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  1. oldwoodcutter
    I never liked using the hycrack,and stopped using it before I did myself any damage. My modern 2 handed vertical splitter was normally safe, eye protection being compulsory, but every now and again, perhaps once or twice a day, a hard old lump of beech would go off like a hand grenade just as the blade started to bite. Jumped out of the way to avoid a smack in the face a few times, I guess it would have busted my cheekbones, sockets or jaw if any had got me. My reflexes aren’t what they used to be, which is just as well, as I stopped doing logs a couple of years ago now.
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    Mrs Oldwoodcutter went through the menopause yonks ago, I don’t think the snip had been invented beforehand. So I never had that problem, sorry can’t be if more help [emoji52]
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    Pointless is the biggest load of old cods on the tv, what a pair of smarmy twats those two are, saying the same phrases to every one, about as entertaining as a washbasin full of cold sick.
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    I seldom venture into supermarkets , but on occasion I get to the till with 3 or 4 things and am asked have I got , or want, vouchers, cards, cashback, tokens, loyalty, and other promotions, half of which they havnt even got in America yet, the last time I was asked by the tillgirl, as if in a trance, “do you want help packing”. My reaction to all these questions is to say absolutely nothing except thanks as I take my receipt and finally take a deep breath as I step out of the self opening doors to the real world again.
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    Friend of mine just had to spend time in hospital after accidentally eating some xmas decorations. He’s got tinselitus. [emoji52]
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    And of course if they can identify and prove which tree firm or guy actually had them down,and diced them up, they can also be £20k lighter in their savings account.
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    Just this last week I had a cycleway/ footpath coned off solid and double hazard taped, below some high pines we were top thinning. Even with a high viz and helmeted guy solely responsible for that small section, some still came through by shoving my cones out of the way and breaking through the tapes.
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    Flippin heck Ty, how can 1 business partner cause so much stress, and all over a blinkin parcel. I’m guessing that to dissolve your partnership with this French git would hurt you deep in the purse.
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    Or the Irish lad with a young family, decided that his time would be better spent working from home . . . as a multi drop delivery driver [emoji52]
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    A group of Irish divers have been swimming round the titanic recently , and where surprised to see that the swimming pool was still full.
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    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.
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    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.
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    Ha ha Mick, well I was full of beans back then, but yes all in one go. Strapped up for weeks afterwards.
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    I broke 5 one afternoon if that counts.
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    After putting in his gob, he thought to himself ‘what could possibly go wrong ‘ Uh oh .
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    Wait til it happens to you one day Gary, you’ll be laughing on the other side of the coin .
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    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.
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    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
  25. oldwoodcutter
    Yes I’ll do that, no problem, thanks Barrie.

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