TIMON
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Not lately but a couple of years ago I nearly section felled a stem with my mainline still anchored in the top of it. I’d cut the gob and was about to start the backcut. (At the end of a long hot week in the afternoon). Sharp eyed groundie saved my bacon....
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Brexit ! what will this mean ? ( lets get a good thread going )
TIMON replied to digaholedumper's topic in General chat
I always think of hand dryers. -
Yer..... it’s hanging up on the floor over there, Mark. [emoji51]
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Whenever I read of these terrible accidents I always think back to my 39 course and think that part of the course should have an “anatomy or breakdown of a top handled chainsaw kickback accident”. There is enough detail and information out there to put a training item together.
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I show this video to every guy who starts works on our crew, just before they start using the chipper. I doubt if the Timberwolf 150 would speed winch you in that quick but it still helps foster some healthy respect for the job in hand.
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Brexit ! what will this mean ? ( lets get a good thread going )
TIMON replied to digaholedumper's topic in General chat
I agree with Kevin, we should start playing hardball with them. They don’t hold all the cards. -
https://www.frjonesandson.co.uk/products/stein-copious-tac-eye-2-eye-technical-accessory-cord-65cm/
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I found the Stein blue eye2eye hitch cord to be super grippy on a VT even on 11mm Marlow Aeris.
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Mumbles Head to Brandy Cove on the Gower Peninsular
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Probably been replaced with cheap membrane and pea gravel for low maintenance.... will look a treat once the weeds start coming through.
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Brexit ! what will this mean ? ( lets get a good thread going )
TIMON replied to digaholedumper's topic in General chat
It seems to me that all of the bullets are coming from across the Channel and the North Sea. If ever there was any doubt about the intentions and integrity of those in Brussels then surely they have been laid to rest now. It’s very plain to see that they are out to shaft us. -
The usual suspects! [emoji33]
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Er.... long walk to the truck Steve! [emoji51]
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I’m opening our Remembrance Sunday church service and minutes silence. It’s a good reminder not to take for granted the freedoms that we enjoy in this country thanks to the sacrifice of so many.
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I found it hard to transition from prussic/Blake’s to HC because I was used to holding my weight on the trailing end of the rope under the hitch. I ended up on my backside more than once because I wasn’t letting my full weight load the hitch. (I don’t know if this is what you are experiencing?) One way round the problem of having the HC so close to the bridge is the O-rig system. This guy explains it well. In the end I got a zig zag, I never got round to using SRT.
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That’s really generous! I imagine anyone laying a bowling green would be glad to pay for the haulage.
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Good question. Does it have a checkable date of manufacture and date of first use?. Secondly, can you be sure that no one has used it beyond it’s SWL? I would be wary to be honest. Say for example if it has been used by a fellow climber working on your team and you can vouch for it’s working history and it came with a complete record of its LOLER checks, then that is one thing.. BUT.. if it has an unknown history I wouldn’t risk it. How could you be sure it hadn’t been shock loaded or used to pull a truck out of a ditch? I would be extremely wary, myself. If someone came to me with this I would be reluctant unless they could provide some kind of verification of its working life and storage conditions. The real question should be, would you want to climb and feel safe on a second hand rope with no checkable history.. ??
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Back leaning sycamore stem growing right up a wall. Used a letterbox and cut a small snipe under the gob to kick the stem away from the wall.
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anyone else vehicle insurance gone up for no reason?
TIMON replied to flatyre's topic in Insurance Forum
Our broker Be wiser (using Aviva) put our Subaru Forester renewal up by nearly a grand this year!?! (We had a non fault accident) I ended up putting it on a work/personal policy with Arborisk who got it down less than last year’s price. I since found out that our “payout” for the crash way £8.5k of which we got only £1800!!! Crooks. “Be Wiser” use someone else! -
Excellent saws. We’ve got two, one on a 15” and one 18”. We’ve had them for nearly 10 years. We bought two ms261’s to replace them about 4 years ago and they’ve still outlasted them. [emoji106]
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Brexit ! what will this mean ? ( lets get a good thread going )
TIMON replied to digaholedumper's topic in General chat
I think we will survive. There will be a bit of uncertainty at first but then we’ll thrive. The ONLY good thing I can think of that the EU did was ban genetically modified food. If we do end up pulling the drawbridge up then we’ll have to learn how to make decent cars again. -
Definitely the 10”. It gets very boggy on a 12” Great little pruning tool. [emoji106]
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Once the rope bridge on the petzl sequoia starts to fray it deteriorates very quickly. The bridge on my mates sequoia went from looking worn to this in one mornings climbing!!!
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Ive has a few different harnesses. From what you say Mark, I think you would like the Vega. Similar in a lot of ways to the sequoia without the buckle issues. A comfy no nonsense harness.
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I keep seeing my old Hilux that got nicked popping up. Right wind up. [emoji30][emoji35][emoji34]
