Rowan the Bruce

Oi! you should try being at the top of the bloody hill then, plenty of draw on my chimney tonight ha! ha!

best to contact a local assessor who can assess you for AO1 and AO2, is it for the RFS cert arb?. when you find the right person get them to go through a provider(most are anyway) so that you can get the cert. Local agricultural colleges often can advise also. Hope that helps. I did it with the most experienced assessor here in cornwall. Good luck

Niether, get a husky 372xp Much better IMO

Yeah man that was cool! Nice one thanks for sharing.

Where in Kernow are you I am up the road from Tommer in Redruth/:001_tt2:Lanner.

No I'm not, just spoken to my inspector and he said that they need to be certified / CE marked, I'll call nod on the morrow.

Thanks Old Snake, my LOLER inspector is sound and knows a bit about splicing so I'm going get it done in the mornin woop woop!

yeah! thanks High Scale. I have heard of a loler inspector who was probably ignorant of splices cutting the spliced eye off a new england rope because the inner core wasn't through the splice, done by a large reputable arb supplier. Now if the outer core is only spliced losing x amount of mbs, is it still stronger than a bowline, now I am confusing myself.

You can tell I know f a about splicing ha! ha!

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Hi all been away for a while and I'm needing to get some splicing done - lanyard, footlock strop, climbing line and friction saver. I called a guy from the local chandlers in Falmouth and he said to bring the rope down and he'd see if he can do them. He's been splicing marine ropes for 20 years but says he ain't certified but can test them. For LOLER inspections would I need them to be done by someone who can sign a bit of paper? I'd love to go on one of Nods courses though, where are they held normally?

Thanks for getting me back on mate, nice one.

Good looking wood that, make some nice tables. Glad to see that the site has dried up.

Glad you like my back yard folks.

If you walk down through the village of constantine, carry on down to the bottom of the hill, theres an old school on your left and a river running under the road. If you follow a path on the right near the river it will take you to part of the helford river called Ponjeravah the walk goes through some nice woods. Also half way down the village past the pub turn left and carry on walking theres a blue bell wood (bit early for flowers) nice woods too. Ask around theres loads of good places the Ferryboat pub is agood one near Trebah and Glendurgan gardens, and the beach at Durgan is also worth alook. have a good one.

If your going to have a chip box on the back with 1 - 1.5 tonnes of chip on the back, and tow a 2 ton chipper then its gonna seriously struggle on hills/hillstarts. My crewcab struggles and I tow a timberwolf (750Kg). Good luck don't fill it too full with beech lol!

Great vid that Pete. Nuts!

Nice story that Tom, life is a little easier in some ways/ harder in others in those places. Is that a quote from Blade Runner on your posts?

yeah - I missed the opportunity to photo some guys using jackhammers in flip flops/thongs, singlets and lungi's. The highway was between Mysore and Mangalore in Karnataka state.

Some highway work Indian style, had 5 weeks away recently and was lucky enough to stumble accross this! They had a chainsaw to cut the fig up on the ground and to fell the stems. They had done about 40 of them already, nutters!

I may know just the fellow DTC, lives near Truro what's the job / pay like, pm me your number. I noticed you know my mate Tommer then. I live up the road from him.

Shame to ruin a nice boot like that, do you have his number I could do with some boots myself. He must have a job lot or something , nice vid.

A lot depends on quality though Doug my wood is pretty crap mixed loads, not barn dried for two years, I live in one of the dampest places in England. If it was better i'd charge £150 a load.

I've been doing loads like that but pieces half the width 5 inchs or less for £100, though most of it is a wee bit damp, air / water dried lately infact. Only takes me two hrs with the splitter so I thought that was an ok price. But then people down here are tighter than a duck's backside.

Looks more like Salix caprea, could be wrong maybe Hamamelis, but the pussy buds and leaf give it away really, no red on the flower which is a definate witch hazel sign. Bit early for goat willow though.

Awesome wood piles, gives good satisfaction aswell as meditation I find.

tommer9 - ive got some of that mud for sale - do you think theres a market for it?

Ha Ha! not down this way we've got mountains of the stuff, can't tip my mulch at the moment LDV's and muddy fields don' mix as well as fish n chips. Still off to south India for a few weeks of 30 degrees, nice n dry there me ansomes.

Heterobasidion annosum can cause bottle butt on conifers I believe.