Rough Hewn
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Wherever you like, it pays to shop about. I've got loads of batteries, I just buy bare units of tinterweb. A2 fixings either I buy in bulk off a national supplier or just nip to my local guy for a small box. Depends what you need. TP used to try and fiddle my invoices, Wickes is like b and q with prices to match. At screwfix if you compare the prices of the pro tool range(not the domestic crap) to pro tool shops, it's a big difference in price. Screwfix is full of cheeeeeeap stuff, that's why it's so popular.
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My brother took a Ford Fiesta apart, turned the rear axle and brake assembly into a trailer, Used the 1 litre Diesel engine coupled to a 3phase dynamo. Runs a portable 3ph plasma cutter and mig welder off it. If you know a handy mechanic who knows 3ph Might be cheaper than a bought one? [emoji106]
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Very tidy mate, nice grain[emoji106]
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Travis Perkins, wickes, screwfix, absolute jokers. I haven't bought from them in about 5 years. Maybe they've changed but I doubt it. [emoji849]
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the best water proof arborist jacket to date
Rough Hewn replied to markrufrider's topic in General chat
I've had a stihl waterproof jacket for about 3 years. Totally waterproof until you put holes through it. Never washed in a machine, just dusted off and wiped with a wet cloth. £70? [emoji106] -
You're right about the torque though. [emoji106]
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[emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] No bud, I'm a professional. Screwfix is overpriced crap. It's for budding tradesmen who don't know any better yet. [emoji849]
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A drill won't put lag bolts, coach bolts or screws into oak, I've ruined hundreds of screws trying. Even pilot holed, you end up tearing the top off. Never had that issue since I bought an 18v impact driver. [emoji106]
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Get a 10k genny to run a 6k supply. Or you'll melt it. [emoji106]
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Anyone tried the air powered shotguns? They were advertising them in France about ten years ago. Too high powered for uk, think they fired a 4/10 size cartridge.
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There's a very tall chap I know, who cut the bulkhead out the back of a LWB defender, added 50cm all round and welded it all back together. [emoji106]
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I use dewalt, but a mate who used to do landrovers and transits uses a big makita with the 5ah battery. It's a beast. Couldn't get the bolts of a big old towbar, clack clack clack job done. I'm thinking of upgrading. Lots of chippies I know changed to Milwaukee a few years back, saying makita and dewalt weren't what they used to be. [emoji106]
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Having spoken to many importers of timber from around the world, it's a mafia business, run by organised crime. Buying a train load of wood from Eastern Europe or Russia, its mafia controlled. SE Asia, AP&P mafia. S America mafia logging. Africa.... Refurbishment of the Houses of Parliament a few years back... Illegally sourced tropical hardwood. And that's just the wood. [emoji20]
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Got any photos?
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BSA meteor .22 was my childhood rifle. Good times. I have heard a tiny drop of diesel in the rear of the pellet "may possibly" improve performance. But I've never tried it. A .22 does have a better impact on rats over the .177 [emoji106]
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Fantastic beech mate, it's like art![emoji7] Smooth cuts too[emoji41] How you finding the Logosol wide slabber to use? What's the setup time? [emoji106][emoji106][emoji106]
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Near Loughborough today, With Simon from Bonington trees, Scots pine fell gently onto the neighbours oak framed garage. Spent the morning rigging everything down, before the cavalry/loader arrived. [emoji106][emoji106][emoji106]
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I haven't got a spare week until march, if anyone else has the kit to cut and move it? [emoji106]
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How many times have you answered the same questions in each ticket??? And then you go to a site induction which warns about the most remedial shyte. Lost count of how many times I've had to sit through two hours of peter and Jane on a building site. Like monkeybusiness says climbing stairs....then..... Or blower tickets?????? WTF else does citb cover? Oh you can't use a class 3 ladder on site as its a domestic ladder???? Not to mention CIS,DBS etc. [emoji20]
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Tell me you kept the stem to mill? [emoji848]
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What a thread. Utterly epic! [emoji106][emoji106][emoji106]
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That's easy. A product to reduce injury in arb. It's a drone the size of a chinook with a grapple saw and crane lift. No more climbing, No Saw work, No manual lifting, Just sit in an office with an Xbox style controller and a fast internet connection. Or..., You show the public how fecking hard and dangerous arb is, Oust all the thieving barsteeards who nick our gear and charge mrs Miggins 2k to cut her apple tree. Then we could work at a more reasonable speed, lowering the risk of injury, Charge clients a price which reflects the vast cost of the training, machinery etc so we can afford to pay staff nearly as much as a labourer on a building site. Honestly mate, there is no magic piece of kit you could make. Especially not in 9 months with no experience of this industry. [emoji615]️[emoji615]️[emoji615]️[emoji615]️[emoji615]️
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That's a very old style of bar. Went out in the 30,40's
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[emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] Yeah and science is about belief??? Nooooooooooooooo! The open university does a natural sciences degree. Anyone who thinks it's a scam should enrol and educate themselves. [emoji849][emoji849][emoji849]
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It's all bollocjs. A box ticking exercise. You need a rolo course then a citb test. I've done the test (100%), But not the course [emoji23] Green labourers card is fine. [emoji848][emoji848][emoji848]
