WorcsWuss

Yes, that's the stuff!

No harm in thinking big, and this site is a great resource. And if you can stand the investment, kit will make you more useful...

I do only have experience of old dynamic ropes.... nasty stuff... makes good tow rope though.....

Unlikely, because even if they're wet, everything will be held in place against your legs.... And I think the original question was 'instructions say don't tumble dry, why?' and the answer is, 'in SOME circumstances it may cause blocking material to become poorly distributed, so to protect themselves, they advise against it'.... As with most things, it doesn't mean it will definitely happen... And don't go to bed with wet hair, you'll catch a cold....!

I've shortened the elastic up a bit, going to pull it in a bit more. I reckon that and my painting pole will do the trick.... Keep meaning to order a lighter throwbag.....

I find rock climbing rope horrid for tying any kind of knot....

In reality it's a toss of a coin. You may well find your enthusiasm and initial investment carries you far enough to establish a business. The flipside is you get no work and crash and burn. I did my ground CS tickets in '99. Over the years I've plodded through my own stuff, learning as I go, pollarding, rigging out, clear fell, coppicing, pruning, reductions, over the last few years more aerial stuff since I managed to get a couple of friends who enjoy doing the groundie thing.... I have several grand's worth of stuff, 5 saws [at the moment!], climbing & light rigging gear, no chipper, but various tractors, trailers and loaders from the farm. But I still really only do it as a 'hobby', I work in an office and do the trees at weekends or take time off to do bigger jobs. And I NEED to do my tree work otherwise, like you have found, I'd go stir crazy. But as much as I'd love to I couldn't jump into it full time, I have a mortgage and expensive wife, children and taste. If you can afford to take the risk, do it. Better to regret doing something than not doing something. But be wary, there are very experienced, hard working tree surgeons out there who struggle every day and find they can't earn what they should. It's big investment for low return in many cases. But I'm envious [most of the time] of anyone who makes a living doing it.... And being totally honest, if I was in your position I'd do what you're proposing, I wouldn't go work for someone else for 60 quid a day...

That's beautiful! Envious of your abilities!

Possibly, but I think eating supermarket veg and peeing on your weeds will give them a bigger dose of the active than the flavoured water they sell at B&Q....

I wondered how far he'd got before the shouting started.....

A friend of mine just bought a new Husky, a 140 I think, seems a lovely little saw for under 300 quid including the VAT.... I guess the Stihl equivalent is a 231, but a lot more money. Makitas seem to get good reviews.....

Very good. Images might be a bit too high res, seem slow to load in places. Like it though!

Nothing to worry about I'm sure! He looks to have as much success as I do on ebay.... no matter how good the item I'm selling is, it never sells!

It's on...! Back of the bike sheds after school....

Right... Wash your hair, then brush it.... see how easy it brushes straight when wet... Then fluff it up and sleep on it. Then in the morning try to brush it down dry. Unless you have some kind of freak hair [or no hair] you will find that it will ping back more or less to the same shape as it was before you started. Unless you wet it again. Woolly jumpers are the same, if they are dried with creases in they stay creased, hence washing instructions all say 'dry flat'. Ergo, washing trousers with blocking material in them COULD cause the blocking to become poorly distributed, but if they're drip dried it's no problem, they're shaken out, smoothed flat and dry correctly. If tumble dried, and the blocking material has moved around, it will MOST LIKELY [but not definitely] remain in that position. When dry it will be difficult, or impossible, to re-distribute.... Hence, to cover themselves from this potentially disastrous occurrence - type C's becoming type A's - manufacturer washing instructions will advise against tumble drying....

I'm sorely tempted by one of these, the flue off my Rayburn is a tortuous and we're in a hole sheltered by trees, when it's very cold and still there's no draw at all. I think I'm going to have to bite the bullet and go for it, need to do something.... Anyone got a 'sweep code' for the 25% discount....?

I'd like a pair of the same for my 460, find the width of the saw a pain when ringing up knobbly stuff... the standard ones are a waste of time IMO...

That's great news, you can finally relax now then. Might be an idea to respond to the letter if there's a return address, just thanking them for their decision. In my experience, if you're nice to civil servants and show appreciation when they deserve it, they genuinely appreciate it immensely - I don't think they get thanked too often - and it will go a long way towards helping the next poor sod in your position. They only know they're getting it right if we tell them. Is little scrot who nicked the saw in the first place getting done for theft, or attempted theft or whatever it's called...?

Doing a search for completed listings, he doesn't seem to be very successful at selling them! How peculiar!

Presumably that's also called a 'water bowline'...? Water Bowline - Knots Guide | Arbtalk.co.uk

Because when they're wet you can redistribute the blocking material throughout the trousers by hand by smoothing it out, when they're dry you can't....

I've no idea to be honest, it's a bit outside my field, Lime's not a wood I've ever had a use for unfortunately.... Have you tried web searching, Lime blanks for carving seem to come up as a mail order thing....?

Presumably it's Whitney Sawmills...? Timber Merchants UK - Oak Beams, Dry Hardwood Timber, Oak Flooring, Skirting & Cladding - Whitney Sawmills

I would imagine it's less to do with melting the fibres and more to do with them getting jumbled up. Aren't they supposed to de 'dried flat' like a woolly jumper to make sure everything stays where it should be and not get bunched up? A solution would probably be to tumble dry them so they're still damp and the stopping can be smoothed out, then spread them out and finish them off by air drying...

I always use a bowline, I find it quicker to tie than a Fisherman's [and untie to get back through a FS if I'm changing over in the tree, rather than pulling up the whole tail from below the hitch] and I leave a nice long loop to clip into so the knot itself is above my friction hitch. Fig 8 in the tail, job done. I tried buntlines & anchor hitches and found them a bit 'permanent' for doubled rope with a friction management device at the top if moving the anchor....