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  1. Gray git
    Reducing the Catherine parr oak at thorp perrow arboretum today. Had strict instructions from curator and a consultant as to where to cut as they had decided to significantly reduced the sail of the Crown in an exempt to save the tree. Before During After It truly is a massive tree at over 400year old, shame it's so badly decayed. Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
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    http://www.northernpowergrid.com/ Somewhere in the contact section or services you can request a site visit to confirm what is needed, you will end up dealing with amey who for the dozen or so times I've needed it over last few years have been very good and efficient. Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
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    Wrong questions you should be asking how expensive is it if I mess up, especially since its free to do it properly Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
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    Anyone seen this idea before turning your digger into a shovel loader and back again. Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
  5. Gray git
    Ow Yeh 😳 Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
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    What you replacing that with then Stephen Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
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    I d always put him as an extra man on site rather than the 2nd man so no reason for a job not getting finished and he can be more closely supervised and taught as the jobs progress. As his skills and compatancy increase give him more responsibility but on simple/safer jobs that have slacker time constraints therfore helping improve confidence. Ask him to suggest solutions to problems then explain the good and bad points of hus view and possibly how it could be attacked in a different way, it's all about getting them engaged and thinking not just saying this is how we do it and that's that. Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
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    I like the way the top guard folds down to give better visibility as I find when I have the farmi winche on front of valtra it can be a bit of a pain looking through it. Think you should be very proud of that unit now and let's hope the cost is paid back with reliable service for many more years. Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
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    Looking really good now Andy, did you have to use longer front arms to make the pto angle a little shallower or is that standard? Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
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    Yeh it's a little more involved repairing a powerline than a BT line that's for sure! Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
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    Just put a request in for shrouding and when they come back and say no need your covered but as you will be working about a live powerline I'm fairly sure you have a obligation to notify them. It's free and unless they require isolation normally very quick. Also I've had lads turn up to isolated lines for me and persuade them to disconnect the section and drop it which has made our job so much easier and quicker so they get the line back up and on faster. Fines for damaging the lines are eye watering apparently so go carefully Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
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    That's brilliant Worth a fortune if all brittool 😉 Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
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    Best excavator grinder I used as a old 5ton kabota that had a 150hp engine instead of its original with 2 sets of hydraulic systems fitted and the dipper boom removed with a grinding head off a 100hp Carlton in its place. Was immensely powerful machine and could track, grind, slew all simultaneously without killing the engine too much. Biggest problems were it's physical size restricted where it could be used and it was unbelievably noisy in the cab so plugs under defenders were a must. Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
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    Good sun rises bud. 49eh only a year to go to the big 50 and we will all expect a invite to the party 😉🍻 Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
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    New website!

    Gray git replied to gustharts's topic in Gustharts

    Looking good,nicely laid out but no Deal of the day which is very disappointing 😜 Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
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    If it's saw felling trim up butt once it's down. If your prepping for a harvester brash up to head hight nd snaggle of any big toes to help avoid sump smashing high stumps that can lead to a rigged machine requiring a recovery tweak. Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
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    Wolf tree is also a big rough tree within a plantation that's hardly worth bothering with but has to be taken. Scarf cut - the gob or directional felling cut. Snigging, winching out. Toeing up, cutting the buttresses off before felling Clicking in, often winching edge trees back into the clearcut. Blushing off a stump, cutting off a stump to hide a crap fell or poor cuts. Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
  18. Gray git
    Nice find yesterday Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
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    Guess so, was thinking of welding a pipe along the bottom with 12mm holes drilled in and sitting the back pack blower at the end to add a bit more air to the mix and speed up the burn to shift more stuff. Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
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    Will let you know how a old skip with a few holes low down gets on soon enough as got a lot of thorn to burn on a sssi and a skip on blocks seems to be English nature's preferred idea. Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
  21. Gray git
    Still use my 1999 046 which is a brilliant grunt saw but my havs don't particularly like it compared to my newer huskys Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
  22. Gray git
    https://www.theratchetshop.com/winches-pulleys/aluminium-wire-rope-puller.html These guys are excellent to deal with nd if you call tomorrow morning you might get it Monday if your lucky Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
  23. Gray git
    Old days???? Still get that some days using a whole bunch of shiny expensive gear when over enthusiastic rapping of the rope happens without me noticing, seems to hurt more with the new gear or maby I'm getting a bit older. Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
  24. Gray git
    Will get some better video next time he is in and see if the old bugger will do a talk walk around. Need to get some pictures of his 6x6 militant with massive crane on and 5speed winch in its arse Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
  25. Gray git
    Moved across the estate out of public access area and left to do what rotting wood dose, what else would anyone do with stuff that big and that compromised. Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app

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