Bob The Dog
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I've had loads of success with the Spring / scissor type traps which crush the little buggers to death. Make sure you don't handle the traps with bare hands, as moles have a terrific sense of smell, and won't go anywhere near them. I always use an old pair of muddy gloves and it seems to work for me. Once the trap is in, cover the hole with some soil, to prevent ingress of light. Always nice to catch the little buggers, but there'll soon be another one to take over!
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I use marlow gecko on a prussik and I find it fine. I'm not climbing every day, but for what I do it seems ok. It's a little cheaper than some of the others, so for me, that was part of the attraction, and I did my cs 38/39 on it. It happily supports my 14 stone swinging around!!
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Forgot about the fakes out there! Plenty of cheapo LifeProof lookalikes, but they leak according to the reviews. £60 for a case seems expensive, but it's saved my iPhone on countless occasions. Just gotta find one for my mate now that's chipper proof....!!
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LifeProof cases are great. Waterproof and shock resistant. Muffles the speaker a little, but no major problem. Touch screen works well and they do a version for the fingerprint recognition too. Had a griffin survivor before. Great if you dropped the phone, but bulky, and as I found out after going waist deep in a river - not waterproof!
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They're great machines, especially if like me you're on a budget and can't stretch to one of the bigger chippers. Mine's been on the go all day, doing a leilandi hedge reduction. Takes branches up to 4 inches very well, as long as you're good as a manual stress control. Maintenance is straightforward. Keep the blades sharp, and use a good helping of copper grease on the torx bolts when changing the blades. Anything bigger than 4 inches goes for firewood, so it ticks all of my boxes.
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Not quite as hard on the blades, but my mates iPhone fell out of his chest pocket this afternoon, and straight down the infeed shoot of my cs100! Managed to retrieve a sticker and nothing more!!
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Should've said arb truck!
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Indeed it was a bodge, no denying that! But given the kit available, and as said before, the lack of a tree surgeon / feller, they they did the best they could. Try turning up to a road accident in your arv truck and cutting casualties from a mangled wreckage with the kit you have! Now that'd be a bodge
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I haven't looked at the exact height specs between the two, but it doesn't look much different to the 22T. I'm 6'2" and find it fine to workmen for several hours at a time.
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The emergency services these days wear so many hats, it's impossible for them to be trained so as to be able to deal with every given situation, and so they improvise and do the best that they can. Police, fire or ambo - they all seem to get it in the neck these days for not being up to scratch, but how can they possibly be proficient in absolutely everything. People are quick to take the piss, but what's the first number they call when they can't sort something out themselves!
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It's the one I was going to go for, but they didn't have any in stock, so much to my wife's annoyance, I splashed out and bought the 22T version instead - and glad I did. If the build quality on the 12T is the same as the 22T, it'll be a great machine. B&S vanguard engine, which is reliable and very good on fuel. And 12T should be enough to sort most logs. Just keep your eye on the hydraulic oil reservoir filler screw, and the hoses, and both came loose and I lost a bit of oil. My fault - should have checked them.
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Had a similar issue with mine a while ago. There was a recall on them, and it was to do with a breather of some sort. All done at husky expense, so worth popping it back into the dealer and having it sorted. Perhaps a plug in to the computer will identify the issue and then be fixable.
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Have a look at Rock Machinery, and their venom range of splitters. I have the 22 ton version which is brilliant. That one's over your budget, but I believe the 12 ton version is around £750 - £800. The beauty of the 22 ton splitter is that it can be changed between vertical and horizontal splitting, depending on log sizes etc.
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I use one simply called 'tree I'd - British tree identification' app on the iPhone. It allows you to search on size, bark type, leaf type, and all manner of variables, then gives you the results with a percentage chance of it being the actual tree you're looking at. It's really helped to improve my knowledge and I'd-ability of trees. Even has hornbeam on there!
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I had the same issue a while ago after climbing on a damp day. Put the ropes in the washing machine with tech was on a gentle cycle at 30 degrees. Came out nice and clean. Soap flakes are also favoured for cleaning ropes.
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I have the 2014 model which I presume has the same fastening system? Mine has been fine. Done a fair bit of climbing and had no problems whatsoever. You do have to make sure that both of the yellow plastic clips have opened into position once put on though. A couple of times I've had to jiggle them a bit to lock them in place. I also find that when taking it off, the buckle has to be lined up exactly straight, else the clips won't undo. I wonder whether you just have a faulty one, as I really can't see how it would come undone by accident. I love the harness and find it very comfortable. Must be pretty worrying to have it come undone up a tree.
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My 550xp was a pig to start yesterday. Put it down to being left in the sun for a while whilst I was up in the tree. Not sure why it would affect it. It's usually a good starter, hot or cold. Another problem I had yesterday was the tickover after using it. A few times, after trimming fallen bits, the saw wouldn't return to idle and revved a lot higher than it should. A few blips generally cleared it. Wondered if some crap had got into the trigger mech somehow.
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Just had a week in Turkey, and discovered a camel spider in our villa. It was as big as my hand, and I have big hands! So, being the brave sort, I allowed Mrs bob to take the lead. It had a bloody great big set of pincers, and looked like it could cover ground quickly, so it was quickly dealt with by way of the 10' long pool cleaning net and a size 12 north face shoe. Perhaps a shame to deal with it this way, but not taking any chances with a nearly 4 year old running around. Not venomous as far as I could tell, but can inflict nasty bites. I'll try and post a pic once I've done something techy with the camera.
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Linear Reduction? Any ideas what that is?
Bob The Dog replied to markwildthing's topic in General chat
I'd go with the overall length / height of the tree too, given the meaning of the word linear. I can't see that it'd mean anything else to be honest. -
I've had ground elder for years at my place. Digging it out is slow and hard work, and if you leave even the smallest piece of root system in the ground, it'll regenerate in no time again. Best way I've found - strim, allow to grow, and spray the new growth with roundup biactive 450, mixed at 40:1, or a tad stronger if you like. Give it 10 or so days, and then you'll see the plants dying away. Works into the roots and does a good job.
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I can't comment on the hard hat versions, but I used to use the battery powered full face shield respirators in the joinery workshop. Great when routing, sanding and planing. The fresh supply of air kept the inside of the shield free from fog, and on a warm day, it was pleasantly refreshing! I've not done any milling, so I'm a bit ignorant to the ins and outs of it, but are you likely to get anything other than dust and noise to warrant the hard hat version?
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No need to replace any gaskets - or at least there wasn't when I did mine, which was about 2 years old. As long as all the mating surfaces are clean, and the gaskets haven't been damaged during removal, it'll all go back together fine.
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I'm pretty strong despite my size
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According to many it does on the 550's. The decomp is there so I use it - not cps I'm a 'Nancy' but because it reduces wear and tear on the machine. Sure it'll pull over fine without, but it'll hopefully save replacing parts in the long run. And take up the slack in the starter mech first helps, rather than giving it a sharp tug and ramming the dogs home!
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The 365 xt will start ok with the decomp button depressed, but you have to be really careful to hear it fire. Any more than 4 pulls on choke and it'll flood and be a bugger to get going. If you get to 4 pills and haven't heard it fire, just knock the choke off and a couple more pulls will get it going. I love my 365xt. The 550xp is great too. Nice and lightweight and revs well. The 365 just seems to have loads of grunt, and now I've ground off the transfer cover fins, it pulls like a train! As said previously - oil in the can first, then the petrol, and a good shake before each fuel up.
