slack ma girdle
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Cheers cuttermutter, the gloves have arrived today. They have had a good thrashing in the undergrowth chockering trees to be skidded out. Good fit and a good price, i will be ordering more when these ware out. :thumbup:
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Fair play, i have never managed to render my tenex into this state. It looks like it was nicked with a saw ?? :thumbup:
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That is one ugly pile of timber, no wonder you bent you end
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If every job was like this then you would have to charge extra, but do you charge less if you only have to tip on the drive ? In the long run these extremes will balance each other out. What counts is giving the customer what they want. Word of mouth and recomendations are worth their weight in gold.
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I think that you should follow the advice of your signature ........
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A Phoenix rises from the ashes of depression.
slack ma girdle replied to David Humphries's topic in Picture Forum
No one of my many birthdays :lol: -
A Phoenix rises from the ashes of depression.
slack ma girdle replied to David Humphries's topic in Picture Forum
The progeny was planted on my birthday -
Big hammer, and if that does not work, get a bigger one.
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I was using a 066, they don't come much bigger !!
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First tree of the day, and i think that i have managed to do everything that it is possible to do wrong. Please do not feel that you have to hold back with the abuse, i know that it is appaling
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It turned out that this tree was six feet taller than the previous one, hence the close landing. However i was closer with the stick in the ground to mark where i thought the tip of the tree was going to land
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Felling and climbing these is still making my shoulders ache. 24 of them in a row, and all over eighty feet. My only consoling thought is that i do not have to move the wood
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Does this count ? [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BMZr7brwcQ]YouTube - Dinas[/ame] :lol:
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Local transport company, they are bound to have old trailer curtains that you can get hold of.
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5 bar rack, and flip the two red bars, so that you are coming down on three. Even then there will probably be too much friction for the first one hundred meters. You will have to keep the rope in the bag to reduce the friction, which will be hard work on the way back up. Can wait to see the photos
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This has kept my two busy most of the afternoon :thumbup:
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Unless you can move straight into a good/ viable contract, than it is going to take you years of hard work and financial uncertancy to get back to where you are now. It sounds to me that what you have got is pretty good, and having lived in Cornwall for two years, the traffic and general busyness everywhere is probably no better than where you are. If you want a quieter life style head north. Good luck what ever you decide
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You only get out as much as you put in. If you are prepared to work at it, and you do not have too many family commitments then in the long run it will work. Do not be afraid to pimp yourself to all and sundry, it is amazing where work turns up from. Try not to specialize on one thing, as variety is the spice of life.
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Try the silky masaru. it is one of the few silky blades that can be re-sharpened. Mine is 4 years old and still as sharp as new. Short of loosing it, it should last until i retire. Worth the extra pennies
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Get ready for large amounts of sticky sap. It will gum up everthing. The bark has a nasty habit of acting like a greased glove on the branches, so that you think that you have it secure, and the branch shots out like a greased pig !!! Enjoy the fact that it 20 years you have not had to climb one, and hope it will be another 20.
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How is it that the F.C. used to be the only department in the government that used to make money for the government, and keep the forests for the nation, can no longer do this ! I can not believe that the F.C. is no longer viable, and that it needs to be sold off for short term gain:cursing:
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Try the stevedore or cats paw knot. These were designed to secure heavy cargo whilst being unloaded out of boats. They had to be quick to tie, and easy to undo even after holding heavy loads.
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Which timber have you found best for kindling and why
slack ma girdle replied to gensetsteve's topic in Firewood forum
I have still got 160m3 of poplar that i am trying to shift. It is straight grained, and i have some photo's if you are interested -
With each stump cut an inch thich disk off the top of each one. Use a drill or chainsaw to cut a hole/grove in each stump. Fill the hole/ grove with the glyphosate mix, and nail the disk back onto the stump. Now you do not have to worry about the public coming into contact with the glyphosate, and therefore no signs.
