Dan Maynard
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The little things you say and do...
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She really is the health minister. Is she too fat to be a Health Minister? Critics attack 20-stone woman leading Belgium's battle against obesity - Mirror Online WWW.MIRROR.CO.UK Critics say Health Minister Maggie De Block does not set the right example to be worrying about other people's fitness
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It doesn't usually take much from the impact driver, depending on when you last took it off of course...
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I just don't think you would charge from the truck, two batteries would do all day nip and tuck. Switch back to petrol for constant or heavy cutting. I agree though, Husqvarna is an expensive set to try which is largely why I ended up with Makita.
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All carabiners have potential to stick open with enough wet sawdust in them, it is normal to check as you go.
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Background to the HSE decision on two rope working
Dan Maynard replied to kevinjohnsonmbe's topic in Training & education
I'm not totally convinced, if you have a groundy then your work activity poses a potential risk to others. I've LOLER 98 has a specific clause saying it applies to self employed, and again I'm interested if this supercedes it. -
This was tucked in the back of my mind, if polyprop is good enough for Graham should be good enough for anybody. Not that I've taken this advice myself. Love the way he pulls out his small saw to cut these branches and it's a 461.
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I was thinking this, the vast majority of the stuff I rig is just the awkward branches and done with spider sling, I reckon it has about half a wrap friction. Dead easy to set up, saves getting the bollard out of the van at all. Shizll 14mm Deadeye Sling with ArboRing - Lowering & Rigging from Gustharts UK WWW.GUSTHARTS.COM Buy Shizll by 14mm Deadeye Sling with ArboRing from our Lowering & Rigging range - @ Gustharts
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I've a P500 and 14mm line, easy to set up and use. Based on your other posts you probably won't be rigging anything that won't handle.
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Not sure if it's the reason but butter bubbles and burns at a lower temperature than oil, I've only ever used oil.
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I've also dreamed about doing this but not a goer with Mrs, kids, etc etc. I think you have to do it the other way round, get yourself a map and start ringing all the people who have been advertising for staff and see if you can plot a route between them. There are sure to be enough, have been ads from South coast up to Scotland. If we're ringing you then we have to guess where you're going to be. Otherwise just set off even if you only have a few dots on the map, something will be sure to come up.....
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Is it safe to to remove these leylandii
Dan Maynard replied to alankearn's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Getting ready for a role in the school nativity play. -
As long as you mean privet, hawthorn etc then generally hedges are easy to grind, you'd probably be fine with a cheap one and then maybe hire a bigger machine if it's a big row of tree stumps. You do have to swing a 460 side to side yourself, but it's well balanced and on a turntable so that part is easy. Some of the smaller grinders just have a brake on one side so swinging means pushing one wheel back and forth through the pile of grindings. You then end up fighting the machine forward to grind without it falling in the hole you've just made. So much easier to just press a button for a couple of seconds between passes.
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We need to see the shaft. The blade clamped against a shoulder on a 20mm locating diameter makes sense - more accurate and stronger than relying on the bolt to centre the blade.
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I hire the predator 360 and 460. The 460 cuts a lot faster, and because it's self propelled you can work it all day and not be knackered in the same way as the 360. I wouldn't say it is a huge amount bigger to store either, if I had the work for it I'd definitely get that one instead. There have been a couple of gardens where I had to lift or shuffle the 360 round a corner, but you could always hire the little grinder again to cover those.
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I'm really tempted by the 400 instead of replacing my 261 with another 261.
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Landrover 300tdi.... Will it pull the skin off a rice pudding?
Dan Maynard replied to swinny's topic in General chat
I have HD suspension on my TD5 hardtop 110. If you ask me if it's a good tow vehicle I saw yes because it is very stable and feels in control whatever the weight in the trailer, and I put that down to the HD suspension. I run a 12 foot Brian James tipper so it does go up to 3.5t on the drawbar when full of logs. However I live in East Anglia and mostly potter around the local area, dropping a gear or two to go uphill isn't a big problem. I have taken it up the M1 to Derbyshire, on those long drags where the warning boards are up for slow lorries I was down to 40mph - at those times I think about tuning the TD5, then I get home and think don't really need to. So short answer to the OP question about the 300tdi, is no, the rice pudding is safe. -
Saw some today on the edge of Bradfield Woods, really striking.
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I bought my Ace one from L&S, few quid more than the cheapest on eBay but I reckoned worth having some backup in case of problems. There haven't been any problems, though, has worked well.
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I think working the other way, you'd struggle to get enough pull on a 1/2" rope by winding the handle to bend the plate if it was on something flat. Problem I see is cranking it round a tree stem, might just need a couple of bits of bar across to reinforce.
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I bought one of those but wasn't convinced, maybe a good tip to try on a new chain.
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I meant to add, do you reckon you'll have the rpm on a mill to run CBN wheel? I have a mill so could set something up.
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Sounds good, on the right job taking the chipper to the tree is so much better. I've made a monster box on top of my muck truck, I don't think you can approach the weight capacity so may as well just put more chip.
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I don't bother. Stihl used to, and Oregon still do, recommend 5.5mm for 3/8 chain so I reckon you're already down a size using 5.2.
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If that happens they should send you a free one for the advertising!
