carlos
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great photos, looks like your kit earns its keep, do you have an engineering background?? or learnt yourself on the job? thanks carl
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friend had a pair of stien boots not sure which model but they fell apart pretty darn quick, meindl woodwalkers have been a good boot for me. carl
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if the limbs are near horizontal then a "box cut" will work well letting the branch fall flat to the ground. deep under cut, then two side cuts followed by a fast top cut all in the same plain, only learnt this cut a while back but seems good so far, iam sure others can elaberate more on it. carl
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i think the parweld ones look pretty good, had a quick go on one a lot smoother than my old a/c box that unfortunately just keeps going( cant justify new one!) and if you havent already got an automatic welding shield, then id get one as there brilliant, and make learning a lot easier. carl
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truck by the looks of it, just dont hop in a hurry to dump off!
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hope no one minds me saying but that looks like a total pile of crap not worth bothering with, a hell of a lot of force in a chipper, wouldnt fancy the " hope i did that right" feeling having worked on it, carl
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looks nice, get using it and add bits as you see fit.
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we have a hayachi thing and to be honest its not that usefull , hard on the shoulders and if your not cutting right next to the trunk the branch moves about a lot. could you use a ladder or stand on the roof of the tractor? maybe iam just impatient and used to a powered pole saw, lol carl
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yep, never again. in my wisdom i thought if i cut the limb with the nest in it would fall to the ground and the bees would be there.... well they were for about 30 seconds till they flew back up to look for there nest!!! they wernt happy, couldn't descend quick enough then ran off in my spikes and tripped over my lanyard into a load of nettles... the lads were all pissing themselves laughing whilst heroically hiding in the jeep , so i keep away from bees now
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£35k= half tidy !!!!
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ye there good alright just a bit pricey!
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hi we are looking at LR130,s tippers and the chip box dimensions we have been given seem to be the same size as a mog! does the land rover handle this full of wet leyland and a tracked chipper on the back easily??! as the mog full seems kinda heavy when wet and the mogs got a fair engine in it and the landrover is a 2.5 ??? thanks carl
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great shot:thumbup: i guess garden access for the mog is no longer a problem! ( just make a new drive)
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we started to have the same thoughts about this a while back as we are often a two man team and in different parts of the garden etc, we use running tops from lidl and cheap sports shops, they dont have much reflective stuff but are plenty bright enough, really makes a difference how quickly you spot someone. good to hear other opinions on this. carl
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ye that looks good is it me or is it hard to come up with an original idea!!??
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out of intrest would you/did you stop the traffic as the fells took place?? or 100% trust in winch and felling? thanks carl
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not sure if this has already been done but i was thinking of the concept of having a battery belt with a few slimline batterys in it this would attach to a special saw lanyard with and integral power cable inside it. the saw itself would have to be modified/ re manufactured to balance the weight without the on board battery. so the advantages as i see them would be a really light top handle with probably a lot longer battery life. so what do you recon ??? thanks carl
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christ!! that doesnt look safe at all, glad i didnt have to tow it.
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D link with choked lifting strap as rigging point
carlos replied to dicky mint's topic in Rigging and roping
is this going to be a temporary " get out of jail" method or your main day in day out method?? sure it will work and shackle wont break but will wear the rope and hockle it to hell and really reduce its safe working load, so over time i doubt you will save any money, so in short odd use ok long term use not a great idea, just my opinion mind and iam no reg coates in the rigging dept ( unfortunately!) oh and check out the "X" rings could be a perfect middle ground for ya. carl -
thanks for that link, looked a lot neater and better than the connectors i used, although i might just be more careful in the future
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got it fixed with connectors and elec tape, not pretty or discreet but should do the job. might try and get some proper connectors, with a view to disconnecting at the house on certain jobs, bound to save time in certain situations. thanks carl
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yes i rate it.
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thanks guys should be able to sort it myself, there's nobody in the house either. me just being careless and rushing on the plus side the rest of the job will be easier!
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whats the best easy cheap way to rejoin a snapped thin black phone line going to a house?? thanks carl
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do you need a ticket for it? i guess for councils you do but private aswell. is there more to it than mix per instructions and only spray where needed? carl.
