Bundle 2
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Good pictorial ID here... http://www.aie.org.uk/fungi_base/dryadeus/aie_fungi_dryadeus.html Also some info from here bout decay stategy/characteristics http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=LZssbJ6g6PUC&pg=PT151&lpg=PT151&dq=Inonotus+dryadeus&source=web&ots=q
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They reckon it is the single most dangerous job on the planet...it certainly will be up there with the best of 'em i imagine.... There is a small media company in Ipswich that has made amongst others a dvd about the " fallers " and the associated operations in b.c. Well worth a look if you should stumble across it... Did we all see the girls trying their hands at it on the tube a couple of weeks back....? i missed it but Im sure it would have made good television!!
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Not sure I understand the need to fell out all the tops first....somethin' bout shake/fellin' cushions...?
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Again...i refer you to Art & Science of Practical Rigging for pics of the two knots...one called half hitch, the other a marlin hitch.....ostensibly the same knot but loads a different part ( leg/end ) of the line... I see this thread has taken a turn for the worse ...it no longer appears to be about heavy wood....for sometime now...
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Leaf miner..Camararia ochridella There was a thread on here re this little wrecling ball of a bug but I'm damned if I can find it.....google it....you will see alot of it I suspect!!!
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No ...apparently innonotus is a white rot ...... As the name suggests, Phellinus isa white rot....must be well near impossible to tell the two apart....decaying cellulose and lignin with equal verve.....as is their want!!
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They have an extremely vigorous root system...did I read 8' from the door....? If so, rip it out and replant with something more appropriate...it'll have the foundations up mate...I kid you not.
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Pretty hard to differentiate between the two I imagine...Innonotus hispidus , heart rotter and killer, quite a dangerous fungus on its own.....rot is generally brown tho', brittle with it, what is sometimes referred to as cubicle.....white trunk rot is a lignin lover I think....thanx for posting mate!
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Have the HSE finally seen sense on chainsaw trousers
Bundle 2 replied to tokaloch's topic in General chat
Are you kiddin' mate....? I started climbing years ago and as a novice I climbed all the time, everyday, in ballistics with an 020....I cut everything with the chainsaw, no handsaw..I knew no better.....I have been in some weird positions cutting round my feet, between/ undr my legs you name it.....The rules are there for peoples protection....this is no exception IMO...I have personally stuffed my saw into my foot.....BOOTS WORK!!!! As for the heat fatigue argument, there may be some merit in this...( again, in my opinion...) I know the yanks have a very different take on this issue. I know I feel safer with trousers than without, but a pair of lightweight chaps would probably suffice in most situations and be a godsend during the summer months....Its a case of managing risk but first it must be adequately identified....... -
Check your Art & Science of Practical Rigging sir....I think you will find this knot used for this purpose not only here but in numerous articles vis a vis rigging techniques.....?
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Dont want to get too leftfield here....the double snapper is designed to retrieve the tool...a worthwhile premis as damage from impact at removal/retrieval can be an issue for some>
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Can be a bit of a tinker to get down on occasion!!!
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I think Pete means ART ropeguide.......the device does include a pulley, for better or worse depending on your point of view apparently....whats also worthy of comment perhaps...its an ADJUSTABLE cambium saver...If I was to make my own it would have to be adjustable...sooo handy!!
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East Anglia is an agricultural area...farmers are a tight fisted bunch....makes for good conservation resource tho'!!
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Actually....as the loads are increased, the knots are probably tighter or tightened....snatchiung is another issue altogether.....I read of occasional failures when using the timber hitch....
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Fair point Pete, but from a wood slip out knot, is it not more secure..... As for bowline.....no!
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Dwelling in Norwich....work North Norfolk coast....
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I would agree....cant seem to get some of my colleagues to se it this way..... What does it cost to tie up a new hitch cord....arrogant IMO....
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It is a well known footpath David....but not in any great detail.
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Cut and chuck...basic nptc protocol
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No brainer.....
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I know knots are not so tidy...but I prefer them 9 times out of ten somehow....Factory splicing isnt necessarily a good splice jus cos its factory...
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You could use a marlin spike in place of the half hitch....you could also use a running bowline where the timber hitch ties up.....personally I use the runnin' bowline only if I can hitch it up against summat `( a stub, swelling WHU )
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Ha Ha...I saw thius and you beat me toit..... If its the beeline Iam thinking of...it was a longlived and hardwearing cord....the eye was prone to fraying where the inner core was exposed....ruined the product as far as I was concerned...
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Couldnt consider the tool seriously for a couple of reasons... a. Cannot be attached midline (well hell!) b. Too much strength required in the thumb after a break some years ago....( well hell! ) I dont see where the guy is going on this one myself...each to their own huh??!!
