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Haironyourchest
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Thanks for the replies fellers, I posted the topic twice by accident - we have resolved the question, it's essentially a dogtooth bore-cut, then 45 degree back cut to sever the holding strap.
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Have you checked the blades are sharp?
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Yes, I think you're right, I actually start to remember now the instructor did talk about a dogtooth cut. I find the assessment schedule wording a bit weird, I should have taken better notes during the course. Cheers for they help guys.
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Going for my CS38/39 assessment Monday, some unavoidable delays make this four months after the course and my memory has faded a bit in the interim. Can anyone describe to me a "holding cut" as it applies to arial tree work? From the assessment schedule I gather I will only need to explain this cut and not demonstrate it, and I could just parrot the schedule definition which is "Sink cut with retained hinge and hold at the rear used on larger diameter stems under tension" - but I'd actually like to know what I'm talking about. I'm sure our instructor explained it but I've forgotten. Do they mean a bore cut with a holding strap at the back? Cheers.
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Going for my CS38/39 assessment Monday, some unavoidable delays make this four months after the course and my memory has faded a bit in the interim. Can anyone describe to me a "holding cut" as it applies to arial tree work? From the assessment schedule I gather I will only need to explain this cut and not demonstrate it, and I could just parrot the schedule definition which is "Sink cut with retained hinge and hold at the rear used on larger diameter stems under tension" - but I'd actually like to know what I'm talking about. I'm sure our instructor explained it but I've forgotten. Do they mean a bore cut with a holding strap at the back? Cheers.
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Brilliant! I'm been reacting like that lately too when I hear "free" bandied about. Government doesn't care about cost because they're spending someone else's money, not theirs, and they doesn't care about quality because they're buying for someone else, not themselves...
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Cheers, yeah that was my thought, something in behind the clutch or bearing gone. Will check later or tomorrow morning and update, cheers!
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Hi all, I started my 461 this afternoon - (had not been started for a few weeks), was put away clean, started fine, cutting fine, all was well, but then started to notice a weird sound at idle, which I can only describe as "shuffling". Very faint compared the the idling saw, but still loud enough the detect through my earmuffs. Going home to examine the saw now, just any ideas would be appreciated.
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Tree climber breaks arm whilst rigging
Haironyourchest replied to Steve Bullman's topic in General chat
He seems remarkably chill about it. Maybe he has slow-moving pain receptors? -
Surely you meant to say 20-30 yards?
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I use Complan meal replacement powder, plus some whey protein isolate and maybe some generic ready-breck type instant oats dry in a shaker. Keeps for several days, if I need nutrition just add water and shake.
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Sounds like a local dialectic version of the modern "howl" - from middle english "houle"....
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They told him NOT to approach the giraffe...he disregarded the rules. Go Team Giraffe. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6217131/giraffe-kills-man-carlos-carvalho-south-africa/
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Victorinox Spirit on my belt. Useful as a third hand. Tools are easy to extract and practical, file is very aggressive, saw is good, blade is good, prybar/screwdriver/cap lifter is thicker than that of every other tool going and really works as a prybar. Used the chisel loads of times. The only sour tool is the tiny scissors which is too small, but does work well for cutting zip ties on thing you can't afford to slip and scratch with a blade. I like the Victorinox steel, it feels a bit springy, not prone to deformation.
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Edit - don't need that info on the internet. Come back to haunt me when I'm running for office..
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Yeah his TIP broke and he fell and fractured his pelvis. He's very gung-ho, done time for sticking up a convenience store with a sawed-off because he was "depressed"... big hammer and sickle tattoo on his chest, yeah, not my kind of person, but I still sub and watch ever vid he produces (very prolific)...
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Phenolic, trailer deck ply - incredible stuff. Twice the price but wow it lasts and lasts...
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Skilled construction will always generally pay better than arb. Building is constructive, whereas arb is - lets face it - demolition. People pay for something they want and aspire to have, ie. buildings, which are A)-an investment. B)-permentant and C)-regulated by masses of red tape, thus weeding out the real low-ball operators. Tree removals, and really, apart from occasional reductions and remedial work that's mostly what we do, isn't it? are not something people want to pay for. Its a troublesome expense for folks, and so they don't value it, like having the septic tank emptied or the car fixed.
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Stihl already sells a consaw with fuel injection, it's 14" disk and about $1,600 American.
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I find taking the time to explain exactly WHY the job is impossibly difficult can get one off the hook. Although it always requires a lengthy engineering/biology/chemistry lesson to get them up to speed, most people are intelligent enough to grasp the situation. Once they are in the picture and realise the reasons why it's nearly impossible, or will be impossibly expensive, they're more sympathetic and also appreciative that you took the time to educate them. If they still want to go ahead with a waste-of-money job then fine, at least they go in with their eyes open. Or may be more receptive to alternative ways of doing it. But again, I'm also in a rural boondocks type environment so I want to stay friendly with everyone, this approach might be a waste of time when you're dealing with people you don't know and will never meet again...
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Funny thing, my girlfriend was filling potholes yesterday and found an egg inside the gravel pile. It had been there for some time, as the shell was pitted and rough. We didn't know what to make of it, and thought it might be an egg shaped stone from the quarry, a sign of portent or something...so I whacked it with a stick and it proved to be a normal egg, albeit a smelly one. After much brainstorming we figured a neighbours dog must have buried it in our gravel heap
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I got mine rebuilt a few years ago. Top end, replaced coil and vibration mounts. Good for another 20 years of occational use...nothing quite like it.
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Looking for a decent cordless chainsaw
Haironyourchest replied to Matthew Storrs's topic in Chainsaws
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Looking for a decent cordless chainsaw
Haironyourchest replied to Matthew Storrs's topic in Chainsaws
If it's only for small diameter stuff you might be better off with a battery (Makita) reciprocating saw - saber as or sawsall, you know - there's a crowd in America that make silky-style curved pruning blades for them, I think they're called Forest Farm. I'l try and find the vid of their product. The "naked" Makita saber saw would be much much cheaper than Stihl or Husq battery chainsaws. -
I hope you're right. Cos if this business is a false flag plot by UK and US and precipitates a nuclear war then we could find ourselves on the wrong side of history. I want to believe that Assad is a monster but I have a bad feeling it's a stitch up by shadowy western power brokers...I predicted ww3 would kick off in 2018 - twenty odd years ago, using pendulum dowsing. Now I've just read that a psychic who predicted the election of Trump also predicted the war would start around April 13th 2017 by way of a false flag operation in Syria. Well he appears to be off by a year, but that's not unusual. My theory is the world powers have been moving g toward war for some time, with Obama preparing the ground for Clinton to do the deed. Trump upset the plan, but now seems to be on board with it, knowingly or not.
