Ian Flatters
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Yeah we're running 16mm. But have found if it's through 3 holes it can stick with light stuff.
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Happens a fair bit when your taking some light bits. No point in going back to the SafeBloc to remove it from one hole to only go back to thread it back trough. I have found giving it a little slack works well though, if you have the space for it to do so obviously. When it gets to a point where it's too heavy for hand held I add it to the bollard but normally run half a turn less to allow for the SafeBloc turns.
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Cheers paul, david, Paul, to be honest it's the best thing we've done. A bit stressful to start when we basically halved our personal income but it's allowed the company to expand much quicker than if I was still running the office and doing the other bits. I fairness it's halved my stress levels and allowed me to focus on training up the new employees.
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A few from the past few months. All edited through Instagram [emoji3]
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Indeed i have, but thats what happens when someone makes a good offer. Everything has a price Al. The farmers son who bought it has continued the project for his tree company. Me on the other hand, a lorry is next.
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Medium sized oak removed today. Lovely weather for it too.
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A few off my phone, been doing the house up so nothing too exciting. My very old, zk2 with a solid tether. A horrid ash, which went slightly off centre and took out 2 heras panels. When you don't have a rock face, use these. Just some bits and bobs. Oh and dan Curtis found a huge bucket a while back, he used the smaller bucket to lift it. Just happened to scroll over it a little while back.
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True, also skid steers do tip over sometimes.
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They all have pros and cons. However never believe it when an avant owner says they don't rip the ground up or fall over. And for what you gain from being puncture proof... But all in I'd hate to be without mine.
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Been doing bits at night with rob but nothing of note. I've got a guy to look over the engine next week so that's the next part really. Only took a picture of the rims and tyres together.
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I think the luckiest car award this week goes to this fiesta.
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So nothing new really. Picked up the old rims I sent in for shot blast and repaint.
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Basically it's personal choice. I just prefer the bdb over my rope runner. But then again I still love using the unicender.
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Forgot how heavy tyres are and convicted myself they wouldn't be "that heavy"......... Wrong!
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I'll take your advice Mike as im very new and a novice when it comes to unimogs. It does clear after about 5 minutes driving down the road, so i assumed be it right or wrong it was just a unimog thing.
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She's been out twice doing a could of bits and bobs. Nothing special just lifting stuff the skid steer couldn't or bits that would take too long with rigging.
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In Desperate times...My Silky saves the day!
Ian Flatters replied to silky fox's topic in The Lounge
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Hahahah yep 😚. But it's good to know that your still stalking me on every social media platform.
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I think it was in the year of1402 if my memory serves me correctly. Just after I invented the toothpick.
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Craig Johnson (judge off here) came up with the first retrievable redirect. Then the imp. Me, only really some early on terminology and only that because I wrote an article for essential arb and I realised there wasn't anything. I think the only one in common use is SRTWP the others have been left behind as the wording and systems evolved. I could be the first person who used the rope wrench jock jack combo. Dan followed a few months later. Then we both did the drop tests (crudely) at dans about a year later.
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Whenever I started the rope wrench thread. I'd been reading a doing the low and slow technique a little bit before, but this was when I was really starting to get into it. For sure there will be tonnes of uk climbers not online doing it day in day out. Well before a lot of us on here like myself that need guidance and advice as new redirects are invented.
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I hear you pioneered the screaming Northmen single rope technique mark. For me I can't think of anyone in Europe but certainly it was johno smith from New Zealand that inspired me to have a go and drew b for a lot of advice as I was learning.
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Because having none is better?
