Joe Newton
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SRT connecting two ropes for bigger trees
Joe Newton replied to Carteeni's topic in SRT (Single Rope Technique)
Using a carabiner is fine. I prefer a quad lock for applications like that. Bowline to bowline connection sounds a bit dodgy, but I can't put my finger on why. If I was tying the ropes together I'd use a double fisherman's. -
The 572 is heavy and underpowered compared to the 500. Don't waste your money.
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You're right to be concerned. Adjusting the carb on those saws is bloody impossible...
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Yeah but there's plenty of options to attach it to your bridge
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The camp gyro swivel is the best solution I've found. Keeps everything oriented nicely with no twisting.
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Didn't think the Marines accepted applicants over 32?
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Least to didn't tell him to ask for a "reacharound"
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Fair enough. He might just be genuinely thick.
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That's a failing on your part rather than his I'm afraid. It might be common sense to just about everyone in a work site, but if the lads never been shown how to do something can you really blame him?
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I'm sure most company owners would be keen to know where this thousand keen fit grafters are queueing up for work 🙄 If you're reliable and enthusiastic and don't mind a bit of graft you'll have no problem getting a few days here and there with a few firms, especially if you don't mind travelling a bit. I'd suggest doing a few days before deciding if you want to invest in training. Get yourself a lid and a pair of work boots, nobody likes that bloke that turns up in his reeboks.
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What Bolam said. Wouldn't hurry to ring a few of your local tree surgeons either. Most would deliver a load of clean chip for a small price I'm sure.
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This guy again.
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Are you getting the fast idle setting on the master control confused for a choke?
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Yes, but we're talking about staying legal here Mick
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And they'd be well within their rights. If you want to avoid if you'll have to invest in a bigger vehicle and the red tape that goes with it.
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It'll only have to be reliable for the warranty period, then.
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It's a non starter in my opinion. You can hire a 12" bandit Road tow round here for £400 per day, which would piss all over that. If you're buying it to hire out I can't see it being cost effective.
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Veganism, gender fluidity and covid. I'd rather hear about any of these, given the choice.
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Thank you for pointing that out.
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Typically you'd want the rigging line to be the lowest rated part of your system. There's no point having a 16mm line that's rated for over 6000kgs when the bollard can only take 2000. As said before I'd go for the fixed bollard over the capstan. They're a lot nicer to use and more robust. 14mm rigging line is a good all rounder but 12mm can take a good amount and is much more pleasant to work with. Negative rigging with a big saw might be pushing the 12mm stuff though. Whichever rope you go for you'll want the dead eye to be a bit thicker. I use an 18mm deadeye with the ISC red pulley for most stuff. It's good for 2000kgs so works well with the 2001 bollard.
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You've effectively answered this thread in a nutshell.
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Hi Jose, I would've thought you'd still want a leisure battery with a split charge system to avoid running the main battery down, which is the reason I haven't done it. I'd love to be corrected on that though. Have you got one? I'd like to know of anyone's experiences. Website or Eberspacher were the two top tier brands providing these, until the Chinese bought in equivalents at a tenth of the price. A webasto would be the best part of a grand to have fitted. That's a lot of diesel money that could do the same job. I read a while ago that our government were planning to fine people who left their cars idling on the drive, so I've just been driving with zero vision through an iced windscreen instead. Don't want to risk a fine now!
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Someone who'd met you before, I imagine.
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That's wonderful, but completely irrelevant. The ball park of £3k a week works out at £600 a day, which is easily done in the domestic sector with as transit and 6" chipper. When you factor in the hire of a mewp and tracked chipper, as well as your groundies wages you're not earning very much at all. Better off subby climbing really.
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Advice Please: What Spike length on Distel Spikes?
Joe Newton replied to Jamie Jones's topic in Climbers talk
I climbed for over a decade on short spikes. Recently changed to long gaffs and wish I'd done it years ago. They are better in pretty much every way. Ivy or knobbly stems are no problem now, and I haven't noticed a drawback on skinny stuff where I thought they'd struggle. The only thing to be aware of is you have to tiptoe on the ground to avoid bluntening them
