Stephen Blair
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Braces under the t shirt if your a real man Overs a recipe for sawdust in the pants
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Pour some juice on them, preferable sugar free diluted kiora and wipe them on your t shirt, that's the way I Loler mine every 6 months whether they need it or not:)
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I still climb prussik and don't do as much climbing, binned going to the gym and rarely climb without spiked on dismantles . Recently I've started using a pantin and ascender to get me up bigger stuff for removing broken limbs, say 40 ft straight stems. Certainly a lot easier on the right application . Still with my prussik on double rope , its alien to me to prepare so much just to get up there when previously it was a throw with my rope and bag, and hump my way up before the boys had fueled my saw lol
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Cairngorm was closed due to wind today . Better forecast tomorrow .
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Since Hucks admitted defeat in the cut n chuck world it's time for me to come clean aswell. I bought a stein bollard last week !! I have to agree with Adam, using 7-8 ton ish of Mog to tension a rope off a tree growing out a banking wouldn't be advised. Something will give and it won't be the moggy lol!
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Crocodile clamp braces here and never wear safety specs. I Just flick the visor up and down and water will go. When its that wet its the least of my moans n groans
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I would say a ton going up, a ton going down. So x2, i sm no expert though.
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A customer told me 2 years ago , ' you're not Stephen, he's a young good looking guy with long bushy hair !!!'
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Sure is, I have my caravan tucked in the woods 100ft from the beach.
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Finaar finaar!!
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Wet and windy here today. Loads of snow on the mountain, more coming in on Tuesday down to Glen Level. This was last night Loads to do, just grab flyers from the shops, cafes and restaurants. Personally we just enjoy the walking with the dogs through the forests .
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I'm just considering the feelings of other members who own Toy Yorkshire Terriers:)
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Give it time
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Don't be so sexist, I'm sure there's lots of bored house husbands that would buy a few!
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All the trees are blowing down.... But?
Stephen Blair replied to AlexB's topic in Training & education
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Next week it will be a mewp conny topping job!!
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50 mph dream on!!
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Gotcha, 3 feet is huge in your eyes!!!
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Shed height to use trailer/crane inside??
Stephen Blair replied to cessna's topic in Large equipment
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They don't need to be huge to be tricky! Why's it always sycsmore ? Great job, that's where the extra lad makes a huge diference.
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Your better to do a speed line yourself and take a bunch if slings and use a big prussik loop to attach to the tree and that way you can lengthen or shorten the rope yourself. Tbh a lot of the time I used to use my side strop just to cut the limb and get it vertical and then in clip it and throw down. This only usually happens when your not experienced enough to know better to wait and use a Groundie ,or to be able to read the tree before climbing it.
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Me too, I've had the diet coke can waved at me a few times in my early twenties. Now they usually shout ' I'm calling the council '!!
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If its first thing in the morning, been wet for days and there's a few doggy treats in the garden then I just grab the shovel and usually a minute sorts it out, no drama! I do have a lot of other nastier stories from over the years, and not all a dog treats!!!!
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:laugh1:Jonny there's no cheap quick shortcut to Mog Utopia:sneaky2: Just go and buy an Agg spec Mog, simples:biggrin:
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Get the blades sharpened or turn them over if there's a sharp side:biggrin:
