Dan Maynard
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Got a drop of exhaust paste in my eye once, turns out it's quite like bleach so really really hurts and you have to sit in A&E for ages with one eye shut.
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Advice for hard cutting of very overgrown hedge
Dan Maynard replied to Ren's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Likely to sprout from the tops where you've cut, I would coppice them back to stumps and infill with some native hedging mix as long as you can stand it being open for a while. -
I thought about this, harness prices have gone ballistic over the last 5-10 years if you compare to what you used to pay for a Butterfly, I seem to remember about 180 when a saw was 500. Then again if you haven't got a comfortable harness nothing else matters so you pay it. Think the marketers have cottoned on to this.
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Partially dead sapling
Dan Maynard replied to Vigen Tigen's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
The tree doesn't mind at all whether you cut the dead part off or not, it's stopped interacting with it. I'd probably cut it off so you can see new growth more easily. -
I wonder if you could coppice it, effectively plant the root and have it sprout? Trouble is that's probably not the bit you want to sprout if it's grafted.
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Seems like they still make them https://rothenbuhlereng.com/industries/forestry/
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I've got the book but can't remember this bit, have to go and read it again.
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Grenadier, or new Land Crusier, and car type or commerical?
Dan Maynard replied to difflock's topic in The Lounge
If you go commercial then check the speed limits as the grenadier is over 2040kg so not a dual purpose vehicle. Think you'll be at 60 on dual carriageway. -
I've seen that black smouldery burn when using it on scout campfires. On our burner at home I've always burned it mixed and never had a problem.
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Cheap as chips too - really tempting. The 540 is as much money as a 50cc saw.
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Disappointed because it failed, or disappointed with how it worked? Just curious, most people seem to rave about them but I've not used one. Maybe you need a 462? Or if you're going Husqvarna instead get a 592 or maybe 585, quite a bit cheaper.
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Do you leave that where it is and hook it up to an ascender then?
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... or just use the back end of your climbing rope, that's been LOLER'd! To be fair I don't do a lot of natural crotch as it's so hard on my nice ropes, I carry a spider sling in my climbing bag so I do like the advantages of friction up high and not needing to set up a bollard for a few small pieces.
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Good enough for Graeme....
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Er, the original question was from 14 years ago... Rates about the same?
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Ring up and ask them
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I might have the wrong end of the stick here, but are we saying Nigella is on onlyfans ? (asking for a friend, obviously)
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Taking out a Cypress near a house.
Dan Maynard replied to WeleaseWoderwick's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
So neither your rubble layer nor topsoil are shrinkable clay? Can't see an issue then, take it out - not that big anyway. -
Eucalyptus Tree dying off after pollarding??
Dan Maynard replied to Julie123's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Don't make a lot of difference, it's dead. -
Maybe put the 181 on eBay, shows willing you aren't just buying an ever increasing number of saws. Your other strategy is the one I follow, buy so many they lose count and don't really worry if one more turns up.
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I pull it back when sharpening too, think I started doing it because it makes sure teeth don't catch on stuff on the bench or vice under the bar, and now habit.
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The chain goes 3 times backwards in a sharpen , doesn't make a lot of sense to worry about the oil pump to me as the chain will have done 3 spins forward in half a second running.
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I get round behind the power head to file so I can't see the front of the teeth though, dot of pen helps. Got some old OHP pens that are never going to be used in an office again. Also my eyes aren't all that great so can't see the metal filings unless I bend down close, don't like bending down every tooth.
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Personally I'd give that a rub over with a file or stone to make sure nothing is sticking proud, and crack on. Can't see the amount of material removed being very significant to strength or balance, not like it's the spot where they fatigue crack.
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On paper yes, 10%, pick one up though it feels much smaller and more manoeuvrable. Same argument could apply to saying no point in the 400 just buy a 462, but they're different saws to use.
