Mark Bolam
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ART friction saver instalation
Mark Bolam replied to combined tree services's topic in Climbers talk
Awesome bit of kit in the right situation IMO. Once you have one in your bag you wouldn't want to go back. Still use the basic cambium saver as well for smaller stuff. Good luck tomorrow CTS. Pictures, man, pictures! -
She may have a point Mozza. I'm off to watch Big Brother's Got Talent Dancing on Ice Swap.
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Spot on. Also have the Wilkinson Sword metal spring tine for gravel and rough stuff. 15 year guarantee again! As Geoff said, plastic for fine lawns etc. And my wife has just confirmed that we are indeed beyond sad.
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High Climbers and Timber Fallers by Gerry Beranek. It's not tree surgery, but you will learn a lot from it. One of the best ways to spend £50 I can think of. Legally.
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Thanks fellas. Apologies for shet speling in thread title. If I can't sort it Justin I'll get my mate to drop it in next week. Cheers.
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Wilkinson Sword plastic lawn rake. 15 year guarantee, flexi tines can bend back on themselves, so don't snap. Expensive at £20 plus, but theoretically you would never have to buy another. The Trigger's broom of rakes! Excellent performance as well for that all important polished finish.
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Well done! One of those jobs where your first question is - can I burn on site?!
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Are sexual favours taxable then?
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Thats what I don't get. Has run great since arb-fair last year. Admit the 4-mix engine sounds like a farting motorbike! Until today. Will have a go at it tomorrow as local dealer down here didn't know what the correct file size was for a 3/8" pitch chain, so I don't trust them to diagnose the problem, fix it and charge me less than 2 weeks labour.
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CV's for bar work now! God help us! Can't really help mate. It has been a while... I'm sure some of our younger members can help. Ignore their advice, however, if their post is full of spelling mastaikes.
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Was that Port Lympne Mick? Or the Canterbury one? Awesome beasts. Those big old silverbacks have that 'don't mess with me' look, don't they. He was probably thinking - I wouldn't mind his head as an ashtray!
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I have a Stihl combi system running a hedgecutter sometimes with the 1m extension bar. I went for the KM 130 R engine, which is a 4-mix. Used twice this year, no problems. Today though, it kept cutting out, backfiring and generally sounding really rough. Same batch of fuel used in half a dozen different machines today, and they were all fine. Any ideas?
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ART friction saver instalation
Mark Bolam replied to combined tree services's topic in Climbers talk
I have heard that there is (Drew B?), but it's such a bollock you are better off installing a standard cambium saver first, then installing the ART manually once you have made your first ascent. -
HAVS is an awful affliction, and I think we all would take any reasonable precautions to avoid getting it. Do HSE not recognise that many people affected were using saws a long time ago, when vibration was really fierce? If you get the chance, fire up a saw from the seventies and see what it feels like. Don't use it for long though! If I did nothing but ring up butts all day I'd be worried. I don't. So I'm not.
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CTS, I hope you have someone willing to suffer HAVS by taking loads of pictures of you decking this big pine? I'm virtually drooling at the prospect!
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Didn't he used to live in a dump at some point?
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Nice fell. What did it chip like?
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2-3 weeks for me. As Steve said, the pain built up after about 3 days. Twisting/stretching movements were worst. Good luck. Stay off Arbtalk for a while. Some of the comments on here are so funny you will set yourself back weeks with split sides as well!
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Can we not build an Arbtalk-fest round the takedown? Massive day climbing/lowering/dragging/chipping/stacking. Massive p***-up round 60 ton bonfire! Single foreign chicks can help us back to our tents. I'll PM John Hancock to start the method statement and RA. I can do any dates from July onwards.....
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Great post. Old employer used to have me rubbing my back on 'insulated' cables. Not worth the risk (death or cost of damaged cables) IMO. Educate everyone, and leave the elec-trickery stuff to the people who are trained for it. And may God protect them!
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Aye. Says north-east on avatar? Do you know Bellingham? Near Kielder?
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Go for it Mozza lad! You don't pretend you are Reg Coates, you know the game inside out, and you sound like a grafter to me. As said, you may have to take other jobs initially to guarantee the bills are paid. Don't worry about that.
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Transit.
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How much legal protection would a disclaimer notice get you, erected outside the woodland? Enter at your own risk type thing.
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Where are you based mate? Just heard some divot near Bellingham has got a processor so he is knocking out loads for £30 because he can do co many in a day!
