Will Hinchliffe

The cranked pipe is attached to the return, the other is pipped to the pump.

:001_tt2:Im on it ben

This makes sense to me but there seems to be no divert lever. The pipe that supplies the spool valve block also supplies the legs we traced it back and cant find a lever.

Thanks for your reply Turning the lever does nothing. The trailer has a pto pump and its own hydraulic system.

Before I start I apologise for the any incorrect terminology I use bellow. Il try to be clear so you understand. We have a forwarding trailer with a 1970s HIAB 550 mounted on it. We have been recently trying to get it to work. The legs are simply big rams with feet. They are not piped to the spool valve block and each leg has its own control lever. When we first tried to operate the crane the leavers on the legs appeared to do nothing but the legs extended and retracted eraticly when the crane was operated. John took the block on top of the leg rams apart and replaced the O rings on the leaver and blanking bolts. He also examined the ball bearings, pistons and spring that are part of the leaver/valve assembly. Both legs are now stuck out but are holding. This has lifted the whole trailer way up in the air. Turning the levers now does nothing. Our thoughts are that either the ball bearing that blocks the return is not being moved by the leaver or due to the excessive extension of the rams they are kinking slightly so wont go back in. I think we will try to lift the trailer with a loader and see if they go back in with the weight off tomorrow. Any advice greatly appreciated. All of this is outside of our area of expertise and we are a bit stuck. We also have 4 spare legs 2 the same and 2 that are piped to spool valve blocks. Thanks Will

I have seen a loopie that someone had spliced with an isc pully on it. They then had a thin bit of hollow braid spliced to the pulley also with a retreival shakle on. This makes it retrievable. They had it made specifically for working and rescue on a spar. You shouldnt really use a caribeaner as part of a friction saver. The gate could rub on part of the tree and open.

Jinx

Could be collybia fussipies. The decay looks right.

:thumbup1:Fantastic! That big old saw looks crazy

The woods on bullbarrow hill are great and the ancient yew wood on hambeldon hill. Bryanston school in Blandford owns some lovely woodland, they also have the london planes that are the tallest in europe. Ranger matt seems to have good local knowledge of that area so he might be worth a shout. I will have a think of some others.... The Stockgaylard estate is a must for some fantastic veteran oaks in a beautiful deer park. You should try to go to Winspit on the coast, Its an amazing place to hang out for the day. Loads of rock pools, swimming, quary caves and rock climbing. You have to park near a pub called the square and compass (very very good pub!) then its a bit of a walk but well worth it. There are horseshoe bats in the caves that have been blocked off.

No way I could say with out seeing it. Sounds like a good challenge. Im sure you will figure it out. Stay safe

It would be a great tree for kids to climb. The woodland is very nice but not massive and the access is not great. You rarely see any one there which is nice and there are some very steep hangings.

I have seen it in books but never tried it. I doubt it is good for the long term health of a tree but may help improve the fruit yeild. You may already know this but for those who do not: The little knife is a timber scribe. I think thats what the little pocket behind the knee on chainsaw trousers is for. Im always looking out for them at bootsales. They are quite pricy new.

Some excellent additions to this thread. Monkeyd In your last shot has the parent tree died of and decayed away ? Here is a photo of a Beech in Kingsetle a woodland trust site just outside of Shaftesbury. It apears that the tree has lifted and toppled slightly resting on its lower limbs. I think it probably happened a while ago. I think the crown may have died back slightly and then regrown creating this wonderful busy crown. The dieback has decayed and fallen from the tree. The lean on it is really impressive and the photo doesnt really show it very well you can climb up the back of the tree to the top with ease very quickly. It could easily have been condemned as an unsafe tree after lifting but has adapted and now seems stable. I took this photo especially for this thread but forgot about it.

Nice photo set Rupe. Interesting job. Thats a great crane photo arbutus.

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:thumbup1:Great photos Rupe can you explain whats going on in the pine photo. Whats the line your holding for ?

It does make it a bit difficult to find a MBS for these to products.

To add to the confusion Wasp CE Prusik Rope 200m Coil - Sorbus International Limited ........... I will send an email to marlow.

The description of Wasp on the Forest and arb website is the same as the description of Geko on the Marlow website. Is the wasp rope just a re-branded Geko or does the construction differ ? My lanyard is clearly yellow and black not lime green and black like the description of boa on the marlow website. It all seems a bit unnecessarily complex.

Thanks John. I though the certificate of conformity I was given when I bought my cord said it was called wasp. I think it might actually be Marlow Boa.

I think you might have gecko, wasp is 9.8mm. I have a wasp lanyard at the moment. Its usually used as a cord for friction hitches. I find the wasp to be very smooth through the Cinch but I dont think its going to wear very well. I wanted 10mm Sirrius but when I went to pick some up the shop had none left so I bought the was because I wanted something to splice.

Some great photos already posted. Here is a couple from todays job.

Today our loler inspector passed a load of my climbing gear that I had spliced. He also checked over and labeled some rigging split tales I had spliced up. Just be confidant that you have followed the manufacturers instructions for the splice and carry on doing your pre use checks.

If I have the money Il come. Hopefully it wont rain quite so much this time. Tommy B That swamp cypress looks really impressive growing in the water. Is the rooting area constantly flooded or is it flooded seasonally ? I would love to plant one in a location like that.