Mark Wileman
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Or you could be nice and buy them something, maybe one of those T-Shirts of the shit memes post
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2018 secret santa! Lucky dip, draw a name and palm them off with some of your old knackered gear suited to their job role!
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Steve could we get a sub-forum in the employment tab for long term freelance chaps to have stickies advertising themselves? Perhaps have a rule that the post title just has the areas covered, current guys advertising themselves soon get scrolled off by all the recruiting spam.
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Most cost effective way of running a 28" bar.
Mark Wileman replied to Mark Wileman's topic in Chainsaws
Thanks for the offer, but funds are tight at the moment Would you recommend full or half skip? I assume the bigger the skip the easier but the slower the cutting? -
Most cost effective way of running a 28" bar.
Mark Wileman replied to Mark Wileman's topic in Chainsaws
I have a 550 and shortly will own a 372, I'd rather have a specific saw for the 28" bar rather than use the ones I use all day as if I break them going flat out I'd be screwed work wise! I'll have a look into skip chains, cheers. -
Good eve' I've been caught out a few times recently needing a big saw for stump felling/cross cutting some bigger dismantling stuff I've done. Whilst I've been saving up my piggy bank money for a 390 I've been wondering if there is a more cost effective solution. I don't know a lot about porting but I know it makes stuff run like hell, would that enable me to run a longer bar? Could I ( @spudulike ) port an old 60/70cc saw and have it run a 28"+ bar as well, or near as damn it, as a 80/90cc saw? I don't need a big saw very often at all, sometimes just for 1 or 2 cuts on a whole job! I don't want to have £900 of saw just rotting its warranty away in my shed. Thanks, Mark
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You have balls, I like balls
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PM sent.
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Dead tree, sheathed cable, platform?
Mark Wileman replied to TheHungrySquirrel's topic in General chat
depends on the voltage, I imagine its LV as its sheathed? The NO should let you know if its safe or not to use a platform, might just have to set it up so you working on max boom so there's no chance of hitting the cable. -
and yeah before anyone says it i may not be very good, but you don't need to be to do most stuff, just be safe and work hard and most employers will be happy.
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Or find a company looking for a climber and just go for it, they can only sack you... I was read the "through the ranks" act a ton of times on here and it damped my spirits a bit, I didn't want to drag brash for 5 years before putting a harness on, noones got time for that as an adult. So I just advertised myself as a climber, I've been working full time arb for 2 months and I'm now climbing every day. Just be honest about your experience level.
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Does a timber or cow hitch put less strain on the rope than a running bowline? I assume because of the smoother bend ratios on the hitches?
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http://www.rural-services.co.uk/
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How are you getting on Benny, would be good to hear how the milling is going!
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Thanks for all the replies, I need to get into the habit of carrying slings in the tree, in pines I try to carry as little as possible because of the amount of snagging on brushwood. Appreciate the help, cheers guys
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Amazing, well done! How does it "feel" compared to genuine stihls? Like switches and stuff, is it obviously aftermarket?
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As i'm getting into the swing of regular climbing I'm trying my hardest not to use my top handle one-handed. I had a branch go over into next doors garden on a pine we dismantled today because the step cut I was trying to do broke off early, and I had a ton of near misses before that (only just grabbing the branch as it fell, catching a branch in midair with a saw still running is arguably far more dangerous than one-handing). How do you guys deal with the scenarios that don't quite warrant rigging but need control throwing down of material, for either damage limitation or to make ground crew's life easier? I admit later in the afternoon I did a ton of one handed "finishing off" cuts off whilst holding the branch that was falling, enabling a controlled throwing down of material. I'm trying to figure out the blurry line of productivity that sits between HSE standards and cowboy cutting! Thanks, Mark
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Is that on mobile? I'll turn the logo into a hyperlink to go back to the services page.
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Here is my site, pretty bare at the moment with googled images!
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This is what we have you for Spud, you're our walking instruction manual!
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I need 20"+ bar for maybe 5 cuts a month, plus like Dan I think these kits are a great way to learn how saws work and get the knowledge to do your open repairs!
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Any update Dan? Keen to see how she's going!
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Will I be ok going straight into level 3 arb?
Mark Wileman replied to connor92's topic in Training & education
I went straight into my level 3 and didn't find it too taxing, if you already know a lot of your trees and pests & diseases that's half the battle! -
Ah, at least the timing is good then, though!
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Didn't it just shear the woodruff key? Does it have a woodruff key? If not how did you work the timing out? I've ordered the 372 kit going to spend the next 10 days it takes to get here trying to find a knackered 372 that I can use for parts (I want my covers and chainbrake to be genuine)
