Ricky26wales

Nice one lads. Good news. What i wanted to hear too. sounds like its worth doing then. Cheers. Its a saw I got given by my boss. But before that it was our main climbers so its a few years old and had some use. Ive had it retuned and new carb but it has a very hesitant rev. As in its delayed.It does pick up to soeed but not straight away but frustrating to use. I'm a rubbish mechanic and know little about how to fix major problems with saws so I will be sending it off to someone soon. Also could someone explain what porting a saw means? Is it possible to do with an old saw? And is it worth doing to a brand new saw? Thanks again.

is it worth paying to have a climbing saw refurbed? Are there any specialists out there that do it? As in is it worth paying for if someones willing to do it? I will be buying a new saw but also would like to have a spare in good working order. i've had minor work done on it but my local shop arn't that good. Just wondered if anyone bothers doing this or is it a waste of time and money. Cheers

Have a pair of boots for sale if anyone is interested. As the title says, size 11 brand new in the box. After buying them realized they were the wrong size. Been over a year now and thought would just sell them on here if anyones interested. Nothing wrong with them just a size too big for me. Anyone interested just send me a message. Or reply on here. Cheers. And there brown in colour if colour matters to anyone.

Did the same thing to my grub screw. What a nightmare eh! I too was too heavy handed on the tightening but what a joke. Such a massive cost for the SJ and yet no hint atall at how sensitive the change over of grub screw should be. My mate has the lock jack and cam change over looks alot easier and screws more solid looking.. Maybe they will make a SJ 2.2 to try rinse us of even more money. I sent mine back to HB who sent it back to ART Germany who re-threaded it. Job done. Cheers HB. Dont have to buy new SJ. And there are other threads of similar stories. So we're not the first.

Hi I'm looking for any info from people who have been and lived and worked in Australia. I went there in 2003 on a 12 month working holiday visa but only worked for about a month and stayed for about 2-3 months in total. This puts me out of luck for getting a 2nd working holiday visa as you have to do atleast 3 months agricultural/horticultural work on your original work visa. I've heard of alot of British people out in Australia and New Zealand working full time. I know sponsorship is another way to go but how do you get a sponsor? It seems hard to secure a job from the UK as most employers would want to see who they are taking on and what they are capable of. I'm looking to go in the next couple of years but wondering whqats the best way of doing things. I've heard of alot of jobs and work available all over Australia. I was hoping to travel to Oz for a month or so to seek employment and maybe get sponsorship, but as most employers will want to see my work capablitlites what are the legal ways of doing this. Also i'm not a college trained Climber. I've just learnt off the job so only have NPTC's. Any info is greatly appreciated as I really would like to make the big move to Oz.

Dreaded Hawthawn. We did a job on DIY SOS. Sure some of you have seen the programme on TV. Not sure when it will be on. Anyway, one of our brash draggers gets a bit over aggresive when you pass him something to chip, so he yanked this long hawthawn branch off me and I felt a numbness in my right forarm. For the next 4-5 weeks it was just like a pussy swollen mess on my arm. Squeezed it everyday but nothing but puss and liquid. Then one day pulled on a pulling rope pretty hard and saw this sharp thing poking out the pussy mess on my arm. Just managed to grab the tip of it and pull it out. It was still the most pleasing thing I have ever done at work getting that bugger out. It was like the thickness of a match stick and over a cm long. 1 week later I pull the scab off and another cm long splinter comes with it out the same hole. Disgusting but very pleasurable. Still sure theres something left in there.

How did it feel with a bit of bounce and stretch in the rope? Was it with spiderjack? Anyone else struggle using spiderjack with their left hand??

Got my rope delivered today. 50 meter hi vee ivy. Looks awsome and feels really nice and doesnt look too thin. Sods law that tomorrows job is a crappy roadside traffic light job. I think it will just have to be fed through my spiderjack as you said, tail first. What happens if you have a double splice?? And that piece of velcro is so sh1te! Keeps coming off.

Cheers for all the good replies lads. Just ordered Poison Ivy rope from honey bros but completley forgot to specify I wanted a spliced eye. Looking back at the site though there wasn't an option where you could specify wanting a spliced eye but most of the other ropes you could choose. Sent them an email anyway so hopefully they'll sort it.

Hi people and sorry as I know spiderjack has been done to death. I'm a fairly new climber (6 months+) and recently got my spiderjack which I'm loving. Problem is i have a 13mm xtc rope. Obviously things aqrn't running as smooth as I'd like so was thinking of moving to poison ivy or something similar. I've mentioned to some lads at work that I want to get a thinner rope and they think that smaller rope will ruin my hands as it's alot harder to grip etc. Has anyone moved to smaller rope and not liked it. I want to get the most out my spiderjack and poison ivy sounds like a nice rope even if it is thinner. Also I read a post quite a while back about dismantling with spiderjack, like it should never be used to choke around the stem as a back up while chogging down. What do you spiderjack users do once you've stripped a tree and it's time to chog down. Back to friction cord? Figure of 8? I'm after something thats safe and practical without too much messing about. And don't know if it's due to the thickness of my rope but once my SJ is fullyloaded with my weight I sometimes find it hard for it to release straight away when I want it to. Seems to jam a bit unless I pull on the rope abit to get a bit of weight off the SJ but then it releases fine and runs as it should. Sorry if that sounds confusing. Any pointers would be appreciated. And that velcro that came with SJ lasted about 20 minutes until it had pulled itself off the SJ. Didn't see how just noticed once I was out the tree. Cheers

Thanks for the tips guys. And the pics too, nice shape after the reduction. Seems most the reductions i've ever done have been Birch trees. Anybody else got any before and after pictures? Cheers again.

Thanks for the tips. All good advice. I've had a chat with one of the lads about the orange peel technique, it has helped me a few times but some trees i've done have had a weird shape for the orange peel way to work properly. Also splitting the tree into quarters sounds like a good idea. Struggled with getting a decent anchor point today ay the tree had been reduced in height in the past so the tops were a bit weak and flimsy. Practice practice and more practice I suppose. Thanks for the responses.

Hi guys, i'm fairly new to climbing and seems latley we've had a fair amount of reductions being done. I'm still at the point when I find out what the days job is and I hear the dreaded word "reduction" my heart sinks. I've done a few now, nothing massive and all with the help of a very experienced groundy. Anybody feel the same as me when they first started doing reductions? Work with good guys with great skills just wouldn't mind any pointers or to hear I'm not the only one that dreads them. Cheers

SIP full protection. Awesome pants, well made,strong. Black with a white stitching pattern, and I like them because alot of chainsaw trousers seem to have the "drainpipe" look. Not a fan of that myself. But the full protection are hot and ya do feel like your wearing armored pants. Comfy though considering. Also another thing that used to piss me off about my old Husky pants is when your climbing and the harness keeps making your pants ride up at the leg so the bottom of your pants is half way up ya shin. Me personally anyways. Good luck.

Thanks for all the replies people. All a learning curve for me. Cheers. Got alot of adding up to do! Have to use my fingers and toes to add up all these reciepts.

I give him an invoice and he also gives us pay slips, one of my earlier posts does say I work under the CIS scheme. Nothing dodgy going on..He deducts our tax to make it easier for us as he knows we are young and dumb and probably wouldn't save enough money to pay our tax at the end of the year. I've only been self employed coming up to 6 months now that's why I have seen no return yet. Clearer now I hope?

Thanks for the replies. Seems your a pretty straight guy then Rupe when it comes to your taxes. I know some people that put all sorts through and get away with it. The amount of tax I pay i'd like to see some of it back. Obviously we all would. Seems to me that if you chance it and put it through then you could well see the pay out at the end. I came on here to ask as the lads I work with put literally anything they think they can get away with. Including washing machines, vans, clothes likes t-shirts,hoodies and (some) food, like anything that's taken to work etc. My boss whos run his business for 30+ years says put a few extras through but don't do it so much so that you stick out like a sore thumb to the tax man. Obviosuly some people won't wan't to give too much away. Quite a tricky subject. I don't have an accountant so it's all done by lucky me. And this is my first year as self employed. Thanks again for the replies.

Hi guys just a question for anyone thats self employed. When filling out your tax returns can you get away with claiming for food as food subsistence?? I've tried googling it but people seem as confused as I am. I spend a fair amount of money on food for work. What do you other guys do? Obviously money spent on work clothing/equiptment and fuel bills for my car to get to work can be claimed for, just wanna find out about food too. Also i'm working as self employed with the CIS construction scheme but I do have a boss if that makes sense? Thanks for any help on this. I've got alot of paper work to do and wanna get it out the way. Cheers

I have done my chainsaw cert at the end of 2006. We did cover chainsaw sharpening, but that was for the chain on that particular saw, and all he asked us to do was a couple of strokes on each tooth to be satisfied. Anyway thanks for the advice, hopefully today will be a better day.

Had a major nightmare today trying to get the chain on a little clearance saw sharp, I was following the guide line but just couldn't get it right. When i file a chain with full chisel teeth i do it ok, but this other saw has a differant chain where the teeth sides are more curved. I took the saw to the shop when I asked for a file so pressume i'm using the right file size. Also what is the affect on the chainsaw if the depth gauges are too high? Like a blunt saw will throw saw dust out but what happens if your depth guages are too high? Thanks for all the advice aswell

Hi Thanks for the replies. Yep I've done the rakers aswell, after every 3 sharpening roughly. Or when needed. Is it a good idea to get the chain restored by a proffesional every few weeks or is this a waste of time? I really just wanna be able to get it sharp with just a file on my own. Sounds like just a case of practice. Also if a couple of teeth are not the sime size in length do ineed to get them all to the same size as the smallest tooth? cheers again.

Hi guys, i've been working for this ground works company for few months now and they've scored a job for the local council cutting trees back from the road side for the next 2-3 months, and i'm the only one with a chainsaw cert. Anyways i'm after some tips for getting the chain consistantly sharp? I've always bloody struggled getting it how I want it. I know it should be simple, follow the line on top of the cutters, I try my hardest but can never get it sharp sharp. My friends who have work with chainsaws daily said I should try get used to sharpening without any file guide as you can get it just as sharfp without one. Does it sound weird that it seems alot better when i use the pushing chain and it seems to cut alot easier? When I cut I do have long shavings flying out and then when I cut at an angle, like when you want to put a gob in it flys dust,then when chipping into logs seems sharp again, is it a possibility that I have sharpened some teeth really well and others not so good? Well this is the second week on this job so I still have 6-8 weeks to get it right, is it just a matter of practice? They look sharp, feel sharp and I can see the shiny chrome after sharpening but just doesn't feel great all the time. Any advice would be great. Thanks guys.

How do you get a PTS card, do I need to be sponsored by an employer??