Joe Newton
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I can foresee somebody else getting moved on here before long.
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I had the exact same complaints from a neighbour once. I just cut the tree down. No argument, they had me dead to rights.
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Well Bartletts had no issue with their AAAC status after that infamous Lombardy SNAFU, which says it all really and explains why they don't hold a lot of respect in the arb world. A bit like that article I questioned them on recently. A lot of beaurocratic waffle and no action. All fart and no poo.
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Yeah generally if I can bomb big bits then that's the way, but fuck being on spikes taking 6" rings. There was over 50' of 25" timber so it was either chog small or rig. The stem had a fair lean towards the cobbles so chogs would've had to be small to chuck them back towards the lawn. I'll just buy a bigger dead eye.
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I hate chogging unless I can take bigger bits. I eat way too much sawdust otherwise
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Could've chogged it all onto the patch of lawn behind if I'd needed to. There was a decent chance of a round bouncing and fucking off through a fence or chicken coop though.
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Why rig little gay pieces when you could do it in fewer rigs and break your deadeye oh wait...
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What's the reason unless like in my situation you have no space to let it run?
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Using a block mate, don't really see the need for rings most of the time. It was the last rig before I had to chog down, so he wouldn't have been able to let it run more than a few feet.
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🤣 the 200t was just for scale, but yeah it's probably Steve's fault. I'll be sending him an invoice for a new dead eye.
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I would've guessed at closer to 500kg. It was a couple of years old, it's seen a bit of heavy rigging but not loads to be fair. I'm not totally convinced of the suitability of a double braid splice for that application. Reckon a hollow braid dead eye with a locking brummel would do better. Miraculously not, I think the deadly held on long enough to swing the lump into the base of the tree, then it kind of rolled over a little dry stone wall knocking one lump off 😀
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Snapped my 18mm dead eye today, rigging down pine. 5' lump approx 25" wide. It's taken bigger rigs before so I'll assume it was a cycles to failure thing.
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Your analogy doesn't work I'm afraid, in that the AA isn't a governing body. It's not only possible but more common than not to be qualified, insured and competent to work in arboriculture without the oversight of the Arb Assoc.
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Pretty standard with the 2511. I think it's the drive link entering the bar that does it.
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I remember reading somewhere that they consider small businesses to be bottom feeding parasites, so I probably wouldn't bother.
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You had your groundy doing that after an early finish, didncha
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I get that, but it's a bit like watching two slags have it out outside Spoonies. Entertaining at first but when you actually think about what their lives are like it becomes a bit tragic.
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I've got a great dealer, but he can't help me with the price of a 550xp...
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And here we go again with the Paralympics Internet Posting Event...
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I'll have a bash: Somebody isn't as clever as they think they are.
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Probably isn't either way.
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To be fair, Eggs is complaining about people making assumptions on a discussion that he started, while drip feeding the information as it suits him. Seems to be six of one and half a dozen of the other.
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Or just all get senas installed into whatever helmet you prefer. The guy I get mine done by does mail order. It makes a lot of sense.
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Pretty sure the software won't allow it, Pete. Competing brands and all that. I think more people would buy comms if they were universally compatible but that would require a collaboration that just never going to happen.
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Yeah man, I don't like the protosser lids either. Strange that your mate bought a grands worth of comms for other folk to use, but only if they have a protos. Is it Von? Round my way most folk run Sena, so it's a pretty safe bet. Mine are three years old now so well due a replacement.
