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    I know this won't help you now, but in an isolated yard, the risk of theft is so high would it make any difference to jack the chipper up onto blocks each night and even take the spare wheel home too? A good battery impact wrench may be £250 odd, but it would be a bit more inconvenient for thieves if they had to supply wheels.
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    Books

    tree-fancier123 replied to Midge's topic in General chat

    that was a great video - always the way chance plays a part in everything, with his mum forgeting to tell him of his job in the engineering plant I think he was very wise to chain that big top up, so much force there before the hinge goes, rather him than me. 50 foot fliplines!
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    I knew it needed drilling off, just couldn't work out what to do after, thought it would be bend round some coathanger wire or something, the dog snap is ideal. the velcro is ok if it stays glued on, but that looks easier and quicker, good tip
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    My 04 plate instrument panel was a bit dodgy 4 years ago when I bought it - digital time clock flickering, then recently the whole cluster stopped working, speedo, revs all of it. I searched on transit owners forum and a common fix that 'works 50% of the time' is to remove trim and instrument cluster, e.g. per Haynes manual, then spray back of PCB with electrical contact cleaner. I did this and maybe used too much so dabbed it off with tissue, re- assembled, plugged it back in and it is all working now.
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    I like that - got a Cinch I'm not using, could get a cheap bit of static access rope to abseil down on
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    very nice
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    there used to be loads, but housing estates spreading like a cancer (Isle of Wight)
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    CS360 TES 2 years, very reliable, although don't see why it has to have a primer bulb, 200T doesn't need one SRMF250L strimmer/ brushcutter, was dear 400 odd, but done 5 years with switch repair, new plug and air filter, again excellent reliability. Good on fuel for lawn edging and strimming where the mowers won't go (up to .5 acre sometimes)
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    that's more reasonable, good find
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    that hook and eye thing - an eye watering 270 euros Sherill's backbone $49 plus shipping, not the same kit, but apparently chockable
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    thanks for sharing, I have so far been able to pull the rope out by footlocking a long tail from the ground and bouncing, yanking, but didn't think about the friction damage to the eye of the butterfly like he talks about in first vid, will try the pinto now. Also liked the idea of using a steel ring cambium saver, they seem a lot less prone to impact damage than aluminium,
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    just get a chunky looking bra from the charity shop
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    there was another one in the states a while back, even bigger chipper, bloke got pulled right through Man Dies in "Horrifying" Wood Chipper Accident | NBC 6 South Florida 'According to OSHA, from 2000 to 2013, there were 11 wood chipper deaths in the United States, none of them in the state of Florida'
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    can't it go any faster? no, that's a good thing you've made
  15. tree-fancier123
    this thing, not directly relevant to the wrench discussion, but just meant it's one more reason to have splicing skills [ame= ] [/ame]
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    climbing chainsaw operative - that's about my limit for now, once I've read a few more paragraphs of some book I'll probably end up consultant operative
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    not being cynical, but it's either nicked, or sold by someone who hasn't a clue, you only have to do a completed listings search on ebay to see what a mint one goes for
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    the backbone thing for rigging with slings looks good, especially if you can splice a new eye in your rigging line as and when
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    Books

    tree-fancier123 replied to Midge's topic in General chat

    The Bob Watson book mentioned in the other book thread for general tree knowledge and the Jeff Jepson books Tree Climbers Companion and To Fell A Tree for practical stuff.
  20. tree-fancier123
    been thinking about storing a chipper in my container, but these threads always put me off, sorry to hear this, someone near me had 3k hit recently, probably never be caught. Even considered jacking the chipper up each night onto log stands and taking the wheels home, may slow em down, really needs genetic engineering to breed the scum out of existence
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    not used one, but does this converter box allow use of say a full size 3 phase milling machine or lathe from a single phase supply? TECO EV 3HP 240V Single to 3 Phase Inverter Converter for Lathe Mill Drill SAW | eBay Not sure if it is a simple as that, probably not
  22. tree-fancier123
    depending on the site I think there may be a way shipping containers could be dug into the earth with the top under 6" of soil and a ramp down to the doors, if there was a way to cover and conceal the ramp no one who hadn't watched the containers being accessed or the recesses being dug initially would know they were there. I realize there would be issues with drainage, but the amount of money lost by some means it may not be too far fetched to try to hide stuff underground. A sliding motorized steel plate across the top of the drive in ramp James Bond style would do for me.
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    the video on their page makes it look easy, never been able to get my Ifor in driveways off narrow lanes, front tow bar got to be worth a go, good tip
  24. tree-fancier123
    yes, sorry my cuts on the photo assume the branch outside of the fence has already been cut. First cut on pavement side of fence.
  25. tree-fancier123
    I would rasher it off where the jagged line is, then carefully a neater cut a bit lower, slowly so as not to touch the remaining stem

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