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    doobin replied to MOG's topic in Video forum

    Always good to mix work and fun. We have a gym at my yard, me and the guys use it every day after work to unwind. If we are doing a burn up, we have a grill we built to fit the 36" digger bucket perfectly . Scoop from the fire, uncouple and then it's twenty minutes to lunch. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy!
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    Why would folders on the desktop be any different to folders elsewhere? Spotlight indexes all the disks unless you specify otherwise, AFAIK.
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    Too true. Can't say my 2008 Macbook Pro is all that much better than the 2005 Powerbook G4 it replaced though. I'm not really a power user though (same as most of us in the outdoors trade I suspect!) Morten's saw analogy is also bang on. There's a reason a 6 year old Apple lapton is still worth £3-400.
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    It's because the Dewalt bits do what they say on the tin- they self feed! To be fair, in a drill press a Forstner bit without the feedscrew at the bottom is a much better bet. The Dewalt bits are mustard for morticing on site with a battery drill. They will easily lift a 6x4 oak post off the deck in a drill press The press wouldn't have enough torque to turn a bit of wood that weight if it hit a knot. Good pointers about the smaller bits of wood though- we've all been there! You don't need a diamond file to sharpen them- the faces you need to sharpen are easily accessible with a bog standard flat file
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    For a machine you intend to keep, it lowers the 'nickability' factor and looks professional if it's your company colours.
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    I have noticed this when watching staff, you're right. Some find it easier than others to correct. It's caused by having the saw body in the way I think. I thought by hooked you meant too little side plate angle- round here we call that 'hook'. If a chain is badly mangled I will use a flat file to put the correct top plate angle on before boring out the required about with a round file. Am I the only one here who does that?
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    All the above, and distribute the rest around your neighbours. What comes around goes around.
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    Poor maintenance will kill any truck. I'm a Jap fan but Landys aren't all bad. I just wouldn't be seen dead in one Seriously, we all know the stereotype. H-reg Defender that cost 8k complete with winch, extra spotlights and a 'Sniff My Diff' sticker, always being fixed, the idiot driving it wears a check shirt and LeCheameus, yet drives a tractor for £8/hour
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    It needs the tank filter on to weight it down and absorb the fuel- otherwise it will float and you'll just be sucking in air as you pull it over.
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    Why would that cause hooked cutters? You'll get w*nker arm if you don't alternate! :lol: The best tip I can give anyone looking to improve their sharpening is to do it under a strong light. An anglepoise lamp with a daylight bulb positioned over the vice is the best way. It's amazing how much detail you can see under a strong light, and that will help you correct small errors and perfect your technique. Oh, and a blunt file is like a blunt chain. So don't be tight, bin it and get a fresh one.
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    You measure flour in a pint jug, simples. Volume isn't just for liquids- I mean, we sell logs by it, don't we?
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    Anyone seen the Meindl Timbercats for sale in the UK yet? Gusharts were promising them but they never materialised to me knowledge. They look like a cool boot, Airstreams with retractable studs.
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    If its putting dust instead of even small chips out the back it's not sharp, not even close. How the hell can you pass that? They'd take so long to make a felling cut that it'd run out of fuel, then you'd have to fail them!
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    Seriously? Well, you know what they say. Those who can, do. Those who can't..teach
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    I've seen plenty of saws produce dust...I wouldn't class them as sharp! I would have thought a 1.5mm difference between left and right teeth would produce a curved cut.
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    That's fair comment, but light on the right foot all the time can lead to the coked up engine that injector cleaner will alleviate. Always best to give a diesel a good thrashing once a week or so, just for a minute once she's up to temperature.
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    £14.99 for a tanks worth of injector cleaner?? Roll up, roll up, get your genuine snake oil right here folks! If you want to add anything, John Deer fuel conditioner is well thought of in the plant game and very, very economical. £14.99 would do you about 1000 litres.
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    FFS, just connect it to a cheapy battery charger. Not rocket science.
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    17 months is a good run. If you waxed them they might have done a bit longer... Soles do tend to go first though. £180 a year to be proper comfy on your feet all day is well worth it.
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    Probably ex hire with a new dipper. Or even just ex hire- the more distinctive a machine is the less attractive to scum.
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    Do you guys not find that they tend to wobble all over the place? I have a shag load of fencing coming up, I need to get something better than the manual adjust tractor one. Wainy, where are you based?
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    Any good???!!!

    doobin replied to Acg128's topic in General chat

    Fine for sitting and running the splitter. They have a 1000rpm PTO so would be very economical. They're not making much money at the moment. You might get it for the maiden bid.
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    Cheers mate. Had an eBay search out for one of these but this didn't have 'harness' in the title!
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    If you buy a new head you won't regret it. You can get a better engine unit after your first few hedges, and add a pole chainsaw, bed tiller, lawn edger etc later. You can use bike handle machine to cut a hedge if you fold them 90 degrees. Not sure if yours will have this clamp- we used to do it on footpath clearance so we had a bike handle strimmer that could clear grass and then cut the hedge. The Stihl system has the most attachments to my knowledge. Lots of money to be made maintaining gardens on a price per month- investment in a decent combi system was a major step forward for me when starting out.
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    Was that covered under warranty??

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