Tom D
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To be fair the 5 year rule applies to textiles only, metal components may be used indefinately unless failed by a loler inspector or made obsolete by new regs. The textile element on a flipline has no structural value and is there to protect hitches and other friction devices from the wire core, as well as the hands of the user. You ARE therefore entitled to use kit like this beyond the 5 year point, I was told this specifically by a loler instructor. Having said that it seems clear that these things do have a lifespan, I have the exact same line I think, it is used regularly by one of my employees, it is 8-9 years old. I will be having a very good look at it over the next few days. I'll report back.
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I find it very hard to beleive that this could have happened under normal working conditions over a period of a few years. Even if you often put away your kit wet and left it id be surprised if it could rust right through, each wire in these strops is galvanised. I suspect that at some time during its life your strop has come into contact with either a strong corrosive such as battery acid or a concentrated salt such as "amcide" or a nitrogen fertilizer.
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Thats actually quite serious, what make was it, got any pics of the failiure? If there are others like it out there.....
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What is it about these jobs that you feel you can't cope with? the climb? or dealing with all the stuff. I'd just get stuck in, if you have your quals and have a competent rescue climber then why not.
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You sure about those heights Tom? Biggest broadleaf that i have seen was 130', and I have seen a lot of big trees. Yours ought to be some sort of British record.
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Thats pure porn that is.
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Here's some of my older ones. All been posted before, some quite old though, maybe a few the newbies haven't seen. [ame] [/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ffwSqV0EEE]YouTube - Big Beech tree fell[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VUx_GLpwS8]YouTube - Middleton beech dismantle[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFtzDWB7Too]YouTube - Crack willow dismantle[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o5ea0Dpe4E]YouTube - More dismantling.[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz_PKTFcPOw]YouTube - Felling willows[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DlMeIHejZk]YouTube - 200' Fir[/ame] [ame] [/ame]
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4.2 ton igland.
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original survey spec'd a reduction but once we got up her it was clear it was going to need more. I suggested it to the local TO as a way of allowing us to leave some of the timber on site as money was tight for the client. The cuts themselves are just step cuts with a very big step, the bottom cut faces the winch obviously and the top cut is about 8' up from that, Then let loose the winch, had the tree been in poor condition at the base we would have taken the climber out first. He still got a few bounces as the other cut (not in vid) didn't want to play and took 4 attempts. We did corro them too.
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Gonna post them all in here now. This was from a job a few weeks ago, reducing a big ash to a monolith. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7xh0qEfDjw]YouTube - fracture pruning[/ame]
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Try and copy this, pretty expensive otherwise I'd have bought one. Please enable your cookies I remember chipping 2 bags of apples after pruning an apple tree one autumn
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Tractor mounted Pto chipper vs tracked chipper.
Tom D replied to timberbear's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
The actual chippers appear to be virtually the same as their towable or tracked counterparts, IE a 6" timberwolf pto will pull in the same as a 6" tracked or towbehind timberwolf. The big difference will be the horsepower which will affect the amount the load sensor will cut in. 25Hp is not a lot even for a 6" machine, however it is enough and should put the machine on a par with some of the smaller 6" tow behinds. Those mog users will tell you that an 8 or 9" machine on a mog with 100+Hp through it will chip much more quickly than the equivalent tow behind. I'd go for it pto chippers are pretty cheap and like you say if you already have the tractor... I have a compact tractor with 50Hp I thought I would get a pto machine for it too however as I have an 8" tow behind and the tractor is only big enough for a 6"pto machine I would find downsizing annoying. I just tow the chipper into the woods with the tractor. -
I can't see wasp on the marlow site, where did you get it? What diameter is it.
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I actually think crack willow is not that brittle compared with other willows, it is very chewy and peices hang on well. Having said that I'd not tip to anything less than 4". Here's a couple I dismantled, there is an aspen in the first part of the second vid. YouTube - Tdtrees's Channel YouTube - Tdtrees's Channel
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Fuel has trippled since I learned to drive. I could fill my first car for 15 quid. I think high fuel prices keep CARS off the road, which is a good thing as many car drivers could easily take public transport. Unfortunately high prices also affect business and drive inflation. The solution ....... Increase vat on diesel to 35-40% and decrease duty to keep the pump price the same. Simples:001_smile:
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This is low. End of story. I make it clear to the client that the cost of an application is included in the quote, and that as soon as they confirm that I have the job then I will submit an application. This works for me, i have never had anyone steal a job in this way, but then la's up here don't publish those details .
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Experience! How old do you think we are on here!
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A wire brush and a bit of zebo and that would be as good a new, liking the 3 hotplates too.
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Looking at the pics I'd say that isn't chinese. I'd guess that it was made in the uk by a small possibly one man type outfit who isn't very good with a welder, almost looks like it was made from parts out of the scrap bin.
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The rayburn will easily acheive high oven temps, you need to forget the manual and remove the 2 summer / winter fire bricks completely. These are really intended for solid fuel. Mine will often go off the clock, I have had oven temps of 350 deg c, measured with my multimeter. Great for pizza. I have never burned anything other than wood BTW.
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test drive a tdci landy, way better than the older models, I bought one 3 years ago and have found it very good. The engine has way more low down tourque than the td5 and is a very good tower, I fitted a psi powerbox and the extra power only makes it better still, mpg has remained the same. Mines a 110 and I get 30+mpg not towing and 23-25 with the trailer on. Its is quieter than the old ones and with 6 gears a good cruiser.
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I burn 25-30 cube a year in mine heating 9 rads. I love it.
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Its interesting that someone caught shoplifting a £5 bottle of sun cream from bots would be charged and most probably prosecuted yet stealing from a small business appears to be a different ball game.
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I suppose some of the courses are really just nptc training which is really box ticking for employers rather than training to be an arborist. Of those who are doing the nptc type courses some will already be in employment and will be being funded by their employer, I'll bet britains councils will spend a fair wack on staff training. Having said that there must be plenty who "graduate" only to discover that there isn't much out there. It is sad to see all the somewhat desparate threads on here allong the lines of "just graduated from XXX colledge with nptc XXX looking for work" it must be tough. As to the numbers of people leaving the industry, I dont see many " I'm packing it all in" threads on here.
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Top quality Dean. its not that hard if you know what you're doing...and have the balls to try it.
