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  1. Dan Curtis
    A little bit of Poplar based carnage
  2. Dan Curtis
    I usually use a flat file, but have run a bench grinder over them when they've been really bad. Make sure you keep the right angles, they'll not work properly if you do something odd to them. I usually do the underside face towards the point, then tidy any burrs on the top two faces, making sure to keep the centre point aligned with the spine of the gaff.
  3. Dan Curtis
    Look at the snorkel!
  4. Dan Curtis
    Nice one Stevie. Mum looks a bit knackered!
  5. Dan Curtis
    I know. My point is that it has as much to do with the TO as it does my cat. And I don't even have a cat. Let's agree to disagree.
  6. Dan Curtis
    Everyone's entitled to an opinion, but his would count as much as say, people commenting on an Internet forum:D:what:
  7. Dan Curtis
    One needs the operative card, someone else within the company (not necessarily on site) needs a supervisor card.
  8. Dan Curtis
    To add to this, things don't have to go wrong for you to get grief. Highways inspectorate can and do do spot checks, I've had 3 visits from them in the last few years. They're also self funding so fines can be 'within reason' for the offence
  9. Dan Curtis
    Nice to know your tree officer is branching out into highways issues
  10. Dan Curtis
    You are right, without correct tickets/permissions if something was to go pear shaped you'd be up for the high jump. If you do decide to go down the temporary closure route, bear in mind the possibility of an emergency vehicle needing to get somewhere and try to keep the road as clear as possible.
  11. Dan Curtis
    Teleporter
  12. Dan Curtis
    I chose that picture for the plate being stuck in the tree. Funnily enough, the seal blew in my usual 12.5t Jack the day before, so we ended up using a little one for that tree. I think it's only about a 3t but it did the job. My usual jack impresses me every time with what it will push over
  13. Dan Curtis
    Leave the plate detachable, saves your jack getting thrown if the plate gets stuck in the tree. You'll still need wedges, blow a jack seal half way over and you'll be in trouble
  14. Dan Curtis
    Aerial rescue is the climbing ticket
  15. Dan Curtis
    But still not a great payload as most are only 3050kg gross. Without lots of fiddling and paperwork it's not that easy to uprate a standard 110.
  16. Dan Curtis
    At least you're going in the right direction vehicle wise, away from family 4x4's and towards work horses Someone will be along soon to take offence to that
  17. Dan Curtis
    You'd be better to save for a 110 if it's a land rover you want. A 90 would have rubbish payload, most of your load would be over the rear axle so you'd probably put it overweight before getting to the vehicle's gross weight. It would handle like a pig, even with helper springs. The other option would be a 90 with a tipper trailer, bigger payload overall than a 110 tipper and you'd retain the load space of your truck for tools, so you wouldn't need to have them thrown in with the chip. There are companies who do 90 tippers though; Google will find them.
  18. Dan Curtis
    Take the dog to the beach, lunch in the pub (she's paying) Film and fire in the evening
  19. Dan Curtis
    It would be a bugger to open the back door if you were towing anything
  20. Dan Curtis
    Twice I've had a gate roll open. Once it caught on my bridge and turned, the other was against a small branch and turned. Glad you noticed it and got it sorted.
  21. Dan Curtis
    I deliberately avoid any channel 4 documentary these days. Most of it is biased, unresearched propaganda designed to cause controversy.
  22. Dan Curtis
    I meant once you've got your high point, couldn't you have pulled either end up and down to get a cleaner route? Having a ring on the end of the line makes TIP advancing easier. You can push a bight through the ring and clip into it, much quicker and easier than tying in and out. This way can also be made retrievable, so you can advance beyond reaching distance of it, then bring it to where you are.
  23. Dan Curtis
    If that's the case, could try spending a bit of time with the throwline to get a route that doesn't involve nasty bits of climbing?
  24. Dan Curtis
    That's one way to do it, there are others. I think there's a thread somewhere in the forum with more static ideas. The downside to using a butterfly is that you need to take your weight off the rope to install the redirect. Good man
  25. Dan Curtis
    I try to avoid them more now, mainly so I don't have to get back through them! Much prefer to use a hardware based redirect than natural, though obviously it needs some consideration whether you use a static or dynamic redirect

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