Big 'Ammer
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Soak them in a bucket of diesel.
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To be fair, I am going to adopt Skyhuck's policy of a new 200T every year. We will then be running new or newish climbing saws all the time, hopefully with no repair bills. It works out at a couple of quid a day. Keep an older one as a spare. You can soon spend some money on new mounts, sprockets, bars etc and then any repairs on top. It might as well be going into a new machine.
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Done that with one of mine. You need to change the right hand side plastic cover as well, for one of the older ones, as the jet screws are in a different place. I robbed one off an old scrap saw.
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Apart from the usual files, combi spanner, carb screwdriver, spare bar nuts, spare fuel caps, spare chains, etc... I have a strimmer combi spanner which is torx headed and another smaller combi spanner in 8mm and 10mm , the shaft is hexagonal allan headed. With those three combis and a carb screwdriver you can pretty much strip a saw down to parts in the field. Another useful thing to carry in your saw toolbox is an emergency one shot of 2 stroke to make up 5 litres of mix, should you run out on a job, as I did for the first time in 6 years last week....
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Cs 47
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The only thing with Teupens is the controls are not inverted. If your used to forklifts, tractors etc where forward is down and back is up, they can take a while to get used to!
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We took a couple of trees down 3 weeks ago over an asbestos roofed building. The branches were rubbing the sheets and actually went over the apex and ridge tiles. We did most of the low stuff with the mewp, as you couldn't branch walk out putting any pressure on at all. Set a high anchor and rigged the stuff up and away using the chipper to pull the other end of the rigging line. Carved out all the gobs with multiple cuts to avoid any stray gobs falling, like Rich described. Fair bit of pressure with these sort of jobs, as even a little stub, gob or bit of deadwood can crack a sheet.
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From memory, on the left near the stream, up that road out of Ayton. We've got plenty on, thanks for asking.
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Thought I recognised it. Theres a massive beech tree near it too, riddled with gano and a few others right by the roadside. I'm near Driffield, but I used to go shooting up that way a few years back.
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Its something I have thought about too, Tom. Why not a dropside trailer? Bit more versatile maybe.
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Whereabouts is that? Forge Valley maybe, some big trees down there. I wouldn't want to cut that up. Imagine all those main forks on the trunk a foot deep and grown in with stones where kids have thrown them up to knock conkers off for the last umpteen years!
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That's a great website Tom. I like your firewood pricing structure. Do you find it works well? Does it put people off small loads and get them to buy a larger amount at one go, or do you find you make more money with a big bag here and there? A small tweak perhaps, I would have perhaps shown an 'after' picture of a ground out stump to show customers the service you provide rather than a picture of a tree stump. Joe Public doesn't usually know what to expect as the end result when you describe it to them! My two penneth!
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I've got 41, but not 40. Trees are either nicely pruned or they are not. You need a good eye for it, its as much art as science. We get plenty of pruning jobs on past results and recommendations thereof, so I don't see the need for 40. However,having 41 is surely the best way to comply with PUWER regs? Rigging gear is work equipment. My insurance requires me to comply with PUWER. I wouldn't want to try and explain, to a back pedalling insurance company, my track record and training with rigging gear, in the event of a hefty claim without 41. Or if one of my staff were to be injured whilst carrying out work on spikes, or whilst rigging. The first thing their no-win-no-fee solicitor is going to ask; " What training has this man had for using spikes etc ...." For the cost of the assessment and a day off work, to me, holding 41 is a no-brainer.
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Thats sad indeed. Another reminder for us all to take care.
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My favourite saw. Still goes out with us every day and we all like to use it. Mine was made in 93. I got it second hand in 98, it hadn't done a lot of work. One of the best investments I have ever made. I have done tens of thousands of pounds of work with it. Trying to wean myself onto a 361 stihl for the better anti vibes. Its a good saw but and I like it, but it just doesn't have the same feel to it. Whether yours is worth the expense of fixing up depends on the wear really. You can get most of the bits still, but they often have to be ordered now, rather than off the dealers shelf. And for how much longer?
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Buy cheap, buy twice!
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Interesting rigging! Very innovative setup. Great job as usual, Reg. Thanks for posting for the rest of us to learn from.
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Theres a guy who writes in FMJ called Woodwise. I remember an article he did a while back where they scaffolded over a load of grave stones for a take down, and added a gangway to drag out the brash and cordwood to roadside.
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I've never heard of it, or read that in any Oregon literature. I always use the correct size file for the life of the chain. I've heard of some people going one size smaller as it wears back, to increase the gullet. I never bother and always sharpen freehand without any gadgets, making any corrections by eye, as necessary.
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You must have had a change of heart mate. Last back end you were the one advocating doing tree work for nothing in return for keeping the firewood!
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Does putting the gob in whilst still attached count? Stand on a log to avoid using the saw above shoulder height for the back cut, and a good toe hold for finishing the other side off.
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Maybe, maybe not.... More sulphur in red, therefore more explosive. More bang for less bucks. No additives, so its crap, but its cheap. And its worse for you, but we're not drinking it, are we?
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On the other hand, it might suit someone very well indeed. A regular guaranteed basic income every week for 2-3 days work, with some holidays and sick pay etc. Its hardly likely to be a killer either. Subby climber / groundy / firewood / get your own business off the ground for rest of week. Could be a good opportunity for someone? Depends how you look at things.
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Glad you are ok and nothing broken. It must have shaken you right up.
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Tree was knackered with innonotus, Dean. The crack was a stress crack running up from the cavity at the base, but it was in a spiral, so looked a bit like a lightning strike, but it went up about 12foot , not all the way to the top.
