Mick Dempsey
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Interesting point, I heard opinion the flat ground blades are harder on the bearings. I have used both on my 150, performance wise, there’s nothing in it.
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Advice on an old fir tree
Mick Dempsey replied to sorina Hunter's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
It has to come out. It’s not coming back from that.
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I believe it’s called ‘parts bingo’
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Considering moving to Canada
Mick Dempsey replied to pablolinares's topic in International Arborist Forum
West coast looks very wet, if you don’t like rain, but the treework looks epic. -
To the comments….
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I’d say it’s toast, they die off very quickly once they decide enough is enough. Very difficult to change the trajectory of Leylandii. Wait and see.
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Will removing these cause heave?
Mick Dempsey replied to nmjg11's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
I’d say almost certainly not. Cut it to the yellow line this year, then take it out completely next year or the year after.
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You can’t just live in the wild for ever like one of @Mark Bolam’s black panthers! Who knows what his intentions were, or even if he had any apart from getting out.
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I can’t imagine it’s that easy to leave the UK without outside help, ie passports, money, somewhere to actually go to etc.
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I’m with most of you lot, throw whatever bit of scrap wood you have nearby under it. Typical of Bob to come up with the perfect yet simple engineering solution.
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Clearing a waterway of some ash dieback stuff in the drink. Some assisted felling as well but didn’t film that. Avant making the impossible easy. VIDEO-2023-09-08-13-36-37.mp4 VIDEO-2023-09-08-13-36-28.mp4
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That winch isn’t listening to any excuses.
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Fair enough.
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True. I used to use the bigger ones a lot more when I did a lot of ringing up, before I had a loader and was handballing wood. Haven’t used anything bigger than my 576 in a good while. OP seems to be an afficianado of the old stuff. If it was purely about performance he’d buy a new 500i.
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I have run both at the same time, general consensus is the 066 is very slightly faster, but the 288 is a dream to use ergonomically. Keep the Stihl and buy the 288.
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Sounds like a plan. As has been said, your saw will struggle, but it’s eminently doable.
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Sneaky bar steward. Exactly the sort of behaviour that encourages the sort of weekend slam downs I participated in oftimes.
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I hadn’t realised, I thought it was your daily gear, impressive. I would shorten the cable, I know some peeps like a long lanyard, but I can’t see the point. Plus maybe a little push button in the tool carrier, a round thing that presses in on a spring that releases and allows the Krab to slot in and out under specific up/down pressure, but holds it in under normal everyday walking around the tree stuff.
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Not that anyone cares, but to set the record straight. I bought an ST8 off the French suppliers, a few months after the purchase they informed me that a new law had come into place saying a stop button had to be added, and that they’d fit it for 2k. I questioned it and they then took the opportunity to ghost me (a not unusual French business tactic) no replies to emails or phone calls. I had numerous issues with the machine, too many to mention, but I have to say Redwood Global really stepped up to the plate, send me loads of stuff free to try and resolve problems, loads of time on the phone when they could just have said phone the French agent. So whilst I cannot in all conscience recommend a Först, I hear they are better now and their customer service is top notch.
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Pretty slick.
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That’s very close, I like the way it comes out of the tool carrier without any tricky finger work. Probably the best I’ve seen in terms of efficiency. Does the cable stop at arms length? I mean if you dropped the saw, how far would it unravel?
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Initially I was deep in here.. Then I’m pretty sure I went full Ty Korrigan about them.
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I’m only joking, just dicking around with ideas. Now, the hoverboard in Back to the Future…
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I wonder how Wilbur and Orville coped with all the naysayers?
