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I take it that the top didn't break the hinge and split instead.

(Skip to 1:30 for the start of the story) I occasionally tune in to this guy's youtube channel. He recently nearly met his maker as a result of a top splitting inside his wire core lanyard, crushing him against the tree. Had to cut the lanyard with his chainsaw...Just thought I'd throw it out there. I advised him to buy the Fundamentals and read it.

Yes, exactly, miles and miles of winding road, blind bends aplenty. And it's not just me that loses time and deisel, it's every other motorist coming up behind. Why can't they show some consideration for others and pull over from time to time?

We must make the distinction between 1st wave feminism (right to vote) and 2nd wave feminism (equal pay for equal productivity) and 3rd wave feminism (castrate/enslave all white males). Most (99%) of women are not third wave feminists. It's just the media, as usual.

Yes it is very unfortunate. For me and everyone else who are trying to get on with their day...these are not cycle clubs, but random groups of tourists mostly. In the summer it's terrible, winter not too bad.

https://www.educatedclimber.com/beranek-fundamentals/ Go to the link and download the "Bible" it's about £15 sterling. It will make everything else you do from this point easier and give you a theoretical understanding of tree work so you can communicate more effectively with anyone you work with. Print copies are selling for hundreds on ebay, for fifteen bucks it's like finding a gold bar in the dirt. Best of luck

How many man-hours are lost every year to cyclists? When driving to work, on a clear road, I can get there in half an hour. If I am delayed by a group of cyclists, it could add 15 Min to my journey. Bare in mind, these are windy country roads where you cannot safely overtake for stretches of miles. When a brief straight patch comes, your chance to overtake can be scuppered by oncoming vehicles. While there are frequent and convenient lay-bys for the cyclists to pull over and let me past, they never, ever do. So, there I am, trundling along at a safe distance behind them (in case one of them should take a tumble and come to a sudden stop) further decreasing my chances of overtaking. There I am, doing 15mph when I should be doing 40. My van is in second, and revving the same as it would be in fourth at proper speed, so I'm still producing the same emissions, and for a longer time than necessary. The cyclists have actually caused 2 things to happen to me: they have delayed my journey, by a considerable amount, thus decreasing my productivity and wasting a bit of my lifespan. They have also caused me to burn more fossil fuel than necessary. They have also increased my risk of killing them accidentally, thus potentially burdening me with lifelong guilt. My question is, how many collective man-hours are lost each year to vehicular commuters stuck behind cyclists? And how much extra CO2 etc is released as a result? I have tried googling this and can find nothing, it's almost like a Google black-out.

Pretty much all recent battery power tools run off batteries (the proper term for an assemblage of multiple cells) comprised of 18560 lithium ion 3.7v cells. At full charge these cells output about 4.Something volts, dropping quickly to 3.7 for most of the discharge. Brand name and some off-brand stuff use cells made by Sony, Samsung and Panasonic - these are all fine, and reliable. I think the Stihl tools are Sony cells. The problem arises with mystery Chinese cells, which may not be electrinically balanced in the battery at point of manufacture. Also, the more expensive, generally, the battery (battery pack) the more and better microcircuitry in there to regulate the output, so they don't discharge too quickly, leading to thermal problems. Exploding phones are caused by cheap lithium polymer cells, which can be overcharged by a cheap charger, or damaged by impact. I had an e-cig overheat on me, the button got stuck, basically, and there was obviously no thermal cut-out in the circuitry. Got the battery out right quick, very lucky not to have caused a fire...

How did the groundie handle the situation? Was it a man or a woman who tried to lick the ear?

I climb on a RADS set up, single line with a handled descender. Figure 8 knot in the dead end of the rope with a steel carabiner chokered to the stem. If it looks slippy, I'll add another twist of rope through the carabiner.

You could also put down a fiber-gass "net" before treating with whatever you are going to use. Don't know the name of the product, but it's essentially drywall scrim tape in sheet form.

Perfectly normal occurence for a healthy young man, nothing to be ashamed of...

I splashed 2-stoke mix on my pants the other day, petrol evaporated and left an HP Ultra coloured stain. I was/am a bit worried that the oil would have been carried by the petrol into the padding weave and do something chemically horrible to the fibres. Washed the pants as per instructions, stain still there, I assume forever. Well, this led me to research and there appears to be very little data on this topic, but I found this article from NZ where they cut tested work-used logger's chaps that had been exposed to petrol, oil (chain oil), been washed, etc, against a control group. All the pairs of chaps that had been "soaked" with bar and chain oil failed. https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/ijfe/article/view/9974/10214

Who's arguing? ?

Oh, I promise you he wasn't laughing...this chap's whole identity is invested in his politics, the recent world events left him devastated. At a personal level, he's a Facebook bully, to put it simply. I just can't help but challenge bullies, its a compulsion...I do enjoy a good gloat though, readily admit that.

Did you get a card and bottle too, Joe?

Ok, I've got a Facebook story. I was one of the late joiners, only signed up in 2015. Friended everyone etc, and friended a particular chap who lives back the road. This guy is a raging libtard of the highest order, but I never realized it untill I read his posts - A full on, steriotypical SJW. Anyway, the US presidential campaign and the Brexit referendum were building up, and we ended up taking sides (as you would guess, I was team Trump/Brexit) the debate became a duel, and the duel turned into a bitter, and very public, vendetta. A few weeks before the referendum Facebook completely deleted my account, citing that I had used a fake name (true). I'm sure it was yr man who reported me...so anyway, I was happy to be kicked off Facebook, and have never gone back. When the Brexit result came through, I was sorry I couldn't witness his rage, and more so with the Trump victory. But still felt like I needed to get the last laugh, so a few weeks after the inauguration I made a card on my printer, the cover was a painting of the sun rising over some mountains, and when you opened it you were greeted by the now famous photo of The Donald and Nigel in the gold plated elevator. It was printed on gloss photo paper so the gold really popped. A foldy-rolly greeting card text then reads: "Dear friend; wishing you health, wealth and happiness, at this, the dawn on the Renaissance!" I signed the card with a flower and triple kisses, as this was how yr man often signed off his own posts. Put the card in envelope, and tied the envelope to a bottle of plum schnapps with a pink ribbon and posted it to him...the taste of victory is still sweet, several years on, and I suppose I have Facebook to thank for it, partly...still will never go back though, waste of time.

You cared enough to post ?

08:50 I haven't had breakfast yet, just got up. 08:51 Currant location: couch. 08:52 Making some coffeeeeeee!!!!!! 08:53 Yay. 08:54 The dishes over there they fill me with despair : ( ...... And out of biscuits. 08:55 Will probably go to work soon, If I can haul my ass out the door. If I do, will keep you posted thought the day.. xx

Intuition is an amazing thing, pays to heed it. I worked for a guy who used "salvaged" "Danger⚡Electricity!!" type signs for roadside tree and hedge work...we got some black looks from the ESB boys.

I read it - partly what convinced me to go for it! If you use the 6 amp hour battery it would definitely make it back heavy, Stihl recommends the 4 AH, most probably for balance reasons.

The 160, balance along the bar axis is perfect with 12", totally level,or at least feels that way to me. The batteries are different weights too, so could theoretically be matched to the bar for optimal balance. I'm gonna do a YouTube review, if there's anything people particularly want to see, let me know and I'll do my best.

I think the 10" would be better for power. The 150 has about twice the KW or horsepower. August Hunicke had issues with the 160 on a trial takedown on YouTube, but by the end of the tree he had changed his technique and was fairly happy with performance. In terms of balance the saw hangs perfectly vertical in both axis in the hand at rest with the 12" bar, with maybe the slightest tilt to the sprocket side.

I've not run a 150 or 2511 so can't compare in real world usage terms. There was a 150 in the shop, so I did compare weight and balance to that, I'd say there's no difference really. The 150 is a bit more compact. That would have been by second choice, but was put off by the vibration numbers, and didnt know anyone who had one to try. Another nice thing about the 160 is there's no anti-vibe suspension - no need for it - so the saw is rigid in hand, no "squish". Makes it feel very positive regarding pressure. In terms of one handing I haven't done much of it, still fairly new to the climbing game. I tried a few cuts with a 193t one handed and didn't like it - too much gyroscopic effect. Tried the 160 yesterday one handed on practice sticks and did like it.

No doubt, but not till the warranty is out! Although I don't anticipate anything going wrong with it - noticed it said "Made In Austria"... I was a bit worried about it shredding my leg too, so much so that I actually put the scabbard back on between cutting stints in the tree. Was a bit of a drag, but in a way I think the danger of accidental activation makes me respect the saw more and be more mindful generally. As I get more familiar with the 160 I'll probably stop doing this. I imagine they considered adding an off switch at design stage, but figured that people would then forget to use the break, creating a bad working habit and potentially complicating things? Dunno. It is slow, but on small diameter cuts there's no real difference. At my level of experience, 99% of the time in tree is positioning and thinking anyway, not trigger time. I have my 201 backhandle if I need to make bigger cuts, which I wouldn't want to make with a topper anyway. I was cutting up to 8" chogging down and had no issues.