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Ever had a problem with charpening whilst out in the sticks?
Rupe replied to Xerxses's topic in Video forum
I dont understand!?? Whats going on there? I've seen it where you cut into a high stem and put the saw in and hold the back of the saw up with a felling lever which is stuck in lower on the stem, but I dont understand what is happenign with the wedge??? Excuse me I am a bit slow!! -
Scrap prices are up!
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You can hardly tell the difference!
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Here you are! Works a treat! Flaps about a bit though.
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Actually I lied, its a piece of tube through a bit of scaffold bar. Not very exciting pics, didn't get any of it in action so to speak but did take one of it set up. Will have to go out to the car and get my camera, hang on a minute while I get my zimmer frame out, you cheeky get!
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Yell.com, there free, search friendly website
Rupe replied to treesnakey's topic in Business Management
"free"? Really? Do you pay for a YP or Yell advert/listing already? -
National Insurance while employed and self employed
Rupe replied to APC's topic in Business Management
Yeah makes sense, just hoping you werent't setting your self up with conficts of interest. You now, the tree surgeon who works for another at the weekend then finds himself sacked! That kind of thing. -
Useing hitch climber pully without a as pliced rope?
Rupe replied to Greenway's topic in Climbers talk
You could tie a figure eight or bolwine with a long loop. That way the actual knot is higher up away form the HC. Add some rubber rings and make the loop closed at one end and your sorted. -
National Insurance while employed and self employed
Rupe replied to APC's topic in Business Management
Are you full time employed in tree work and doing tree work for your friend? -
I saw it in Alaska for a few weeks when I was there. We would sleep in bivis on the mountains and lie there (not sleeping obviously) watching the lights. Totally awsome. When we met some locals they said it was the best show they had seen in years too so I felt very lucky!
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Ah, ok. 5995kgs then!
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Is it a 3.5t vehicle or greater?
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Ok, more like 4500
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4200kgs
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I think that a tricky area. If you tripped over your bootlaces while on site would that be covered? Personal accident cover is probably worth having to cover yourself from everything in life not just work. But the main thing here is the public liablity, and peter has summed up what I would have said perfectly. Your not really a subby your employed as a self employed person and therefore covered the same way as employees. But what goes on while working abroad is whole different matter too!!
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I got 70mph out of mine the other day, empty, not towing. Thats plenty fast enough for me!
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The only ones bigger than 90 are the occasional ambulances/polic vans that come up for sale but not tippers as far as I know. A 90bhp will easily pull a 750kg chipper and a "legal" load of chips. i.e. Truck at 3500kgs total. If you overlaod it it will struggle a bit on hills. I think they are fine, all the important stuff is transit anyway. They have a bad name which makes them cheap, but they are so cheap that they are a bargain. I had a '95 that was hanging and lasted another 6 years after I bought it in 2003. Then my latest is a '52 and its great. Only got 42K on the clock so not had a tough life. MY advice would be to not go older than '01/51 and as much newer than that as you can afford. Then ask if they have "dual mass" clutch fitted. If yes, then you will have starter motor/clutch problems at some point but as long as you fit a standard clutch instead when the time comes (cheaper than a dual mass anyway) then the problem will be solved.
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I'll take it out tomorrow, got some Ash branches to lower off.
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Yes there is......... Tree Care Ireland - retailer of Forestry and Arboricultural equipment.
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No. No and No.
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I think he means the speedline being set up on other trees? Not on the actual Ash tree.
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Good point! The GRCS is relativley one of the cheapest bits of kit I own! Paid for itself in two jobs and not cost much in parts ever since. I think I bought two new springs that were a pound, and I had to get a new handle due to a mishap!
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I welded some inch bar through some scaffold bar to make my first lowerign device. I put a loop on on end and just tied it to the base of trees. Worked great, still got it, might take it out next week for fun!
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Thats what I was getting at.
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Wind, especially when in leaf, will create more leverage above the "tipping point" than 15 stone at the TIP bearign straight down on the stem. Moving out away from the stem will creat more leverage but still not as much as wind. If it survived tha last windy day it will stand while a block climbs up the stem (if its straight stemed). Rigging and branch walking are different of course.
