Mr. Squirrel
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Do it man, isn't worth the risk! One of my best mates got it actually and it's heart breaking. I'm only getting my first shot next week but wouldn't return without it...
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No, it's tick borne encephalitis. I'm no doctor (although I am a surgeon, ho ho) but it's a neurological disease that can cause brain damage, paralysis and death. Known of a few foresters get it and it's pretty awful.
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Also, if you are serious or seriously thinking about working in Germany/Austria/Switzerland you'd be well advised to get down to your gp asap and ask for a TBE vaccination. Seriously. It's a basically non existent disease in the UK but is a pretty real problem over there, and the potential consequences of it are much too severe to ignore. Tick Alert
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Showa 310's, grippier and longer lasting than Pfanners, perhaps a little warmer but nothing silly.
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Never used graphite powder, and by the sounds of it I never will. I give them a good blast with an airline, then fill the gates with a very thin oil, work it in by moving the gates about a load and then blast it all out again with the airline. Wipe down with kitchen roll, finished. I do that maybe every 6 months to a year and I can't make my gates stick, try as I might. DMM crabs are the dogs in my experience.
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I suppose you could try coats, but furniture and beer barrels sounds like a better option to me. Scary stuff.
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Only gripe with the stihl cans is their oil cap is too large for the husky top handles. But of a pain in the arse... otherwise decent.
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We aren't working in offices, by all means look tidy and respectable when you go to price the job but when the boys are on the job it's up to them. Ithin think. Like Joe said, judge my work, not my looks. Wear hi viz only when strictly necessary, so almost never. Nothing massively against it, but I've never found a hi viz top that was actually comfortable, and it does look a bit daft...
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Brilliant choice! Perhaps... Time will tell, but if you're going to be doing it without a chainsaw at least you'll be doing it in style!
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How about this old beast? Razor Tooth 21 - Hand Saws - Tree Care
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Frontline hammock, also what I have. Not their lightest but solid, has the double layer sleeve underneath for insulation/keeping biting things away too. Have a DD 3x3 tarp aswell, brilliant sleeping combo.
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To chip in with some hammock opinions, I'm a DD Hammocks fan myself. I've spent months at a time not sleeping in a bed and most of that time I was in my hammock. Did my back a world of good. Hung it from trees, up trees, balconies, even just put it on the ground and used some stick to suspend the mosquito net. Bomber.
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Done very much the same in mcdonalds, sat down with my extra big McHeartdisease meal once and there was a homeless guy sitting opposite with a tiny cup of coffee. There was a blizzard going on outside so I just pushed my tray over the table and let him have it. He seemed pretty happy. Though that is a valid point...
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I thought about that but it'd do my head in having to play about with grommets etc. every time I wanted to take off my climbing system. I used ovals with some success but wasn't totally happy with them.
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I find a swivel is great when using my lanyard in a 'single leg' fashion, and gives some sort of an optimal 'rope in, rope out' angle with a spiderjack, but if your rope starts twisting it's a total nightmare. Had a small petzl swivel and the burr on the inside of the ring tore my bridge apart, had to file it down which seemed a little wrong. Small dmm swivel is much better however you can't fit the gate of a krab through it, which makes it not-so-great with a spiderjack. I've gone back to a ring...
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ISC double pulley and a sling works really well. May not be perfect but it's near enough for me. For a retrievable redirect the sling and revolvers posted above does the job well.
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Sorry to hear it fella, it's never good to hear these stories but sounds like an awful time for it right now. At least you seem to be sussed with what matters most at the moment though. Also very sorry to hear about the loss of a 200t, damn shame... It's outrageous the number of thefts of this nature we're experiencing in the UK though, it's almost a weekly thing on here. What changes/action could we possibly make to reign this in? Surely there has to be something other than forcing petty thieves to evolve into master criminals?
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Yeah a rescue on a spiderjack gets you on the ground pretty quickly, requires a fair bit of thumb strength to maintain control but it's alright. You could always put a figure 8 in underneath the zz like you do with a hitchclimber? Test it out.
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And for those not atall budget concious: Freeworker - Felling Bar 540 - climb up high!
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As much as I love velocity, and I really do, I'd say tachyon was tougher. Not quite as soft and a tighter braided sheath I reckon.
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Aah, I hadn't actually thought of a use for the shekels, good to know! Still waiting on an op man, doing some climbing again in the meantime though and trying to ignore the dislocations
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Ah, I hadn't spotted it as it was under slings instead of rope. Thanks though, perfect. When in doubt, ask Nod! My plan exactly mate, been using them for a while with krabs but I'm tidying the system up a lil bit. Guess they'll not work for redirects with a krab on the end of the rigging line but hey ho, they look pretty.
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Hey folks, anyone know where I can pick up some Samson Tenex in the UK? Spotted it at honeybros but only in 9mm, I'm looking for larger diameter stuff for loopie/whoopies. Cheers in advance for any help.
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I freelanced for a bunch of companies over in Germany; the language thing can be a bit hit and miss if you don't speak native, though you can get by working knowing pretty much just ACHTUNG!, motorsage and tank. Generally I've found at least one person in a firm who speaks moderate English though, and obviously if you're spending any real length of time there you'll want to pick up as much as you can anyway (unless you pick up a German girl who speaks English, in which case whatever). From my experience the work there is brilliant, I spent weeks, months even doing nothing but dead wooding. As Jesse said they have seasons for things but those differ from state to state, Baden Wurttemburg I believe November - March is felling season? Germans are bloody hard workers which is great because you make more money, though you may feel utterly destroyed by lunch time. Take your long ropes.
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Normal, no big deal.
