Dan Maynard

I've been wearing Solidur from Chris Forestry, deeper pockets and better zips than the pfanners. On sale at the moment too.

Is it possible the trigger mechanism is a little bit sticky? So trigger not quite returning all the way?

I think that could sound like a good idea unless you've done much running ropes. We don't want constant deceleration, we need to drop below the climber and then stop before the shed, or slow while it's swinging and drop on the ground in the right place. On the other hand I guess something which is completely predictable could be good if you have a novice on the ropes, then as climber it's not ideal but you can plan around it because you know what'll happen.

Can't think of any. Rope moving along carries heat away, anything mechanical is a complication and potential failure point, need for maintenance etc. How would you control a mechanical brake? I think rope friction just wins on simple and effective. Only real problem is potential for riding turns but that can be managed.

Plus, big biscuits can bounce once then roll right across the road and hit the barn wall opposite. Apparently.

Id ring L&S, they will get in stuff from Makita even if not listed on their website.

Lime is good firewood, easy split. Bit light like willow when dry but burns just fine.

I thought that but it's girth so roughly divide by 3 for DBH.

I have cover for the Landrover as an option with the insurance, lot cheaper than a year of AA and AA/RAC were funny about old vehicles. Luckily haven't tested the quality of service.

In the car world fuel injection took over from carbs because of efficient combustion over a wide range of operating conditions, really hard to run a catalytic converter without it. Also makes it easier to balance across the cylinders, than multi -barrel carbs or twin carbs. It is still just mixing fuel and air, little bit less resistance to flow maybe but power is determined fundamentally by cylinder capacity, compression ratio. I don't think chainsaws have the same wide range of conditions as car engines, hence no overwhelming case for injection. Yes you can get super fast acceleration, but I think it's jamming 80cc in a 461 chassis that makes the 500i seem good, same as jamming 67cc into a 362 case makes the 400 a good saw to use.

Ok fair enough, good to know.

Yep, me.

Just looked that up, never seen it before but looks really good. I really like the smooth progressive release on a hitch, but went for RRP to allow switching from DRT to SRT. Seems the Freexion is also designed to allow that. Tempting, really tempting.

I have it in my head that Tree Austria make the Stein Vega harness. Certainly looks very similar, would like to know if they are really the same as I'm on a Vega but don't like the yellow they put on the new one so could switch.

I'll have to have a go with that catalyst, looks like less sitback. Also looks short enough to work in rope wrench, I never spent much time working on it but didn't really find a good knot and then just went RRP.