carlos
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i find top handles need the least sharpening, ive certainly never sharpened them everyday. i do find peoples prefererence on chain tension varies.
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try a different chain or bar, then at least you will then know where the problem lies. check its oiling too.
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i made up my own one that is pretty much the same as the stein one and it works great for longer assents . you will have to get a foot loop too, and you could swap those karribiners for the really little DMM xsre ones, super compact.
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id say any arb block would be fine, it wiil depend on what size rigging rope you are using, also the swing cheek pulleys are handy for redirects or smaller stuff. id get minimal gear until you start rigging then you will understand what you do and dont need ( none of its cheap, and despite what the adverts imply the colour really dosent matter! lol. plenty of good vids to learn from on the net.
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UPDATE/CORRECTION re.'HSE Alert - Zig-zag failure'
carlos replied to Stephen Arb Association's topic in Climbers talk
seems odd that someone thought it was broken and that it wasnt. do zig zags fail to engage if they are not maintained ?? by which i assume they mean cleaned and moving ok. anyone else have this problem? just curious, i dont climb on one myself. carl -
i guess that may explain the abundance of three year old machines for sale then!! do they suffer from niggling problems or is it major expensive repairs? thanks
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my boss is thinking about a second hand forst 8" tracked chipper, my question " are they any good? seem to be a lot of people who dont rate the build quality etc. anyone really rate theirs? we have a jensen at the moment but they seem scarce second hand and a lot new. any thoughts?? thanks carl
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congrats, enjoy
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it looks a bit vunerable like that at the base of the tree.... but maybe you have a bit more control over where stuff lands than me! good to be thinking about rescue plans etc. do your clients notice stuff like that??
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do you use them spliced up with a normal split tail, or do you use them spliced up in fancy configurations with double rings etc?? hope that makes sense! thanks carl.
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must of been good if he didnt want to share it!!! once the performance is there i cant see why one would choose a petrol option.
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your wearing jeans whilst doing a chainsaw training video !!???
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im not sure just back cutting limbs is " next higher level techniques"!! sure i do it and it works on certain stuff, but i wouldnt recomend it to a learner as there are a lot of variables that are hard to explain. also cutting from a bucket truck and climbing are different in terms of proximeter of the piece being cut. every tree worker starts to deviate and experiment from what they were taught on courses. i learn something every day i go to work, so kind of hard to put all that into a short course. i think your a bit harsh and rude regarding the level of skill in trainers, !!! does your driving instructor need to be and ex world rally champion???? slagging others to promote oneself is always a dubious approach imo. still ive watched plenty of your vids and learnt and enjoyed them. carl
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you can probably guarantee it will come back! but i guess thats not what they are after
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same as above. nearly went with the kiwi climbers set up but a good deal on a second hand Ferrari came up so went with that
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Jensen Chipper melting coils / overheating oil?
carlos replied to darrenjlobb's topic in Large equipment
we had one completly melt once, fitted a new one and then it was fine, ours is usally too hot to touch during use, not much help really i guess just double check you have the correct spec replacment coil. carl -
mine came with a 14inch bar and i found it a bit slow too, so i swapped it out for a 12" cheap enough bar and a full chisel chain, its much better although it doesnt rev up loads but doesnt die off to much either, i use the saw for my own jobs and at the price i paid for it i love it but i think it does fall a bit short of the work stihl 201tcms in terms of performance. i havent tried drilling or modding it. so id try a shorter bar first. carl
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crown reducing a mature tree with secateures.... annually!!! cant really see that being to popular outside of japan. and they accused you of pruning just for the money?! i dont think much tree work actually benefits the trees health?? maybe iam wrong.
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not really sure how a fell can be deemed better for the trees health than a careful reduction??? also tree are very good at recovering for harsh pruning either by humans or storms.... they want to grow!
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the saw is long gone , went to a mechanic who reckoned he could fix it for less than the price of the new oem crank...he couldnt and still has it!!! we changed ground saws and life is normal again....what does a needle bearing look like, lol. none of this pocket full of needle bearings and hourly greasing nonsense that went with our 261. shame as nice saw otherwise.
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im pretty sure our one which had a crank fail was autotune, not 100% mind.
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iam working as a tree surgeon, have fun, carl
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just looked at your photos in another thread, looks like a lovely spot, im down in west cork, enjoy your woodland project, carl
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youve seen the tree and are still unsure how to price it, how can we virtually price it with out seeing it!!!!! i know we are good but....... (photos)
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ive got an aldi 25l one, seems fine for cleaning the saws, the motor runs quite a lot when doing the saws and is very noisy, not sure if more expensive ones are quieter, still for €75 its great got a nail gun and spray gun for it too but havent used them so much yet.
