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i thought all you business owners hated spending time pricing and doing quotes?? and here you are in your free time arguing the toss over a job your never ever going to do !!!!
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well i got a new rope, i went for the xstatic, ive only used it a bit but it seems nice and definantly runs through the bulldog better going up and down. it does seem a bit slippier in the hand compared to the cougar blue. the colour is a bit weird!! half expected it to come with some 3d glasses. i do miss my eye splice so iam considering getting a shorter length of the fly rope with an eye in for drt. thanks for the help choosing, carl
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for small stuff id say a spear cut is hard to beat, admititly not so much control but works well .
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saw a pair of choughs at work today, quiet tame too.
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could you line up a few different makes and models, find your nearest dealers and try and arrange a demo of each one. a good way to get to know your dealer and what you think of them and then you get to see what you think of the machine rather than someone elses view. particulaly as most companies as changing engines and spec around a lot at the moment to be stage 5 compliant. we have found jensens to be well made and reliable. carl
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the little oval dmm xsre krabs are good for this i also use them to attatch my foot loop to the knee asscender. i found the cheapy keyring type ones were the right size but the gate action on them was poor and they didnt last.
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Best entry level chainsaw in to the forestry sector?
carlos replied to TheGingerMan's topic in Chainsaws
the 261,s are good saws but i think there was a batch with a fault with the needle bearing, personally i dont buy the lack of maintence bit as there are saws at work that are ancient and havent been greased and still work fine, were as the 261 we had seemed to need grease and a new bearing after each fill! to the op id get a husky 550, great little saw imo -
maybe not so much the concept of music, but the methods used to produce music are inventions, guitar piano etc. id give up a lot before i gave up listening to music (that i like that is!)
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i have tried that but often have to go back up to finish the tree anyway so suits me to swap back to drt to descend, dont really feel it works against me, but i can be a bit slow to try new stuff.
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i nearly always just tie my mainline anchor in a running bowline to the top of the tree then when iam done go back up and undo and come down on double rope, not very fancy but simple and doesnt get stuck on the retrieval.
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this is for srt, the rope isnt running through it like a cambium saver in drt, i think i saw the vid the op is talking about, it did look good, but i have never used it, my srt set up is pretty simple.
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the battery ones are way nicer to use than the petrol version
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cool thanks for replies
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anyone else try it??
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i think the ones i made were about 70cm, they work fine side branches, id say really long ones would tangle a lot whilst climbing around. i guess see which sizes work for you.
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just had a look at the x static and realised it dosent have a splice neither does the Courant Squir V2, i like the sound of these ropes but i really do like my splice as i normally descend double rope, plus drt climbing of small trees, so any other ropes to look at or should i consider getting two ropes one spliced for drt and a non spliced for srt. i know a lot of this is down to personal preference but always good to have other peoples input. thanks carl
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we have just noticed a small amount of play in the front bearing ( nearest the hopper) when you grab the flywheel at 9 and 3 oclock one can feel a small amount of play. obviously this will have to be fixed, my question is can it be used like this or is there a danger of it causing more damage? its a jensen 530 chipper. any thoughts? thanks carl
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Top out ASAP or leave until last - mass damping, inertia etc
carlos replied to AHPP's topic in General chat
top last mostly. -
Mrs going srt kit advise please.
carlos replied to Rob Thompson's topic in SRT (Single Rope Technique)
is this your daily srt/drt rope, do you like it? iam using non ce cougar blue and its due for renewal . thanks -
Mrs going srt kit advise please.
carlos replied to Rob Thompson's topic in SRT (Single Rope Technique)
another way round this problem is to srt up to your throwline set anchor point, then lanyard in and get your base tie undone and pull all the slack up to your srt device ( mine is a bulldog bone and can be used as a drt device, iam not sure which other ones can be used for either) then proceed to the top of the tree using normal drt and lanyard then tie off your mainline and work srt. i tend to prefer to work from a crown tie in point rather than a base tie. carl -
small slings with karribiners are good for redirects. i use a pantin foot asccender and homemade knee acssender and a 4srt chester for advancing the device. i think a lot of the youtube srt vids can be over complicated and involve a lot of gear, which is fine but not essential imo. carl
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hard to beat a 5l combi can for saw work.
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12kn is a hell of a weight/ force!! how is a climber going to load an anchor anywhere near that?? i would be thinking a bit bigger than wrist size if that was a rigging scenario.
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dont think id leave my saws outside over night even if i was the only person on the planet!!
