Joe Newton
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Throwline over the limb Pull lowering line over limb, and tie running bowline. Pull bowline back up to limb. Thread other end of rope to lowering point in adjacent tree, and back down to floor. Out of interest why don't you want to climb the tree?
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Thank you, too many numbers, I get confused. I forgot how old I was the other day.
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Thanks, it's worth knowing. I can remember what the warranty is on my boots but I would have thought that over 6 months would be pushing it! For the record I wasn't having a pop in my post, it was more light hearted than it may have read. I know the "pm sent" thing does raise a few heckles though!
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3/8 lo pro (which is what you're after) is different to regular 3/8, which is much larger kerf. People run 3/8 on these saws (you need to swap the rim over as .325 is standard), but according to SawTroll the .325 lo pro sprocket is not produced, which is what you seem to be after. I started a thread about the 550xp and I think someone mentioned being able to run a smaller chain on it. (It may have been Eddy T)
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Does it have to be a private conversation? Some more of us could do with knowing this. Or is it a big secret?
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Absolutely cracking compilation Ian. Really enjoyed watching that. Inspires me to dust off my GoPro, but I'm not sure how many people would watch my video on "Digging out Hawthorn Hedge"
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My bad, I forgot I posted that. I half expected a ticking off from the mods!
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formulae for selecting the length of a nail?...
Joe Newton replied to SteveA's topic in General chat
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Not at all, you can see the problems a mile off. My comment was based on "for £70 what do you expect". Thing is, a worker, young or old, shouldn't accept work that they can't afford to travel to. If they accept the pay for hours worked, that's that. In reality however...
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£70 a day is a good deal, for unskilled labour. The travel is the employees issue, not yours. You wouldn't take a job 30 miles further away for an extra £500 a year would you? That said it sounds like you let too much slide. First day late, express displeasure. Second consecutive day, start taking wages for time not working. Communication was missing here. If you employ a young unskilled lad you have to be clear in what you expect of them. You could suggest dropping the day rate £20 and offering a £20 bonus for if expectations are met. As for the "employ old fogeys, we work twice as hard as young'uns" rubbish, I can work harder, for longer, on account of my being able to eat solids. and not having to empty my colostomy bag every five minutes. Plus the cab doesn't smell of cabbage soup on the way home!
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Hands up Troops .....who does there own sewing !
Joe Newton replied to IVECOKID's topic in General chat
I use duck tape patches and araldite thread. No needle required. Go easy on the hardener, and leave the item of clothing overnight before putting it on... -
Where you based?
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I'll try and leave a couple around here standing for you mate.
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Hmm, this'll ruffle a few feathers!
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Looks and sounds good mate. I think fresh green timber would do it justice!
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Hahaha! I just put them there as wedges have a habit of getting buried under sawdust. I love felling oversized trees with a smaller saw, but I'm so tempted to buy a 395 myself just to rip through trunks like that!
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Forward leaning Ash fell from today. Had to bore in from both sides with the 25" 460 for the dogs tooth cut.
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Ash fell today between two concrete godfathers into a field. That's a 25" bar on the 460 for scale.
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Sweet pics Gray Git, looks like a lot of wood. Did you get all the brash off and processed in a day? Impressive if so. How many men did you have on it? Did you have to take all the chip away?
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Shush, I get enough of that at home.
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I have tried it. The guy who taught me is very much like that, and he's a solid climber. I find the increased friction tedious, up top or on the deck.
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Hmm, I rarely use natural crotch rigging. I love my micro pulleys, and they make friction much more predictable. A sling, crab and pinto is usually the only thing on my harness.
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That's just it guys, I've seen vids where people block down a stem when there's absolutely no need. That was the point I was making. The other thing is that the firm I work for doesn't have very many big saws, do if the climber has the bigger saw the lads on the ground don't always have a saw big enough to ring up the timber I enjoy neg rigging, very much so. I just find that usually for me it's quicker to ring the stem down and I don't come down to a dz full of logs! Adam, it's rare that I get an opportunity to free fall larger lumps of timber, as in your vid. As such I don't have a wealth of experience on it. The last time was a big dead HC, about 30+" at 30' up, with a back lean, and my saw choices were a 461 on a 25" bar, or a dying 056 on a 36" bar! I went for the 461 and had 8' lumps winched off! Great fun, apart from the cubic foot of sawdust under each eyelid!
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Here we go, I was hoping if hear from the other camp. I guess it depends what your work is and what you're good at. As a contract climber, Rich, I'm assuming that your job is to get your tree on the deck in a day. If the company you're subbing to has to go back another day to ring up the timber it's not the end of the world I guess. As an employed climber, sometimes with one or two lads on the deck, I can keep them both busy shifting manageable chogs out the back garden. Whereas if I blocked it down on a pulley, id be spending more time setting up rigging, and they'd be swamped trying to lower timber, undo the rope, ring it up, and get it out, whilst I was waiting to snatch another lump. I'll use neg rigging when it's appropriate, but I favour chogging when the option is there.
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I wouldn't have wasted 5 years as a green keeper! Straight into the tree game at seventeen, and I might be half decent by now!
