Joe Newton
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Fantastic vid of something a bit different. Nice cutting
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Has anyone done this!? I'd be interested to know if it's true or hearsay... Not sure if I've still got the receipt...
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Pah, prime of your life! Did you ever meet that Jesus bloke?
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For what it's worth, if I'm watching a good ol' crash 'n' dash video after five minutes my attention strays. If a vid had some more diverse footage, maybe with a little dialogue at the beginning (Reg often does this to good effect - some of his clips are more like episodes) and a few bits of the job that aren't often documented, I could watch far longer. My early morning dump alone allows me to watch 2 x 15 minute videos.
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It's all I need baby!
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I never said five minutes. If I thought there'd be tits at the end I'd book the day off work!
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As has been said, some videos are just a compilation of cutting clips. Most are of dismantles. It'd be nice to see some more climbing, setting the rigging, and groundwork. A lad on here in Germany did a refreshing oak deadwood vid recently. Oh, and if you fancy leaving your camera on for when you get home for relations, I could watch that too...
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Stihl Ms211. Great little snedding saw. Barely use it nowadays. Pretty sure I clean it more than I use it.
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Yup, and how many of us will always cut at the base, or take the buttresses off?
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No, with a standard felling cut. If the trunk is too thin to bore in, the chances of it splitting are minimal, if you have a decent saw with a sharp chain.
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Agreed. I got my 441 for £400 with less than a dozen tanks through it. If I was buying new it's be a 372xp
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I've got a 441, which I run on a 20", it's good on that. The 25" bar was sluggish in it. 461 for 25" definitely.
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I'm scared of heights. I get trees down quicker because if it!
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Haha, like you buy saws based on marketing... I read that the 201t had a 30% greater cutting efficiency than the 200t, when it was released.
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Your right that a decent lad on the deck can make life easier. Yours doesn't sound that decent though!
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Depends what your doing. Thinnings, sure 15" 8t is optimal. In arb (specifically climbing) fast cutting isn't the be all and end all. How many climbers would take a 372 with an 18" bar up a tree? I run my 357 "GTI" with a 15" 8t and it's incredibly quick. It's also bloody heavy for the bar size, hence it is a dedicated ground saw.
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Thank you for affirming my sexuality, I try very hard to keep my image My post was mainly tongue in cheek. I'm feeling aches and pains slightly from climbing, but these are due to technique (one handing, and holding heavy bits with one hand). I'm not that macho guy that turns down help lifting heavy rings. That's daft. There are so many helpful bits available now that climbing doesn't need to be real tough work. I'll be climbing as long as I'm physically able. My methods might change, but my enthusiasm (or mental age) hopefully won't.
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Carefully Troll, people could misinterpret you as bring anti Dolmar...
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I'm in Rugby dude, happy to go for a rec climb sometime, not that you'll learn much from me! If you want to learn ladders and replacing BT lines, Bolams your man.
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If a leaner is too small for a dogs tooth surely a sharp chain will do the job fine???
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Sometimes for fun when on a dismantle I like to see how far I can get out on a branch before it snaps. You can usually go further than you think, though once or twice I've been swung into the stem holding the end of a snapped branch
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I'm 26 but even when I'm double that my mental age will remain 17. That's what counts.
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With a splitting maul sharp is not the aim. With an axe it's everything.
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The XTC and the Hi Vee are both fantastic ropes.
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Estimated amount of time spent reading Arbtalk.?
Joe Newton replied to Darrin Turnbull's topic in The Lounge
Literally how long is a piece of string! "How much would you charge..."
