difflock
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/142787350479?var=441794738943&ul_noapp=true similar to this offer presumably?
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I could make a joke in really poor taste . . .
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Anyone want to volunteer any opinions, looking at the Zarges Tubesca 7, but it looks "wile" flimsy, would I be better sticking to a galvanised steel tower, from the likes of TopTower?
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Base anchor pulling capability’s vs isolated fork
difflock replied to TTownsend's topic in General chat
Yes, obviously the force will be identical, assuming the line is either tied off at the crotch or passes over the crotch, at the same height. But I understood from some of the previous posts it was the potential for crotch failure due to the imposed compressive/splitting loading from the line that was the possible weakness, if tied off at the base as opposed to the crotch.. -
"Hire" a cow/sheep/horse/lama/geese/rabbits, whatever is available locally, most animal owners would be only too happy at the thought of free grazing?
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Base anchor pulling capability’s vs isolated fork
difflock replied to TTownsend's topic in General chat
But how could the crotch "fail" if one has "figure of eighted" round the both limbs? if there was any reason for doubt? or simply use a minor limb to keep the rope "up" while encircling the main bole? cheers Marcus -
Base anchor pulling capability’s vs isolated fork
difflock replied to TTownsend's topic in General chat
To me as a non-Arb person, a world of difference in these 2 techniques, in that I would not dream of flipping a line through a crotch/fork and tying off at the base, I dont know why, but I would always, but always climb, however inelegantly, and most probably using ladders and tie off at the choosen pulling point. Simple farmers son applied mechanics at work. -
Labour intensive does not begin to describe it.
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So many variables, and most tables will include relatively generous/stupidly generous Factors of Safety.(and I think structural timbers are mostly sized to prevent deflection or undue "springiness") Anyway, are we talking an overhead span (presumably otherwise midspan supports at ground level) Being a garden room, presumably single story? So what mid span loads will the overhead timbers be supporting, or can they be artistically fabricated as part of a truss, ergo much stiffer? Fabricate a trial beam or truss at ground level and test it for stiffness? I cannot imagine sudden failure i.e. there will a LOT of deflection to give reasonable warning prior to failure.
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Well at sick squid incl postage I ordered a new one from lsengineering per lurkalots lead. Certainly got leengineering filed away for future reference. thanks all mth
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Thanks lurkalot and soc, I will try your lsengineering link lurkalot and Nilfisk Gerni at Ballybogey, who are my local Stihl agent, buy/are obliged to buy their Stihl stuff from Cathcarts, so that is then a "no-brainer" for a back-stop soc. Cheers, Marcus EDIT just ordered from lsengineering
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As per title, tried the intersnot without success, an I know it may be able to source via my local dealer, but tis simpler to get one posted to the door. P.S. It looks "wile" like the brake shoe springs from the 460 G Wagen I was fettling yesterday, from memory.
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Why did the Museum simply not keep it, as an exhibit!
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But I wonder will this murder of Lyra McKee, get the same unrelenting coverage, and repeated mentions/point scoring at every conceivable opportunity, as the murder of Jo Cox did/does. mth
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see link; https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/04/18/londonderry-riots-woman-dies-shots-fired-petrol-bombs-thrown/ As was said here in the early troubles "they havnt gone away you know", i.e. the IRA/PIRA/NIRA/DIRA.
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Plus thumbs!
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Anyone remember the book, "101 uses for a dead Cat"?
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Buy any FWD/RWD car with a slick underbelly(and most now are due to slippery design considerations) and reasonable ground clearance, stick on a set of mud and snow tyres, and away you go. From someone who has driven ordinary cars reasonably surprising places, without issue. Or have a "wee scheme" on the track? cheers mth
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My initial take on the Grenfell fire was that the Fire Brigade failed to make any investigation of where the flames had possibly went, after they vented out the kitchen window, in a multi story building with other, possibly open/possibly broken windows above. Or were simply, dare I perhaps say negligent?, in failing to properly ensure the fire was extingushed. These thoughts are from my memory of my impressions formed based on the TV coverage at the time. mth
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I would set an Architectural competition for a design using glulam beams for a spacious airy design, like wot the Medevial craftsmen would have done like a shot, if they had had our materials and technology. Or simply glulam the Oak into the sizes needed to recreate the medevial beams and woodwork.
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Every bulk bag of logs, from the honest suppliers, should include a tape measure and an A4 sized explanation of how to measure and calculate the volume of a cube. The message might eventually get through. P.S. We had the same scam when buying bark or wood chip for Council Play Areas, priced and bought per m3, and always paying for about 20 to 30% more volume than the walking floor trailer could hold; "because it settles in the trailer Sir", when I first queried the clear discrepancy. However across the limited suppliers in NI it was a level playing field, since the bulk trailers were the same size. But still.
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I really would not mind if the Palace of Westminister burned right down to the the sub-basement, just so long as the House was sitting, and all the Emergency Exits were locked. The architectural loss would be a very small price to pay.
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We spent a year in an old static caravan while building, and with 2 pre-school infants, the roof did not leak, but Lord God, every time there was a storm I swore the bugger was going to disintegrate. Lying in bed with one hand on the floor and the other on the siding, and feeling each move in different directions at the same time My only regret was not building the 60' by 30' shed first and housing the caravan under its shelter. Anyway over here there was little depreciation on those old statics, certainly cheaper than paying the Rates on a dwelling over a year. Good luck and best wishes. mth
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Eh, could I suggest throwing a few Bishops on the flames, I dont really care if it puts the fire out either . . .
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I was always astounded at the number of drivers, including most of the employees I supervised, who despite endless training and reminders, could neither find nor understand the vehicle "plate", yet these same blokes would "spit blood", that of course their Shogun was legal to tow 3500Kg "because it is a 4 wheel drive", even after I read their veh plate out to them explaining how they were only good for 2800Kg. And a transit, no matter how light, was ALWAYS legal to tow any trailer with a 50mm ball hitch. This might have been funnier if it had not been so frightening. But then when the Transport Manager refused to buy useful dropside Iveco trucks fully legal to tow 3500Kg, because, and repeat after me "they are not 4 wheel drive", therefore they could not be safe or road legal, BUT hey! what does Iveco know. DOH!
