Taupotreeman

Can of worms Mark 😀 Where do you start? There's the advantages of Srt vs ddrt and the whole thrusting, lack of thrusting argument and there's all the gear you can buy that involves less friction etc blah blah ad nauseum. At the end of the day I think it all boils down to experience to know what gear and styles of climbing there are along with work fitness which is different to gym fitness. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

We have the 395, 066 and 660. I love the 395; great saw for felling with a 24 inch bar but it's always in the bloody shop. Three chain adjuster screws, three exhausts as the screws holding them on keep breaking and it leaks chain oil like there's no tomorrow. On a felling or cross cutting job I always pull the husky out first as I love the grunt but we have had no problems with the Stihl gear in the same time. If it was my cash I'd spin it on the Stihl but it'd be a tough decision. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

Hope so. She's well looked after and an excellent bit of equipment. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

And I have to agree; the shunt the chipper took, the actual impact damage isn't that bad. More the damage from the roll over. Wouldn't buy anything else and we've already been in touch with the dealership about either fixing or replacing. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

Apparently treequip, $35k for a new cab on the truck gets it back on the road. I was of the same opinion as you; totalled. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

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Hydralada, the dealers, have a replica in stock but with 15 more HP. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

No one was hurt fortunately. All walked away. Guys did a fantastic job post incident of controlling the scene. Chipper has a bent axle, knackered brakes, drums, rims, engine mounts, hopper, winch mount. The draw bar and main chassis steel is bent at around 45 degrees. Oil is/was pouring out the air filter. No idea if the drum, bearing, clutch is ok or not. I'm absolutely gutted as it's just been back in the shop having a full service, brake rebuild and clutch replacement. On the plus side; the guys walked away only badly shaken. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

Sun strike, fog plus too fast for the conditions equals? Carnage.

10 days for us Drew, accumulative up to 100 days. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

Have to agree Goaty. My mate became a Christian and went from the F word being every second word to not swearing at all. I found myself watching my language more around him and now swear around 85% less. I notice every body else swearing all the time now and sometimes it's just hard to have a conversation. Surely on a forum it can't be that difficult to leave it out. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

You find Lombardy burns ok Peasgood? Maybe it's just the stuff we get in NZ. Always seems to be wet or like Balsa and just falls apart. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

I won't turn it down. Dry after six months, burns fast but hot and makes great kindling. I think it depends on the species but I'm happy with anything other than Lombardy. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

Shame it got squished, beautiful looking beastie. Why do we feel the need to kill them just cos we scared of them, don't like them or don't understand them. 👎 Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

Never bothered with mine. Cleaned em twice and that was it and they still seem to last a donkey's age. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

I'd just add to that statement. Under the HSE Act you have to take all practicable steps to protect yourself and those you work with sooooooooooo it's not quite as easy as just letting your boss do it, although I agree with the rest of sentiment. If you know full well the situation is dangerous then you should really do all that is possible to prevent him from putting his own life at risk. Diffult situation I know and I also appreciate that in this case, you were unsure of whether this particular scenario fitted into that category.

Mark, PM me. I need a few more details but I might be able to give you a few pointers. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

The funny thing is that everybody is taking the mick out of these guys but you sure as heck know that someone, somewhere is either desperate enough for firewood or stupid enough to think they're desperate enough, that the guy selling it might actually make some coin/get the job done free etc. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

Thanks htb. I'm a bit dopey when it comes to that kinda thing. I should just add that with the Camp harness we noticed that the straps between hip and legs had a tendancy to come loose once you started moving about in it. If you ended up inverted there's every chance you could fall out of it.

I wrote a little piece in the ergonomics of harnesses thread. Sorry, don't know how to link to it. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

They're the ones Drew. Been in touch with Rich about them. We are getting the sales rep down and hopefully sticking him in the harnesses. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

Also spoke with a colleague who had looked at some of the clips etc. He reckoned they were badly pitted and felt odd in the hand. Another guy tried the mini pulleys and said that the bearings in the pulleys were bad. To be fair, the Camp crabs were really nice and very light but my concern would be with lowering blocks, spikes and the like from the Chinese outfit. A failure of a bollard when lowering a big lump could be really ugly. If the stuff is good then all well and good but I'm concerned about cheap copies with low great steel and welds. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

We demo'd two harnesses. One was the Zero and the other was the Camp. Worth a read of the outcome of the trial. I've just written about it on the thread set up about the ergonomics of harnesses etc. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

Not sure if this is along the same lines but we received two harnesses on demo the other day. One was a Zero and the other a Camp harness. We gave them a brief trial in that we sat in them and hauled ourselves a few feet off the ground so that we were suspended. Bearing in mind both myself and my colleague use TM's we wee interested to see how the demo harnesses measure up. First up was the Zero. Wearing this was somewhat akin to having a large Anaconda wrapped around your waste and hips. The short bridge meant that the waist belt of the harness and the bridge was yanked up under the lowest ribs, squeezing the air out of your lungs. I spent five minutes in it and was out of breath when I got back on the floor. The Camp was worse. All of your weight was taken on the leg loops, the main pressure point being under your thighs. No waist belt meant that your legs were pulled in tight together and again, the short bridge crushed up under your ribs. Because of the lack of waist belt and some of the other issues with the harness, to keep you upright you needed to use your core strength otherwise it was easy to flop over backwards. Constantly tensing your ab muscles to prevent flopping over backwards made the back ache along with the abs. I was still feeling my lower abs three days later and that's after only ten minutes in it. Spent today swinging around in my TM and the difference is just unreal. No back ache, easy movement, no pressure points with your weight distributed around the harness. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

I watched it with the sound off so no idea what the fuss is about either. Easy enough to press mute isn't it? Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App