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  1. oldwoodcutter
    Yes Mick, I noticed the slack rope. Most of us who drop trees nearly every day will have studied that vid in the closest detail, almost being there with them in your minds eye.
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    Whenever we tug trees over with a truck I always make sure someone reliable, and with a clear view of proceedings, stands next to the drivers open window, so that precise instructions are given on tension and when/how to move as the fell progresses. Not standing back in the road wiggling their fingers around.
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    The 230 spout is not a lightweight item, and of course stands high . I tow my chipper nearly everyday, that’s the only experience I have , I’m not an expert in that field.
  4. oldwoodcutter
    They do pull a little better with the spout off, especially on slow country roads where it’s bouncing along , as the centre of gravity is more settled without that top weight on.
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    Yes Dan, I secure my 230 overnight in a building with a 7 foot high roof, so obviously we unscrew the spout off. Funnily enough the spout nut and washer had survived the journey on top of the hopper.
  6. oldwoodcutter
    Ha ha Mick, well I was full of beans back then, but yes all in one go. Strapped up for weeks afterwards.
  7. oldwoodcutter
    I broke 5 one afternoon if that counts.
  8. oldwoodcutter
    After putting in his gob, he thought to himself ‘what could possibly go wrong ‘ Uh oh .
  9. oldwoodcutter
    Wait til it happens to you one day Gary, you’ll be laughing on the other side of the coin .
  10. oldwoodcutter
    Just this morning, after a full 60 minute drive to the job, I arrive with my TW230 minus the spout. My son in law took his truck back to my yard to pick it up, so we didn’t get chipping today til gone 10. I think it’s time I called it a day. [emoji52]
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    About 100 years ago we’d just finished clearing some trees from behind an old house, and as I was knocking for payment the old dear came out and asked if we could just cut down an old wooden linen line post before we go. We’d been walking round this ivy covered post all day, as I got on one knee to do a 5 second cut, a sheet of sparks came off my chain, yep, the ‘wooden ‘ post was something resembling a piece of track rail lurking deep behind all the coiled ivy.
  12. oldwoodcutter
    Some familiar ones there alright. I’ve noticed now and again the habit of putting a gob in on the same stem-below your anchor point, iv shouted up my concern, only for a climber to say he did realise that, and was going to reposition before doing his back cut. As said above, this can happen at the end of a long day, but I imagine the worst so still shout up to make sure. Talk about old age, just the other week I quickly reversed my transit at a rather sharp angle up at my main yard, the guys were all busy until I’d finished the manoeuvre, when I noticed they’d stopped and were all laughing at something behind me. Timberwolf sent a new side panel out quite quickly but it will be about 10 years before they let me forget it.
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    The more good experience the better, bringing your own saw is a bonus but we are usually hip deep in saws anyway. The ability to read what’s happening up in the tree is a must of course if they are looking after the ropes, but it still helps if they are just labouring and don’t want a 50 kilo chog on the back of their neck as they stroll under the tree to pick a few twigs up. Even volunteering to tow the chipper of a morning, or pull a trailer full of cord back to the yard at night are all good qualities a subby groundy may possess.
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    Red fir
  15. oldwoodcutter
    Yes I’ll do that, no problem, thanks Barrie.
  16. oldwoodcutter
    Nope, of course I know about sawdust in the air, flippin heck. This is in my workshop, or back of the truck when nothings ‘blowing about’ . I’ve seldom got through a can without any bits, as I said earlier the fine screen filter is cleaned after each fill up, and there’s usually something more or less on the screen that’s come out of the aspen can. On Barrie’s advice I will endeavour to collect them.
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    Thanks for that, iv had black bits from cans I’ve just took the new caps off, and we always keep our funnel in a sealed bag and wipe the bits off the screen after filling up. It’s not contaminated from my stuff, it’s out of the aspen plastic can. We will try and keep the bits and see what they say.
  18. oldwoodcutter
    Here’s one for Barrie, I’ve used aspen 2 for a year or 2 now. Back in the days we used pump petrol and 2 stroke oil, we habitually used a small funnel with a very fine screen to protect the carbs from flaky old forecourt underground tanks. We continue still with the same funnel, and at almost every fill up you can see small black debris on the screen. Now you would think aspen being sold as ‘clean’ fuel wouldn’t have any bits in it, but I can guarantee it has. What’s all that about then?
  19. oldwoodcutter
    I’ve been on the other end of a kick backed 200T, very very fortunate in it ended up with chain stopped, flat on my chest. Makes you contemplate your own mortality, I can tell you that much.
  20. oldwoodcutter
    Red fir
  21. oldwoodcutter
    Those 2 utter twats on Pointless, the main one says the same things to everybody. You just get in and sat down with your tea on your lap and there they are, all the time , talking absolute crap.
  22. oldwoodcutter
    To my knowledgeable ladder expert friends above who po po the practice of me footing , . . . I stand corrected (on the foot of the ladder) [emoji846]
  23. oldwoodcutter
    This has always been what’s meant as a cord of wood, no ambiguity, no ifs or buts, so years ago when it used to be sold this way, everyone knew exactly what they were buying, from wherever, off whoever.
  24. oldwoodcutter
    We use ladders for all the work that’s mentioned above, and 2 sizes of tripods that are invaluable. I drum into them though that if anyone’s going up that ladder, then I want to see someone standing with both feet on that bottom rung to stop the top twisting and the bottom kicking out, until the climber is tied in, or off it altogether once in the tree.
  25. oldwoodcutter
    Go for a tw230, mine munches everything effortlessly.

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