Dan Maynard
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Small Walnut stick to mill, Puddletown, Dorset
Dan Maynard replied to brynarw's topic in Milling Forum
It's that ol' black magic @Stubby -
I also dig round stumps, you want to find the bricks and concrete with a spade not the grinder teeth. Once dug so many bricks out round elder stumps the stump came out of the ground, didn't need the grinder I'd hired. For me, I look at a day each on the big ones and a few days doing the small ones, I'd rather pay someone else to do the work and have the 5 days back than buy that grinder and the back ache. On the other hand if you can ignore the 36" stumps then the 4 to 10" are the comfort zone for pedestrian grinders, do them gradually and as openspaceman says keep the teeth sharp. Like all things, sharpen before they get blunt and they need less work to bring the edge back.
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Small Walnut stick to mill, Puddletown, Dorset
Dan Maynard replied to brynarw's topic in Milling Forum
(I just did that because your link hadn't gone black for me) -
Small Walnut stick to mill, Puddletown, Dorset
Dan Maynard replied to brynarw's topic in Milling Forum
@gobbypunk -
The cookie seems to me the cut which has the worst possible shrinkage problem combined with least mechanical strength. Think I've seen suggested to cut in two semicircles for drying, plane the edges back flat after they've moved and then glue back together.
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I like the look of that flying.
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Yes, for that number of stumps and especially the big ones you are wasting money buying a 13hp machine. I'd get someone in with a tracked grinder for those even if I already owned a pedestrian machine, it will save days of back breaking effort and there's no need to even break a sweat.
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And I bought Marks grinder, didn't even make the ads as I was looking for one when he asked a question about trading it in.
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Hmm I am longtime Dolmar fan, if you're going Makita I would skip the 5600 to be honest as it a F saw for farm. The EA5000 is a good 50cc or up to EA6100 for 60cc in pro saws. They're not produced any more but cracking value for money if you find one.
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Sycamore Tree health advice needed
Dan Maynard replied to Carnagepooltricks's topic in Tree health care
Looking at health, there is lots of sprouting branches, good leaf cover, they are clearly vigorous. The decay inside is the dead heartwood rotting out, it has no real impact on the tree health. I would guess these are one or two hundred years old as the base stools are wide, probably felled every 20 years for firewood. Your last tree is cedar. The wood is brittle so when they fail it tends to be dramatic like that, possible there was a defect around some small damage earlier in the trees life. -
Next thing to check would be take the exhaust can off and have a look at the piston, does sound like air leak possible but that might have led to lean running. That could have caused the damage which leads to bogging when hot.
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Facebook I guess. Also not that trustworthy imo.
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They sound ideal for Joe when he's taking things really seriously. I'm going to have to try some of these other gloves so I can compare, I get a lot more than 5 days climbing out of a pair of Showas but would be good to know if there's something better. Maybe I'm very sensitive and gentle on the gloves?
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"Try before you buy" Tree Surgeons Mastermind Thursday at 19:30
Dan Maynard replied to HRG's topic in Business Management
I appreciate the straightforward approach now though, as HRG says it's not for everyone but he's looking for the ones it is for. -
Thanks mate.
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This is why I suspect not a real person. That and the fact he doesn't come back with a stupid joke when I say it.
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Well that's me 50 today. We had a big ol' party yesterday, got our band back together and had a good night. Think that's first proper do since Christmas 2019 so having a quiet day at home today....
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I think it would be easy to take down £2k worth of trees a day with that rig, problem must be finding enough trees. People with rows of poplar or massive leylandii where you just couldn't do the job in any sensible time with a transit and chipper.
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Seen the first 10 minutes now, will watch the rest.
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There are some prussic video tests that I found earlier, the prussic was slipping rather than breaking in the one I saw but think 11kn. Plenty to stop you rolling down a slope.
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Husqvarna 550 is 50cc, broadly equivalent to the 261 and really the main choice unless you go Echo. There isn't a huge amount between them in performance, the 50cc sector is fiercely competitive and they have all wrung amazing performance from the size. Stihl slightly lighter, slightly wider, Husqvarna slightly quicker pickup. Stihl saws are a little scarce at the moment and they pushed up their prices a lot in the last two years than Husqvarna. If I had to buy one tomorrow I'd probably go 550 but ask me again tomorrow and I'll say 261.
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Showa 310, look like other gloves but much harder wearing. Toolstation are good for a pair if you just want to try but they've put them up to £4. You can get them online for £3, wouldn't recommend gloves'n'stuff (look at their Trustpilot) but recently used mstore and they've been good.
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Strongly depends on species - most conifers absolutely will not sprout.
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I think I'd stick with prussic though, it's simple to tie and simple to check. Under stress, dark, raining etc you could get the Blake's wrong. I don't see the MBS of the prussic being a problem at all, you're not in a vertical fall situation so there is no risk of shock load as you reach the end of the slack as with climbing.
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Ah I see what you mean. I don't see why not a Blake's, that would be the preferred knot for a split tail I reckon. https://honeybros.com/shop/climbing/prusiks-split-tails/split-tails/marlow-gecko-split-tail/ I never bought one of these, used to have 2m of rope attached to a biner with double fisherman's. I prefer the Blake's to prussic, smoother and easier to grip, not used it since switching to hitchclimber though.
