jrose
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Got home this evening, and my girlfriend and her dad had made me this as a birthday present - enough room for plenty of files, with my initials on the bottom! I'm well chuffed
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Thanks, have got email from him today -
Yes please if you can give me a buzz or pass my number on :-) 07882 101819 [email protected] Cheers!
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Wash mine every week, normal wash and as above don't tumble dry
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Forgot to say, I wear type c for everything, never had an issue with overheating and would rather have them on just in case
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As I understand it, It's not a legal requirement to wear type c for climbing - it's recommended best practice. Cutting trees in your own back garden in your own time, you can wear whatever you like and no one can say anything. Working as a self employed gets tricky to define I think, the real issue comes when you employ people or are an employee yourself, as you have to supply/wear appropriate PPE. Most of the time this will be type c trousers. If you wear anything else for climbing, be it type a, pyjamas, kilt... You have to explain in your risk assessment why the decision was made to wear these, to cover yourself should anyone have an accident. So if you identified the weather was too hot for type c, you need to judge in risk assessment whether it is safe to carry out the work in type a, or find a better control measure eg wait for a cooler day. I could be wrong on this, but that's how I see it.
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What additions would you like to see on Arbtalk
jrose replied to Steve Bullman's topic in General chat
some sort of feedback system relating to work might be handy for many of those looking for employment? Say I did a few days with you Steve, when I reply to someone re work they can click on my name and see your feedback (and anyone else I've worked for), good and bad comments. Only an idea though... -
I brought a 545 in September - I think for a general purpose Arb saw, the semi pro Huskys (545, 555, 365 etc) are better than the XP version as they're more suited to logging up, being used by several users etc. Whereas the XP saws are much more forestry orientated, I'm sure if you're felling softwoods all day RevBoost is lovely, however I personally wouldn't want it as my saw is used just as much for logging up as it is for felling. Only my opinion though
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I've had two pairs of Stein Bergsteiger or something like that, the £120ish pair - very comfortable, I'd happily buy another pair. Currently on SIP boots, they seem OK but I may well go back to Stein next time!
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I haven't had any problems - I think it helps if you're slightly computer literate though, although the answers to most problems can be solved by a google search! For general use I find it fine, and there are equivalent versions of most programs available for free (open source). It seems to be much more stable and never crashes, runs quite happily without slowing down over time (it's been on this laptop for a year, and still runs like the day I installed it, unlike Windows!). If you really rely on one program and nothing else will do, you might be better off with Windows especially for gaming, this is one area where Ubunutu really falls down compared to Windows.
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I've used Ubuntu (Linux) on my computer for many years, and find it much preferable to Windows. Have used Windows 8 a couple of times, and my initial impression was truly awful, everything you think you know about Windows has changed. For basic web browsing and office use, I'd suggest you give Ubuntu a go - you can install it alongside Windows, and choose which one you want to use when you turn computer on. Or, try it on your old desktop before you throw it away. hope this helps!
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Whatever saw you get, make sure you buy some chainsaw trousers, boots and a helmet to go with it; and ideally get some training or at least someone who knows what they're doing to run you through using it safely
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I've had loads of different pairs of various makes - I haven't had a problem with any misting up. The trick is to wash them once a week or so with washing up liquid, this stops the misting! Currently using bolle trackers, I'm pretty happy with them!
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Live raffle results here
jrose replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Arbtalk Christmas Charity Raffle 2013
can't get on the live chat, it gets stuck on connecting and then says flash probelm? -
Just brought £15 worth asI've had that sitting in my PayPal account for a bit doing nothing...
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Hi all, Brought my girlfriend a ms171 for Christmas, now she needs a pair of boots to go with it! Only for occasional use cutting logs, she's found these on eBay for a very cheap price that makes me slightly suspicious... http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=271215179174 Anyone have any experience with these? Cheers!
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Brought myself nice bottle of single malt this evening as it's last working day of 2013, enjoying a glass in front of the wood burner with Con Air :-)
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Agreed, also if he's the boss he should be providing you all with matching trousers and helmets, so what's the issue?
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I brought a 545 in September for use as a general ground saw smaller than my 365, and would heartily recommend it! In general, I prefer the "semi pro" Huskys over the XP version for all round use, especially when facing dirty wood with bits of metal in, they're a bit more forgiving than the revvy, forestry biased XP saws but still brilliant! Forestry work, cutting clean softwood and mostly snedding - you want a whizzy 550xp/560xp with chisel chain Arb work, more logging up than snedding, dirtier timber - 545/555 with semi chisel At least, that's my opinion!
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I like these Wondergrip Premium Waterproof Foam Latex Gloves - EN388 (2231) - Pair - MC-WG-338 Never tried the pfanner ones though
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I'd go for a 660 or 395, whichever floats your boat really. Both are fairly proven saws, with lots of parts and people who know how to work on them. Even if you could get a 661 today off the shelves, I wouldn't - I don't like getting newly released saws, when I can let other people be the guinea pigs! Give it a year or two, in that time you might get the opportunity to try one out a couple of times and make your mind up based on feedback. If it turns out to be the greatest thing since sliced bread, a 660 lightly used will have quite a good resale value, and you can treat yourself to a shiny new 661! If everyone's moaning about how they're not nearly as good (quite possible IMO), you can look at your 660 with a smug and satisfied look every time you get it out.
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did you do any training beforehand? I'm tempted to just put in for the test, is there anything involved which isn't obvious?
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I have a 545 on a 15" bar - it depends what you're doing with it, but for a general all round saw the semi pro huskies are slightly better than the xp version IMO I'm very happy with my 545, it'll pull a 15" bar through anything, used it to fell a few 25" ash the other day and it didn't blink. If you want an 18" bar, I'd go for the 555 though.
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surely to some extent it makes sense that they're reversing, if he falls he only has to avoid one set of wheels, rather than the full length of both lorries?
