rowan lee
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Im based near dublin myself now in Co.Meath (mining!). and theres Plenty of cowboys around alright. Steve Brennan, ummh not sure, used to go to school locally with a bunch of brennans alright, i remember a lad called steven, but i would have been in the same class as his younger brother Mathew, if its the same dude? You dont sell chip by any chance, could do with a load for my Mums garden? Cheers dude.
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This is a real art form guys. Beautiful work indeed. Is it done with hazel much?
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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8Mm8zEaPVQ]YouTube - Tree'd in Rotterdam[/ame]
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Aye some beastiality alright, i have a wee video of it in action as well ill upload that for you mate
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LOL sligo as well,originally i should say! Ballygawley would have been the closest village. Didnt know there were any 'real' tree surgeons in Sligo. Where abouts are you based?
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Nah, the feller on this occasion was Mr.Wind, did a mighty job and all the night before, taking out that van, and a few bicycles chained to it, hehehe. Edit: sorry, you probably hadnt seen the rest of the pictures when you replied there! .
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The grapple attachment for the excavator, had an additional snips built in at one end. really handy piece of kit that, just snipping through 18'' lumps like twigs.
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and............from where it all began!
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and........BANG!
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and........
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Woke up to this in November 2005 whilst on a gabber mission Holland!
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never heard of wheel horse, must check that out, cheers.
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Just wondering about non commercial diesel shaft drive ride on's other then Kubota's. Im thinking along the lines of a GR1600-II size wise. What other options are out there??
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Professional eh? I'm actually a geologist by trade, i just do this kind of work for fun, helping mates out etc.
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Yeah, have to admit all the frost during the winter made the job a whole lot easier, one point of note though: learned a valuable lesson on this one, was using the hedge trimmer to remove the long ivy from the side walls, and realised there was a buried 220v power cable feeding the garage to the rear in the middle of it all. dont know how i didnt cut straight into it, but luckily noticed in time and proceded with caution. woild have been a nasty shock to the day
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Im with you on that, we use the 170 for small jobs only, branching, cutting out overgrown laurels, etc. All the other work, felling, cross cutting etc is done with a 250. I reckon the step down, will make it a slightly more manoeurable tool. Thanks for that mate.
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Faster acceleration then, ok. Thanks for that.
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Aye right and there'll hardly be any reduction in weight difference either.
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Ive watched some video's and it looks real fast, but then again the wood being split looks soft and small. Havent used one myself, but ive read about how dangerous these types of splitters can be. Obviously i can see the potential danger associated with the pto and exposed spinning screw, but i read horror stories about blocks of timber being spat out by the machine at break neck speeds etc. Any bad experiences from anyone on here?
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The smallest saw i use is a little ms170, with 14inch bar. Are there any advantages in dropping down a bar length, i.e. a 12 incher? Will i achieve faster chain revolutions or anything like that? cheers.
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That sounds like a good rule of thumb. thanks dude.
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I dont do this work for a living, but i really enjoy helping mates out and using my few bits of kit. Heres a few pictures from a wee one day job back in early march this year. Kit used on the day, oleo mac 725s with brushcutter head, ms 250 stihl saw, and hs81r stihl hedge trimmer. (ps - im just posing with the chainsaw in one of those photos, i wear full ppe when operating).
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Hi everyone, Newbie on here, actually a mine geologist by trade, but like nothing more then working in the woods back home at the weekend. Just wondering about file replacement. i use a 4mm round file for my two stihls. Just wondering what the tell tell signs of a completely worn file is, and trying to work out roughly how many sharpens a typical file should give you on a chain for a 16 inch bar? Cheers.
