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Tom D

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  1. I find semi chisel is rubbish for boring, stick with full chisel, just try a different brand if you can't get on with the one you have. One tip I have is to apply pressure in the direction of the pulling side of the bar as you bore in, rather than just go straight in.
  2. Looking at the lichen is seems to be real, or a VERY good fake...
  3. 10 days!!! looked more like 60 foot to me. I'd have that done in a day easy..... might need to fell a few of those ferns to get the tractor in though.
  4. Is that the riko trailer?
  5. It is surprising how a city looks so deferent when viewed from a high vantage point, this is edinburgh when viewed from Blackford hill, looks like a park....
  6. Its January! fix it in april.
  7. Should I tighten or slacken them? Tractor does 40k only does it at near top speed.
  8. hitch hook is ok, I wouldn't want to mess with the tyre pressures, I might try tightening the springs and see if that does anything.
  9. does that have any adjustment on it? Mines a tractor type trailer.
  10. I wouldn't normally rig / speed line small trees like that, cut and chuck, 550-650+vat
  11. Tom D

    Wages

    I'm based around edinburgh, I pay 20k + bonuses, so maybe 22-24k. Who is the job with?
  12. The really dangerous ones are on slopes, on the flat, chances are the root plate will fall back into the hole it came from. If a tree has fallen down hill, it could fall the other way on top of the cutter. Multiple windblows are also dangerous as they can put unexpected tensions into the wood. We did some yesterday, one root plate had 5 trees on it, it was at least 12 foot high.
  13. I have a red rock trailer with a sprung drawbar it has a 9.5 ton payload, when loaded it bounces a lot, building up a resonance giving a permanent bounce which clatters on the pickup hitch in an annoying way. The springs on the drawbar have bolts through them which could be adjusted, anyone know how to adjust them to get rid of the bounce?
  14. I love my 385xp, as much for its reliability over that last 9 years as for its performance.
  15. If I go camping, it just take my gomtaro. its not exactly heavy.
  16. Feckers. At least you're insured. I was thinking wether there was any way that saws could be made more obviously traceable at the manufacturing stage, or possibly when you buy parts you ave to give a serial number that is checked against a register of stolen saws. Then again I wonder how many saws Stihl and husky sell that are just replacements for nicked ones. It probably wouldn't be in their interest.
  17. Where did they get them from, Garage?
  18. beautiful. What stone is it?
  19. I remember shooting pigeons with my brother, they were sitting in the trees so he let off a shot to set them up. A 4" limb dropped off an oak right between us!
  20. Looks like fun Mike, did you fell that tree with a misplaced shot?
  21. Cows are not killed for their leather, they are killed for the meat, if we all stopped using leather there would be just as many cows slaughtered as before. You can wear leather with a clear conscience, knowing that you are buying a product that would just be thrown away if it weren't needed.
  22. No harm in learning a bit more relevant to the industry, doing some sort of college qualification part time can't do any harm. And it may lead you in a direction that you never expected.
  23. If they are causing damage are you legally allowed to shoot them?
  24. In a purpose built lair under the stairs...
  25. Tom D

    Bit windy!!

    Yes, bought it a couple of months back, its certainly been handy.

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