Rough Hewn
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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]
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Felling two mature oak trees near house
Rough Hewn replied to ashley horner's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Don't know, I was subbing and it got delivered. I'm speaking to the contractor later, I'll ask him [emoji106] -
Nice looking stem[emoji106]
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September started with the phone constantly ringing with work, October phone kept ringing with clients cancelling or postponing work.[emoji51] Literally the entire month empty except for the odd day. F***ing brexit.[emoji35] November starts phone keeps going with more work. Just does my nut occasionally. How's everyone else? Busy? [emoji106]
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Get someone else to start it. Or get an electric cordless! [emoji106]
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Felling two mature oak trees near house
Rough Hewn replied to ashley horner's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
The job in the photos, we air spaded first due to compaction of clay soils. [emoji106]
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And you work in France now [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] The first farmer I worked for was a magician. He'd have bottles of beer appear endlessly from a Barbour jacket until lunch when he started on the wine.[emoji13] And that was a perfectly normal working environment.[emoji51]
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Not as bad but.... I used to do trees for a gardener who employed two brothers. They were both about 20/21 good hardworking lads from a really bad home. Until they got in to smoking "spice". They had a proper punch up in the middle of a clients patio, blood everywhere. Never saw them again. [emoji51]
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I don't think I've seen a grass snake for over 20 years. Anyone else see them regularly?
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Sorry to hear that. [emoji20]
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Depends what you'll be cutting and what into. For simple planking a Chinese Alaskan would do fine. For larger oversized logs I'd use a panther mill, For stabbing up to 2', making beams and square edged planks I use a Logosol F2+. What would you uses be? [emoji106]
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Felling two mature oak trees near house
Rough Hewn replied to ashley horner's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
One way membrane, 150mm celltech stuff, Fill it with pea shingle. You can drive 20 ton plant over it. [emoji106]
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I've got a stihl msa200 it'll piss 8" cross cutting. Doesn't have the torque to noodle 14" though. [emoji106]
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A stihl 661 should mill up to about 750mm Have a look at Chainsawbars.co.uk for Alaskan/panther mills for slabbing and Logosol for making dimensional timber [emoji106]
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As a kid on Dartmoor, there was an old bottle dump in an abandoned quarry. We used to avoid it in summer because of the adders.
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Got an 84" bar and mill I'll be setting up shortly. Yeah the engines in the back though. Waiting for some lads yard to unflood. [emoji106]
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Exactly, from my experience, ported saws have more torque not higher rpm. Great for running longer bars with smaller powerheads. Or for dropping the gauges and cutting quicker on short bars. [emoji106] Coincidentally the warranty on my 880 is well over... [emoji848] What would you suggest for an 880 milling saw mod? [emoji106]
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Anyone run a Saw which will pull over 14krpm in the wood? [emoji848]
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This has been my experience too. Did try the 661 with a 20" bar and 8 pin, [emoji13][emoji106]
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Thirty years ago in Brittany, if you burgled some ones farm, you'd know every farmer had a shot gun and would use it on any thief. And a lot of thieves got shot. I used to know a French smackhead who bragged about stealing diesel from lorry park ups at night. They caught him one night, broke both his arms and legs, spent a long time in hospital. Didn't steal diesel again. [emoji848]
