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I agree with you when you say us "destroying the planet is nature's way" I believe nature evolved us to do precisely what we do - she doesn't make mistakes. Our job as a species is to burn the carboniferous deposits and put the CO2 back into the atmosphere to restock it back to Jurassic levels, where nature wants it to be. CO2 is crucial to life on earth, the more there is, the more biomass there is.

The problem with religions is they make God into a cartoon character, and deliver a kindergarten level of understanding of good and evil. Because, simply, bronze age barbarians of any race were unable to conceptualise anything more complex and involved. The occult sciences give a proper understanding of the nature of God etc, but are extremely difficult to understand. Modern man is far more intellectual than his ancestors, and understandably scoffs at the fairy tail, but has not yet developed the humility and wisdom to see the truths behind it. Some have an intuitive grasp of the truth and keep religion alive, but it's painful for them, both mentally and socially. The new age philosophies are various kinds of watered down "sanitised" versions of the real truth, and are dangerously misleading in their own way.

If you're working 12 hour days, you might be suffering from burnout. How many hours of proper sleep do you get each night? Are you properly hydrated and nutrified? We all have different capacities for handling workload, my limit is about four hours a day, day in day out yearly average. If I push for more than this for too long I feel the same way you describe. Your capacity might be Eight hours or ten. Some people seem to have an unlimited capacity, but drop dead at fifty. I agree with whoever said avoid the pills. Small practical steps to address whatever the problem is works for me, but first I have to identify the problem, and councelling can help achieve that.

I run Aspen before storage, but some say you shouldn't mix as the rubber components get used to petrol - I don't think anyone really knows for sure. My thinking is the rubber hoses and carb parts are better now with moderner materials and should be ok with it. Old evaporated petrol deposits, "varnish" gum up carbs and filters probably.

Cheers!

I'd appear to everyone in no uncertain terms and suggest they embrace traditional conservative values. No earthly punishment for non-compliance, but as for what happens after....just don't say I didn't warn you.

What brand? Mine are all CT, teeth not as aggressive as Petzl, apparently. I've never had issues with mine, just have to advance them slightly as I release the cam. What kind of rope are you on, that could make a difference.

You can also claim the tree is your home, though I think you have to notify the postmaster general in advance to make it stick. The eco-warriors used to do this, I presume still do, when they occupy forests slated for bybasses or whatever. It's legal, and the police actually have to defend you against the council unless a court order eviction come down.

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I rented a fully hydraulic hi-lift one and a micro digger recently. Moved about 160 tonne of bog and hardcore with it, and it was fantastic. Now I'm looking at a cheaper, lighter, battery powered one with a box bed for general work. Had to move two large ash trees in bits up a steep garden a few weeks back, with a sack trolly, and it took all day and wrecked me. With a pedestrian dumper it would have taken an hour. How's the build quality on the transmission?

They can only nick you if they can catch you. Stash a sleeping bag and food, water waste bucket etc in the tree and if they spot you just wait it out. They will eventually get bored and go home...

Is it wrong to point and laugh?

Well, the round earth theory was pretty nutty untill it was proven true...sometimes there really is a conspiracy. Thing is, the real conspiracies are too complicated and mundane for conspiracy nuts to bother following.

Smashing! Thanks for that!

What's the max diameter you are happy cutting at with the 160? I'm happy using mine for stuff up to 10" but it is slow. I can push it a bit though and it doesn't seem to slow the chain at all, but at a point it will "stall" when the motor senses too much resistance. I really think small felling dogs would work well with that saw, as I could pivot rather than push and take strain off the wrist. The only way to retrofit thought would be to add them to the plastic chain cover, which would not be ideal...

Stubby, I can't find him on eBay, any chance you could post a link to his page? I've put the saw on the back burner for the time being, twill be a winter project.

That's for sure! But when you say "traditional remit"....well, that may or may not be true, POTUS is a long tradition. But tradition and legality are not the same. Has he gone beyond the legal remit? I don't think I so. If Trump does anything illegal, his many enemies both on the Dem side, in his own party, and the deep state will Immediatly pounce.

I doubt that's correct. Maybe a very small minority, but then a very small minority of Obama supporters would have supported him if he had gone full Stalin. There are radicals at both ends of the spectrum. So far Trump has only enforced existing law, and everything he has done has been within the remit of his office. If he, hypothetically, turned into a true dictator, his supporters would abandon him. Trump people are for liberty with a capital L, and voted for him because he promised to shrink the power of government over their lives, which he has done.

I have the MS160, the top handle version of last year's model with lower chain speed. My impression is powerful and constant torque but low speed, so you have to push the saw through the work, unlike the petrol version where you "let the saw do the work"...the 161 platform might be better in this respect with a higher chain speed, but I would think the torque will be the same - pretty constant. Therefore, go for the 12" bar, as the efficiency is not really a factor of speed, but torque. The speed will be the same for both 10 or 12, and the difference in maximal torque will only be limited by the diameter of wood being cut. So, to put it simply, you will be able to cut 10" diameter, with both bars, but cutting 12" with the 12" bar buried will be approaching the safety cut-off for the motor. You can do everything with the 12" that you can do with the 10", will miniscule loss of performance, but have more reach and visibility. Very different to petrol, where bar length can make quite a difference. Sorry if this is a bit confusing, I've hade a few Guinness'.

Just googled "avulsion (degloving) injury", wow, glad I've not eaten yet. Another great reason to ware gloves all the time for heavy manual and machine work.

Know that if they let you climb, the trees will not be the same nice spreading trees that you climbed on the course. They will be partially dead, covered in ivy six inches thick, with limbs that just out at 45 degree angles so you can't limbwalk on them. Bring webbing loops for footholds, several (2) lanyards, one 5m rope and one 3m wire core. And outfit both your lanyards with micopullys and eye-to-eye hitches (distel) will save a load on energy on your arms. Extra carabiners, a throwbag, attached to a small carabiner for advancing your line and lanyards, a mini-reach telescopic hook, and so on.

Try a battery impact driver with the right socket, needs to be 1/4 hex shank. No need of a piston stop then.

You can recharge flywheel magnets, if you take it to a shop that offers that service they could do it for you. Or there are homebrew remedies. Whether they work or not I don't know, but it's interesting. Here's a YouTube clip of a guy using a welder to recharge them. There's also a trick where you get the magnets out if an old hard drive and leave them in for a week, and they supposed to give some of their charge.