Rob D
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Nice Stevie that looks right handy!
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You've done that? Oooo how embarrassing - did you tell them or just quietly sneak back out and start the chipper!
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Pics of the two types of sprockets
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Again are you running a straight sprocket or a rim and sprocket type set up? Rim and sprocket is easiest as you just pop on a .325 rim and away you go.
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Chainsaw gloves have minimal protection in them and (I heard) the reason for the padding in the back of them is for a pretty obscure reason.... Someone told me the reason the other day and I wouldn't have guessed it.... So have a guess!
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Alright Pat it'll be £235-00 + £10 = £245-00 + vat. But then 10% off so £220-50 + vat. I can put a web order up if you need.
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Lovely day out Tom
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The 95vpx set up is a good one for smaller saws and works a treat. Actually looking at it it may be the double guard bars that are the ones that take the .043" chain.... I dunno I'm confused now! Oregon now have these Pro Am bars as well and some of these take the 95vpx chain (and some don't)...
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I had this problem a lot when I first started. I'd been used to climbing tall ladders and hedge trimming (ironically I couldn't do that now!). I was always used to being able to hang onto something. Going to using a harness it felt really strange to just trust it and the friction cord.... Nervous Nerris is what I was nicknamed by my instructor! Keep going and I find strong mental positive repetition is the way to go i.e. the rope is strong enough, the friction hitch is fine, that branch has been there for 20 years, I have enough toilet paper in the truck etc... (last one only joking!)
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This is the main problem with Oregon (and Stihl) in that they seem to insist on complicating things so that no one really knows what they're on about. For starters they've recently changed a lot of the names around.... The pro lite bars up to 18" will run the lo pro .325 .050 95vpx chain (page A35 of new catelogue). The pro lite bars also come in the .058 version as well (page A36 of new catelogue). As well as .063. The mico lite narrow kerf bars only go up to 14" and these also run a narrow kerf lightweight chain that has an .043" guage.
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Yes they are excellent the micro lite bars but they only do a max length of 14" that carrys the .043 guage chain.
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Depends how you work - if you're in charge of a team of other people you have to lead by example and tow the red tape whatever it may say. If by yourself and with a trusted other person then I think you do your own risk assessment (mentally not written) and make decisions you feel are safest and suit the situation.
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That slab looks like some sort of fish or something! I've seen the auto trek up close a few times and it's an awesome machine....
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You can get the oregon pro lite bars that run 95vpx which is a .325 chain with .050 guage. This has a lo profile and takes a thinner kerf. I use a 15" bar with my 346 with 95vpx chain and it works well... 18" bar part number is 180MLBK095 an its 72 drive links of 95vpx. Double check the bar number if you can as Oregon are pretty much on par with Stihl these days as having product names and numbers where no one has a clue what they mean!
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Try a few Sleepers Jon and if the markets good perhaps look into a Peterson or Lucas mill.... For the money you're paying for Douglas there'd be more margins and as you said plenty of offcuts for firewood.
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Wood does not dry this fast. You need to resplit any wood and retake several moisture readings with a reliable meter to get an idea. If you're splitting wood now then it'll be for next year. Now the weather has cooled and humidity is high wood dries very little from now until March.
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I don't think there is a market here for chipping roadside waste. Most jobs in the domestic market needs a chipper on hand chipping as you go. To pile in one big heap would be impractical and inefficient and sometimes not even possible. Picking up timber for free can work... I do it for a number of tree surgeons but often you have to jump at very short notice, more than half will be softwood, and you have to take what you're given.... But once a relationship is established and the local firms trust that you'll do what you say you'll do it works well for both parties.
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I think it's one of those things that would be the way to go in principle but would prob not work in practice. Almost a bit like communism! One person gets jealous, another doesn't pull their weight, one feels they are putting in more work and should get more money.... too many pitfalls.... I think people are out there already working together but still keeping separate identities and business. I work with several tree surgeons organising taking wood off site for firewood and milling.
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With the amount of people in the tree it did look like some kind of training day with students taking turns.... but that size timber for students/newbies? If this was the case why not start off craning and making mistakes on smaller sections to get the feel of it first.
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Keep your eyes on the forum as there are often other members on here that come across nice bits of timber in the course of their tree work.
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Like the new camera angles Ian - good idea and looks really cool particularly in the first part with the silky...
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Take the easy option and tap "40th birthday jokes" into google... There'll be something out there!
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That's a very good milling and stacking effort for your first go Rob (or any go!) Given the type of timber you have I'd air dry then just make it into whatever it's going to be.... there's already a few cracks in the timber so a couple more is not going to make too much difference.
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I still do good sessions of splitting by hand the above makes sense. As getting the maul out can be a pain... ... I'd say it's because you get into a nice rhythm splitting clean wood - the nasty knotty bits upset this. If you jogged a constant pace you could run x miles and not get tired. Sprint 50 yards, touch the ground, then 50 yards back the other way..... you feel more knackered covering this 100 yards than half a mile.
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I was told this by a web guy as well. Google now only recognises one way links (or gives them much more 'weight') than 2 way links. Prob as there seemed to be a spate of everyone linking their sites to each other (whether sites relevant or not) in order to climb rankings....
