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Mick Dempsey

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  1. Mick Dempsey
    Now is fine.
  2. Mick Dempsey
    Washing out the fins of the rad in situ with a hose can reveal it is badly encrusted. If there’s more time, Its not much work to get it off completely to thoroughly clean it.
  3. Mick Dempsey
    If it is an overheating (engine) then that’s bad. My ST8 has a tendency to clog the radiator screen if I chip dead thuja or birch (those little platelet seeds are just the right size for the screen holes) If you don’t keep an eye on it it’ll overheat in minutes.
  4. Mick Dempsey
    Pop off the round cap in the centre off the wheel with a screwdriver, you’ll see a big nut with a split pin, pull the pin out, and loosen the nut, then use the cutting head to raise the wheel off the ground. Remove nut and wheel will come off.
  5. Mick Dempsey
    Good luck!
  6. Mick Dempsey
    Try to sell a one off cost against the annual cost of trimming. A decent grinding will prepare the ground for replanting.
  7. Mick Dempsey
    I have sort of made a bit of a speciality of hedge removals, grind and replant (or replacing with fencing) You have to sell it a bit and have the right gear, but it’s right good money, and they’re always pleased as punch with the result.
  8. Mick Dempsey
    Anyway, to answer your question. It depends, on how neat they want the finish. Normally on a laurel hedge hack back, I’ll pick up the worst of the rakings and blow the remains underneath. Chipping wise, I prefer to blow it I to the back of the van, I will send it into the hedge but it can strip branches and leave unsightly piles. All depends on the client’s expectations.
  9. Mick Dempsey
    If you’re taking three foot off a laurel side is a hedgecutter enough? I tend to get medieval and use a chainsaw for that.
  10. Mick Dempsey
    Drop the “&” and use “and” instead.
  11. Mick Dempsey
    Lime I reckon. You won’t lean it from websites, learn to identify the tree in the field, then you’ll become familiar with bark, wood coloring, branch attachements etc.
  12. Mick Dempsey
    Looks a lot like a Brown Silver-Line
  13. Mick Dempsey
    What can I say? crisps are my life. I can’t hide my passion, it’s who I am.
  14. Mick Dempsey
    Back in the day I believed fervently that crinkle cut crisps were an abomination to the Lord, and that all crisps should follow the standard formula which would please him and render him more agreeable to our lowly desires. Then my wife started buying family packs of Crinkle crisps, at first I scolded her as a poor and unworthy wife, I told her she had offended and upset him and his vengeance would be mighty and just. Then (In spite of myself) I found the texture and crunchyness agreeable, the way the flavour was distributed across the surface of the crisp Was an absolute delight. Now I prefer them, so it seems he truly moves in mysterious ways.
  15. Mick Dempsey
    In fairness, everything else has gone on my ST8, but the blades have never let go.
  16. Mick Dempsey
    Just saw that myself @josharb87 . I don’t change the bolts as standard, but I do clean with a wire brush, then WD40, then blow them dry with an airline before retightening with the torque wrench.
  17. Mick Dempsey
    All depends on the grinder they’re using. Thanks for the update. Just gone back through the thread, frankly, if they’re removing the grindings I don’t believe the price.
  18. Mick Dempsey
    You remind me of those Japanese soldiers, holed up on pacific islands decades after the war has finished.
  19. Mick Dempsey
    As I understand it, the op is going to lift it, and then burn it.
  20. Mick Dempsey
    Ain’t I just?
  21. Mick Dempsey
    I’ve winched out stumps plenty, It’s a waste of time and effort. Try burning the stump as well, see how that goes. Do it the hard way, fill your boots.
  22. Mick Dempsey
    That will be for the bearing and the pillow block. Any Ag engineer will press those bearings out and put replacements in for a fraction of that price.
  23. Mick Dempsey
    I’ll provide the subtitles. great great shit chop chop shit chop chop chop chop winch winch shit chop chop shit twang chop chop winch winch shit . winch winch . . . . . now what I do with a 150 kg stump and a bloody great hole in the ground?
  24. Mick Dempsey
    I really want you to do it, use the winch, and the slings, the whole nine yards. Tell us how you get on.
  25. Mick Dempsey
    Those are a lot older than my chip piles.

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