Joe Newton
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You shouldn't need to stamp your feet into the stem or have ultra sharp gaffs. I've sharpened my geckos forehand so they have a point on the side but the bottom of the gaff is fairly flat. The shallow bottom angle means that the gaff sits in the timber almost at 90° from a normal stance and doesn't peel down like some tend to. I'll try and get a photo tomorrow
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Yup, you want the piston ring to form a perfect seal with the cylinder. Run it hard.
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By using it to cut trees!
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All saws need running in unless you intend to use then as ornaments? Spud bypassed the cat in the exhaust which made a difference to mine
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Whereabouts in the east midlands mate and how far would you realistically mind travelling? There's some great firms to work for and plenty to avoid. If you're planning on starting a career in tree work you should be just as discerning about who you work for as an employer would be about who they take on.
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I guess ill simplify it, though I know it's futile. Once again you're commenting on a subject that you know fuckall about. If you weren't well know for this you could actually be dangerous.
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I woke up on my last day of being in my twenties earlier, expecting a blowjob. Whilst I hope you get the happy ending that I never had, I expect our experiences will be similar.
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In the same way that brain surgery looks like poking play dough with a pointy thing to me. Doesn't mean I have any business being round a scalpel though does it?
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I could find it out if I wasn't so lazy, but ill probably just find a heavier climber and use them as my canary... You busy @John Shutler?
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Looking forward to getting mine. Anyone know where I can find the mbs for the cast one?
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The original scenario was rescuing a casualty in a situation where there line is compromised. Assuming there is a pre-installed static rescue line the quickest means of ascending to the casualty would be srt, on a rope wrench or similar. I'm not really talking about IRATA systems as the majority of tree workers aren't trained in using those systems. On the CS38 course the trainees are taught to attach the casualty to the rescuer with two attachments. One bridge to bridge with a cutaway and the other with a prussik from the standing part of the rescuers system to the casualties bridge. This is the part that supports then so the rescuers line is taking the casualties weight, and this is the part that can't be done with an srt setup.
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Are you strictly after local people?
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Don't think I've tried that brand, but I've had a few merino base layers over the years and they've been okay but a bit loose and itchy
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I've got some UA brushed cotton thermal base layers on their way, ill let you know if they're any good
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Don't put trackers in your vehicles, greggs will go out of business and they'd just bad for everyone.
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A company I sub to has a retina scanner. Prevents late people calling ahead and getting a mate to clock in for them.
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Ha Conrad has been doing this job long enough to know his pricing. If I recall he worked on David Humphries team in London for a good while. -
The question was about transferring a casualty onto your system. You can connect them to your bridge but there's no way of transferring them onto your climbing line like you learn to do on a doubled rope rescue
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If you can graft and use a saw to sned and feed a chipper don't settle for less than 100. A competent groundy/2nd climber would be looking at 120+ Less than that and you'd be better off on the books. Second Steve's comment. Try to live and breathe tree work and you'll come on much quicker.
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If I could only have one ground saw it'd be the 461. Itll fly on an 18" bar but not be to heavy, but will easily run a 25" bar all day. There aren't that many trees that really need bigger than that.
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If you find anywhere grab me one too!
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Lads, you're playing into his hands. Vesp is a troll looking for a reaction. This is the closest he's been to combat; throwing ignorant comments from behind a pseudonym. Let's not validate his post with reactions.
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You're not putting anywhere near enough downward pressure on that chain. Those file guides are designed so you literally can't file too far down, so make sure your filling as deep into to file as you can. This is why the rakers aren't being touched too. Try a good few passed with no backward pressure just downward to restore the profile and then sharpen downward and backwards into the tooth.
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2nd, the guy can obviously put a big tree down in good time. Gotta say though just from the photo getting it down is pretty straightforward. I wouldn't like to be the one clearing it though.
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But he's got <60" logs to cut apparently
