Ben90
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I'll get my work gloves and sunscreen on the way out
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Great, I'll pop down there now since i've only got a small job to do today.
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Cool, thanks a lot guys. I like the idea of using ear plugs, i've seen some with 3 mushroom shaped discs along it which look much faster to take in and out than foam ones that you have to roll inbetween your fingers. They're also attached by string so I could attach them to the inside of my helmet. I've got the vertex vent helmet so that should be fine. Electrolyte salts hmm, where would I buy those?
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What on earth does that do? Exorcise the bar of demons?
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Seconded on the Haix protector light. They're as comfortable and light as a pair of slippers, really grippy, and have chainsaw protection. They lack gore-tex unlike the others but I think it's a load of rubbish anyway because your feet get wet and sweaty while working no matter what. Oh, they also have schexy red laces.
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I wear the Stihl Class 1 Design C's, can you believe they've made class 2 ones now? I think I'd spontaneously combust a nut if I even stepped into a pair of those. Oh cool, so you can't get away with jeans or speedos () on the SSRA when heat stroke is involved, just Design A's? My pee is always clear. Sunglasses are a good idea, I'll try those. Would'nt splashing water on the back of your neck to keep it cool only magnify the sun and give you sunburn? Thanks so far guys, this is sound advice. Might visit the doctor too.
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I did mine back in July last year and I remember being told about a couple of important things that people commonly overlook. First, don't do the undercut too slowly. They do like to see precision, but cutting too slowly makes it easier for the saw to trap. Practice doing like 10 quick but controlled undercuts and gob cuts etc on a 6-7ft stub (before removing it) when you do your next tree job. Don't worry if your boss thinks it's crazy that you're dropping down pieces of wood that look like CD racks, but it's all good practice. Second, don't put your thumb on the thumb rest provided when using a husky top handle.
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First warm sunny day of the year in my chainsaw trousers and I'm already feeling the headaches come in and the memories of summer scorchers where the headaches last for the rest of the evening after work, shortening tempers and generally ruining my day. In very rare cases making it hard to sleep. I drink plenty of water (3 litres today) and sometimes take ibuprofen but not to much effect. The guy I work with never gets them and I feel like I need to stop every 10 minutes on a really hot day. Does anybody else get these and know how to avoid them? Not sure if I'm just being a southern girly man or it's something more serious.
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Does it play a tune?
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A rookie mistake on our part. Everyone knows that chocolate belongs in the first aid kit. Anyway, sorry to derail. I'm intruiged to know what the rest of Arbtalk use in their toolboxes.
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A soft bristle paintbrush for dusting off air filters. And we have a KitKat in our toolbox. We've no idea why.
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Have you removed the longer branches entirely or shortened them? Because what you've done has given a really good untouched look! I haven't done any conifer reducing apart from hedge topping and the like Enlighten me!
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Must've been a long day
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Side impact protection is all the rage with helmets and HSE nowadays, more modern helmets like the vertex vent have it. The older helmets may not.
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That'll buff out.
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Can't expect anything to last long in this industry, especially gloves. But the longevity I'm hearing about sounds pretty acceptable for the pricetag. I think I'll save these for the really rotten days and use the cheap(er) and cheerful Tegera's for everything else.
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I love that polo neck with the vertical text on the side, if only I knew what it all said...
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Well I'm convinced, I'm splashing out on a pair of sealskinz. I usually prefer to buy several pairs of cheaper gloves and just swap them out throughout the day, but I think I'll give them a try. Could you pm me a price on some size 9 sealskinz and a Topsaw Pocketwrench please? They look handy. Thanks.
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I don't know much about acsenders but I assume the croll is the smaller ropegrab that attaches to your chest? I've heard someone use a short(ish) webbing strop looped diagonally across the chest one way then the other (so it goes over each shoulder once and then under each arm once) With the croll attached where the strap crosses over the chest (and of course, to the harness) The webbing strop also had an adjustable buckle, so on second thought, it was probably purpose built for the croll.
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Grow some biodiesel
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They'd probably humour us by putting together a video of some scantily clad blonde totty instructing us how to use the caps several times over... *cough*
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A ton of woodchip is natures limiter!
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I think you mean evolution I've never caused a fuel/oil spill with the new caps, but embarrassingly enough I have caused a spill with the old screw caps!
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As grease?
