born2trot
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Complete nonsense again , at least your consistant . Horses give out signs all the time to how their feeling . Its just that some tend to ignore them . I would think nothing of driving 500 miles to a show and if i felt something wasnt quite right i would happily put them back in the van and drive home . You tell the poster not to validate his business when you clearly try to invalidate it ! Get a grip of yourself ...
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Its quite common amongst people who work in industrial type situations . It can appear as a shadow on the lungs after a scan which must be quite frightening for the individual . Is treatable i believe. Take care Pedro
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Completely shocking.. tremendous offer from Big J , arbtalkers pulling together again !
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Definetely worth a repost majestic !!
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Nice post Sam .. and good reply Hama. I agree with corylus though the guy seems a bit of a fruitcake ... ' Pre Celtic religion of the neolithic ' !!! His argument was lost straight away with me . Theres a picture of a celtic symbol beside what looks like a modern picture of a greek god ?? I'm almost going back to the christian thread
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Not what we were expecting to find today
born2trot replied to slack ma girdle's topic in Picture Forum
Thats amazing , find of a lifetime that , never even knew of such a thing . -
I have a Kokopelli silver pendant which i wear religiously when i'm out doing treework .
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I'm much more of that influence if anything . North-east of Scotland littered with Pictish and pagan places . I live next to an ancient druid hill and last spring there was a pagan symbol on top which i came across purely by chance ( it was quite a pitifull effort really ) so i decided to outstrip them and i built a 10 foot high wickerman in my yard at the bottom . My sister in law was up visiting at that time and thought i was going mad !! but we had a great time and i even talked her into ' Jumping the Ashes ' She has great photos which i must, must post . My wife loves her moon gazing hares , and i also believe hares and corvids are very, very special animals ( and horses ) something our ancestors knew . I also look forward to gauging the seasons like our pagan anscestors did by looking out for the constellations , The arrival of Orion in the north means only one thing , cold weather is on the way !!
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Mike if you think you can force horses into doing that your more deluded than i thought , i've seen things in livery yards that i couldnt possibly post on here . A few twitches with a crop!!! deary deary me you really do have no idea what goes on. Cruelty ???? Death has brightened up an otherwise dull afternoon .
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Sad to see thousands of horses euthanased every year because they no longer have a role in life. If you want to see cruelty go along to your local country /pony club show where youll see horses and ponies given wanton beatings for rider errors and frustrations .
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That little jockey wheel is brilliant but obviously could be quite dangerous if it gets stuck ... your only going one way and thats off !! , I think thats whats happened , the rig starts going over before the wood even moves . A bit puzzling is why he's trying to dislodge wood over a 2 foot stump when the faller / groundsman would have known its getting horse extracted , seems a bit odd that scene to say the least but there again there may well be a sound reason for it
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Well said ff. ( could you post that on the christian thread aswell ?
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Hi NI, yeah i knew the 560 would be heavier but as you say there seemed to be quite a big difference imo. If we get a few more 550 reviews on here i think i would plump for that rather than the 560. Death knell of the 346 not far off me thinks.
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Hi kenny, If you are not doing large trees everyday is the 550 the better option ? Had both saws in my hand today and the 560 felt a good deal heavier and obviously costlier.
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Would the double wheeled units only work well on the flat ? The butt end on the ground is providing needed resistance when going downhill and is a good safety measure especially with such heavy timber. I've watched his 'getting ditched ' over and over and I'm convinced he's staged it . He's obviously a bit of a showman ( in a good fun way ) and it just looks a bit acted , none the less its still very impressive the horses not batting an eye lid when the cart rights itself . The woodland is very open and has been well brashed so the blinkers not really an issue and the fact that the horses going so well with them on would be crazy to change them to an open bridle ? If it aint broke dont fix it so to speak
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Hi Adam , there was a great post on the french ' voyageurs ' recently which may be of some interest to someone like yourself . Sam thompson on here is related to the legend that is David Thompson ' The Greatest Ever Land Geographer ' Hope you dont mind me saying that Sam
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That is one massive pollard head ! What a beauty . A stunner
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Dont know how practical it would be to start raising big logs higher off the ground than that, it would become very hazardous in what already is quite dodgy being seated high up in a vehicle like that. I wonder what other bits of kit he has for bigger dia. logs. Wonder if he can work them ' in-line ' and see them skid out massive limbs... I'm getting carried away now !!
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Will be waiting anxiously for the results kenny
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Hi Pete , could you tell me how i would use the figure 8 on a double line config. I bought one several weeks ago along with an extremely lightweight petzl tape harness and have been playing about rappelling down the trees outside but from a SINGLE line config. ( Its good fun ) . I'm just not sure what to do on my normal climbing set up ? Thanks veg , but i'm not up to speed yet with the tree monkeys
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Porridge , maple syrup and some blueberries
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Hi scotspine , I'm using honey bros 13mm xtc fire for my main line and the split tail is an edelrid timberblue 13mm aswell. Tying the basic 4 turn blakes and been very pleased with it so far up until a few weeks ago when it got soaked . Wasnt good .. Geof thanks for the munter hitch idea , looks very simple and effective , will try that out aswell
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Have any of you guys / gals been concerned with descending on a blakes hitch when your rope has got soaked ?. Seemed to ge gripping too tight and releasing too quickly for my liking . Any SIMPLE ideas i could have switched to for a safer descent ? thanks..
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I know them as ' kerf cuts '
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What equipment do you have on your harness?
born2trot replied to button1803's topic in Climbers talk
Pete , I've seen loads of photos in mags with tree surgeons with fig 8's on their harness. After a hairy descent on a wet rope with a blakes hitch , would a figure 8 be a much safer option and is it a case of just girth hitching it on to the main line ? Sorry for the derail button .
