Spruce Pirate

I think the Milwaukee can do this too. At least, I'm sure ours has instructions on how to fill from a grease bucket in the manual.

I don't disagree with the speed thing, slow shouldn't be a problem, but I'd far rather see a good hinge than a chain brake snapping on constantly! Bad hinges make trees go out of control and in a ground based felling scenario this is far more dangerous than a correctly tensioned chain being un-braked. That is also not to say you shouldn't be applying the chain brake - you definitely should - but in terms of safety proper directional control is far more important. This is, obviously, just my opinion.

I've got one of those I inherited in a Land-Rover from SSE, it has a large nail in the bottom of it bent over. I think it adds a significant amount of grip if used on a forest road. I weigh a lot less than a tonne but I can still push a car, albeit not with the brake on, but a chunk of wood weighs a lot more than me and with a bit of dynamic force applied and a lose gravel surface I'm not really surprised. A tonne isn't really that much.....?

I've used a throwline and rope on Sitka a few times. Throw it through to the other side and then throw it back, tighten up with a running bowline around branches and all until it's properly tight, like breaking the branches tight, and pull it over. It can work quite well that way, but I agree you're unlikely to get a nice tight rope isolated around the stem. I'd have similar reservations about using tongs in a tight conifer, there's going to be a lot of branches in the way of getting them properly attached, making sure you can see that they're properly attached and also keeping them properly attached. The conifer in the video is relatively clean for attaching the tongs (or a rope from a throwline for that matter), and making sure that you've got them properly secure. I'd also be nervous about using tongs for anything that needed a real pull, alright for a wee bit of light persuasion perhaps, but anything needing a significant chug I don't think I'd trust a pair of tongs. As always I stand to be corrected if folk have used them with success in the past.

Call yourself a woodcutter? Just get if felled! 😂

Drew Graham used to do big stumps with a big mulcher on the back of the tractor and used to go all over. Not sure if they still do or not but could be worth a try.

Bless you! But how do you say Saoirse?

Our kids have always come to work for us. They don't always like the work, but they mostly like the money. Different rates for different jobs depending on circumstances - how much is in the job, how hard they actually work, etc - which has always been explained to them. I think it does them the world of good.

Probably a lot of habit in this but when climbing, which I very rarely do these days, I normally use the chinstrap as it's on the climbing helmet and I'm used to it. When on the ground I never use one as it's not on the ground helmet, I never have had one on a ground helmet and don't see the need. I don't really find them comfortable, but they're not mega uncomfortable. Never had a problem with helmet falling off my head. Occasionally they're a bit faffy, but mostly I've got bigger problems than adjusting a chinstrap. All that said, I wouldn't want one on a ground helmet as I just don't see the need.

😂🤣😂 While I don't disagree with the advice to buy proper stuff, to say it isn't expensive........ 😂🤣😂

Is there a difference? When I did the ticket it was one ticket covers all manually fed chippers. That was NPTC and did two training courses but only one ticket back in 2014.

Are you trying to say the log bullet is less glamorous than a helicopter???? I think not!

When I worked for them as a student back in 98/99 it was the same definition of a quarter as above.

He's not been on here in ages - probably living in a caravan in Argyll and not had any phone signal for a year! 😂

Lynch pins! I don't know how many times I've snapped one on my finger or how many more times it will take before I learn! Tonight's stupid, easily avoidable headache was smashing one of the kids Easter chocolate bunnys over my forehead to break it for them. Chocolate rabbits are surprisingly hard!