carlos
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what gloves are people using on this rope? i like it as it runs well but iam finding the downside is its hard to grip even with my normal gloves, so this is making ascents a bit harder. thanks carl
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its ordered from a member on here " surveyor", just pm him.
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reducing the end weight of the stem with the split in it would surely help it a bit.
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more likely just hit his head trying to get in!
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and would it tow a chipper whilst loaded? i agree with all your points about the 130 defender, its like driving about in an old small metal shed!!! but for our needs it works well, being rural we need 4x4 access but dont tend to remove a lot of chip as we use a tracked chipper.
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does your hilux take more chip or about the same?
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i find its swings n roundabouts, some days on the ground is the tough part, and climbing is the easy bit other days its the reverse, we are a small team so we mix it up to suit ourselves. are most groundies labour only? to me a groundie runs everything thats not in the tree, so hardly labour only. ( ive not worked with many crews so i could be wrong.
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i couldnt see a polesaw on the ground being very ergonomic or quick for cutting saplings even if you managed to bend the shaft to the desired angle!!!(havent tried it mind)
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70mph in a defender! id say a wine from the gearbox would be the least of my worries, i know you can get white finger from machine vibration, wonder what you get from driving a defender?? i guess the roads are smoother in the uk though.
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three people have answered your original question.
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all iam saying is we have a msa 220 at work on a 12"bar and its very under powered, so if your thinking to put a 18" bar on it and use it in place of say a husky 550 you will be very disappointed, its a handy saw in certain situations but a million miles from a small petrol ground saw, just my experience with it , maybe others have got more out of it.
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are you using a battery saw due to noise issues?
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20" bar!! a bit optimistic id say, it barely pulls a 12" bar.
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i recently did all the plumbing on our renovation and all the sizes seemed very mixed up, the plastic came in both metric and imperial but the copper only came in imperial, it wrecked my head on a good few occasions!!!
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not sure what rope your on but i got some xstatic after some recommendations from people here and it runs really well with the device. carl
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this is exactly what i am after, i guess ill have to get a pinto, i have a smaller pulley but im pretty sure there isnt the room for the butterfly and working leg in the pulley. paddy: on removals i normally untie the base tie and retie as cannopy anchor usally a simple running bowline, but in this scenario i was after something midline attachable so i could keep the base tie. i realize i could just work off my base tie but i just feel uneasy about it to be honest plus there is always the time you get up to your throwline shot and realize its not quiet as decent as you thought! does the pinto have to be cinched up tight under the limb or can you keep the base tie leg tight and have the pinto in midair so,s to speak?? thanks for replies carl
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i dont tend to work from a base tie that much but iam after ideas on a good way of backing up a base tie with a removable (from the ground) cannopy tie. so basicly throwline a high anchor base tie it, ascend then install some form of canopy tie , then work the tree. descend and remove from the ground. i did try my own version but the retrival bit didnt go so well!!! thanks carl
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we use fodsport ms1- pro, its ok but we have had problems with the cables loosening and having a poor connection. we put them in the ear defender, it doesnt effect the performance of the ear defender. are the senas bomb proof and loads better? any other brands reliable? i wouldnt say our ones were perfect but they wernt mad money either. i wouldnt want to work without some form of comm, so handy. carl.
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wrong link in there id say?
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What's your first thought when you see this Blue Atlas Cedar?
carlos replied to Sam's topic in General chat
wouldnt of thought so but im not that familiar with cedars -
that sentence really made me laugh.
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well ive used mine for a while, whilst its not perfect its a definate improvement over having it on my harness, so twenty quid on something that makes the job easier is a good spend imo
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no but at work we had both types and the fold down hopper was far nicer to use though. i cant remeber the fixed one but the fold down hopper just had hanging brackets and 2 bolts holding it on , and a kinda bent rod to control the feed roller hydraulics. we often took our hopper off to gain accsess in tight spots. is the hydraulic block in the same spot on both ? i have a feeling it is. we no longer have the fixed hopper model but we have the fold down model still at work if you want me to check anything ( iam assuming this is a tracked machine?) i know why your thinking about doing it , that hopper is so low, great for sycamore coppice , crap for everything else, i used to ramp it up at the front on a couple of logs to try and save my back. carl
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i have been climbing on a bulldog for a few years now, i really like it, i doesnt require tweaking or adjusting all the time. it works in the wet ok. i have been using it with non ce cougar blue which was fine although the rope did flatten out a bit, i am now using the xstatic rope which seems better. i like the way you can use the device drt too, althouh its not great like this its fine if you need to climb your way up drt then switch to srt of to descend drt at the end of the climb. i havent used any other srt devices so sorry i cant compare, but the bulldog is well made and does the job imo. you could do a shout on here if anyone local has one you can have a quick blast on ?? carl
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have you actually had a tree surgeon come and give you a price?
