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Me walking somewhere with the lead over my shoulder, @Mick Dempsey
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Don't pay the extra for the premium backup. You probably won't need it and a phone number was next to impossible to find anyway.
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Only on days containing the letters of the alphabet. Off up the town now as it happens. Good luck, everybody.
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Tractive works, quickly. Relatively ubiquitous and good reputation. Andrew Camarata uses them after finding others weren't good enough. I got a Pitpat first because it's a one off payment, no subscription. Sent it straight back. They have a dedicated section of the website for returns for a reason. I was waiting over three minutes for it to come online. Tractive is usually ten seconds or so. Trust me. I don't buy or endorse subscription model bollocks lightly. Tractive is the one.
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@5thelement @Rich Rule Do you class a 194 as closer to a 150 or a 200?
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Sailor sets the alarm off and looks for dashboard biscuits. I was nervous about taking him to work to be honest. I pride myself on diligent service to whoever I'm climbing for and spending time fiddling with my dog when they're paying me by the time unit seems cheeky. I reckon he only took 30-60 seconds ten times the other day though. Maybe not unreasonable. Dog GPS. Cheap peace of mind. I can probably send you a code for 35% off a Tractive. I paid about forty quid for the unit and £100 for two years of subscription. £1.35 a week for chase recovery and an amount of theft resistance. That's a bargain in my book.
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This site was too crash and bash and Sailor's too thick. He'd be under something heavy immediately. Tied up with the kit makes most sense except that where there's kit, there's sandwiches. Back of the van good for kit security there but less good if I have to send an uninitiated groundsman to get something.
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Climbing was not as straightforward. Mini site clearance. Tractor and trailer, 8t digger, tracked chipper and several saws in a back garden. I tied him to a stump and went climbing. He squeaked for a while and then protested further by tying himself in an atrocious knot with his lead and screaming for the RSPCA. Luckily my ropeman at this outfit is an experienced houndhusband and could sort him out. He got better sat a bit closer and eventually accepted his fate of having a fairly boring day. By late morning, I was round the front and he was apparently fine just watching them chip. A result, I'd say. He won't have to put up with much busier than that.
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Is that a snow gum?
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They look better than nothing. Probably better in standing tree orientation rather than boat deck orientation too.
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MS 194 T Petrol Chainsaw | STIHL WWW.STIHL.CO.UK Versatile tree maintenance power saw with 2-MIX engine ✓ Use the MS 194 T for professional tree maintenance! 1/4 picco.
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12" 3/8 picco or 1/4 picco?
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Do you use the 194 much?
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What saws do you use, Rich? I go from 16" 220 to 25" 500i. Hardly ever feel the need for anything inbetween. Sold my 18" 261 for that reason. If I had nothing else to spend money on I'd get a 20" 362/400 but it's a want, not a need. That's climbing btw. I've done more grounding on site clearances recently where I've enjoyed having a smaller petrol saw but it still wasn't that necessary.
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That Marlow three strand is brilliant for natural crotching, takes it far better than posh rope. Natural crotching is brilliant full stop and anyone who disagrees is a philistine. Cow/clove hitch with a slippery half hitch, Mick. Probably cow.
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Have you ever used a self-tailing one?
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75-80mm ish of parallel drum before it flares.
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Harken 46 from a kosher GRCS. 125mm from bottom of red ring to bottom of lower self-tail jaw.
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Do you have patreon?
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You don't want it to start up in reverse next time you use it either.
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£1200 for an off the peg Harken sailing one. Be sitting down when you look at what Honeys want for a kosher Good one on the backplate. I want to get to the bottom of the drum height thing. A chandlery that cast their eye over mine identified it as 'not a standard sailing one' and in fairness the sailing ones do look a little shorter. Have you got a Harken 46 on your homebrew one? Measure it if you do please.
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Eucs and leylandii are like peas and carrots. I did a lovely can-you-just in Birmingham where the client wondered whether we'd have time to also remove ten or twelve, 8-16" DBH conifers in a line. Considering I had just made the last brash cut on a neighbouring eucalyptus with a perfect craning point, we said yes and Hobbsed them all the way to the bank. Did my first proper job with my proper GRCS the otber day. Lovely thing. It'll have to be a rough, rough job for me to get the Hobbs out now.
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Blue marker pen. Got to be blue. Makes me feel all engineery.
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Beef stew on an army cadet camp. Large piece of aorta.
