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  1. Haironyourchest
    Good story. Fascinating about the gas symptoms returning every year. Was it around the anniversary of the injury then?
  2. Haironyourchest
    I really don't know, Ty. I was pulling in reverse gear, which has savage low gearing. Ground was wet and soft, big rolling resistance on the trailer tyres, traction, even in tracks, is just not great on soft wet mossy grass. Low nose weight on the ball hitch, didn't help. Thing is, it pulled away grand untill we hit a gradient. I don't remember if the tracks were spinning or the belt slipped or the motor stalled, but the gradient gave us trouble. Track barrow is a funny thing, on hard ground it seems unstoppable. I've pulled trees butt first through the forest floor, carving a groove in the dirt, pulled big stones out of holes, crushed myself against the house, etc. Here's a link to the page where I showed the trailer + hitch setup, it's on the last page of the thread
  3. Haironyourchest
    Speaking of PPE, I recently acquired a Powercap forced air respirator. What a bloody difference it makes to quality of life, there's no explaining it if you haven't experienced it... Not really arb PPE but for milling and other woodwork, my goodness.
  4. Haironyourchest
    He doesn't want to look like a Monty Python lumberjack, said so in the first post.
  5. Haironyourchest
    I tried this, not to pull a chipper but a trailer. Welded up a gooseneck hitch attachment which clamps onto the trailer. Trailer had a cage on, and a plywood sheet on top of the cage. The idea was a mobile work platform for doing long hedges; matey stands on the platform and works while I slowly track around the place. It kind of worked ok, on flat ground, but we struggled on slight gradients. The barrow didn't have enough power to turn while pulling the trailer up a grade, so he had to get off and push. Trailer was about 400kg fully ticked out with a man atop. Track barrow was 5.5hp and 220kg. Track barrow was too light, and not really powerful enough as well. Fine of flat ground though.
  6. Haironyourchest
    So the 1.3 bar is for a .325 chain? The .325 is a bit narrower than 3/8th for sure. So does Stihl .325 always come in 1.3 guage, or is it available in 1.6? Cos if that's the case, the gauge won't make any difference to the kerf width. Go with whatever is cheapest and easiest to find, I'd have thought.
  7. Haironyourchest
    See, it's not really about money. It's about tangible goods and services. Which comes down to Sure it is. On paper. Why is the money migrating from CA to TX & FL? I mean, it's not an overnight exodus, obviously. But the trend is there
  8. Haironyourchest
    Tax petrol too much and you kill the economy. Tax fags too much and you get bootlegs. And kill the revenue from fags. Your move.
  9. Haironyourchest
    It's the reality though. And TX & FL are booming because of it. And the ordinary people seem to experience the effects too, cos they voted heavily for more of the same policies in the midterms, in TX & FL.
  10. Haironyourchest
    Why does the OP want a 1.3 guage bar instead of a standard 1.6? Same bar, only difference is the width of the groove, surely?
  11. Haironyourchest
    California & New York are hemorrhaging high earners and even corporations, because of their tax policies. They're moving their operations to Texas & Florida.
  12. Haironyourchest
    So what's your personal strategy for (legally) minimizing your tax burden, Mick? Or do you just work as much as you possibly can and pay the higher rate, virtuous, like?
  13. Haironyourchest
    I signed up to the recall plan, just got the email to send the swivel in "for inspection and/or repair". I have to pay postage but they're giving a free steel carabiner with the returned swivel, so that's nice 👍. Estimated return is mid Feb 2023
  14. Haironyourchest
    Robots/migrants. Maybe both.
  15. Haironyourchest
    Chap in Australia sentenced to 4 years for not making a directional cut. Killed his stepson with a tree, manslaughter by negligence. The case seems to have hinged (cringe) on the fact that he just didn't bother with a directional cut. Tragic anyway, apparently he was relieved at the verdict, the guilt must have been eating him up. Victorian man who killed boy while felling tree in Tasmania sentenced to more than four years' jail - ABC News WWW.ABC.NET.AU After seven years of delays and an emotional criminal trial, a Victorian man who killed the child of his...
  16. Haironyourchest
    Galvanized 2 inch welded mesh. The stuff they make dog cages out of.
  17. Haironyourchest
    Split them now, if you can. Easier to split green, seasons faster, finished product takes up less space than rings.
  18. Haironyourchest
    Or hang onto them until they know what caused the failure, and return them later, if necessary. My bet is the bearings blew up. The guy was using it as his main life support. Lanyarded in to change his main line over a branch, clipped back into his main line, weighted it, and the swivel came up apart. But his lanyard caught him. They might be underspecced for single point attachment, but ok for double. Who knows, at this point. I mean, this was the first catastrophic failure, it happens to pieces of gear from time to time. I'm very curious to see the analysis.
  19. Haironyourchest
    Traditional wedges and felling lever not doing the job then? Have you tried a long reach jack, like the Raipal?
  20. Haironyourchest
    Apparently there's a facebook post of the broken swivel, whence these photos came. Not on Facebook, ripped these off of somewhere on the web.... by the look of it the swivel had seen some use, going by the ware groove in the shackle. On a bridge too, most likely.
  21. Haironyourchest
    I've no doubt we can all put a good edge on a chain tooth, but it's still not the same league. I challenge anyone to a sawing race: my silky vs your chainsaw with your sharpest chain. Whatever head & bar set up you like, but your saw stays off, break locked 😉 No logs over 10 inches though.
  22. Haironyourchest
    Blood heck. Thanks for posting that recall notice. That's a bummer, apart from the gate (which is probably a fluke) and my possible anality about the bolt centering, the boss carabiner is a beautiful product. I hope they sort the problem and perfect the boss range, I still want one. I got the non-swivel zigzag, thought I'd try it on a swivel 'biner right off the bridge, get it closer to me.
  23. Haironyourchest
    100%. We don't think twice about touching a chain (if the saw's off), running a thumb over the cutting edge, and so on. Why? Cos chainsaw chains are really not all that sharp. A moving chain is a different matter. But a silky blade is a different beast, different geometry. And a silky is always in motion. Unless it's held in a vice, it's in motion, even the the motion is slight, but slight is more than enough to wreck flesh. Each tooth is a little knife, in perpendicular and back n' forth motion.
  24. Haironyourchest
    Bought a couple of these Benman handsaws. €20 a piece, handle included, on par with my silky (new blade vs new blade) but a touch shorter. Only bad thing it there's no "click" retention on the scabbard, so not really a climbing saw, unless modified to stay out in the scabbard.
  25. Haironyourchest
    The cynic in me suspects retailers in UK & EU have a pile of borderline lemons saved up for Republic Of Ireland customers. Oftentimes the return isn't worth the headache. Probably Iceland get the same treatment and the Canary islands. The UK have been very decent the few times I've really had to return stuff though, in fairness.

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