Dan Maynard
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I have a 12 foot trailer with ramps to run the chipper out, so I would just run the trolley up the ramps. I don't own an arb trolley though so can't try this out easily. The problem I do have is 12 foot trailer and Defender can make small driveways a bit of a game, not a tight turning circle.
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This bushy mess of elder and bramble goes all the way along the side of the house. Parked the chipper by it, all fitted in one bin (not the one in the picture) So I also reckon you get a lot in the bin compared to what you can drag. I'd have to check my bin capacity, bigger than normal home refuse ones though. I'm also with you, long uphill drag on soft ground is a pain with wheelie bin. I experimented with large wheelbarrow and greedy boards but not really enough volume. Ton bag on an arb trolley? Not tried that.
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If you have no starting point and a Teufelberger rope then I would suggest Teufelberger friction cord will work OK. For 11mm rope I would use 8mm friction cord, so probably try Sirius and OP. You have about 25-30cm in each fisherman's knot and 50-80cm in your VT depending on how many wraps etc (also varies depending on the diameter of each rope) so you need something like 1-1.5m for a friction cord. If you buy 5m of a couple of types of rope then you can probably make 3 of each, starting with a piece 1.5m long which will need trimming down. Start with the Sirius and have a go, it's around £1.50 a metre so not a disaster if you have to throw a bit away or make short prussic loop out of it.
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The only other recommendation would be to buy a few metres of some different cords and try them out, you will need to vary numbers of wraps until you get comfortable so pre-made eye to eye are a really expensive way to start out. Thicker cord for thicker rope. And VT is where I think most people end up because you can change the number of wraps to suit your weight and the rope grab, enough bite so it locks but not so much it binds.
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Keep all the mess in one area and avoid the long drags is where the wee chipper wins, keep it simple idea is the wheelie bin. Once you're done you can strap it on top of the chip pile so it doesn't take up any chip room. Also great for sawdust/rakings.
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Exhaust smoke or wood smoke? Bit of wood/chip jammed and rubbing?
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30 degrees top angle.
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Using a chainsaw in a public place
Dan Maynard replied to NorfolknGood's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Ah yes, if someone's being paid then it's H&S at W/PUWER because it's a workplace. Employers liability insurance needed even if volunteers helping, and they need to be competent for the tasks being carried out. -
Sorry read title again. Somerset. Ignore me.
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Other thing with them across your land, if he sells to someone unreasonable then the problems down the line could be worse. Likewise if you wanted to sell for any reason a buyer might be put off and then it's cost you more than £15k.
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Using a chainsaw in a public place
Dan Maynard replied to NorfolknGood's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
The nearest experience I have is wildlife trust volunteering, where anybody can rock up and join in with hand tools but only people who have CS30/31 and have been assessed by a member of WT as competent are allowed to use a chainsaw. I think it's down to WT insurance. In this case I guess it would be a question of how the council permits the volunteers to operate. I've also volunteered in our churchyard and one of the local farmers tends to rock up with a chainsaw and flat cap PPE. I have said my piece and can't watch, but what can I do? You need to get on and get your 30/31 really. -
Location please?
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Cos of all the purple leaves on the lawn....
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Orange and blue should make it a Balfour. Have looked at these too.
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Kingwell is the name that crops up, send them pics of whatever you want to chip or grind and they have a machine big enough.
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And while you're here Erik, appreciated your video on spur climbing. Here's what I climbed the next day, not a lot of chance to get a rhythm going and didn't want any pendulum action as dead elm.
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Gotta depend on your legs too though, I have the Steins that the OP hates and spent most of Monday in them perfectly comfortable. I'm 6 foot 7 or so and so far it does seem they suit longer leg.
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If it's really just firewood at home, my dad uses a Bosch plug in electric saw for this. Small, light, quieter, you can use it in the garage when it's raining or cold outside. Battery saws are getting popular but much bigger investment to get going and I guess you will only get so many years out of a set of batteries - whereas my dad's had that saw ten maybe fifteen years.
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Sounds a bit like the "no I haven't been sick in the last 48 hours" forms you have to fill in food factories. Presumably a form which says neither you nor anyone in your household is showing symptoms?
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Does the Rock one still work ok? If it does and you keep it for those narrow access jobs then you could go up a size as a first grinder, something hydraulic like a Bandit ZT1844 or wheeled Rayco etc. Just the job for a row of stumps up to 24". I'm enjoying hiring at the minute as the hire place is nearby, so I have Predator 360, 460 and 38X tracked in the fleet. Low insurance cost (hired in plant), low maintenance, low security headache, right machine for the job every time.
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Sub Contract Climber/Groundsman Positions (Manchester)
Dan Maynard replied to Bridgewater Tree Services's topic in Employment
Yes, but when I checked it's a 300 mile round trip so thought there must be someone closer. -
Deep down I don't trust eBay for new stuff, so even if something comes on a search I always skip across to the companies own website to check them out. Recently done with some paint.
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Chainsaw pants, hand cutting
Dan Maynard replied to Dave110's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
I wear Breathflex Pro, type C though. They are worth the extra money over regular Breathflex in my opinion, much harder wearing. Can't comment how that would compare pricewise or wear wise to the Husqvarna forestry products. -
Well get ya saddle on then, you've got the job!
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What kind of wheel nuts though? Tractor or car?
