AHPP

What kind of larva is that?

Isn't it just. I'd say it's aged better the the Matrix.

A symphony in beige. I had a pot of that. Too chemically.

So the last shall be first, and the first last.

Steve. You need some anti-robot measures. Like the children from Equilibrium who can spot sense offenders.

I watched the reboot (semi prequel really) and OG 2 and 3 last week. The original tonight and then I shall pass judgement.

Aye. Good gruel vibes. Delicious though. Bit of leek wouldn't have harmed.

Bacon skink. Have some potatoes of indeterminate breeding that aren’t good for mash or chips so made a chunky slurry as gaia clearly intended. Bacon, onion, chilli, garlic, salt, pepper. Cream cheese and the starchy water for the slop element. Thyme for a bit of sweetness. That’s the next few weeks sorted until the pheasants come on.

Racist.

Use your arbsurplus lengths for deadeyes, ring deadeyes etc. Before you know it, you'll have a good arsenal.

On weight, the fluffy bits of trees generally weigh less than tree blokes think. And you still underestimated it. Not by much but you still came down on the wrong side so get out of that habit. Be wrong the other way. This should be your main wake up call. You haven't built, "What if I'm wrong?" into your strategy. You need to or you'll break something expensive and look a twat. Worse, you'll be a twat. Small pieces = small problems. I've rigged the world and in your example, I'd have still gone a few feet higher and done it in three or four piffling pieces. Those pieces could have been slung up so you cut and catch one, see how the rigging point feels, cut another, make sure it's still OK and so on. You can do things like bundle a few up and lower them in a loop, then pull the loop through and have your rope back. No-groundsman tactics. If you had to to take it in one, you should have involved the main stem to strengthen the final rigging point. I generally look for a main point in strong, central wood and a redirect over the best drop zone. You'll find those points in honestly 95% of trees. You were basically only using the redirect point. Weak without the context of a main point. Your current learning style reminds me of me. I got by on wit and feel and I got by well but what I didn't do was engage in the analytical and theoretical learning early enough. If I'd devoted some effort to the stuff that looks like bollocksy compliance from the get go, I'd have got better, faster. MBL, WLL etc is more than just bollocksy compliance. It's real and important. And it's also pretty easy once you decide to learn it. Now is a great time to decide to make your rigging decisions unimpeachable. If you work by yourself, you're going to have to learn some natural crotch (and other up-tree friction tricks). You should learn it anyway. It's a key skill. The rope for natural crotch is 3 strand. Get some of that first. Owning a length of 16mm double braid without the rest of the skill, people and ancillary gear to utilise it is just spending £150 to look like a billy big bollocks tree man with a heavy rope bag.

@kram Not sure if you didn't see this or did see it and ignored me because you thought I was going to bray you over the head with whatever you said like the prevailing sentiment of this thread. Did in fact have something constructive to add if you're interested.

Mick, at home, wearing this, protesting too much.

Nearly as bad as ivy.

From memory, English Braids isn't the strongest. I use it because I like the colour. What's the £75 one, Joe?

Someone post the most uncut footage available please. I can't be arsed wading through the waffling journos and portagriefs. Though while someone finds that, I might remark that it looks (from the crap video I've just seen) that it's a fairly open area. Park a car on him and save everyone's hearing. Right. Let's see a video.

A competitor 50% of your age with 80% of your knowledge.

Danke

Yes, please.

I meant the training schedule from the awarding body, describing what's on the course and what competencies you have to show to pass etc.

Can you post a link to the course details please.

I can almost be bothered to go and take the back off the saw to see how it works. Almost. Tell you what. I'll finish what I'm working on now first and become a chainsaw manufacturer another time shall I.

I forgot the injector didn’t have an airflow butterfly on it. That’s yes, quite critical for a bolt-off, bolt-on swap. Video of a 500i injector for anyone who’s never seen one btw. IMG_5984.mov Now ask me why I have one on my windowsill…

Interesting. What's so different? The injector bolts on and off like a carb. Is there a separate air inlet? Any sensors on the exhaust side?