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  1. Dan Maynard
    I buy quite a bit from here for engineering, Dormer for the stuff we use a lot and sometimes Lyndon. The Ruko stuff seems ok as well. WWW.MSCDIRECT.CO.UK
  2. Dan Maynard
    Some people in our village had this happen in a pub as they were eating, doors blew off the stove and they ended up in A&E so I'd try to avoid it if you can. Like Stubby said, open vents when adding wood.
  3. Dan Maynard
    I never owned any of the straight Breathflex, just whenever I saw somebody wearing a pair they were ripped. Breathflex Pro I've had about 6 months, no rips. Trees 3 or 4 days per week.
  4. Dan Maynard
    I thought about this, here are a couple of ideas: Knots - bowline, prussic loop onto rope, double fishermans, distel, figure 8 would be the ones on my first course. Difficult to spend enough time with everything else going on to really learn the knots. Exercise - climbing seems to use different muscles to anything else, any time in the harness is good as long as you are under enough supervision to be safe
  5. Dan Maynard
    Breathflex do seem to tear from what I've seen. I have a pair of Breathflex Pro, different material, cost a bit more, holding up well so far. Also available in long leg, which is why I got them.
  6. Dan Maynard
    I was trying to think if it would work to put it straight in a smaller chipper with the excavator which is shearing, that way you are not trying to handle and forward brash at any stage. I think it would need two people all the time though to move the chipper and trailers around.
  7. Dan Maynard
    Slightly nervous but I googled liquid whipping.... "Dip it-whip it" Honestly.
  8. Dan Maynard
    Search on the forum, there seem to be quite a few firms short of staff at the moment who might be glad of extra hands. If you can, ring them all up starting with the closest - shows initiative and I would say chances are you'll get chatting to at least one and it will lead somewhere.
  9. Dan Maynard
    Just put one or two logs on at a time rather than stuff the stove full of wood. Not rocket science surely.
  10. Dan Maynard
    I use heavy duty adhesive lined heat shrink, bit expensive per metre but you get 50 or more from a metre and stays on for years - here's my lanyard just before I chuck it away.
  11. Dan Maynard
    Might be pushing your definition of southern half of England but I did my rigging earlier this year at Brampton Valley Training near Towcester. I think some rigging courses are 3 days which is enough to cover the basics, however they run a 5 day course so we were able to set up controlled and uncontrolled speedline, and drift load transfer which you are supposed to know about on the syllabus but not actually carry out to pass the assessment.
  12. Dan Maynard
    Wow! £58k!! I just can't really see how it's different to a Discovery.
  13. Dan Maynard
    Silver birch are commonly planted in developments but they grow too fast and get mullered. I have two birch to take down as the customer agreed they would look awful cut in half, he suggested hawthorn replacement which I thought wasn't a bad idea - keep cutting it again and again and it will bounce back.
  14. Dan Maynard

    Tree Blasting

    Dan Maynard replied to RC0's topic in Video forum

    Looks like fun. Somebody needs to ask that man at the HSE if we need two ropes or three when carrying dynamite up a tree. Otherwise not sure it would catch on here.
  15. Dan Maynard
    Cheap oil does look the same as expensive but doesn't mean it's as good. Be ok for a can or two I'm sure. Wouldn't want to pay for one and get the other, I would ring them up and say what's happened for sure as Honeybros have always been good to me when there is a mistake.
  16. Dan Maynard
    Yep, bought Harken ninja. Can't beat the feeling of going up like a ninja. Seriously, works well and self tends on very little rope. Easy to get out when you need to but doesn't fall out when you don't want. I guessed Notch was maybe a ripoff Harken, they seem to produce lots of copy products. I also guessed it's the same Harken that make sailing hardware in which case proper brand, but never checked up on that.
  17. Dan Maynard
    Sure red line is top spec, not sure about motorcycle 2 stroke oils.
  18. Dan Maynard
    I wouldn't mess about, get top spec stuff. Where are you? Amazon have Stihl oils, reckon should be possible to get it online anywhere really.
  19. Dan Maynard
    Well today's job for me was the first conifer hedge top crawl of the season. You don't need a picture.
  20. Dan Maynard
    Lot of toys in here, loaders, dumpers, trailers, even a load of medium sized knackered chainsaws going for £2 at the moment ... GWA Auctioneers and Valuers | Contractors Plant Auction, including National Hire Co Machinery, Finance Repossessions, Vehicles & Trailers WWW.I-BIDDER.COM Bid Live at GWA Auctioneers and Valuers's Contractors Plant Auction, including National Hire Co Machinery, Finance Repossessions, Vehicles & Trailers auction
  21. Dan Maynard
    Ah there's another truth - always better to have more saws. The saw that can do everything really well doesn't exist....
  22. Dan Maynard
    Agree with Steve, have also had people say it burns a whole lot better mixed with lighter wood like birch or willow, or softwood. Never had enough at once to fill a shed with it myself so it's always mixed for me.
  23. Dan Maynard
    Actually while you're at it should probably order two, two being safer than one and all that...
  24. Dan Maynard
    If you don't fancy that try Tree Runner P500, much cheaper than other fixed bollards but all the advantages so great for lighter work. 156+vat from Honeybros so not much more than portawrap.
  25. Dan Maynard
    Could you lay pallets down first to get air underneath?

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