porangi
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Small woodlands owners group Sent from my iPhone using my fingers and thumbs.
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Are you on Smallwoods FB group? Try Chris Brewcombe on there. Sent from my iPhone using my fingers and thumbs.
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The guy at Logosol UK is really good and they have a mill there. Might be worth a call and maybe they would be interested in helping you mod? Sent from my iPhone using my fingers and thumbs.
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All good info - thanks. So apparently it's only 10ft off the ground - the telehandler just makes it quicker/easier. However diameters have increased to 8-10" Sent from my iPhone using my fingers and thumbs.
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Ummmmmm! Sent from my iPhone using my fingers and thumbs.
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Morning all, So in the summer I passed my CS30/31 and have since been doing occasional forestry and milling. I've been offered 3-5days work pollarding a 300-400m length of hedge. I would be working from a man box on a telehandler. Nothing is bigger than 6". I'm dropping everything into the field below. Other than normal amber precautions and experience there any red light reason not to take it? I worked as a climbing instructor for 10 years so am comfortable at height but wouldn't be on ropes anyhow. If you think it's a green light what should I charge? Thanks. Chris Sent from my iPhone using my fingers and thumbs.
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Do I went to the wood today and on request from another owner went and looked at this Beech. The base is approx 1m diameter maybe more. I was looking at a fallen limb nearby for milling. How many widow makers can you spot. Sent from my iPhone using my fingers and thumbs.
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I'm milling on a 661 and its working / slow on some 200/300 mm dia oak. I'd go as powerful as you can. Sent from my iPhone using my fingers and thumbs.
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Are you sure you don't fancy keeping one in the back of the truck for 'those' moments? Sent from my iPhone using my fingers and thumbs.
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It looked like a prop for a horror slasher movie! I agree otherwise pointless (and dangerous) Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro
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Not sure if this has been posted around before but who needs all those safety features anyway. https://www.facebook.com/TuVanThietKeXayDungOnline/videos/1570605313245386/ Sent from my iPhone using my fingers and thumbs.
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Yeah. I'd picked that up from some of the previous responses. Now wish the thread would die a quick death Sent from my iPhone using my fingers and thumbs.
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This is all great but my question was not about its use as a felling lever. It was about its other supposed uses and the black hook, which only seems capable of digging into my skin and nothing else. Sent from my iPhone using my fingers and thumbs.
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Haha. You probably could have seen how much I rolled my eyes from the moon when my Uncle said that! The funny thing is that him and his two brothers were brought up in Africa in the 50s. My grandfather was a doctor for the overseas medical service and worked in remote hospitals and in field clinics with local tribes. At that time you had to be totally self reliant and Heath Robinson. You would therefore expect them to sharpen chains because you could not just buy another. Anyway, you don't need a complete family history! Sent from my iPhone using my fingers and thumbs.
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Ah, ok. That's not me in the picture. Just one I stole from the web. As I said - it works great as a. Felling lever. It just slips when ever I try and use it to roll stuff but lots of suggestions have been offered so I have things to try. Thanks all. Sent from my iPhone using my fingers and thumbs.
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I'm trying to picture this... Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro
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Evening all, So I have one of these. And whilst its ok as a felling lever using for anything else is pointless. The black hook just does not hold. What is wrong? What, if anything can, I do to fix/improve it. Or worst case what else should I buy? Thanks Chris Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro
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Maybe he should sharpen his chain ? Don't sharpen your chains https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?url=http%3A%2F%2Farbtalk%2Eco%2Euk%2Fforum%2Fshowthread%2Ephp%3Ft%3D105216&share_tid=105216&share_fid=80189&share_type=t Sent from my iPhone using my fingers and thumbs.
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Don't worry. I didn't watch it. Just googled it for him. http://lmgtfy.com/?iie=1&q=How+to+fell+a+tree Sent from my iPhone using my fingers and thumbs.
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How come? You can't get on the husqvarna website? Sent from my iPhone using my fingers and thumbs.
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Thank you gents for all the replies. Didn't realise when I got into this that chains were like loo roll - a use once and throw away item. . Rather than sharpening my chains today I'm going to be writing to Rogue Traders about Stihl and these useless sharpening kits they sell - what a con! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
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LMGTFY. http://www.husqvarna.com/us/forest/working-with-chainsaws/chainsaw-training-how-to-fell-a-tree/ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
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Morning all, So background - I broke a cheap metal vice last night tightening it up on a piece of unrelated metal bar. Originally, it had only been purchased to hold my chainsaw bar still whilst I sharpened the chain. Anyway, I was bemoaning this on another social media channel and my uncle pops up and says: "Chris don't sharpen your chains. None of the tree surgeons I know do! You never get anything like the original. ( I'd did for twenty years) You can get a toughened version of Stihl chains on e bay tor 6 quid not 18. They last 3 x as long." This is coming from the near 70yr old who still climbs a tree with a rope around his middle. Now I suspect he is wrong but how wrong and what evidence do we have. If he is not wrong why are we still training people to sharpen chains. I can see milling getting very expensive if I don't sharpen my chains! Over to you. Thanks Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro
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We are also in a small village but situated on a hill. There are five roads to the village and hence the village is fed by 5 exchanges. Ours travels 3.1 miles putting us at the end of the line. As the village is a stone throw from a major city we don't fall inside any of the rural projects but we also don't get included in the city developments. This was this morning. I don't see it getting any better soon but thankfully we have good 4G due to a clear line of sight to the city. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
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1/2 Meg here. We use 4G most the time as our broadband is so bad. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
