Mick Dempsey
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I see a lot of vids and stuff of lots of pulleys and rings, whoopies, slings and God knows what else. I'll use hardware up the tree and at the base no bother. But on anything less than epic I'll always go natural crotch, it's so much simpler and quicker. I'll change rigging points many times during a typical dismantle so re setting all the stuff for one or two pieces is a pita. Sometimes I'm not sure if it's becoming a lost art. The other thing I think people get obsessed with is "letting it run" it looks good and in a few situations like a spindly top, negative rigging blocks down or a rotten tree I can understand it, but why not just hold it for a couple of moments, let it settle then lower it down? Don't get me wrong I'm au fait with all of that stuff, I just think it gets over complicated.
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Ok I'll start, some Virginia creeper that I grew around a cast iron cartwheel rim that I modified.
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[ame] [/ame]Guess this is as good a place as any to put this. Clearing infected trees on the Canal du Midi. All the wood is burnt in situ to prevent more infection, nice machines. We go on holiday down there often, it's a real shame.
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Looks tidy, a pedestrian grinder for sure, hard work. Lucrative though. I sell grinding hard to my clients, I don't want to go into figures but it's well worth it. Plus a day or two a week on the levers makes a nice change from climbing. Maybe after a year or so you'll get a taste for it and get a bigger one.
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'My neighbour cut down my tree. Can I sue for damages?'
Mick Dempsey replied to Lucan's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
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Good question, I've a 98 transit which has never leaked oil from the gbox or rear diff, and has never had the oil changed in either, yet my 130 leaked from every possible place and I had to change the oil from time to time in both diffs and the transfer box and gearbox.
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A half roof (at least) is a must IMO.
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Along with the Vermeer 252,which shares many features, this rg25 "super junior" must be the most widely sold grinder ever. Here's mine on its way to be sold.
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For sure, no point playing the rock star, everyone goes home sooner.
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Angle iron welded into a frame, plywood added. Added a flap and gas struts when I got the GM.
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In that case, my bad.
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A climber can stop, and look at stuff on the pretext of planning, never really an excuse for a groundy to stand still!
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Agreed, not least because you have to march to the beat of someone else. A climber sets the pace, if he's feeling ornery life on the ground gets ugly.
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I always used to race to the top of the tree then come down to start at the bottom (on a dismantle) I'm more likely these days to get to half way, anchor in and deal with lower branches then move further up. Seems easier.
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Maybe a sophora.
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I think you're getting confused, the Rayco rg25 is hydraulically controlled, you lift the head with a lever. Edit, I just googled and they do make a pedestrian 25hp engine. The one you're looking at ttp, is it a pedestrian or hydraulic one?
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Is the Dan equip driven by levers? Or do you have to move the head maually? If so that's a big difference in your effort on a days grinding.
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The kohler engine never gave me a single moments trouble in all the time I had it. The three wheeled version, which I had, could roll over easily enough but could also get round tight corners once you learn how to move it with the cutter wheel. Check the drive pulleys to the head are not too worn, that'll eat your belts.
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Good shout. Rigging more to avoid smashing branches is underrated, I did an oak the other day, one groundy, lowered all the branches myself using stubs until the tip just touched the ground, held them there till the lad was ready to pull it toward the chipper.
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Yeah prolly, on the subject...... [ame] [/ame]
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Ha, just had a conversation with my banks contact for my "compete professionale" Where she told me her agenda was full, and wanted to schedule a meeting in the middle of the working day to fill out some paperwork. They bloody live for it!!!!
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I think doing things once, right first time rather than constantly tooing and froing around the tree exhausting yourself. I'm also less patient with clients, recently I had a small maple reduction, as I started la cliente started ordering me around, pointing and generally holding her head in her hands at the whole thing, I just stopped looking at her, carried on with the reduction and didn't catch her eye till I unclipped with my feet on terra firma.
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I'm interested to know how some of you older/more experienced climbers feel you have changed the way you climb compared to when you were young, dumb and full of..... Personally I am a bit more safety conscious (especially since breaking six ribs after a fall) tie in twice more often, less free climbing. Still hurry hurry hurry, but am less shouty to the groundies (I hope!) More self lowering to keep the groundy from getting overloaded. How has age mellowed and changed you? Anything you would tell yourself ten or so years ago that would have helped?
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[ame] [/ame] Absolutely worth it, just for the mince pie joke.
