tommer9
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I was taught that the snap test is fairly irrelevant on anything over abou 20" bar length, and also the end of the bar will lift under that lenght when correctly tensioned, but the best way was to rotate the chain and feel the resistance, as on a big bar it could be correctly tensioned yet it would stil be possible to lift the shain off the bar as in a snap test, but lots of links would be exposed. My mate used to work on boats in Brazil- tallships etc_ and when he was about 18 ish he was over there in a yard, a bit green still, and thought he knew it all.......The locals were using saws with 3' bars, wearing flip-flops and shorts only, and the chains were hanging so loose off the bars you could fit your arm between bar and chain. Horrified he shouted to one guy to stop as it was soooo dangerous........"you cant cut curves unless it is that loose" came the reply!!
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Alot of it is burnt out down here, and we also have a dedicated council dept for destroying /eradicating it. Having said that we are on a council farm and have a very good crop this year!! I reckon i might start testing different control measures and report back.
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Article research - How much do you charge for a days work?
tommer9 replied to Rob D's topic in General chat
You mean you're supposed to charge?!?!? Sorry. Absoloute minimum 120/day if i just have to turn up with a chainsaw and it isnt too far away. If i am climbing under my own steam and bringing the chipper and taking all the waste, more like 300/day, unless its granny dryden who has zero money, and i try to knock some off. I dont have any permanent staff, but a list of people i can call on to help, and they get charged out at around 100/day if they are groundying. Sawmilling from 250/day with chainsaw mill, or 40/hr plus blades for bandsaw, and travelling if doing mobile milling. Distance makes a difference too. Ball park figures. -
All of that, and refreshing to actually have pics from a job too:sneaky2:. Great stuff.
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Thats bizarre! Its almost Tolkien-esque!
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There's one in every crowd.............
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Were those deans ladders in that pic. He has a lovely collection that he was showing off earlier.:001_tongue:
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Never do today.... and all that:001_tongue:
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Far out. Takes some believing. Even the way its development is described Dave's link is weird! From egg to cage....
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So it really is as tidy as we are led to believe!
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He-he, still in the earliest stages of that particular journey!
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He ties them all end to end for the jobs his MEWP wont reach:001_tongue:
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Yours?
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Couldnt agree more...............glad that never happens.
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Trade it for some pics........ On second thought you may never see you returns..
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God it was fun.....
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Usual free party mix of housey technoey trancey stuff.
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Totally and utterly. Heist by my own Petard.
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sileage? sorry.
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Post 25 pic three.........
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I'm beginning to wonder if there is a vid.....
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Probably out at your groundie's house threatening to chuck him off the nearest cliff unless he gets some photos out. Actually, the way this thing has been built up he had better get on photoshop:sneaky2:
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Whats the vid called- is it for sale anywhere?
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That is just the lop and top waiting for the arrival of the bosch superquiet electric shredder.
