Mick Dempsey
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Mind you, if the magnets were that strong, pulling the saw free from them might not be easy…. Maybe a sensor/switch on the saw that released the magnet when you wanted to.
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Well yeah, if occasionally it did get yanked off, it wouldn’t be an issue. You don’t have to descend to free the saw, just lean back, give it a wiggle and it’s free.
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Ok, another idea. Something as light as a 2511, with a recoiling lanyard, but also a magnet on one end that when you (without having to look) touched it against your recoil set up, just held it in place till you grabbed it for the next cut. I know a lot of guys can stow (and unstow) their saws instinctively, like gunfighters or whatever. But this would be better.
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I missed that Mike. It’s not the IPhone I’ll give you that!
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No, it only reels in when you take the weight of the saw in your hand. Like a dog lead.
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Seems obvious but doesn’t seem to be on the market. I don’t stow my saw as a rule, weird but that’s the way I started out and I don’t seem to break the habit, but if this existed I might do it more So the idea.. A dog lead type lanyard that stops hard at arms length, but reels in as you move it towards your harness for stowing (the stowing hook on the reeling in device) Got to be robust for bigger saws (560 max anything bigger might be too much for the spring) I’d pay €200 for something like that. Does it already exist? If not why not?
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Amongst other considerations, weight has to be foremost.
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You’re right, I won’t agree about the Först.
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Why are Horticultural professionals SO devalued?
Mick Dempsey replied to Trailoftears's topic in Landscaping
Andrew Tate eat your heart out! -
The 230 is a brilliant chipper, a real step up from the 150. I have had 2 x Arbor eaters, 2 x GMs 3 x TWs a Först and the big Schliesing but the 230 is the best pound for pound chipper I’ve ever had (I understand the Evo is similarly good) The early 150s still fetch good money cos they can still make you good money, but this new generation (with the v1505 at 35hp) blows my mind on a daily basis.
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I’ve had 2 transits in 22 years. Terrific, reliable, like an old friend. Love them.
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Interesting.
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Whilst I agree on the engine, sub 750 chippers are brilliant (with the right diesel engine) There’s 20 year old TW150s out there for sale at the 6/7 grand mark. Probably only cost double that new. Thats not false economy.
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Checking in every day.
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Why are Horticultural professionals SO devalued?
Mick Dempsey replied to Trailoftears's topic in Landscaping
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Yes, you get the idea if he’d just said he’d got carried away in the moment etc. it’d all be over by now, but they (the Spanish FA) doubled down and said she was lying. That was the mistake. He’s toast.
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Great opportunity for someone.
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I really like the styling and colours.
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Tree identification. What type of oak
Mick Dempsey replied to wakefield tree surgeons's topic in Tree Identification pictures
Quercus cocchinea? -
Saw a few on the VW forecourt out here, maybe not in UK yet, didn’t catch the price. Looks like an instant classic to me.
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Can’t see them going down in price. Seen the new models? Very smart!
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He’s an official advisor to the government and ex MP in the Ukrainian parliament, plus was the subject of a failed asassination by Russian agents. I would say his partiality is merited. I’ll take his informed opinion (whilst understanding where they come from) over someone sitting in their armchair in Scotland.
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When I first came to France in 2005 I worked almost exclusively for the ex-pats over here. 1 and 1/2 hours in a transit with a Timberwolf on the back was fairly normal, day in day out, used to price by photos, sometimes it was ridiculously easy, sometimes very hard. Good money though, lots of folding. Then in 2009 with the crash in the pound and the general financial crisis that work slowed to a trickle. So I made an effort to get more local French work, advertising in a local mag month after month. Now I’m a lot more local 30 minutes max for the most part, traffic here being very light compared to the UK means less stress on the journey. I still retain some of my far flung British clients though, but they’re in the minority. Diesel bills are a big factor of course.
