Mick Dempsey
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I have had two insurance claims over the years, one for an asbestos shed roof, I broke a sheet and the whole lot had to be replaced by men in spacesuits. Then a smashed sewer pipe which required honey wagons etc. Insurance company never asked for second climber/LOLER. Just my experience.
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The 230 will knock your 125 into a cocked hat. I've used all of the TWs you mentioned.
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Good stuff Ben. Always nice when you can take over from a lesser mortal! Question for you, there was a big piece that you chained near the middle and when it broke off the butt end seemed to swing a bit toward your position. I would have thought that tying/chaining a piece like that near the top would be more controlled. Or was what you did intentional? Bear in mind I have little to no knowledge of crane dismantling so it's just a question, not a critique.
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In Desperate times...My Silky saves the day!
Mick Dempsey replied to silky fox's topic in The Lounge
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I have no idea but would be interested to know. People plant poplars here on poor boggy ground then wait 30 years or so and harvest them. I often wonder about the mathematics of it.
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I've had a google about and they weigh just under a tonne. They seem underpowered, overweight and generally out of date compared to European chippers. Yanks seem to do very good big stuff, but really really bad small stuff.
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https://www.facebook.com/groups/1438926289712224/for_sale_search/?forsalesearchtype=for_sale&availability=available&query=Timberwolf Few on here.
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Tried earborist?
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Buy new on lease hire.
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Budget?
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In Desperate times...My Silky saves the day!
Mick Dempsey replied to silky fox's topic in The Lounge
Keep 'em coming, everyone is so young! -
The Charentaise Rondinaud slipper ? Port Franc In a strange twist I have worked at the factory owners house, Monsieur Rondinaud. Great bloke, let me talk in French for a good half hour till he tired of listening to me mangling his lingo and broke into perfect English. The prices are for originals, mine were picked up for a tenner from supermarche.
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Authentic charentaise slippers is what the cognescenti are in these days...
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Yes I'm sure you're right. I never will though.
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http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/chainsaws/97599-things-i-havent-done-without-consequence.html I've never polished my chainsaw boots, I have to say the biggest problem I get is the soles separating from the uppers, would that be solved by polishing? That happened more when I was doing lots of conny hedges, getting my foot stuck in a fork and yanking it free. Here's a picture of my boots to enhance your Friday night. I don't know their names.
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Nasty awkward stuff done well, thanks for posting. Were the stumps left like that to keep the slope secure? Robinia coppices pretty well.
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So where is it to be found?
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Some kind of Broom?
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Sorry, missed this post. Explain "wind up" please. Could you mean that if I spin the wheels a bit on mud it'll "unwind" and be easier to come out of 4wd?
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Blade/flywheel weight praps.
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Looks good Bob, but I'm a simple soul. I'm going to visit my brother in Yorkshire later on this month, I'll pick up a cheaper one there.
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I've always done my TW by feel, apart from when a blade came off and ruined the anvil and pocket it's been fine!
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IMO, you'd be better off replacing the whole tree. It's possible it would regrow to form a tree of some description, but it could also die very quickly. Maybe plant one nearby and retain your "stump tree" see what happens. Get some deer guards of course!
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The first two posts in this thread seem a bit too contrived to be true IMO
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Goddam it, I'm going to sell mine and buy a Jensen because of that. Curse you God for playing such a foul trick on me!
