swinny
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In fairness most firms will have all the same kit and a lot more. Most would require you to turn up in ppe and a lunchbox and waterproofs thats it. how are you different to other groundies without the kit that warrents the day rate? not being arsey just how i see it
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The main body uses lots of grease. I gove a good 8-10 pumps in the main body and one in the side a day. After a days hard use or even part through you can hear them clacking... not much in next time you check
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Do you do a lot? Those 13mm can round off.... you put them back with a nip and are solid to get off.... Those stihl tubes are a rip off..... remove bung and shove end of grease gun on and grease.... How often do you grease your trimmers? the main body can use loads. Grease nipples are for convenience and getting on with the job
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Was just thinking that myself.... not best place if taking some weight off even quietly away the stem moves a bit or sits up some
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Dont compare railway wages to domestic tree work wages
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I recently got pissed off and drilled/tapped the 13mm bungs and fit grease nipples
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Did it Tuesday 11:30 am... finished rest of day with arm aching like mad. Woke up 3 am wed it was throbbing. Drove myself to hospital snd they gave me a tetnus and some anti inflammatory. Been taking them for a day and a half and still working. Had hardly any movement at first but now near normal. Just seen all that red patch got me thinking. I’ve an appointment to go back to hosp tomorrow am but was hoping it was better so didnt have to go and could work
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Something wrong there i say.... my vermeer sc252 has electro clutch and when dissengaged the cutter wheel spins freely....
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Nowt in there as far as i know. Wierd as redness has now gone round to the underside of arm also.
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Got jabbed earlier in week... swelling going down a bit but redness seems bigger?
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SHIT WE’RE TAKING ON WATER!!!!!
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Came accross these on a beech I’ve been to look at. Poor thing has has fire damage and big sheets of bark fallen off and a big cavity in the back from previous branch tear out / removal. any help with a positive id? many thanks
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If they were being lazy they could have ringed it down into back of a truck on a bed of chip..... council contract or highways? Arb approved? Lol ?
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would have used a much grab but been told all i will do is bend the tines... also doesnt close enough to grab smaller timber. Better with 2 forks and a centre beak.... Seen some others but they don't open large enough for me..... I want to be able to pick up 4' diameter pieces down to a pallet fork full of smaller dia logs
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Does anyone know where I could get a beak to bolt onto my pallet forks back plate?
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clean all the crap off with a small axe then use a smaller bar if you want.... 18-20" and cut from both sides.
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I would love to know more about this. Esp the price per ton achievable for the product.... Usually log some but send a quite a bit away for biomass as arb wood. Have thought about breaking it all up and chipping it several times.
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I’ve always made gasket from the gasket paper and put over the item to seal (cover or plate etc) .... then used a small ball pein hammer pushed into bolt hole whilst turning back and forth to cut out the holes in gasket paper
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What kind of gasket is it? Rubber? Normal seal or a cork gasket or etc? Sometimes its a lot easier and better to fix with the right thing... a new gasket. Maybe just stomach it and know its fixed fIrst time
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Also didnt realise you are a local Ratman. Only down the road from me
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Pain in the arse at end of chatburn roundabout to pimlico..... how long till finished as may hold up some of my works
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Continuing the theme of 'pimp my forwarder'....
swinny replied to Big J's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
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Looks like some bark missing on left hand side. Pre or post work who knows. Hardly any folliage there. Maybe last chance salloon to see if it flushes or someones tried to get it to naturally re trench. Could have had significant die back also before works?
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Love threads like this .... one only a few sensible posts the rest are full of waffle.
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