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(Should be moving to the Climate Change thread but I think the whole thing is a joke anyway, so why not continue playing Devil's Advocate for a bit?) ...They would be building EVs for us, using fossil fuel. We're just offshoring our emissions. The fundamental fact is fossil fuel underpins prosperity, as we understand the term. There is no other known energy source that comes close in terms of effort vs return. And there's lots of fossil fuel left. And they want to eat meat as well.

I understand your moral position, but we're not talking about dog shit. We're talking about the extinction clock ticking for ALL of us. And we only have 10 years left, or maybe it's already too late. So unless we stop the East and Africa in their tracks WE ARE ALL DOOMED. Some of us might be able to comfort ourselves as we figuratively burn to death that we 'did the right thing' but how many, really, can take comfort in knowing that, as their children and grandchildren, well...you know. How are they going to feel about the Chinese and Indians, with their cars in 10 years time?

What will happen when the West reaches net zero, and the East is still emitting record breaking levels every year? We abandon fossil fuel, which reduces world demand, price dropps and the East and Africa, with their growing middle class can increasingly afford to use it? They don't have the same obedient liberal values as we do in the affluent West. You think every African/Asian doesn't aspire to owning an car? Having central heating etc? We *might* be able to eventually afford EVs but they never will. And to boot, if we do go all EV, there will be a world glut of cheaper-than-chips used petrol and diesel vehicles, which will make their dream achievable. Are we going to deny them the experience of mass middle classness that we once enjoyed? If so, how?

I bought one a few years ago, don't know if it's the same one. The spray is fairly thick, tends to run. Bugger to clean. Best used with water based emulsion for pebble dash walls, where a fine finish is not important. Also you will waste a lot of paint spraying a gate as must of it will go through. Better to remove the gates and take them to a proper oven bake paintshop.

Dunno about the fembot, but those mutton-chops we're scary!

Amen.

Thats the idea. Better drive the uprights well into the dirt though. Or if the ground is too soft and too deep, bung some sleepers down and set them on those to spread the weight.

Rather than add more poles, see if you can vertically prop the existing poles, in the middle of the span. Wood is way stronger in vertical compression obviously, so your props don't need to be massively thick. Skip to 35 to see the crossing

I have a Victorinox 'Soldier' in a pouch on my harness. €45 I think it was. Serrated locking blade, and the tip is slightly blunt, so less danger of accidental injury. Philips on the back, big strong flathead/cap lifter/prybar and a saw. Saw is for last ditch backup. Never know. Also the cap lifter/prybar locks as well. + Tweezers etc. Tethered to a hole in the bottom of the pouch with thin shock cord that packs in the pouch with the knife and unravels on deployment. Also one hand opening blade, very important.

If you run 'em through the chipper with the brash it's quicker. Pod to sod in a week. I'll get my coat.

In addition to the no trespassing signs, use "Danger! Do no enter! Very Dangerous Place!!!" signage. And signs with pictorial warnings, as some trespassers will claim not to be literate in English. Also post warnings about dangerous bulls, and dogs running free, that might help dissuade the kids. On the legal side, Id like to hear of some actual successful suits, rather than conjecture.

Isn't standard practice to offer a three year program, inject, inject, spray, to virtually eradicate, then it's up to the owner to maintain?

That's a polesaw job for sure. Bind the stem with multiple winds of a two inch ratchet straps, on both sides of the fence to prevent barber chair. Small notch on the underside a couple of feet from the fence, then backcut. They look about 8 inches thick, got to be sure the polesaw blade is ling enough to pass through the whole stem from one side. Lidl polesaw, with extension, or just make something with a new handsaw blade bolted to a long plank and don't bother with an undercut. It is dangerous, to cut this up close.

Weird. Never heard of that before. Send some to a chem lab for analysis. Or phone Husq tech and ask them?

Anyone heard any update on the Isle Of Wight fatality last week? Tree surgery death suspect arrested WWW.BBC.COM A 42-year-old man is fatally injured during tree surgery work on the...

I have one since about four years now. Extremely reliable. For limbing, small fells, blocking down poles, excellent saw. Super lightweight and nimble, even more so with a 12" bar. One big plus that is seldom if ever mentioned is it has a pseudo 3/4 wrap front handle, which let's you cut from left to right horizontally, using the bottom of the bar. This had been extremely useful. Very low vibration, less that the top handle version in the specs.

If by swaged you mean compacted, as in the individual wires are not circular in section, then no, Tirfor Maxiflex®️ rope is the same as the bog standard kind, but instead of six outer strands it only has four, with a steel core strand (or possibly a solid wire core, I don't know).

The prisons are full to bursting with people who used top handle saws on the ground. The people who one-handed them on the ground are confined to solitary for life without parole.

I found a distributer of Brano winches in the UK - a lot cheaper than I expected! BRANO Wire Rope Hoist / Winch Lifting Capacity 3.2T FPANDG.COM Use: Wide range of use particularly in construction, agriculture, forestry, transport, etc., for example: for lifting and towing loads in all directions for extricating items...

How does it compare to a Tractel? Ever opened up a Tractel to compare? Is the rope the same 4 strand as the Tractel rope?

There are three flavors of Tirfor. First is the Tractel Tirfor genuine article. Ropes are proprietary 4 strand in oddball diameters. Twice the price of generic 7x16 wire rope. Better - more tolerant of bending etc? Maybe. Second is the ubiquitous Chinese clone. Always aluminium, always the exact same design whatever the badge. They're ok. Common 7x16 strand wire core galvanized wire ropes, cheap to replace. The third flavor are similar to the Chinese clones but have small differences in the design of the case. Case can be aluminium or steel. The Yaletrack is in this category. From photos, they appear slightly better finished than the common PRC clone. Same ropes as the clones. They seem to run about twice the price of a clone, and about half the price of a Tractel. There is a fourth flavor...the Euro-made clones. Habegger, Brano (if they still exist?) and maybe others that I couldn't name, or say where they're made. Probably as good as a Tractel, and similarly priced. Then there are the older style MOD second hand Tirfors. Cheap on eBay etc.

Go to a crane rigging supply place, they'll have huge rolls of grade 80 (lifting) and up, all sizes and all the hardware bits.

Well I'm only 38, started climbing a few years ago, but honestly don't do enough to get in condition, so it's always challenging, but on the plus side I don't wreck myself either. I have no shame about going slow, and using as much mechanical advantage as I need. A quick-roll hand ascender comes in mighty handy when I need to pull my weight up, lanyard or mainline, just clip on and pull down, and up you go, slowly but easily. Maybe this is an option to explore for some of the folks who have shoulder issues? I also do things that are frowned upon in the industry, like using a polesaw to in the crown etc. It may be "wrong" but it sure makes life easier. I'm in the back of beyond though where it's jungle, almost only removals and the first plan is always pull the tree over with a tractor or push it over with a big digger, and employing a climber is a last resort when the first two options are no-go. Asthetics are pretty low on the priorities list for most of my clients. And that's the way I like it, uh-huh. I suppose for what you call production climbing I'd be next to useless.

For in-tree use, looks good and easy to make. Anyone seen this or tried building one? (Edit) - now I look at it some more, I can see a few limitations.