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The timber croc style devices work great for long bits, I've used them at customer's houses before while processing and get on well with them. A good bit safer than holding it in place with a foot.
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Fair point. But those people are why God gave us so many fingers, he expected some of them to be practice digits.
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Yeah, but the manual ones come with a built-in safety feature.
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I think those tend to work on electrical conductivity on a circular saw... probably wouldn't be as reliable as when used on living or wet wood. Might be harder for the sensors to distinguish between that or a finger. Reducing another escaped griselinia hedge today... man, I wish I'd invested in a finger chopper by now. It'd really take the sting out of a lot of it.
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Have access to some wood...not sure what it is?
peds replied to slicendice73's topic in Tree Identification pictures
Lot of sycamore in post 1 think, and yeah, I'd agree with a bit of willow in post 2. It burns grand, especially when free, but do compare it against the legwork necessary! -
Welcome aboard! Just wait until you start to feel emotional towards some of the talking animal people. It gets pretty heavy.
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God, I hope there's a story soon about someone he got on well with. It's starting to feel like late-stage Bojack Horseman.
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There's a very good reason why... it tastes like ass. I try it every now and then to see if it's worthwhile yet... it never is. Tried it in a spicy stew with snails and chorizo once, that was probably the best version I've ever had. Would have been better without the tripe though. Ordered tripe sausage on a pizza once... with onions, cream, mustard and goats cheese. Big mistake. Couldn't eat it, even after picking it off. Tripe is why God gave us dogs.
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I did a beech hedge for a fella recently, took me three days. I did an easy 160 one day, an angry 80 the next, and an early-finish 100 the day after. Big fat rootballs on the bastards, I wouldn't want to be aiming for 200 planted each day if they were like big hairy beech. It's very species dependent and it varies hugely with the ground, unless there's a digger driver involved too. As soon as you hit any kind of rocks or roots... that's your average time per tree screwed. For reference, I've also put in my time doing 1600/1700 spruce each day for forestry...
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Jesus, I would have underestimated the everloving tits off of that one. It looks dense all right, though.
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Who put the mescaline in the teapot?
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It can feel that way at first! Easiest thing to do: take the whole thing to your local chainsaw shop. They'll recommend any new stuff you'll need to get it in running order again. Probably just a new chain, but maybe the bar is past it's best too... let them have a look and they'll sell you what you need. Edit: but crucially... ask them to fit the chain for you. It's a twenty second job that they should be happy to do for you. Then you'll be able to do it yourself next time.
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Lots of options: throw it directly on the floor of your car instead of the ground. Pocket ashtray. Swallow it. Quit. I have other suggestions too, but we'll leave those up to the individual's imagination.
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In recent years, I have thrown at least a dozen cigarette butts back into the window from whence they came. If I pull up behind a smoker at a traffic light, I get ready... as soon as I clock that they are smoking, it's neutral gear, handbrake on, seat belt off, hand on door handle, ready to pounce. As soon as the butt gets thrown, I'm out the door, and it's off the ground and back in through their car window two seconds later, before they've even started to close it. At first they'd often pick it up and throw it out again, so now I try and throw it behind them, so it lands in the back of their car. Such a rush, man. I heartily recommend this technique to anyone.
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I was about to say stop wasting the lettuce, but then I realised that it's iceberg, which is already a waste of lettuce. Get better leaves, man. Have some self respect.
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The human pelvis is capable of absorbing fewer kN than you would believe. Saws are cheap. Pelvises are not.
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Thanks for the worry, nan! That was very much just a stop-gap measure, and was back to being a dog lead by the end of the week. I'm back to a manufactured lanyard now, clipped on to the breakaway bit of the harness. Cheers! I had the bar stay in the kerf in a falling piece once, not sure how. Held on to the saw, and the falling piece f*cked the bar, had to replace it.
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I respect and admire sauerkraut as a way of preserving a glut of vegetable, but I infinitely prefer kimchi, which I think is a great deal more delicious and versatile, oozing with garlic and chilli as it is. But that's just the way it fits in my kitchen. Best sauerkraut I've ever had was from an Alsacienne chap at a French market stall, we got a big tray of kraut, studded with juniper berries like bitter little landmines, and a few things across the top, probably smoked belly, a few sausages, and a knuckle. But then he ladled on a slick of rendered foie gras fat, and turned something relatively mundane - it's just pork and cabbage, after all - into something phenomenal. ...and to be honest, now I don't think I could enjoy sauerkraut unless it comes flavoured with foie gras.
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I can help with the answer to that one. It's both!
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Don't worry boys, sooner or later he's going to slip up, then we can put this madman behind bars where he belongs.
