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Value of gloves vs value of not having skin cancer on your hands and/or cock?
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Why did the Arrest Blair campaign fizzle out?
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I remember sitting at an outside café table in the grounds of a castle ruin in Italy. Next door table had their dog tied to it. The guy I was with threw a scrap of posh ham for it. Table everywhere. Italian chaos. I can’t remember whether I laughed at the time but I’m not sure I would now. Ruined their day.
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My Eucalyptus tree finally died :( Any advice on how best to remove ?
AHPP replied to Julie123's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Wood worthless. Facebook free firewood group might get people to take it. -
Could just be I’m not tying them well enough. Either way, I’m not buying a whoopie now. I’m using a Dempsey strap!
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One warning then p45.
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And cheaper than Rotatech! What I said above, cubed.
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Oh aye. Chipper blades are a product you primarily want to be cheap. They go round at god knows what rpm, are subject to extreme violence from bits of tree jammed into them and rely on good, consistent, can’t-fail heat treating to not shatter and spray shrapnel fvckknows where. I’ll have the expensive ones please.
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As I evidently failed to comprehend when you too rambled it off after two bottles of wine and without providing a photo.
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The real hero of this thread has been overlooked since page two btw. Pikey or not, that works.
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Polyester melts at 295 degrees celsius and you can do that glazing it on a bollard. Christ.
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It's often sheathed. How good is the heat insulation from that do you think?
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At your leisure and convenience.
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Mainly no. High up, you let it run and catch it slowly. Low down, you have to stop it dead anyway. Usually. Perhaps some use case if you want to run the piece into the ground but have it on a line so it doesn't then bounce. Or if your rigger is crap and you have no choice but to use him. Then you have to log the heavy lobs the rope has taken. You'll be aware from rock climbing that that's only ten or twenty before it has to be retired. Best solution - find a way to avoid negative rigging. The ropes are heavy and expensive and then it's violent.
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There's static and static. Double braid like Sirius is stretchier than dyneema like arborWINCH (both Teufelberger). I'm aware this is academic. Nobody's going to snatch anything big on arborWINCH. Just curious if it was mentioned?
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Any mention of forces if you used static rope?
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I have it memorised as 14x but I could have easily added a bit of my own for safety. What's your source for 11x? Related story: A bloke I climb for messages. "Got a client with a big redwood. They want it down in 10m sections. No crane access. Can you rig it?" "Can we get a helicopter?" "Possibly but give me options." I drew it up, calculated the weights and then factored in the 14x for negative, dead-stop catches. Mental numbers. Made a shopping list for four double whip systems. Four bloody thick ropes, eight safeblocs, four bollards, twelve chokers. It was thousands in gear that would be used once and frankly ridiculous anyway. Oddly enough it didn't go ahead.
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Despite being (typically) slightly snide with it, Joe’s the only one to understand and answer the question so far. Thank you, Joe. You’re a beacon of light in the dark. I hope normal service in your household is quickly restored. I’m not asking about overall portawrap floppiness. I’m asking about the choke staying low and snug and whether the fancy slings are any better than deadeyes for that. Would welcome further input on that subject.
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This isn't answering my original question btw. Is anyone sober or not valentines daying the wife?
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Ratchet strap where on the portawrap?
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I am likewise in danger of misunderstanding. Though probably a few units behind you. Got a photo of what you mean please? I didn't totally follow the last time you said it.
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I've always used dead eyes for rings/pulleys up the tree because you can leave your rigging line threaded. I now find myself needing to set up portawrap chokes on the ground regularly. However well I tie a timber hitch or a cow hitch, the knot always tightens a bit and the portawrap stretches up to chest level. Are whoopies/loopies/ultras noteworthily tighter? i.e. If I snug one up at shin level, will the eye stay at pretty much shin level? Or is it more to do with the rope type? My dead eyes are double braid. Loopies/whoopies/ultras are all that hollow stuff, like tREX, which is apparently less stretchy. "tREX is a low-stretch hollow braid rope consisting of 12 strands"
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Felling of a ~160yr old 25m tall Copper Beech Tree - Chiswick, West London
AHPP replied to mikeypw4's topic in General chat
My thinking was fill the yellow box and leave the butt up to be felled once a bit of wood has gone. Plus get Facebook log collectors on the job. I once lost tens of tonnes off a site clearance with about twenty people with cars, vans, trailers etc. Thought it was going to be a nightmare but I was plain with them and they didn’t get in the way of MEWP, felling, tracked chipper etc. “Don’t talk to us. Don’t get in our way. Don’t say thank you. Get your wood and leave immediately.” I’m aware I could be being optimistic. Not usually my part of the job. I’m up the tree.
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Felling of a ~160yr old 25m tall Copper Beech Tree - Chiswick, West London
AHPP replied to mikeypw4's topic in General chat
No. That sounds fair. I went cheap as if I was doing it myself as a scruffy little outfit. I reckoned on £2000/day for ten days for any serious concern, which is your top end figure. -
Felling of a ~160yr old 25m tall Copper Beech Tree - Chiswick, West London
AHPP replied to mikeypw4's topic in General chat
What would your approach and numbers on that job be? Off the cuff, I’d factor in £1500 of climbing for preferably one day, possibly two, worst-case three. Then £4000 for a couple of days of going hard at dragging and chipping. Two crews of 2/3 with transit and chipper that can drag and chip themselves. Then another £3000 to do wood with a skeleton crew over however long. Then round it up for profit. Could be bollocks. In a hurry.
