Climbingmagnus

285 kg

I used to work opposite the bulk and container port in Southampton and for quite a while they were standing containers on their ends and filling them with chopped up scrap metal. The economics of that set up is a bit skewed I'll admit due to the number of otherwise empty containers that have to go back East but I suppose it illustrates Woodpile's comment about everything going in containers now.

I'd be surprised if it wasn't better to use shipping containers. They're popular for a reason. You load the container, it goes on a truck in 2 mins, off to the port, straight onto a boat, onto a truck again then unload at the final destination. The alternative is load a truck with logs, unload the truck at the port, crane loose loads of logs onto the boat with a grapple, lash them down, unload them again with a crane at the other end, load them loose onto a truck. Very labour and time intensive. See the picture here: Sidelifter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I do a fair amount of building stuff at festivals from slabwood and nailgun nails. No matter how careful you are when it comes to dismantle everything you always hit a couple of nails. I tried a Duro chain out last summer hoping it would go through a Paslode nail without too much trouble. Absolutely hopeless! The first time I just tickled the side of a nail, half the cutters snapped off. According to the catalogue they're used by the fire brigade to cut through walls and stuff but if it can't cope with one nail then I can't see how that's possible.

Has anyone tried a carbide chain on stuff like this? I bought one last summer for my little saw as I do a fair bit of building stuff at festivals mostly from slabwood and Paslode nails. I was hoping it would be able to go through the occasional nail. Fecking useless! as soon as it just tickled the side of a nail all the cutters snapped off. The dealer did say though that they were more for muddy timber than nails.

This is exactly what I'm talking about - Does anyone have any evidence to support the claim that this type of crime is actually increasing other than anecdotal evidence or a vague feeling that things were better in the good old days before the forrins?

you forgot the 11th Commandment - Thou shalt not get caught

Just to play devil's advocate here - Is there any evidence that these sort of thefts i.e. plant/tools etc are actually on the increase or are we just much more aware of them now? The stolen equipment thread on here certainly makes depressing reading and makes me think very carefully about how I look after my kit, but surely a factor in this is that now with facilities like farmwatch and forums like Arbtalk etc we are all much more aware of other people's thefts. So it seems now from a personal point of view that they are increasing but five or ten years ago we'd of only heard about thefts from people we knew personally or a mate of a mate down the pub?

Have we had this one here yet? The quick way of clearing a tree that's fallen across HV lines! [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u58NrasqK4]Sprenging av grantre - YouTube[/ame]

Just ordered off fleabay. Looks right up my street, thanks for the recommendation.

Big thumbs up for anything to do with Richard Feynmann. I can highly recommend the 'No Ordinary Genius' documentary about him on Youtube. Also the 'Fun to Imagine' series of videos where he talks about some interesting topics. In one he talks about imagining the process of energy being created in the sun then travelling all the way to earth then being absorbed by a leaf and stored in the wood then released again when it is burnt. Interesting to think that when you sit in front of a coal fire you're enjoying sunlight that has been stored for millions of years. There's another one where he talks about what keeps a train on the tracks - hint: it's not the flanges on the wheels... His books 'Six Easy Pieces' and 'Six Not So Easy Pieces' are really good. Also while I'm wittering on about off topic Youtube videos, check out some of the Carl Sagan ones especially the one where he talks about the famous photo of Earth as just a 'pale blue dot' from the outskirts of the solar system [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9TIeuBF9Ss&list=SP73E5E40315EA40FE&index=10]You Are Here: Carl Sagan on the pale blue dot photo [Carl Sagan Tribute Series] - YouTube[/ame] Only slightly off topic because I love listening to these at bedtime, looking out of the velux at the stars..

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5eATqqyy9Y]Water Chainsaw FAIL! - YouTube[/ame] Derp!

I'll have to get on to East of Eden next. Finished Grapes of Wrath a while ago and it was brilliant. Currently reading 'Two Years Before The Mast' by R.H. Dana. It's an account of his time serving as a merchant seaman on a sailing ship in the 1830s. It's absolutely amazing! Also, Tree Climber's Guide and the Collins book by the bog

I'd say the same. I've had a 181 for years that's been a right little trooper. The oiler is a bit gutless but as long as you're good about cleaning out the bar groove etc regularly you won't have too many problems.

A few mates of mine work for wildlife trusts so I go and do bits and pieces of felling/coppicing for them now and again. Good to get out and get some 2 stroke fumes and fresh air now that I'm desk-bound 9-5! Have a look for your local wildlife trust, I'm certain they'd be glad of a competent fencer and/or chainsaw operator for the occasional volunteer work party.

I have a pdf of the MS362 service manual I can forward to you if you still need it...

I'd second the idea of keeping it covered with grease. I WD40 my Zubat after every use and it still develops a bit of surface rust. Keeps it sharp much longer though. Seawater would kill it in no time. It would be interesting to see if Silky would send you a selection to try out. ... then see if Gransfors Bruks will send you 'one of each' and get on to Stihl for a MS460-R made of all stainless that will run on fuel oil

Kimber's Men have done a song about Penlee as well [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnP477rCqk8]Kimber's Men - Don't take the heroes (Swanage Folk Festival) - YouTube[/ame]

There is no way I'll be able to watch that here at work, it'll have me blubbing! Penlee is the next-door lifeboat to ours at Sennen. Sennen went to try and help but couldn't make any ground into the force 11 easterly. I was born in Newlyn a few days before the Penlee disaster, the weather was so bad the road to the hospital along the promenade was closed off by the police. Most of the nurses in the hospital had family or friends on the boat and we certainly knew most of the Sennen crew. If you drive along the coast road from Newlyn to Mousehole the old lifeboat house is there, left abandoned with the slipway doors open waiting for the boat to return. They built a new one along the coast in Newlyn.

Hi, I've just read through this thread and found it fascinating! I'm originally from Sennen Cove in West Cornwall which has a lifeboat station so I have the utmost respect for the RNLI and it's staff & volunteers. Anyway, I heard a band a little while ago do a version of this song which I'd not heard before. It tells the story of the lifeboat the Robert Whitworth which was called out to in a storm in 1881. The weather was so bad that the boat couldn't be launched so it was taken 8 miles over 500ft high moorland in a blizzard by teams of horses and hundreds of men digging through deep snow drifts. When they reached Robin Hood's Bay they launched but were beaten back by the weather with broken oars. New oars were brought and two men set to each oar. They got out through the surf and saved the crew of the stricken ship. An epic Lifeboat rescue in Robin Hoods bay and a terrible tragedy [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3A18VTbN2k]Kimber's Men - The Robert Whitworth (Deal Folk Festival 2009) - YouTube[/ame] I've nearly got to the point where I can listen to it all the way through without getting 'some dust in my eye'.

Had plenty of use out of it last weekend and it works a treat. I got fed up of hammering the hook flat only for it to bend off to the side next time I give it a good heave.

Check out my fancy new cant hook, courtesy of the water-jet cutter at my work No more flappy bendy hook for me!

I'm going to take a guess at Rivelin Edge? Can't narrow it down to which route though...

Hi there, Where are you located? I know someone in Box in Wiltshire that could definitely sort this out for you but that's probably no good if you're a million miles away Cheers.

Hi, I used to work for these guys and their work is top class. They work around Berks and possibly North Hants. What is your project? Kit Davis & Co :: Master Thatchers :: Complete thatching and repair service :: Oxfrodshire Berkshire Buckinghamshire