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  1. tree-fancier123
    15' doesn't sound much off a 100' tree, it may sound silly, but if you could somehow catch the top by letting it fall into a sling or bit of rope you could cut it into two inch bits and almost chip it while still at the top. Probably not my best idea, but not completely out of the question.
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    Yes, Kubota, Deutz, Hatz any. I mean I don't expect to become a mechanic overnight, just wondered what books people would recommend, obviously it's not just the diesel, but hydraulics, electrics, so much to learn. I fully expect to have to pay for repairs as getting the knowledge will take at least a few years. What reading should I start with?
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    I know there are many books on automotive technology and books on diesel engines - but I wondered what books people could recommend to help turn a novice into someone who could diagnose and repair at least some common diesel chipper faults. With my Stihl petrol equipment I have done a few bits following the Stihl workshop manuals, valve clearances on a 4 mix etc. Do Timberwolf, Shliesing etc produce workshop service manuals as well as owner manuals? I don't expect anyone has a link to a textbook ' How to repair and maintain diesel chippers' but any links to books providing foundational knowledge that would get me on the way much appreciated. I mean if you were trying to train a chipper mechanic through home study (I know not a patch on an apprenticeship) what books would you suggest? Thanks for reading and any replies
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    Sorry to hear this - was hoping to climb one someday - the two massive ones posted on here as reductions were like nothing I've ever seen
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    why not splash out and do it in stainless? Unless you're already an old man.
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    Or, the long laterals trait may have emerged and endured because it allows most of the beech etc to reach sexual maturity in conditions of sparse light. Those times when the surrounding canopy is lost in woodland could affect only a small percentage of the poplulation, so the wounds and consequent pathogen induced demise don't matter.
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    interesting, thanks - adrenaline maybe would have saved him
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    I have been stung a few times when strimming long grass, and once hedge cutting. This guy was 82, but it seems the sheer number of wasps killed him, could maybe have killed a younger fitter person too. Interested to know if anyone has ideas about what to do if a whole swarm attacks - this guy ran to his caravan and the shower to try to get them off his face. What else could he have done? https://uk.news.yahoo.com/grandfather-died-deadly-wasp-attack-083756980.html#2X4NXP4
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    could be Plant Growth Factors: Plant Hormones
  10. tree-fancier123
    looks high did you choose a rope lanyard rather than wire core, reason for preference?
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    high energy vid there, liked all the synthesizer messing in the track too what is going on at 1.05 - with the climbing ropes? Is it from two distant anchors to aid balance?
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    shouldn't worry about it - if you've had enough, do something else. I gave up welding after getting fed up with all the dust and fumes, now happier doing gardening and ocaisional trees. Whatever other work you do you're clearly at the top of the climbing game, so could keep it up on the side if you wanted, bit of weekend work whatever.
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    looking good, how much refueling of saws is needed to section that pole down?
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    so they just grow slower up north
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    I've been using Echo SRMF-250 L, on it's 5th year, only for mowing and lawn edging, just changed the plug and air filter after 4 years and bodged a repair on a stretched throtle cable with a cable crimp. The Echo is good on fuel and always starts - its a light gutless machine for grass cutting, or maybe bramble. It's not really man enough for meadow grass I use a Stihl 490 for anything needing more grunt. Spoke to another gardener who has a kawasaki on it's 14th year, had a shaft replacement. Oh sorry, this Echo is only 25cc, maybe they do a slightly bigger one
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    how much for above with swivel inc post to UK?
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    when light availability is akin to 1,500 foot candles and temperature is between 28-35 degrees Celsius not checked any plant biology books, but surely the range doesn't refer to air temperature, or what
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    2009, wow, good to know it's not all done and dusted
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    if it's not near any dwellings who could hear noise a battery powered angle grinder would probably go through any padlock, even the three hundred quid ones. A lock where most of it is enclosed (like an industrial mortice lock may be better), hire some snipers and leave a chipper out as bait somewhere to clear a few
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    good thread - was just thinking how slow evolution works compared to the length of a human life - wonder when the last discovery of a 'new' species of tree was in the british isles? Must have found them all hundreds of years ago.
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    in need of rescue Experience: I got stuck hanging naked from a tree | Life and style | The Guardian
  22. tree-fancier123
    £800 - sounds low, but there are loads of idiot newbies like me who will make a loss just to get some experience - you are also competing against them, and if you have to ask you deserve to take a bath on it anyway!
  23. tree-fancier123
    house repo - my worst nightmare, well flat repo in my case, hasn't happened yet, but I'm stringent on it. PAYE, subbie, contractor owning machinery vehicles etc. All can go bust - just don't pamper yourself with unnecessary crap until you own the roof over your head
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    £55 wouldn't be bad for an apprentice, sure someone on that with a family would need benefits, whatever care homes are even worse for it, and they don't even get to climb
  25. tree-fancier123
    I can't see how this got onto the minimum wage. If a subbie gets 100 120 a day, for 220 days, minus say 3k a year for expenses, ppe, chains, etc, surely that's still way over the minimum wage?

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