paddyvero
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So 2 lines tied to the branches, pulling the slack through the redirect as they came down, then transfering over to the redirect?
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Nice Reg, some autumn we are having. Could you exain the redirect 30ft up the neighbouring tree? Interested to know how you overcome the daily issue of wires in the drop zone. My usual system is to throw a rope over them and pull away from or into the tree, which ever gives me more space.
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Yeh its not that bad. Ah, this saw is in the PNW. Whistler BC, so wont be making the trip to Spud unfortunatly.
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Thanks Spud. It seems to me that it has good compression, but I dont have any tools to test that. Im getting a good spark and the plug is brand new. Choke is functioning fine. Air filter is clean. The muffler isnt blocked, but the exhaust port is very blackened, how bad would it need to be to cause issues? The electrical stuff is abit to advanced for me atm. I think its time for it to go to the shop, its 1.5hrs away so was hoping to avoid. Thanks
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I think it does have 2 faults yes. First a bad carb, second unknown. Yes I swapped a carb in from a healthy saw, it ran, idled, and rev up but was gutless, so assuming the original carb is bad, what would make the saw have no power yet run ok with no load?
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Stuck another carb in, ran well on tick over, revd up well, abit smokey, but wont work under load at all!
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Ive taken it apart again today. Impulse line looks fine, didnt remove it though. Fuel line also looks fine, and tank breather. Took the carb apart and cleaned it as best I could with carb cleaner. Air filter is clean. Its running a little better, revs out to near max, but chain runs fast without throttle, if I apply chainbrake it will stall out quite quickly, but if I adjust the LA any lower it wont run at all. I have another strong running 461, so Ill swap the carb out and see what happens.
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Thanks chaps, things to do later then. Spud, it will rev up but not to maximum. Yes it is smokey. Currently cant get it to idle, wont run long enough to tune it at all. I have a feeling its the carb, especially as our fuel here has lots of ethanol in it.
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Hi all. I have a 461 that I cant get running, so looking for advice/ assistance. Its a 4yr old saw, that works hard. It will fire up, runs rough and then cuts out. I have pulled it apart, sprayed the carb with cleaner, and set it to factory spec, although the H screw doesnt seem to have a limiter? New plug. Bore and piston look good to me, seems lots of compression. Exhaust port is blackened but open, and I have removed the spark arrester. Has fresh fuel in it. Any ideas?
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Nice. Ive often thought about something similar, never implemented. How do you think the labour costs compared vs a few ground guys and a crap drag?
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Bump... We are again looking for staff in Whistler BC. Currently open to anyone with some experience and a valid work permit for Canada, to finish the season with us, typically mid november. Possibility of futher employment in the spring. Thanks Paddy.
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Is anyone using an American pickup for residential tree work?
paddyvero replied to Dbikeguy's topic in General chat
If you are chipping into it a 1500/f150 is useless, itll be on its arse. -
Friday afternoon dead Fir on the shores of Green Lake, Whistler. Couldnt really ask for a better spot. Bit windy and breadstick like up high so moved into the next tree for the top.
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Whats the lad actually trained to do? Has he been put through alot of training in a short space of time and then promptly left? Tough thing as a business owner Id imagine.
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Thursdays task. Largeish fir, at the top of a 45° slope and hard up against the deck. Zipped it all down into the only flat spot and then winched up the bank to the chipper.
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I do use a webbing sling and a crab to advance. Its just not ideal. Personally I dont want to have to bring a tail with me when traversing. And I really dont want more rope up there with me. Current system works, but there is room for improvement.
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This is my biggest issue with SRT. I will usually have the base tie undone and then Ddrt to my final TIP. Fine sometimes, but often I want to keep the base tie so I dont have to return to my TIP, for instance traversing into another tree. Its a pain to move up the tree redirecting the line over another limb each time. A sling and crab is an ok compromise. This is made worse by the trees I am usually working, tall skinny conifers, where a really high tie in, base tied cant be trusted. Open to suggestions?
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Yeh it has the riggings paws if you like the lower d style, I dont. Agree with grey git on the rest. Im in western Canada, so spend the vast majority of time just on a flip line/ side dees. Its a better saddle than the tm for this, which I was in for 6 yrs. Maybe not as good a pruning/ swinging about saddle?
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I got one recently. Nice harness, very comfortable and easy to adjust. Very similar in feel to a tree motion, not much difference weight wise, less gear storage options. You have to buy direct from monkeybeaver.com now. They will send to the UK I believe.
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Nicely done. We get alot of similar work up here. Always a worry that the top will snap off.
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Doesnt matter where the friction is. Before the wrench existed it was common to put a f8 below the hitch. Hitchhiker also puts friction below the hitch.
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Only for obscure trees I saw on the internet.
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Nicely done as always. Is that the tree you posted about looking at a couple of years back? Biggie for sure.
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You can just move the tail over to the other side of the crab. Better than a f8 as no twist too. Reduces the load plenty to make the hitch work correctly. As Steve said, similar to the system Kevin Bingham was using before the wrench but no extra hardware required.
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Sneaky way to descend SRT when you forget your wrench. No good for going up of course. Thoughts?
