doobin
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None whatsoever I’m afraid- I only swim breast stroke! I like my head out of water. I find a powerful breast stroke is good cardio as it keeps pressure off my dodgy joints as well as the water helping me to keep cool. But my best progress has come from a squat rack at the yard. I too did a lot of cycling when I was younger, my cardio isn’t terrible but it could be better. Probably carrying a bit more weight than I need currently which doesn’t help.
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How do you think I pay for all the toys? It sure aint from tree work!
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Squats are just fantastic. I find 5-8 x 5 depending upon weight to be good for me. The only cardio I do is sprints in the pool. I'm a very strong swimmer but my willingness to spend thirty mins in the water comes and goes. I like squats because you can be totally shagged within fifteen minutes. I hate with a passion other forms of cardio, but probably because I should do it more often.
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Compound lifts, heavy enough to be a challenge but without getting into bodybuilder territory where injury becomes a risk. It makes me laugh, almost every customer says "wow, I bet your job keeps you fit!". No love, all I do these days is pull levers and point fingers.
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I’m pretty impressed with the quality. I figured it was a good entry level model and if it goes well I won’t loose much on it to upgrade.
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Basically a Mazda. So a proper truck, not a tartmobile (apologies, I know most on here use them for actual work!) Both of mine are about the same as the photos posted above minus the rotten sump- but the doublecab hasn’t gotten worse in the five years I’ve had it. And that’s a 57 plate! Keep meaning to waxoyl them, the new tipper especially.
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Doubt it mate, I reckon this one is the big one! Hope you are all stocked with food and weapons 🤣
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Preach brother, PREACH!! Oh yeah!
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Nice one Mark!! This was two of us yesterday, four hours work. It’s mental how much a mini skid speeds things up.
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Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses
doobin commented on Kate Barton's Tip site profile in Free Tip Sites
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Right behind ya!
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Those of you who do air spading- what is the going rate per day (especially now on white diesel!) and how many CFM on the compressor is needed to be efficient?
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Thank god for that.
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God, for a moment I thought you’d stolen one of my photos!
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You’re an animal for ringing that up!!
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I remember felling a large ish oak with a 16” on an old 036. My first letterbox cut, went well 💪🏻 biggest I’ve done so far was where I needed to bore the hinge using a 28” bar, but that was with some wide buttress even after pencilling down. Personally if I have to ring up after, I’d much rather switch to a larger for for felling and ringing, but the letterbox cut is a good skill to have.
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He’ll be lucky to find any of those saws for sale currently.
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No idea. I just know it’s a thing on the 462.
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Nope, all good. It's just eco bollocks.
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I run a 36" on my MS462. Knocked the oiler pin in and wound it to the max and it's fine for the felling cuts and ringing up the first few metres of big butts, which is all it gets used for.
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Social Democrats are worth a look too just a shame the current system means it’ll only ever be labour or Tory.
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Any idea how? 🤣
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This was my view- eager for an update!
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Who's your boss then? By 'one of the companies you work for', do you mean 'one of the companies I do spammy marketing for'? @benedmonds- how did this job go in the end?
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The problem with above 26hp is that you are then into DPF, which seems to give problems on all new machines! Big cost jump too- something like 5k extra just for the engine. Load of shit. Rather than having a 35hp engine running for ten minutes, let’s have a 26hp engine running for twenty! Cos it’s greener 🙄
