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  1. Dan Maynard

    Gloves

    Dan Maynard replied to Trist's topic in Climbers talk

    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?
  2. Dan Maynard
    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.
  3. Dan Maynard
    Thanks mate.
  4. Dan Maynard
    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.
  5. Dan Maynard
    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.
  8. Dan Maynard
    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.
  9. Dan Maynard
    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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    Gloves

    Dan Maynard replied to Trist's topic in Climbers talk

    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.
  11. Dan Maynard
    Strongly depends on species - most conifers absolutely will not sprout.
  12. Dan Maynard
    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.
  14. Dan Maynard
    The 4x4 tipper is quite a compromise, so it depends where you are and what work as to whether it's worth it. Around town, small Nissan tipper is brilliant.
  15. Dan Maynard
    @monkeybusiness it's not submitted yet so not yet a condition.
  16. Dan Maynard
    I'm no more of an expert than Joe, but the laws around TPO and CA protection of trees are all part of planning law. Once you've got tree protection and root protection areas written in as a condition of the planning permission then the protection has a similar basis. This is the reason some people knock all the trees down first on a site, before planning goes in. Saves the agro. The supervised excavation is only with the RPA - presumably you now have a drawing showing the root protection areas so you can tell if there is any excavation in the RPA?
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    Tie the prussic with 10mm friction cord? It's doubled so load shared in two legs of cord - I don't think the prussic snapping is a risk then. I think the risk with a prussic on its own is if it starts to melt, then the friction reduces and you're in a runaway. As an idea if the rope also went round a figure 8 then it would limit runaway.
  18. Dan Maynard
    Didn't know that. Looking at articles about also realised I hadn't noticed SAAB quietly go bust. Those spectacles on the 9-3 evidently were a really stupid idea.
  19. Dan Maynard
    Sounds a bit confusing - is 5m an accurate height? That's only up to the gutters so doesn't sound a big tree, there are lots of trees that big at that distance to houses with no problems. Did the insurers prove it was the trees or did they just pay, as it's cheaper than proving? And what repair did they carry out? Pics would help for context. Maybe not the legal query though.
  20. Dan Maynard
    I'm 50 on Sunday, hope I make it that far climbing.
  21. Dan Maynard
    It does say in the blurb 10 year lifetime, so maybe would save you buying another in 5 years. Of course you've got to be planning to climb for another 10 years for that to be an advantage.....
  22. Dan Maynard
    Good question, thought it might be a bot. My money for Vesp was Welsh Cleaning Service because of the similarity to Scottish Cleaning Service, but the posts don't sound enough like Vesp. Either way if he's joined back it'll be a game to keep us guessing.
  23. Dan Maynard
    I'm not totally sure this samurayjack is a real bloke anyway, and he revived an old thread from 2014.
  24. Dan Maynard
    I was going to say I've mostly changed over to battery but didn't want that to get confused with the beautiful woman earlier.
  25. Dan Maynard
    For forestry as well I seem to remember?

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