carlos
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thanks for replies, i did have a brief look at it today but was meant to be looking after our two small kids but then ended up trying to round up about 30 stray cattle from our yard!!!!! so ill report back when i can give it a bit more attention. carl
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what sort of saw work are you doing? tricky big windblown hung up trees etc would probably be best done with two people whereas already fallen stuff thats small would be a lot less risky. id say a celox bandage and an israli would do along with your phone in your pocket.
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thanks for all the replies, thanks for the detailed info on the carb ADW ill undo it again and check all that, i didnt go near the tuning screws apart from turning the idle down a bit. i dont think its the clutch springs as the engine is erratic, but ill look to be sure. thanks again for the replies, on new years eve too!
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my 254 was not starting from a hot start, so i took the carb apart to have a look ( not sure why as dont really know what im doing) and didnt see anything obvious , now it is idleling fast and erraticly and stalling? just wondering if there is anything easy i can check, without making anything worse? probably end up taking it to a repair shop as i have always struggled with carbs tuning etc, but as its holidays i would like to try and get it going. thanks carl
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ye thats what i use for the bulldog, works great once ive worked out how it goes on!
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thanks for your replies, it dosent seem like there is one stand out method then so i guess he will just have to find out which works best for him. carl
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i do wonder about the effect of some of the videos on youtube from the top climbers rigging and felling out monster pieces??? very hard to convey the decades of experience and thought processes needed to execute these jobs safely. all to easy to try and copy without the underpinning knowledge. i guess people just need to realize where their skills are at. carl
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a friend has started using a rope wrench and vt knot with a shop bought stiff tether, he is using a sling around his neck to advance, it doesent seem great so just wondering what others are using with this set up. ? thanks carl.
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one story of warning regarding dogtooth cuts, a friend was trying to fell out an ash stem simmilar to the one in the vid, he realised the chance of a barber chair so put in a dog tooth cut but left the hinge too thick and when he cut the back release bit it barber chaired instantly up from the back of the hinge, thankfully it didnt get him, very horrible to watch from the ground, not to mention being up there. regarding a ratchet strap- if you think you need to strap the tree to stop it splitting then is that really the best, safest option? if you can climb higher and take smaller bits then id say not. carl
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if you want logs from a job , request that the logs stay where they are felled and the brash must be dragged all accross the garden! you will probably end up with twice the amount of logs
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to the op, have you told the company who did the work for you that you are unhappy?? probably the first thing to do. as others have said small diameter stuff does tend to go through the chipper unless specificly requested not to. i hope you have a better experience next time you use a tree surgeon. carl.
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doesnt look so leaning to me? no gob on a bit that size is madness! would a normal gob of prevented a barber chair or would a dog tooth been enough? or like others have said just take a smaller piece. very nasty, hope he recovers ok horrible for the other guys too.
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have you looked at yale polydyne ropes, the 16mm one has a breaking strain of about 8000kg! hope your keeping well.
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id say using existing rigging gear to lower a casualty could be a quick and effective method, would need to back up the capstan with a fail safe prussic or the like. probably not best practice could work in the right circumstance id say.
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quick bump. just a quick thanks to joe for starting this thread as it prompted me to organise a refresher day for me and a few mates, hopfully wont need it but good to recap on it. asked about the srt query and the trainer reckoned it best to switch back to drt for the actual rescue maybe srt up if you need to, iam inclined to agree. thanks to andrew for that method, makes sense and will try it out one day and see how the bulldog bone reacts to two climbers on it. carl
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Looks good. Just after a croll or similar and I'll be making one of these also. You make your foot loop as well or just buy one? i made a seperate footloop from tough webbing and elastic sewn together with strong fishing braid, it works a treat but took me a whole evenning of sewing on the sofa! so afterwards i wondered whether it was worth the effort or not?
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id say you will struggle to get a horse chestnut to fall 90 deg to the lean without a big digger giving it a yank, has it also got a lean in the direction of the desired fall? tirfors can be a bit slow on the pull too.
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yoga can help. work less! identify the tasks that are worse for your back and try and avoid them. sorry to hear that as a bad back can turn a normal easy work day into a real slog. hope you get it sorted.
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second for macrocarpa, yes it is good for milling and carving, its fairly weather resistant too.
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just bought a cheap 2.5hp 25litre compressor mainly to clean saws, just wondering if anyone runs other tools from this sort of compressor or is that about all they are good for? thanks carl
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a problem i can see with that device is not being able to take wraps off under load, whereas a portawrap or bollard you can put on too many wraps to start with and then remove them if needs be. plus the climber will need to keep going back to the device to adjust the amount of wraps on it.
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ok so its not pitch black all day long then?
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so you climb with a good head torch then? must take a bit of getting used to.
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could the client employ someone with a lucas mill or the like to mill onsite then sell timber? be sure to make a vid of the fell, sounds like your blue loader may struggle a bit!
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looks a bit cumber sum compared with other products around, although ive yet to use a lowering device in the tree.
