Wolfie
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I have two Stihl km100 with various attachments. Having no end of problems with the older power unit (approx 2008), but when they do work they are great bits of kit.
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We may need to fix those tappet nuts. Started getting erratic revs from it on Monday. Doing a big hedge job tomorrow so will test it myself and get back to you.
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Same with me. I alway test the anchor point with my weight before disconnecting my strop. I did have to check, check and check again today. Trying out a new rope (limelight) and couldn't get my friction cord to bind. Whilst 40ft up had to change from a using my normal knot, the distel, tried the super cooper before taking the micropully out of the system and tying a michoagan. Thanks for posting - hope the leg heal well
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The main climbing rope that stays in my kit bag is 25m. When you do the maths, a 25m rope using DRT means your tie-in point can be about 13 metres above the ground. Your anchor point is likely to be 10ft-ish from the top, meaning that you can use that rope on any tree up to 50ft high. Keep your 50m rope for anything bigger - you won't be using it very often. I never get mine spliced as it generally results in using one end all the time where I like to alternate ends. I don't worry about losing 25% strength of the rope from a knot. I'm guessing that the breaking weight of a climbing rope to be 3T. That means as long as me, my kit and the odd cut and hold branch combined is less than 2250kg, I should be safe.
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It's a piptoporus that you've squished into the trunk. You can still see the footprint mark.
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It's a piptoporus that you've squished into the trunk. You can still see the footprint mark.
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If your talking about the white with yellow flecks, 12 strand rope, it is a good climbing rope. I started on it and still use it along with other ropes. They do a larger diameter as a bull rope.
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Arborisk on stand H8B at the APF Show – come and say hello!
Wolfie replied to Arborisk Team's topic in General chat
I'll pop over and say hello. I'm looking for tool insurance in the very near future. -
Sorry, couldn't help myself.
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No husky!
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Did that myself once - jeez that hurt. Luckily no blood but thought for a second that i was going to prune half a digit off.
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I was at my desk in my office job. A client told me on the phone that a plane had hit the towers - i presumed he meant a light aircraft! I agree that war is rarely worth it but do you really think that Bin laden would have sat back and said "right, we've given the big USA a blooded nose, we'll call it a day now". I don't think so.
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Looks an experienced climber to me, certainly not "cowboy", just stateside. What i really do want to see on u-tube is someone handing that guy some chainsaw trousers and telling him he needs to go on a training course.
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Really! I'll have to continue my work on the human sized big shot catapult.
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Ross, that kitten is adorable. Sloth, cats don't like to be put in the sink - he doesn't like impressed. Got three but they won't have there picture taken together.
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Replacement inserts (wood or plastic) for the hi-lift wedges.
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An ipod and ACDC - it's a long way to the top if you want to rock and roll.
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Sorry, left out the important bit. Yes, it's a CS100.
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Anyone know what size/length the blade torx bolts are?
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I heard recently that someone i used to work with who has just gone freelance has left the company we worked for (after 10 years service) and had the cost of some lost climbing spikes deducted for his week-in-hand pay two years after the incident.
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Just picked the 338xpt up from spud. Will take it out next week and update you.
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Nice bit of kit. Does that bit on the back move down so that it can be used to nudge the grindings around? What does a bit of kit like that cost?
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Do they have those kinds of stalls there as well?
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I think you might be right there. Just looked up images of that and it does look similar to the brackets on the other tree although i couldn't get a very close look as they were growing out of a steep bank of the side of a stream below the truck.
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Lol. Yeah, dodgy kebab.
