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I wouldn’t start adding stuff to the chipper btw. They give enough electrical grief, cunting around with malfunctioning no-stress etc, without adding more things to go wrong. Loads of people have leisure batteries and inverters in vans and they work.
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I’d suggest a second battery for the inverter. Your van or chipper starter battery is designed to boot out a lot of power hard and then get charged straight back up with the alternator. A leisure battery is designed to be discharged lower with a constant draw. Use a voltage sensing split charge relay to charge the leisure battery from the starter battery. It’ll only charge when the van is running and prevent you from draining the starter battery when you draw from the leisure battery. Bear in mind that for the cost of a leisure battery, inverter, split charge relay and some wire, you could probably buy another tool battery or two. Not that that’s what I’d do. 240v AC in the van is mega useful.
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I’m getting fed up of bollocksing around with wine corks and bits of wood to stop my spikes poking holes in my gear bag. What are people using that’s better?
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Managing Ash Re-Growth from Stump
AHPP replied to aesmith's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
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I have a theory about businesses that are frequently discussed on forums: Any forum will generally have a couple of guys on it who run businesses supplying stuff/services for whatever that forum is for. Anyone asking for recommendations for that service will be inundated by people saying how good they are. Some will be genuine but a lot will be parroting. A lot of people will also exaggerate how good the business is or omit truths about problems they’ve had with it. I wonder whether the opposite is also true? Northern Arb get slated on here prodigiously. Perhaps they’re just a fashionable company to slate on this particular forum and actually there are loads equally bad? P.S. I’ve had one dealing with Northern Arb and they delivered fine.
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I’m in Oslo from Friday 19th to Monday 22nd of this month. I’m open to the possibility of going out there to work next spring and this seems like an opportunity to meet anyone who might like to employ me. If you’re interested in me dropping by, please send me a private message.
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Wranglerstar on youtube has one he calls an axaroon.
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The most painful bit of that by far was him trying to take the powerhead with the outboard clutch off the bar.
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I once strapped a neat six incher to the front of a friend’s car. It took him three days to notice. Pedestrians crossing in front of him at traffic lights were the funniest.
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I have that on an 039. I’ve pointed the screw slot at the top end of the adjustment range and it appears to be oiling more than it was. Local shop told me it was a clutch off fix if I wanted it any better sorted.
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I suspect (though my suspicions aren't as good as measurements) the radii are bigger on comparable Notch ones. Maybe that's better or maybe the flat on the Arbpros is good in that it gives the rope a bit of time to straighten out between entry and exit of a single ring (probably not though). Who knows? I'm sure they all work if you use them sanely. If I wanted to split hairs, my gut feeling is that the Notch ones are the original and best (because of the bigger radii) and the Arbpro ones are quickly made copies that miss some subtle design things.
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Since we're on minutiae, I've noticed Arbpro rings have a flat across the middle of the donut and radii towards the sides. The Notch/X/Barton rings are one smooth radius from side to side.
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I've always thought that. Two rings means the rope runs in a short box shape which means you've got two 90degree bends. All a third ring does is make the box shape a bit bigger. You still have two 90degree bends.
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I've used 16" on a 200T and liked it but any bigger bar and I'd want a back handle anyway.
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Beginners climbing guide, hints, tips and general climbing techniques
AHPP replied to Adam Bourne's topic in Climbers talk
Look at the length of eye to eye spliced friction cords sold by arb shops and roughly copy that or tie a fisherman's in the end and then another fisherman's further down, then retie the second fisherman's until you're happy and then make the cut. -
Stihl.
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It’s never the same unless they’re a proper hard copy Haynes.
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Planning for Profit? I’ve only just emailed the guy but hope to be there on Friday. I’ll say hello if I see you. I’ll recognise you from you from your YouTube videos.
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Seminar, course, workshop, knowledgeable man talking, whatever. Not sure really. Anything that helps me kill trees better and make more money. I’m hopefully going to a two hour one about forestry bureaucracy but haven’t seen anything else advertised.
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Assuming the roads are public, you’ll get a one three-hundred-and-sixty-fifth rebate on your car tax. Also, I’m Elvis Presley’s new tour manager.
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Trying to make the most of the show. Are there any organised things happening; rigging, splicing etc?
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You pay £500 to do a course + assessment somewhere. You pass, you go back there. You fail, you go elsewhere. Anyone running courses who is prepared to fail shit candidates will struggle. I know the irrefutably best trainer in the UK in a totally different field. If you pass with him, it means something. He’s still struggling business wise. Most people want to tick boxes and there aren’t enough people wanting something they can really hang their hat on to make providing for that viable. Does that make sense?
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I think you’re right but Lust4life says otherwise. I hope he educates us.
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What law would he be breaking?
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Maybe. I suspect my huskys are better than you think though. In any event, god bless my mending department. She’s visiting next weekend as it happens but it’s mainly shirts I’ve got lined up for her his time.
