Dan Maynard
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Been with Trust four years, they have been good paying out for my stolen gear but obviously the premium has gone up from that. PL or EL aim to never make a claim...
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Lanyard in to cut on twin rope ?
Dan Maynard replied to Rob Thompson's topic in SRT (Single Rope Technique)
Yeah I guess they do now, what I meant was NPTC started training two rope before TG1 was released. -
Lanyard in to cut on twin rope ?
Dan Maynard replied to Rob Thompson's topic in SRT (Single Rope Technique)
You referred HSE and AFAG but not the Arb Association TG? I must admit I've not studied the latest version in enough depth to answer this/say if it provides an answer. I think NPTC training rules were set without the TG so not necessarily the same. -
It probably is, I've lost track to be honest. It's just that I bought my current harness at the APF so trying them on at the show is the thing to do.
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I gave a bag of green leylandii logs to a friend last week as they have bees in the chimney and wanted to smoke them out. Seemed to work.
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"Like a war zone" Really?
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I'm needing a new harness in September, probably cross this one off the list then. Need to try them out really, job at the APF
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That ones on the edge of water, but can it get any of it? If it's a good pond liner that could be a really well drained spot which is pretty dry as no chance to puddle. Thinking maybe the cold and the dry.
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I reckon you'd never get stuck in a muddy forest track either, just lift it out or maybe a rope and 3 to 1 pulley.
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Haha that makes it a pretty funny thread revival then. I never bought an 038 either.
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Have you still got it?
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Defo van so you can put it through as a commercial vehicle for expenses. I remember being overtaken by one of those on the M25 in my youth, reckon he was doing about 90 and I was shocked at the nerve he must have to get up that speed. My Chevette certainly wasn't going to keep up and if I could have got that speed wouldn't have stopped.
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Thought you were going to say a bomb when you started only in France, but one of those petanque balls is indeed something I have never hit.
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Stove pipe to flue increasing
Dan Maynard replied to 1867_owl's topic in Log burning stoves and fireplaces
Many (most) grades of stainless are non magnetic eg 316 which is sometimes used for liner. Edit should have googled first, seems like 904 and 316 are common grades of stainless for liners and both non magnetic. -
Brambles go all right into my M500, it pulls longer lengths in or can bundle it up and stuff in with a bit of branch as push stick (as inevitably push too far at some point and chip it). I've never used one of the home electric ones.
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It's not dead, it's sleeping. Well, somebody had to say it.
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I'm always happier with the thought of a long arm hedge cutter up at head level. 15ft is a whole load of brambles though, maybe you need a chainsaw to fell the stems?
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It's just what my dad would have said, whatever the weld was like. I have a similar problem with my eyes, not as good as they were.
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Depends how many stones, nails, washing lines, chicken wire, staples, fence rails you hit - I always imagine forestry to be cleaner. I run semi chisel on my 261 because always hitting something in the tree, although to be fair chains on my 201 last ages.
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Just one thing to add, when you say you would like to keep the trunk do you mean as it comes down (ie some lengths which you will cut up yourself) or do you mean all cut into log lengths? Just be clear what you ask for when getting quotes because logging up adds work and creates a load of sawdust to clear so is not usually free.
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I guess it depends what is in your contract, for example would the customer have to pay if the MEWP broke down, indeed does getting stuck count as a breakdown? Could get nasty messy, because I doubt you have a watertight contract (I certainly wouldn't have). I think if you charge the 3 days then he will be unhappy, you risk losing him as a customer. You could charge the 2 days and say this is exactly the reason you won't work for day rate ever again. My experience of day rate is more from my engineering world, really don't like doing it because you have to give that estimate of how many days at some point and that sets the expectation of price which is then difficult to vary. What do you do? Estimate high? Have to justify all the days?
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What you should not do is put a brand new chain with it, will not run together well. Ideally you alternate between two chains so they all wear similarly and then when the two chains are dead you change the sprocket too. That's what it says in the book anyway.
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Council tree officer ignoring trees in TPO
Dan Maynard replied to ArthurJob's topic in Trees and the Law
Bamboo and conifers are both planted for fast results, and quite often get out of hand. If you're really determined then you can keep a conifer hedge under control though. Lots of other options like beech, laurel which are easier to manage but just a bit slower to get established. Conifers at least stop growing when you cut them down, bamboo I can never recommend as it's a bugger to get rid of once it's got established and spread out. On the other hand if you want to annoy the new neighbours the bamboo sprouting all over their borders may do that for you. -
See how the beeches do next year, maybe they'll come good, they've seen a few hot summers over the last two centuries after all. See?
