowt we can do about it.
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If you are finding this is a regular thing check the other things that can cause noses to fail - ie. worn rim/drive sprocket peening the chain which then burrs the nose sprocket. Also clean the gunk out the bar regularly [ie really every time after using it] as otherwise the oil that comes onto the bar tends to get slurped up by that gunk at the bottom and none ever makes it to seep down into the nose bearing.
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It's a tricky one is this - if you are well on top of bar maintenance and are regularly cleaning out the gunk [which then allows oil to seep down onto the nose bearing] then prob you don't have to grease... When you are greasing then the idea is more that the grease pushes out any grit that's in there and the centrifugal force in some ways should spin the excess grease out with any bits. But as usual no right or wrong just what works best for you.
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Thanks Bob and I'm not far away from being a silly old fart myself these days - in fact maybe I'm already there 😅
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Yep I get this time to time - if you refresh the page again it lines it all up correctly. Lot of info on the page to display so sometimes it doesn't load in properly.
