RobRainford
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I'll get plenty just for you steve! Some vids too! Saves me carting a big trailer round now. No greenwaste cost as we have a place to leave chip on the farm to compost down. Spending money but saving in the long run!
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Found it on my phone a while ago!
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Was good to meet you too Pete thanks for the demo. I was really impressed! By weds do you mean the 23rd? Or week after? Thanks again Pete
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I'm in st helens and have time later in the week if you are interested
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I've took the plunge! Managed to get a good deal on an ex demo 18hp. With a free set of blades. Well chuffed! Gonna sort it out this week and have it by next weekend! The demo of the 14hp exceeded my expectations. Did a 40' goat willow and it handled very well did some bigger pieces with it too. Pete showed me the basic maintenance. Which is pretty much the whole chipper! Really good machine. Got some ideas to sort out securing on a trailer. Will have to get the toy first!
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60ft sycamore. 34" dbh and 60% hinge was fresh air. Leaning in direction of fell slightly so came over nice!
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Seen them all already. Not addicted. http://Www.sidereel.com is where I found them all.
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Opinions needed for an economical car please
RobRainford replied to mikecotterill's topic in General chat
Citroen c1/aygo/pug 107. All have same everything pretty much. I dont exactly drive economically but a full tank which is currently £45 to the brim from almost empty will last a week. 72 mile trip 3 days a week and loitering at weekends. I get between 45 and 50 easily. Drive steady and I've seen 60! -
Did you remember its Valentines day today?
RobRainford replied to Pat Ferrett's topic in General chat
i wasnt allowed to forget. going out for some posh nosh tonight. got a card form moonpig as i could customise it, got it with names carved out in wood! i got some extra points for that! -
thats why im a bit hesitant, as id prefer to try some on before i bought a pair, do you have the carbons kev? i could bob over one day to try them on, what size do you have?
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I'm very tempted for the carbon spikes good price. Might sell my old ones for them!
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a guy called Dave Meredith trained me for CS32-34, great guy, knew what he was doing and could explain it all well. made it look easy. had a chap called Dave Padley to assess on 33 and 34. waited about 3 weeks for those assessments though.
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since when have stihl made purple 2 stroke oil?
RobRainford replied to WoodED's topic in General chat
its just the red stuff but the picture colour is a bit washed out -
I did both cs32 and 33 in 2008, at the age of 17, oh how fun that was! 32 includes use of a winch, whether its to recover a hung up tree or for rolling it whilst snedding. You will demonstrate the two stage backcut as the tree will be larger than your bar (15"). They are the largest differences. large trees, cs33, it was large when i did it, now its specialist tree felling. i did the assessment on medium, they were still not that big! they only just came under medium when i did them. On large you will still do the two stage back cut, but before that you will have to bore into the hinge to take out the material in the centre of the tree, then the back cut will overlap this cut. i was bricking it when i did that the first time. but we had the same problem of finding suitable trees, as anything large enough tended to be protected in some way! check the NPTC website for the specifics on the assessment.
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they said they had another tree split and half went in the pond and the other half through the end of the barn, they did it the same way last time.
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Few ideas how to put the Pinto to good use...
RobRainford replied to Xerxses's topic in Climbers talk
i liked the double climbing line system, was very cool. lots of shiny stuff! -
you can see the property from the road and as i drove past an hour after they said they were doing it and i could see the telehandler near the pond. i priced in for machinery and other costs, waste wasnt a huge issue as its fairly cheap but still have to price in wages and maybe hiring someone in with a chipper
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i didnt win the job unfoutunately, they phoned me up and said thanks for the quote but we will do it ourselves. ah well! i dont think my dad would take kindly to me dumping his truck in a pond!
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im looking into buying another silky, got a zubat for general work, but i prefer sometimes to take up a silky instead of a 200t, the effort used against effort saved balances out as you arent lugging a saw round but you are using a silky for cutting. Im looking into getting a sugoi for when i do bigger stuff, as they have XL teeth compared to the L on the zubat. i have a 240mm gomtaro for on the ground, with a second sawpod for groundies, saves them needing to use a chainsaw, much safer and can be quicker!
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Geez, one day somebody will get hurt by those, then we will just ignore china altogether. AS said before, thats frightening!
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25 hours is good for some blades. I'll be making sure mine is well looked after. I've got a plan to take a big wheelbarrow with me on site. Then if I'm in a back garden. I would take both chipper and barrow through and chip into the barrow. The big trailer I have has a ramp so would be ideal. Can't wait for the demo. Will be testing it on a site clearance so will have a range of stuff to put through it.
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try the tipmaster links on the side and tops of the page for ideas
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self taught, self-dictated sorry for not being clear!
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Duncan is one of my tutors, he is auto-dictatum and you can tell, he is a good guy and well into everuthing, his enthusiasm helped spark a lot of my interest!
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i still get that feeling ive fallen off a kerb every now and again, did a big hedge in the wind and that was swaying all day and was gusty wind too. i was sat down at home and it felt like i was swaying, oddest feeling ever but theres something i love about it!
