Fredward
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Think of a number, add 15%. Done Or, work out an hourly rate, estimate how many hours and greenwaste fees if there are any. Add 15% Or do it on an hourly rate and just tell the client it will work out cheaper this way.
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What type of ear defenders do you wear on your helmet
Fredward replied to JosephD's topic in General chat
Do you have the model number/a link for those ear muffs? I can only find Sordin 31SNR -
What type of ear defenders do you wear on your helmet
Fredward replied to JosephD's topic in General chat
Haha, I have the Peltor class 5 and the class 5+ which are SNR 34, which are on my helmet all of the time now. I find them very heavy and bulky, and don't fit well over my massive ears. They don't clamp down that well either, and I have bits of stick or chip betwen the mounts and helmet to try and make them fit more tightly! I also wear plugs but find my ears are getting damaged still! I think the safety glasses/chin straps make the defenders not fit well, and the defenders make the plugs fall out and the whole situation does my head in! -
Too easy Dalton
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Hey mate. I don't know what you mean by 'don't have much rope', if you want to splice you need a certain amount of rope to make an eye. To make 2 eye to eyes I buy 3m of cord. That leaves a little room for error if you have to cut off one eye (if you did it wrong for example). My eye to eyes are usually 650-750mm. The guides will probably tell you that the minimum length is 1m, but I'm sure many people make thme less than this. As for the length of eye, thats up to you. I usually make them as tight as possible so that they just squeeze onto the carabiner, just my preference. I use the guides on the Samson website, they also have some videos on youtube. Obviously you need to know the type of cord you are using as different cord requires different techniques, and different length 'buries' for the eyes. If you want to let us know what cord you are using we may be able to help you with any other questions.
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I'm not sure about the British Standard but over here you can cut back to the boundary, but you can be prosecuted if the pruning is not to modern arb standards or if it is to the detriment of the tree (or if you are trespassing). In that respect I would say that it is, or is bordering on detrimental! Personally I would have walked from a job like that if I'd known the clients intentions, but I'm sure many wouldn't, which is fair enough.
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Which is irrelevant considering he will get the death penalty for lack of PPE :biggrin:
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I've watched the first two minutes and seen two awesome fails already
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Kevin, do you have any videos of you working with two SRT systems in either competition or work environment?
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Nice, also good to mention that dreads are standard issue for arbs in NZ Did you see the NTTC in Rotorua on TV last night?
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Yeah they are gross, had to dismantle one, smells like cat ****.
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Thats a huge bracket! Looks like it had already been reduced
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Are you talking about a loop or an eye to eye?
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No I've never had an infection from a pheonix but know plenty that have, it can be from the bacteria on the spike, or even the tip of the spike breaking off under your skin. Gotta be especially careful around joints like knuckles, elbows and knees as infections there can be painful! My Hansa chips them too but I'd hate to see what it would do to the roller/knives/disk/bearings etc, if you did a decent amount and didn't clean it?! Out of interest, what Hansa do you run and how do you find it?
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https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=505
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Yeah well it all burns I guess! I was thinking about the wrath I would endure as bits fell off onto the carpet when I brought it inside next winter
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Eww my worst job, pruned one the other day... Being super careful still got stabbed twice. I did chip the fronds, but I don't normally, they were 95% dead, and I cleaned the chipper when I got home! We also removed a Wellingtonia palm in the morning, had to rig it down, man it was heavy! Didn't chip any of that but cleaned the saws down too. When I first started climbing I did a palm with my banger old saw, didn't clean it and my the chain went very rusty! I've heard of guys felling big palms, then stump grind them on the deck, then scoop up the arisings with a loader! Great idea
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Probably the bay sucker - Trioza alacris, little grey insect under the leaf
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It tickles me that all you firewood guys burn rubbish! A real case of the cobblers shoes.. However I would probably be the same if I got to the stage where I had enough wood to sell! I think people are too fussy about wood, me included sometimes! I gave away a load of cherry last week becuase quite a bit had ivy on.
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The burner has not been lit for a few weeks as winter if over for us, but last year was mainly Lawson, Macrocarpa, River She-Oak (Aussie hardwood).. The collection for next winter so far is mainly Cherry, as much Mac/Pine as I want, and small quantities of Ash, Olive (should be good), Cedar, Juniper, Silky Oak and all kinds of stuff! I take small quantities of wood back home and split with an axe; if I've got a load/half a load I take it to my bro-in-laws farm where the splitter is. I seem to get mainly hardwoods from clients and softwoods from windblown trees on his farm, so we gonna do a bit of swapping. Definitely need both, just got to educate the missus on what bits are softwood, might have to put signs up in the woodshed!
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Country of origin?
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Echo without a doubt. Best value and warranty for a non-pro.
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That looks mint!
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Just out of interest, is it your normal technique on a bore cut to keep cutting back out of the log until it goes, as opposed to leaving a strap of holding wood, removing the saw and then releasing?
