arbmark

Ok thanks so noone is doing the 310nm then?! Its the inner nut that the problem. Sure I prob shouldn't use the wrench to loosen but I was hoping to torque up to the given spec.

Jase I had a greenmech before. Both the wrench and the socket I had were smaller.

Hi all.

Just bought a mighty torque wrench to change blades myself but together the wrench body and socket length are too deep to get in to access the nut. Anyone know of a low profile socket supplier to sort this?

I've got the draper wrench.

TIA

Mark

There might be stuff collected down the side of the body too that collects around the rubber stops. Watch out for the grease pine when cleaning there. Ongoing issue. We just clear it out every couple of days esp if the blades are dulling and we've done leylandii or whippy stuff. Don't believe the story about roller speed too high. Ridiculous yarn

Total guesses - Cercis and Morus.

Trust here too. Seem on the ball and feel the likelihood of cover in the event of a claim will be good, exclusions are reasonable. Usual applies - get what you pay for

Love my positioner. 4m of fluffed 11.5mm i think aeris. Still smooth as hell. Get the swivel

Thanks guys, anyone any experience of growing the hybrid poplar? The nurseries are saying 100-150mm dia logs. In 4-5yrs?

We'll not hybrid, but trichocarpa here. My ground could be damper so mine were more like 75mm but they could be right. I guess if the growth is too fast you really would get some lightweight logs that might not sell

The thing about Poplar is that you have to get it split and under cover quickly and then it dries out fast. Should definitely be considered a soft wood IMO but without the dubious worries about resins. Worth selling in mixed loads.

Yes they delivered ours to us down in north devon, paid a good price for the old B2500, did the paperwork and drove it away. Simples

Yep bought our green ranger from them about 3 years ago. It's been fine. Reliable motor

Wowser. I guess the bomb disposal team will be able to let you know how close that was!! I went Wwoofing near you years ago. Did a fair bit of digging!!

I detect over most stumps now. Doesn't find everything but avoided a small nail bar last week.

Wow that is devastating. Sounds like you had gone to reasonable lengths to protect it. I hope the insurance process is simple and quick to get you back on your feet. I hate paying 3k a year for nowt but stories like that remind me why. Best of luck getting back on track

Bark looks shot and they aren't very long lived. The future doent look too rosey. First guess would armillaria but quite a few things might cause the bark death I would imagine. Phyt'z?

mine was doing the same. got the local stihl dealer to put a new carb in. boom it's like new again.

nothings ever fallen off my 130. with a billion tree surgeons in the country (or whatever it is now) there are going to be some issues with a popular make and model.

Fell.

like khikhani a lot. thanks for posting!

I chucked mine in the washing machine. Sure a dishwasher would work just as well to

no way Tom, whats happened to Noah and Elijah those old prussics you had!!? Have to say I moved onto a zigger about two years ago now but then i am getting old! Hope life's good

I may be setting myself up for a blasting here, but in terms of the UK an awful lot could be done in terms of increasing tree cover if we abolished upland sheep farming.

 

Each sheep farmer monopolies huge tracts of land to graze sheep which is not only hugely environmentally damaging but also ridiculously uneconomic (on average UK sheep farmers receive nearly three times their net income in subsidies- which is crazy)

 

If the uplands were left ungrazed they would 'rewild' with trees and shrubs, greatly increasing our tree cover and transform a barren landscape into rich biodiverse, flood alleviating carbon sinks.

 

The shepherds could become woodland managers and all the world's ills would be cured!

a fair point but there are valuable habitats in uplands that could be diminished. a few more trees never hurts though so agree to a point. but then there's my usual argument that there are far too many people, bloody things

thats funny I found the two ropes very different - the blue tongue very squashy and although 11.7 it was a lot larger than that. I now have the hedera 11.7 and it is way better. Maybe something was wrong with the first blue tongue but it didnt self tend well at all. i was quite peed off after all the recommendations it had had.

really good idea for a thread, wish I could add something. I suspect the answer is invest elsewhere as alluded to above. Too many of us scratching around for work!

Also N Devon. Been recently followed home and checked out by a small grey van reg e?57 efg and had some bizarrely smartly dressed pikies knocking on doors from a transit with tool reg mt55 something in my street. make sure your insurance is water-tight. its about all you can sensibly do. I dont think pissing off these people is a sensible course of action. They probably read these threads anyway

the wasp family is awesome

i have the self-propelled dr. it is a beast.

im not a loler inspector but more rope will surely allow more fall before engagement of the friction, and i would say that it is better to half hitch lower to reduce the kinetic energy achieved by the piece. if the centre of gravity of the chog then swings around the half hitch point/fulchrum then all well and good, the centripetal force to hold the swing will be lower than direct 'snatch effect' and another plus is that energy can be lost into the trunk/bark etc when it impacts the tree......just my take