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Uncle Dave's Farm. Four trees, two silver firs and two spruces. The first three came down grand, all the cuts right etc. The last and biggest one was not so good. For some reason I made the face cut far to big, and then botched the hinge. Tree still fell in the right place and we were 'safe' the whole time. Maybe others can benefit from this mistake. Could have been a whole lot worse......I learned that I can cut a little bit more wood, but I can't put the wood back..... Before you all lambaste me, realise this happened in Ireland...Life works a bit differently here.... [ame] [/ame]

I bought the Husqey helmet system some time back. Noticed some particles making it past the mesh. Oregon Goggles and polycarbonate faceshild were great till the fogged up so only suitable for sporadic use. My fix was to glue a second layer of mesh over the original mesh, using great dollops of contact adhesive around the edges of the faceplate then squeezing them together with a "welders vice-grip" (?) Done about a week so far, no sign of the glue failing. Visibillity none the worse and vastly better protection. I find the problem with visors is stuff can also get underneath them - notice it a lot when strimming...Best just keep your eyes closed really....

The A-Team of Arborism! Cigar and gold chains wouldn't go amiss methinks. Chrome plated saws would be awesome too.... I offer my own HD Super Fine Promo video - "Insane In The Grain" [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmZAJtqjNnk[/ame]

Hi all, Im new here, been lurking for a couple of years though. Thanks to everyone for sharing your experience, helps me a lot...made me smile reading Maico490's comment about the unavailability of real Hydrochloric acid. I needed to dissolve some cured cement off the face of some artistic stonework one time. Mate forget to sponge stone before the days end. Wire brush no good, cement cleaners no good. Disaster. So I asked my local chemist if he had any real Hydo. This is a little corner chemist in a seaside Irish village - antique brown bottles with cork stoppers in the window etc. probably most of the stuff banned since decades. Well he came back with a pint bottle of "pure" Hydo. Bout an inch left in the bottom. "I can't sell you this" he says. "And I shouldn't give it to you either...So if anything happens...its your bill..." On site, gauntlets and face shield in place, I opened the bottle and a big curling billow of smokey vapour came out. Bloody scary. Fizzled and made a yellow foam on the cement, and did dissolve the lighter stuff but not the ingrained stuff. Stank as well.