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dynamite!!!!! saves you spliting the logs as well !! you just have to spend hours touring the parish collecting the logs!! ohh i hate rats and there is only one good un A DEAD ONE!!!
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MMM good points, I would like to hear from others on this i was taught to do all cuts on full revs as you reduce the chances of the theeth gripping on the wood and exagerating the force which in turn can create kickback. I would use full revs to bore and start by angling saw to use lower part of nose cut in until nose is full into log the turn saw so tip enters the timber. I think wear to the nose sprocket is caused by blunt saws and forcing saw through the timber if you let the saw do the work and keep it sharp it won`t make much diference to the sprocket wear IMO.
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Sorry jamie but reading your post you are saying you should do a bore cut with the saw at half throttle? You do not do a bore cut at half revs!!!! This would increase the chances of kick back on entry and you would struggle to keep the saw going as you are boring! All cuts should be done at full revs appologies if i have read this wrong.
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Capital gains Tax is a great thing:scared1:if you have nothing!!!!
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Very sensible business plan good on you . As i stated in time when it`s time to hang up the boots you will have a good range of good quality equipment to sell which will increase your wage over your working life by £xxx,000 this should then be added into your earnings .
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If you are taking costs of buying equipment in this price then Yes i expect you are on £100 a day , but in time when all is paid for you will have £x,000`s of equipment you can then sell!!! Having run a business also i know how easy it is to make your own wages per day what you like! You wouldn`t have the equipment you have if your only on £100 a day , your business turn over would be a lot higher than that. You couldn`t borrow bugger all with income like that. If you are lucky enough to own/bought your equipment out right then either you have come from wealthy parents or your on more than £100 a day!!
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Is this not a bit of what comes first chicken or Egg? prices driven down by competititon and then wages driven down by low quotes. Always seams to be the first thing that gets hit is the wages, agree it is the one big regular bill but there must be other ways of reducing costs.
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Basic wage for a skilled worker (groundie or climber)should be at least £100 a day. As Andy says £50/£60 a day will only get you monkeys who sit around all day on thier phones. Pay a good wage for good workers.
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Gob was fine IMO I think the height of the felling cut was a bigger problem 3+ inches on a tree that size will always try to split up the grain instead of creating a hinge of wood that will twist. But bore cut and dog tooth would have been more entertaining , that one would have gone off like it did but in a controlled manor and no spliting.
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I get that from climbing with a butterfly harness!! good job they don`t work any more:sneaky2: and that was due to the wife as well!!!!!
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Great shots, i think the second last is the best piccie by far really gets the fear in her eyes across. I will not be taking my mrs climbing because in return she would want me to go HORSE riding!!!!!! I don`t mind horses but i cant find the throttle or the brakes:confused1:
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Recentlly coming from the Agri side i feel able to compare. First the wages are a very simliar rate i tend to work a flat week now compaired to often 5 or 6 hours overtime on the farm rising to 30+ at busy times. The big diffence now is the rent on my house taking a third of my wages each month. So in all i think i was better off sat in a tractor doing less physical work but longer hours to now sweating my dangley bits off most days but have time to spend with the kids or do some more sweating. As for arb harder work i agree but 15 hours aday on a combine or tractor going as fast as you can is quiet tirering to. I think i would need to earn £100 a day to equal the benifit of a free house in agriculture! Not likely!!!
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I think quiet often groundies are labeled as usless because they don`t climb! Since being in the proffesion i have noticed this several times and can never work out why one man has to be the Foreman/ climber/ liason officer/ decision maker, I say he has enough to think about with climbing and working he really dosn`t need to worry about the ground and customers as well. It has been nice reading a few replies on here as to what a good groundie is about and i agree 100% with thier views, i think a foreman on site should be on the ground and you would have a head climber that calls the shots from upstairs in relation to off ground activites. I am aming to get to a point just like your all saying in regard to a Rescue groundie who has a head on his shoulders and a proper driving licence. Got most of it except the Ariel rescue!!
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I think someone was a little potty when they planted that.
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Chestnut, we are talking of trying to get up to this meet up and are discussing filling a car with 3 or 4 of us if your interested in going let us know we should be able to fit you in. Treegeek, If you want i will drive, i do have quiet a thirst motor so it could cost a bit in diesel!! But i don`t mind loading her up , we should fit 4 blokes and gear in just, it`s a LWB shogun Auto!! We do need conformation this is going ahead and date 6/9/2008 is fine by me
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Easy u drive pick me up on the way by:thumbup1: might need to stop at sutton scotney as well?
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Not looking much interest on this one!!! just to save everyone searching for infomation 6 september 2008 From 10am ish Post code for venue is SG8 0SA, Abington Pigotts, Royston BBQ by MR Winger, top burger burner/ sausage sizzler. Possible events, Climbing, Carving, Dismantlling,Talking, maybe a bit more Talking and a little wee wee taking! Post up if your interested
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Ohhh nickers was going but got a call from friends that the A303 was slow and we were late leaving so didn`t bother. Wish i had gone now. next year i will try to get there
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SO, i guess that is FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFVVVVVVVVTTTTT don`t you just love a cleaver dick? i bet you know the offside rule as well!!!
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Should be o.k 115 mile door to door so not to bad only a couple of hours. Are you thinking of running both days then ?
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sounds good to me !!! and a pub!! 6th- 7th spetember 2008? have you a post code for the area so we can see how far we have to travel please matty?
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comments like that could get you 10 years for child abuse!!!!!!
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Thanks for reply tommy Just looked at your amazing carving pictures Superb is all i can say. Any tips and hints you can pass on would be appreciated.
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right folks as a non carver but interested in having a go where do i start? what wood is best or shouldn`t be used? what should i try to create first? best saw to try with? Good tips on what not to do? good tips on what to do ? Any good web sites to look at? Good books to read? Size of timber to start with? Anything to avoid in the timber? (cracks or knots) there is some great work on here and would love to be able to make something simliar but just don`t know where to start.
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get a few more request like this and i can see a side line coming on:thumbup1:
