Dan Curtis
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Thanks for the kind words everyone. Can't describe what it was like to realise at the time and I'm so amazed and thankful we got her back. I've been hearing more and more stories about dog theft since posting this today and it makes me sick to think people can stoop so low, whatever their intentions with the dog once stolen. Keep yours safe guys. I know mine is, she's sitting on my knee!
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You can hold/move the chunk with the other hand. Or be getting the next bit ready
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Stevie, this is the plate I use for my 12t Jack. The little socket fits onto the head of the piston, but releases when the tree goes over. It's about 6"x8"
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She's a black Lab, not gun trained or anything special. There's been a few springers taken round here in the last few months:thumbdown:
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About 15 miles north of there mate. Sorry I can't provide any number plates/vehicles to watch out for, it was pitch black and too far from the CCTV
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Just as a heads up to anyone in the area, I don't want anyone to have to through what I did last night. Last night two men came into my yard and took my dog. At the time, I was no more than 10/15ft away from her, she doesn't run out on her own. They took her into a truck and sped off along a back lane with no lights on. Somehow she was found 15 minutes later about 1/4 mile away. We're thinking that the tag on her collar that says she's microchipped is what caused her to be dumped. She's home safe and physically well, but whatever happened to her she wasn't very happy about. She's perked up now, so no lasting damage to her it seems. All credit to the police, I had four squad cars out within 10 minutes.
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Cleaving axe for me. Light enough to use one handed, heavy enough to get the job done. Great for beating wedges into trees too
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Looks like a bloody big sphaeroblast!
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Try it and see how you get on. I had the 395 before the 576. It did get to me having to use a big saw when a 15" became too small. The thing I like about my setup is that both the 395 and 576 will run the same bars, from 18" up to 36", though the 576 would struggle over 28".
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I had to use my 395 with a 20" bar all day in the woods last year when I blew up two other saws in one day. You'll feel it if you're cutting a lot, and especially snedding. If you're only felling and cutting for a big chipper then fire away. I usually go for the 576, but there are days when the 395 with a 28" tickles my pickle
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As has been said, check the roots. I've done a few dead elms that have been almost like a ball and socket in the ground.... scary once you realise! Round here, a lot of them fruit Polyporus squamosus and have fairly severe decay even in small diameter stems. At three years dead you should be alright, just have a good look before rigging anything big
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Here's my thoughts mate; Best Practises for SRT in Arboriculture | Arborist Reviews Though if you're a keen reader of the Rope Wrench Feedback thread, and a lot of the other SRT thread stuff, it may be a bit repetetive for you. Nice and handy all in one book though
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Indeed.
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Nice
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Pictures would help, I'm struggling to visualise that. Cheers
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I'm thinking of mounting an extra ball on the front of my 90, having found a few occasions when it would come in handy. The only issue I've got is that I've also got a nudge bar fitted. I'd like to put the hitch on the end of a dumb iron so it can take a a fair load without crippling the bumper. Has anyone got any experience of having both combined and did it require any extra bracket fabrication? I've got a mounting plate, nato hitch and ball mount from another Land Rover that can go on.
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Girth a sling round the back pad, then do the same around the waist belt, simple. You'd probably want some sort of padding in there though. I use a petzl top on a sequoia srt for big saw use, makes life so much more comfortable
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Your link isn't quite right SOFTSHACKLE.COM - Home They look good, only downside I can see is abrasive edges, such as connections to vehicles etc, but for soft connections they look smart. I'd be interested to see how quickly they are attach/detachable compared to a normal shackle.
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I believe I was told 5 years on textiles and 10 on metalwork, obviously use dependant and subject to LOLER inspections. The only textile part of the LJ is the toggle so hardly a load bearing part. Cams and sideplates are easily changeable and cheap too. I think by rough calculations, hitch cord cost me more than LJ parts after the initial purchase was made.
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Try bartram mowers at Norwich, they may be able to help you out
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Ha! I've never had them that fast, but I've had a few customers friends arrive and park a trailer underneath the tree to drop the wood straight into
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Every few months or so I get a call to move a friend of a friend's home made shepherd hut/caravan. Yesterday I moved it 30 miles, from a boatyard to a front garden. When I arrived it was blocked in by other static caravans and boats, facing the wrong way. A little careful pulling and we got it out. The other end was a little more complicated, he wanted it facing the wrong way again, up a little incline and tight against the fence. First time my nudge bar has been used:thumbup1: I was planning on taking it off when I bought it but luckily I never got round to it
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There are better devices for ddrt imo. The uni is amazingly good srt once you get used to it, but for me it lacks the finesse of say a Lockjack when used ddrt. As far as my experience goes, I don't think there's a be all and end all tool for ddrt and srt climbing.
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This is all staying, as has everything else I've moved with it. I see your point though. It seems round here more and more people are keeping the wood from jobs
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I've done the same. I like the loadability of this, you don't have to be able to lift what you want to get on, whereas you generally do with an Ifor. Or rig up some complex lifting system. I'm on a quest to find the biggest log possible to get on this with only two people and a Land Rover. Saturday should bring the perfect chance so watch this space
