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Tom D

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  1. Me and a mate discussed making something like that, but with a processor on as well. You would use the crane to feed both the processor and the big splitter, meaning that as a hire machine you could turn up at someones yard and split all their wood. We came to the conclusion however that most tree surgeons don't have cranes and therefore their yards are full of rings. So I doubt threre would be enough work for it.
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    353 vs 346

    another 362:001_smile: Its not really a stihl / husky thing, I like to run fairly new saws. and I love my other 362.
  3. Tom D

    353 vs 346

    I'm selling a 357xpg as soon as my its replacement comes.
  4. The client is keeping the branch wood, and in that location he's welcome to it.
  5. Add £30 on to the price of that saw Justin and stick that in as well, or whatever you need to do with the vat.
  6. I'd agree, although there was some rot through all the main stems, not just the one that failed. BTW could one tell the k deusta rot from the gano rot?
  7. would have to be beech too, so heavy. Andrew was saying today, its the biggest one we've done without the tractor.
  8. No, unfortunately. We'd have finished last week if I could have got her in. Its all been cubed and handballed over the broken wall into the trailer. some of the big rings had to be cut into 8 just to carry them. On the plus side the owner said we could put the sawdust on his compost heap:thumbup:... there must be 5 cube of the stuff at least.
  9. Jus bumpiung this for monkey and hama, the k deusta is top left of the shot of the wound with the aerial roots.
  10. A few pics of the big beech we have been taking down over the past 2 weeks, yes 2 weeks! on and off thanks to the weather, still just 2 of us on it and nearly done. A little over 20 ton of wood off one tree I reckon. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UGXERTPADc&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL]YouTube - VIDEO0003[/ame]
  11. You're right Mike, what a cowboy. mind you they did do all that rigging just to save a crappy wee rhoddy. They should get a hobbs, looked like the climber got bounced around a bit, although the groundy did seem to be getting the hang of it by the end.
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    Ipads

    Forgive my ignorance, but what is an ipad for? is it a big phone or a small laptop? or both?
  13. I 've never tried rigging with a vt either josh, I have used a prussic however with some home made spiders that do a similar job. I find that a 4 wrap prussic will creep with heavier pieces, where as a 6 wrap one doesn't. I think if you put enough wraps on your vt it would be fine.
  14. Here's a few of the wound, there were several inclusions, and andrew also soptted this little Gano..
  15. I had one too. The funny thing is, I'll bet it cost 30 quid 25 years ago.
  16. Get one of these: Outdoor Research Sonic Balaclava | Wildtrak Its dead warm and thin enough to wear under your helmet, you also don't sweat too much:001_smile:
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    Feet warm?

    Two pairs of thick socks is probably a mistake, if they are two squashed all the air spaces (which give the insulation) are squeezed out. Better to wear 1 pair of quality WOOL walking socks over a pair of fine cotton socks (not sports socks). I wear the M+S ones that you'd normally wear with a suit and tie, you know really thin ones. Change the cotton ones every day and you can wear the wool ones all week.
  18. just a quick clip from a tree we did today. It was so cold that Andrews fingers were sticking to his rope grab, I didn't beleive him but sure enough my bashlin alloys were "sticky" too. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UGXERTPADc]YouTube - VIDEO0003[/ame]
  19. Thanks guys, I did get some mig wire while I was at the workshop last week, I'll try it.
  20. I never have a problem parking outside greggs or any other purveyor of breaktime cholesterol. Thats what bus stops are for.
  21. Fair play Stevie, however I wouldn't choose a vehicle based on the weather conditions for 2-3 weeks of the year. BTW my yard isn't large or flat, but I find hitching my trailer on and off is a doddle. Getting out in the snow is a pita though. I'm going to have to drag it out with the tractor tomorrow.
  22. any tipper conversion on a l2oo / hilux/ranger/navara is going to have a poor load carrying capacity, however keep the chip box small and there's no reason why it wouldnt work. he'd be better just buying a regular pickup and getting a tipping trailer.

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