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I've only been with Virgin and Vodafone, I definitely prefer the latter. In terms of signal strength, Virgin is the same as T-mobile (they share satellites)

Two words: stunt fell.

Those are some mean looking timber dogs! They look like something ninjas would throw. Or Batman.

Bah, I missed it. Oh well, i BBC iPlayer shines through!

Clicky

Kill it with fire!

Pre-climb inspection

My girlfriend lives 20 minutes from the place so we visit quite often! Got some great photos last weekend. I would avoid saturdays though, every dog and his (often irresponsible) owner was there.

I have those ISC springlock ones, the mechanism looks secured but I reckon i'll be washing and powdering them long before a traditional 3-way.

Also, the new exfoliator by Loreal - Men Expert, get that baby soft skin in seconds. It's also reusable!

Don't knock the picture, it took me ten whole minutes.

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like this?!

 

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That Land rover's not stuck, she's merely digging a burrow for the winter.

I'm interested in one of these, my Stihl jacket didn't withstand any rain the other day! Does anybody know the sizes in inches for small and medium on the stein jackets?

I don't find it that weak and is MUCH stronger once dry, the dead wood in pops can be like iron sometimes.

 

Its quite flexible, which would be good for carts.

 

I think they would have painted them (probably with lead paint) which would help with preservation.

 

Pop was also used for brake blocks on steam rollers and traction engines as it is very hard wearing.

 

It used to be peeled to make a sort of thick veneer and used to make cabbage boxes.

It also goes through a chipper really, really fast

Buy one of these.

Great for rehabilitation and strengthening finger/wrist muscles. They give you popeye forearms after a while! I have one myself.

*waits for inevitable masturbation joke*

Cool, I didn't think there was much tree work in the Caribbean.

If you are removing the limbs on a big sitka (or any big conifer) on spikes and you clean the stem right to the top BEFORE you knock the top out check the saw for fuel!! as you dont want it to run out half way through the back cut and have to finish it with the silky

And while checking for fuel, don't lay the saw on your leg. The exhaust will burn your chainsaw trousers. If you aren't even wearing chainsaw trousers, a harsher punishment will be dealt. Two lessons in one experience.

I saw a 90 year old woman naked though a window a while back!!!!!!!!

That smiley did not give your post the impression you wanted.

Or did it?

Never assume that any job, no matter how small, will 'only take half an hour'

If you want a sawmill that bad, wait till your wife's out and bore the bar of the saw up through the bottom of your dining table, then secure it there somehow and put a rubber band around the throttle. Before she comes back, cover the hole with duct tape and a fruit bowl. What could possibly go wrong?

There are some simply incredible pieces on that chainsaw creations site. After a quick browse i found a picture that may interest gibby.

I've seen that happen to a climber I've worked for once, the tug it gives you must be a bit unpleasant to say the least. Ever since then I've always done the top cut still outboard for that nice flat fall (when necessary of course), but also cut very quickly and the saw removed from the cut before the branch even cracks. It's a bit of a foolhardy thing to do considering less dense timbers will cut slower and going through your rope etc, so recently I've settled for that revised type of cut.

Just hearing Shark gill finger made me shudder, that and looking at the scar.

To be honest, that would happen with any arborist handsaw.

Congrats Robin, all the best in your new job!

Not forgetting this beast:

Great for spreading jam on a lunch break or opening letters.

That's a nice looking truck! The top of the chip box looks like the bottom of a stealth jet, on that note, would you be undetectable to radar?

The little storage bit down the side is a great idea! Rakes and gypsy-sticks rejoice, for they will remain unbent! I also like the vice, and as manly as it is to bash a timber vice into a nearby stump with a log and file away, it's not always ideal.

Good job!

Planked birch might be valuable to the right person. It's commonly used to build speaker cabinets because of it's ability to produce tones that the speakers themselves cannot, producing a better quality of sound.

Better yet, build some speakers yourself. Especially if the birch you have has a nice pattern.

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