Dave Alviti
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Thanks!
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I've got the extended bumpers on my 461 and they make it a different animal! Need to get one of those wrap handles, can you buy one without the rest of the rescue conversion kit?
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So I've kept a blog of my tree work escapades for a few years now, mostly in a shameless effort of self promotion for my business and recently decided to start another, this time concentrating more on the equipment/technical side of arb. basically I'm a massive gear freak and wanted to write about the sort of stuff that interests me. Its a mix of reviews, a few tips and tricks and a few other things I've been working on. I wanted to get a good amount of posts on there before I unleashed it on the world of arbtalk. So if you like looking at shiny metal things please take a look: ArborTricks I welcome any feedback…
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Any idea of payload on it? Also who made the box?
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Rakes always seem to be the thing left on site, if we ever have spares they seem to vanish within days!
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Holly is also good
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I've got a few britool socket sets that I really rate, I think teng are a bit over rated and the cases are pants. Jtech (axminsters tools own brand) are pretty good for spanners and pliers ect... Reasonable priced and have lasted well so far.
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There's nothing common about sense ...
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Thought it might be, got quite a distinctive look about it. To be honest I was half tempted with it, the galv chassis is a big selling point! But the lack of tool storage put me off, I've gone down the route of having a 130 overhauled with a new tipping bed instead, a lot more money but will hopefully pay off in the end. Will post some pics when it's all finished.
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Think that's on a 100in chassis, been kicking round on eBay etc for a while if I'm not mistaken?
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Who's got one on their defender tipper? What do you use it for and what size have you got? Ladder or no ladder? Does anyone keep their spare wheel on one? Pics are always good! Cheers
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Cheers for the pics, hard to see the set up from other pics, looks ideal. Like I said its not the main storage, just added extra for odds and ends
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Cheers for that, I appreciate the effort, currently having a 130 built with tipper and been quoted £100 per side for the plastic underbody boxes and just wanted to way up a few options
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Have you got any close ups of yours? What sort of money were they?
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What sort of stuff can you fit in it? Could you fit a combi can in there?
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Does anyone have any pictures of their landrover underbody storage boxes? I tried searching and found a few but looking to see if anyone has the abs plastic type ones. Got storage in the tipper body just looking at some additional storage for odds and ends.
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Been using sip freedoms for 12 months or so now and recon they may do another 6 months with no major repairs. I have always worn type 'a' trousers for climbing so having the addition protection up to knee height I thought I'd find them heavier and too bulky but you hardly notice it they are so light. And I do quite like having the added layer of security. Nice and flexible with a fairly tailored fit, but still loose around the legs (I hate the ones that look like leggings!) they are pretty hard wearing and I've had no seems split and no major rips, though I'm pretty good at sewing up the little nicks before they get too big. The resent deluge of wet weather has forced me to buy a second pair of trousers so I can rotate and always have a dry pair and I brought these again with no hesitation.
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Conflicting advice about coppicing alder
Dave Alviti replied to spandit's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Not fully read the links but I've coppice tons of alder, lots of it massively over stood, and had almost 100% success with regrowth, can't comment too much on the longevity of the regrowth as most of this has been in the last 4 years but its all still going strong. I also know that all the riverbanks round my way (herefordshire/shropshire) used to be coppiced on a semi regular basis and most of it is alder. its only in the least 30 - 50 years that it has come out of rotation. -
I often wonder if someone should look into how much tension the line is under and how that effects how easy it is to cut? Because a single line is bearing the full weight does it mean the fibres separate more readily than a ddrt system, say in the case of just nicking it with the saw or silky? We all know it's easier to cut straps and stuff when they are tighter can the same be said for climbing line? I've certainly noticed how much tighter my rope it when climbing srt.
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only had mine a week or so and its playing up a bit, keeps cutting out, often mid cut whilst on full revs, then won't start for a good few pulls, guessing i may have done something wrong with the auto tune? thought id set it fine. any suggestions?
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I'm on my second one of these, always got on pretty well with them. I tend to have my saw strop clipped to the side gear loop and the saw clipped up to a caritool, so the saw is always hanging off my side. never found it to be much of an issue really. not sure what the point of the tiny d loops on the leg straps is. Although I have used them occasionally for clipping spare slings to on big rigging jobs. I also went through a stage of keeping a small snap gate on there and would clip the rigging line to it when moving out to a branch, kept it out of way quite nicely
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Log barron, my dads got one of those kane low loaders like in your first pic, really solid well built piece of kit. bet it goes well behind the fast trac
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Either brash mat or a ton bag filled with rankings/sawdust works well
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current setup... lets see yours! RW
Dave Alviti replied to Sam Smith's topic in SRT (Single Rope Technique)
Just a distil but tied real short to minimise sit back, works pretty well for srt or ddrt, to be honest it's more often that I switch from double to single rather than the other way round that said my preferred method for srt is to tie off to my final anchor with a figure 8 tied to an anchor ring choked to my line. Saves having anything else hanging in the tree, then when I'm finished I return to my anchor, take off the rope wrench, clip the figure 8 straight into my hitch climber an descend double rope, Sounds a faff, but it's actually pretty simple and quick -
In west London at the moment, but the job I need it for is in Shropshire
