Bolt
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I am sure you have all seen and discussed it before... [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pequmgt21Lw]YouTube - Chainsaw Boot Test[/ame] But this made me consider maybe specifying steel toes next time
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As you know, you need to be supported by one load bearing "system" at all times. Although throw bags can get you a high anchor point, when I learnt, we just bundled up our rope and lobbed it over as high a branch we could reach. Once we climbed up to that branch, we bundled the other end and repeated the process. We carried on till we reached the top. Always attached by at leat one end of the rope, and ALWAYS loading up the new end and fully testing it before removing the old one. These days we push our rope to the top of the tree using fibreglass rods (throwlines not allowed to be lobbed about in the proximity zone of a live overhead line).
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A fun couple of days removing nurse crops
Bolt replied to slack ma girdle's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
sod the pictures of your ugly looking trees how good was your Pembs View? Overlooking the coast I wonder? -
When I was in Devon / Cornwall, did about 1 hour each way on average. This was in an old B reg 90 Landrover, my fuel, tyres and all sorts of bits breaking and wearing out. I didn't really mind it. It was on mainly small roads, so at least there were no queues! and there were good dog walking oppertunities on the way. These days (Sussex) I do about 10 mins and my journey is rubbish, all delays, queues and rat runs. At least its in somone elses motor. I guess it depends on where you are.
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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.
