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Haironyourchest
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If you pee in a wide mouth plastic bottle, then put the bottle down your front under your base layer, you can even reclaim some of those BTUs ! ??
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Stolen property generally finds its way into some kind of central holding house, where it sits a while and then makes its way to some other part of the country to be sold at car boot sales, door to door, or online. You only have to google news articles about recovered stolen tools to see that every year the police uncover another "Alladin's Cave" full of loot. The ebay seller is probably not the holder, more likely one of the distributers. It would make sense that the guys who steal the gear probably cant be arsed to sell it again, too much like work, you see, so they pass it on up that chain. All over the country there are barns full of gear, waiting to be sold off..
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It's 17 quid dude! I promise you'll find something in there worth that.
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Ah...I see. Didn't catch that part!
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Why not buy the one in Scotland and then copy the parts for the other winch. Then you will have 2, and can use them as a pair to double your pulling power, or keep one as a back up, or just sell one.
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There was one for sale on eBay in Scotland last night.
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Maybe if you took it to a machining shop they could fabricate the parts you need?
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Lidl or Aldi rapeseed oil is all I've used for several years, it works fine, the Canadian forestry coission did a massive study on it and they say it's OK. On my 20" and 25" no problem, but I have a high output oil pump (ms441) on the 28" I do get dry bar, I still use it but you really have to monitor the bar, keep the oil holes clean and slow rev between cuts to get the whole thing lubed again. I would say go for regular if using a long bar.
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Well I'm no expert on hydraulics, but I thought the typical powered motor needs a certain minimum flow rate to overcome leakage through the mechanism no? If I'm wrong about this I'll be delighted, as I'd quite like to build something like that myself.
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In the ship salvage trade, they use things called chain jacks to raise sunken vessels - 200 tonne hydraulic jacks that grab the chain and inch it along, link by link, repositioning after each power stroke. I don't think there is a more powerful puller in existence. Maybe a smaller version of something like that would do? Or just buy a 9 tonne ratchet lever hoist and build a cart for it. Much safer too.
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I wonder how hard it would be to build something like this? If all you want is raw leverage, at the expense of weight, convenience and speed, then what about buying an old hydraulic winch rated for the same loads (10 tonnes or whatever) minus the motor, slap some wheels on it and figure out a way to power it manually?
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Too late to report it now, if you spoke to them about it, they will know if was you. Anything reported should done without telling anyone else, unless you are actually engaged in open enmity with the party and don't care. And anyway, citizens shouldn't report other citizens to the government for small things, its not good to encourage a dob-in culture, it leads to backstabbing bitchiness and smallness of spirit. For serious crimes (drunk driving, etc) then yes, you have a duty to report. But be real about it, was the loss of the tree really a crime against the environment or whatever? I'm a cowboy who breaks the rules, by the way. And I have to work to live, I get nothing from the state and don't feel entitled to anything, except being left alone to earn my wages. Market forces don't care about my feelings or yours...
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Looks to my eye like your spikes are sharpened wrong? Shouldn't it only be the two top sides that are filed?
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Another 40 year old just starting
Haironyourchest replied to forestboy1978's topic in Training & education
Fact??!!? I just googled mortality rates for British soldiers. In the last 10 years its hovered around 1 in 2000. I believe if you narrow it down to front line combat troops its 1 in 50. Are you seriously saying climbers without a groundie+areal rescue stand a 1 in 50 chance of death every year? That would mean, given, lets say, a 25 year career, that _half_ of long-term arborists will be killed on the job? Nuts. Do your homework dude... -
Ha, how weird, I did the same thing this afternoon! With Aldi Rapeseed oil. Must be a phase of the moon or somthing..
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Yup, that's the solution alright: more nanny stateism. More beurocratic control over what people do in their own homes...if its a terraced street situation, where other homes could burn as a result, then yes, I might concede there is an argument for it. But one size doesn't fit all. Education and personal responsibility, are the way to go, I'd say.
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Yes tahts TTRUE mate!! Thanks - Jon ??
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Best of luck, but I don't think you'll need it! Having a guy that can be relied upon to be effective under pressure (catastrophic injury scenario) will be a major selling point to most serious tree crews. This point has come up over and over again, where you have a guy on site with the aerial rescue ticket but untested in a real world situation, and, while possible to drill rescues, impossible to simulate the stress. Big plus for you there. I'll just recommend what I always do, and say buy the PDF of Fundamental Of Basic Tree Work by Bereneck, 400 plages of real world experience for 17 odd £ https://www.educatedclimber.com/beranek-fundamentals/ Best money you'll ever spend.
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Havn't tried dragging yet, but will soon. No shortage of stuff to drag.....
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Here's my Youtube review - I've done a few hours with the machine so far and it's shaping up to be a game changer.
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Around my neck of the woods, the death rate is one per person...cough.
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If you're not paying for it then yes, go for it. Like many, I can't afford it, except for certain tools that sit idle for stretches of time and don't use a lot of fuel anyway. I find the new saws are extremely clean burning anyway, with pump fuel.
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Pole saw and small van carrying solution??
Haironyourchest replied to andyandy's topic in Arb-Trucks
There is no easy solution. My Kangoo roof rack is pretty butch, I strap the saw up there with carabiner bungees. Theft could be an issue though, sometimes I'll wind a Flexi bike lock around it and through the "footstand" on the motor, it's not perfect but would make it a hassle to pinch in a hurry. Oil leaks and drips in the windscreen, rain rusts the muffler. Just not a good set up but no other option. Ideally, a long, thin, luggage holder on the roof would be the ticket, if such a thing exists? -
Workzone FTW! Pick up the impact driver and or SDS drill on sale sometime and you get another couple of batteries.
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have you considered second hand conveyor belt from a quarry stone-crusher? Probably free, and the toughest stuff on earth. Heavy, though.
