Bolt
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Ah yes FMOC, I remember now, had a mate who was a forestry contracton who used to bang on about them a fair bit. They sound just the crowd, cheers
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I rekon the last time I had a fight with sticks would have been againt my sisters when I was a kid, "my position hasn't improved much since then"
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Many thanks Brushcutter Not sure I have come across FMOC before. To be honest, my tractor "certification" dosn't currently extend beyond tractor mounted sprayer. Lantra do, I believe, somthing called course approval or such like, where you can put together your own content, and get it to them for approval and subsequent national accreditation, which is all well and good, but I guess you still have to prove you have got someone capable of delivering it. no need to bother if there is a course already there:001_smile: something to look into tomorrow
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would look good in "ace's" yard (rather a short bar though, might let the side down!)
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as a ball park falling figure, but it depends on how far it has "fallen". The golden rules are to let if free fall as little as poss, ond to smoothly decellerate it using a capstan / etc. What a can of worms
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reckon you'd get brassed of twoting your knee on the drawbar whilst lifting stuff in the feedchute. Wonder how long it takes to fill it with chipped trinnings?
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am I right in thinking, that 450kg is a weight, whereas 45KN is a force (which is in effect weight and movement? Therefore, as soon as you are arresting a falling object you need to condider the weight of the object, and its speed?? O Level physics seems a long time ago
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I did have one of the Petzl Gold/Black swivels threaded through the webbing attachment of my Komet Dragonfly. It worked ok as this kept the attachment point for your friction hitches quite low. (I tried attaching it to my Petzl Navaho using a small maillon, but this was to high for efficient footlocking etc) The major problem I found was that I wanted to attach 2 Karabiners, for 2 different attachment points, and the top loop of the swivel wasn't large enough to accept them easily. Again, attaching a Maillon made things too high. SO HERE'S THE QUESTION are the larger swivels good for a main attachment point if vou want to plap two Krabs through it? cheers
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Hello y'all Anyone have any ideas of training available for tractor mounted mulchers (like seppi mulchers). Great fun, if a little "blatant". Ideally we need a nationally accredited qualification. All the best.......
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well.... you know..... I didn't want to seem rude. He did.
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Africa Lunge (not been many from Africa yet on this thread) (I am the one, by the way, in the white shirt and pink poncho (not mine).) I think I am showing this Masai fella a thing or two about lunging...... ...... aaaah, who am I kidding! Thing is, I couldn't lunge down too low, didn't want to loose my height advanage (I think he was about 8ft).
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:blushing:this is damn good wine, I couldn't even spell your name right:blushing: mind you, i'm on my wifes laptop (sure she moves the keys about)
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Great news mr. Bobbyem. Now you've got the first one out of the way, you know what to expect. CS30 has quite a bit of theory, 31 is more practicle. What advice would you give someone else planning for their 30? How much of a grillling did you get on chains and sharpening?
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Forget the food bill, just imagine the size of the dogs eggs. Hope you entered getting traped in a pile of that on your risk assessmen t:laugh1:
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a big gun for a hawthorn
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Got both. Not so sure on cs40 training, its quite an "artistic" unit, either you can "see" how to do a real good reduction or you cant (although i believe it is the only CS unit where you don't need to use a chainsaw). I really enjoy cs41. Lots of utility boys are getting 40 these days as its a pre requisit for UA2.3.
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Was it christened on anything special? I always seem to save a new saw form something with a high covert Iron content
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Glad to see you have cleared all the kids toys and your tea off the dining table to make pride of place for yer new pride and joy.
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.....control the spread of a non-native invasive plant in Europe. Psyllid is commonly known as ‘jumping plant lice'. Irranca-Davies said: "Japanese Knotweed causes over £150 million worth of damage and disruption throughout the UK every year. This project is not only.... Psyllid BANG.... and the knotweed is gone...... I think NOT.
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congrats all round. Having kids around makes everything else you have to put up with worth while. Hope "Mother and baby are doing fine"
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Couldnt afford easy rider for #2 child so just took the pedals of #1 childs old bike (can't be doing with stabs any more). Saved a few quid, then spoilt it when some of the pedal bits got lost in a house move. Funny how often saving a few quids costs you more.
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oh yeah, Hire an "operator", mut make sure he stays on the ground out of the way. you dont want him in the bucket with you because operators always really get in the way, and you really risk cutting bits off em!!!
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Big MEWPs are great for grins:biggrin: I reckon its best to get one with an "operator", as this is worth the extra as you dont want to be faffin about trying to position the thing or get it working.... If anything is not right, its their problem. Remember, you cant have the thing set up at the "base of the tree", you need it way out to the side to give you a big enough drop zone. At height, even tiny bits falling make expensive dents in mewps, and then you need to also take wind direction into account........ With mewps, its side reach thats important, and this is especially so if you are not dismantling. You dont want to be working at your (and the mewps) full extension. Check out the mewps working "envelope" and dont skimp, you need to dwarf the tree in every direction if you dont want to struggle. Most important, At some point, make sure you take it to the very top of its extension, this final point is easily forgotton. Have a ball
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I would think the only legality would be for criminal damage if you actually damage the tree. I have climbed many public trees, and almost nobody ever looks up. (just dont leave kit at the base of the tree, or your rope hanging down) so there is no trouble. If someone gets offended, you're in the wrong..... so back down, dont make a fuss (and don't go back
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If you really want skin tight, go for the ones on page 186 of the latest stihl catalogue. real niiiiiice:biggrin: know the best bit? They're called "X Fit"
