Mesterh
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You need to be very good to be getting around the £150 mark, ie you can tackle any tree job and do it quickly and efficiently. If your new to the game and/or arent the best climber then look at the £70 end of the scale. To me experience is irrelevant its skill that matters. I know quite a few people who have been in the game for 10+ years that you wouldnt want up the tree even if they we paying you for the privilege.
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He must have put chain oil in the fuel tank for it to smoke. I also clean out the oil tank with fuel and this doesn't cause any problems. Have done all three of the naughty commandments, rocking the chain on a weekly basis still. Make sure you flush the fuel tank out.
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Sad news indeed RIP Tree work has and always will be considered 'an easy job' you put a cut/wedge in the direction you want the tree to go and it goes that way. Sounds stupid but just think of all the cartoons/comedy clips and tv shows of people chopping down trees. Now compare that to the above but some messing about with electricity. Usually the lumber jack gets his tree but the electrician gets a comedy zap. I priced a job about two months ago where the client wanted me to do the trees that he couldn't. He knew exactly how to fell the other trees by pulling them over with a tractor while chopping the back of the tree, well he had used a chainsaw to cut up a few logs for his fire so knew all the cuts. I doubt he is attempting to rewire his house although he has changed a few 13 amp plugs.
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Long gaffs and err more than a bit of slack between anchor points.
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Also to the skilled professional too.
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I think, no. You can buy some nasty power tools from B&Q for a tenth of the price of a decent chainsaw. They are lethal power tools and IIRC they wouldnt get through HSE if they were invented now. Pointless trying to regulate the sales as it will just push the price up and the end user, US, will have to pay for it.
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Decreased control and the ability to easily cross hands and arms over and under the chain. No matter what people think they dont have the power to stop kick back with one hand when it isnt expected.(Easy to control and brace for it when you know its going to happen, try it) They are brilliant saws though and I wouldnt ever want to be without one.
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Ive used boards before on greenhouses and conservatories but its only really been as a precaution against damage on really awkward stuff, not to deliberately drop stuff onto. Dont underestimate the faffing about getting the boards in place and getting them to stay there on pitched roofs.
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What would you do - hung up wind blown content
Mesterh replied to hardtop110's topic in General chat
No need to. Tbh it's some new info that I haven't heard before or seen done. I was always taught just above and that's all I've ever seen people do. As they say about something new everyday. -
Thieving scum. If it had remote central locking they could have scanned /cloned the remote and got in that way if they were waiting for you. If so they could come back for another go.
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What would you do - hung up wind blown content
Mesterh replied to hardtop110's topic in General chat
Well I gotta say well done for getting it down and not damaging any property but mainly not damaging yourself. But, you were very very lucky it didnt flatten you looking at the hinge/gob etc. When you cut through the hinge they can easily go sideways like it did. I'm sorry but I would chalk this one up to luck more than anything. What you needed to do was get a nice level back cut just above the bottom cut of the gob and leave a nice big bit of hinge. Then start giving it a bit more on the winch until it came over,maybe with a bit of nibbling of the back cut if needed. The odd wedge wouldnt go a miss plus you need to know how much of a hinge to leave etc. Anyway alls well that ends well. -
Excellent!!
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The Vermeer parts although more expensive are quality items. I have bought a few cheaper types of bearings in the past but they just don't last as long. That's not to say there aren't cheaper good quality ones out there it's just the ones I bought were crap. As for the shaft as woodpecker says its an engineering job or a factory item. Unless you know an engineer they may want about the same cost for a one off item. Worth asking one though.
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The NEW skylotec passo-pl karabiner whats your view???
Mesterh replied to Rhystree's topic in Climbers talk
I am liking the sound and look of this one. For me the easier it is to open the better, but then I prefer the screwgates to the three ways anyway. -
He also does the AMA top handle for £150 ish all in. Not tried one but a few on here have and rate them as a decent second saw.
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Have you tried leaning/pushing away from your anchor points so they tighten up and keep you in place? With two anchor points you can usually get a decent comfyish working position.
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So then, who else has ran off to the patent office with a great idea then? In this day and age there is probably some way you could get around not wearing leather chainsaw boots on your assesment ie infringing on your beliefs etc. Hope you can find some.
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Looks fantastic.
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Cheers for checking them out. As long as I can remotely operate a flame thrower from them then that will do for me.
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In Liverpool mate so not exactly round the corner. Thanks though. I dont think I need anything mega complicated just having a look at this type of thing4 CH Remote Mobile DVR +4 36IR Metal Camera H.264 CCTV Kit Surveillance System | eBay Or this 500GB 4 Channel SECURIX H.264 Network DVR + 4x CCD Cameras & iPhone App : CCTV Kits : Maplin Electronics
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Well I suppose theres not much I can say against that apart from your guys must work harder than anyone else and your machinery seems more reliable than most. If thats how it is then Im sure a mog is great value for money.
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I remember a mog owner saying that it costs around 10K a year in maintenance/running costs and others saying more or less the same which sounds like a lot to me! I would hope that a new mog would easily last 20+ years, I thought you were talking about buying a decent used mog that should last 20 years etc. You could buy a new transit/landrover and tow behind chipper that will last 20 years. So youve lost me.
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Now that is cheap. I will keep an eye out for that, thanks.
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Cheers for the info all, very much appreciated. Will deffo look into getting broad band. I have seen that scout cam but not sure on the costs using a mobile network etc. Having a look at maplins stuff now but it still is baffling! Catweazel, what Im really after is to see what is vaguely going on if the gsm alarm gets triggered ie false alarm or get down there quick! Although detail would be handy so maybe a mix of something like the scout cam with a DVR? Any ideas on what would is needed to record a decent image? I see stuff like H.264 compression.
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Surely you need to take into account the huge running costs a mog has. Plus didnt you say in your previous post that yours is getting tired after 7-8 years? A vey nice nice truck indeed ,but not the ultimate arbtruck for me. You need a nice big timber grab and trailer plus a nice big yard to go with it. The truck is only half the setup from what I can see.
