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  1. Paddy1000111
    Guess that's where speccing it with full barn doors matters eigh... The payload you loose from the door weight you gain elsewhere!
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    Mines not an anything yet as I am yet to purchase the new truck! That is interesting though... Sounds easier to plumb in that having to take it to a garage somewhere and having them set up and calibrate it as I could calibrate myself with IBC's I assume?
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    Good news, so you have compression/spark/timing etc. I know there's an update kit for the 560 as they had issues with not starting after re-fuelling. Something to do with breather lines, replacing the breather and blanking off a vent into the crankcase and it's available as a kit. There's also an "update" from the dealership for the computer too
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    Anyone fitted a swing lift to a trailer? I've been thinking about it for moving dumpy bags of logs on and off, picking up larger lgs etc?
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    If you dribble a little fuel into the carb/combustion chamber or you give it a TINY squirt of easy start does it fire in choke? If it's not firing at all with you manually adding fuel and you have spark then I would say to check the compression. If it's firing when you manually add some fuel then its definitely the carb
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    Also twin rear axle is better for towing. If you're towing a chipper and the worst happens, the higher level of grip from a twin is less likely to jack-knife. Twin axles also seem better on wet grass which is what arb trucks face the most, they also have better grip and stability in the rain but are worse in sand and snow. You gain about 100kg in payload by choosing the single axle but I think you lose towing capacity by having single axle. If you want an arb tipper and get it lightweight and aluminium you gain back 160kg in payload compared to steel tippers anyway so your best option is a twin rear. Safer, roughly the same payload, higher towing capacity.
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    Nah, trick is to leave warm clothes in the truck so you're warm for the trip back instead of suffering the whole way. It wasn't bad at all really, enjoyed every minute. Even stopped at lunch and made a bacon and egg bap on the stove to cheer me up ? If you go to Hi-Line for training it's definitely worth a day trip and some sight seeing whilst you're in the area!
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    So I'm looking at a new van (but that's not what this is about) and I want to ideally get some load sensors for the axles. It would be nice to know that I'm not overweight but more importantly I could probably put on more load knowing exactly what I had on there than playing it safe. I feel I could turn 4 loads into 3 knowing what I had onboard. I did some contract work years back for the local council and I was using one of their Iveco vans that had overload sensors which were the red/green light style and were crap to be honest. Googling around I've noted that you can get digital ones that tell you in kg what the load is on the axle. Anyone using these? Just looking for an opinion of them and an estimated price for reference? Thanks!
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    I was up on Dartmoor Tuesday, big open area with almost no shelter, winds gusting 40-50+ and I could watch the rain go horizontally across a field infront of me. I was taking a couple of branches off an oak as the landowner was worried about it being heavily leaning and across the road. First day this year I actually got cold! I think the global warming is working on our side, not just with more work coming in but nicer weather to do it in. My hands started to slow right down and hurt when I touched them, I ended up panic buying 5 more pairs gloves on the way home. I can now highly recommend pfanner stretchflex Ice gloves now though! ?
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    I used T-rex for my ultra-sling as Tuefelberger has great quality splicing instructions and armed with a tape measure, some whipping thread and and a little bit of OCD about placement there really isn't anything you can get wrong if you follow the manual. I like the ultra/loopie/ploopie etc slings as there's minimal area for messing up with a no-knot system. I'm sure someone will tell me that you shouldn't be rigging if you aren't confident in your knots but I come from the aircraft industry and if you can remove the chance for a human factor error then you remove it. There's a reason planes crash and 80% of the time it's human error. What size T-rex are you working with?
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    I've not used a safebloc but I have an ultrasling with a ring, never had it slip or slide on a pole. The loading is pretty instantaneous plus the loading to grip ratio are directly correlated. I.e with 5kg load it has a small amount of grip, with 100kg it has a tonne of grip. The more load, the more grip. There's never really a time during that fall where you have no grip and a high load. Whack the ultra around a tree, synch it up and then let all the weight off and try to pull it down, it won't shift. All things being equal worst case scenario it slides a couple of feet on a super slippery tree like a beech and maybe causes you to gaff out but I've yet to see that happen? Maybe someone else has had that experience.
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    I need to make up for lack of something obviously! ?
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    Good to have input from some of the more "well seasoned" climbers! Everyone says how it's a young guys game and anyone over 35 won't be able to climb anymore. I feel with new tech (climbing systems, AV systems on saws etc and new techniques (srt) us younger guys should be able to carry on with a lot less physical damage!
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    I'm still awaiting my grapple. Again, sizes may vary but Ill post up a full length picture when it arrives ?
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    Legend. Seems weird that they have disappeared of the face of the earth!
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    Crap sorry. Missed out the vital information. I'm looking for the 661c-m W with the extras
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    Sorry, maybe I'll expand. The "more information" tab for a lot of areas contains the details about drainage and what the soil drains to i.e. Chalk or limestone. Information (at least in my experience) is also given which can show sub soil types
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    So I've been looking at buying a 661 as it's the ideal saw for me. After having a go with someone's 362 with the heated grips I fancy that for myself. I feel like my 261 would have benefitted from it more but it's too late now. Wherever I go they aren't in stock and everywhere seems to say discontinued. It's also no longer listed on the Stihl site. Anyone know what's going on?
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    They also do a pre filter for the 661 according to the parts list: p/n: 0000 141 0602 costs £2 and you could put oil on it if you were that way inclined
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    Hylomar universal blue is the only thing I found that was resistant to pretty much everything on earth. I'm reluctant to use setting sealants on stuff as I always find that it doesn't bond in one place or you can't get it apart in the future or it sets as you're assembling. To be fair to Hylomar it's worked perfectly, designed for metal to metal, rated from -50 to +250 and seals like nothing I've ever seen but you can still take things apart if you need to!
  21. Paddy1000111
    Hopefully this link works... You should be able to see what soil you have here> UK Soil Observatory MAPAPPS2.BGS.AC.UK
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    What sort of issues are you concerned about? Subsidence? It all depends on the soil type and what you plan on doing with the tree and where? Subsidence usually occurs where you have a large tree, close to the house in clay soil. A large enough tree will pull enough water from clay soil that it shrinks leading to subsidence. The small one outside is so small that I would be amazed if it ever caused any issues. It's also far enough from the property that I wouldn't say it could cause any damage. Worst possible scenario is it gets a lot bigger, shrinks the soil and you have a small dip in the driveway as a result. Hard to see where the other one is located distance wise but I would suggest it's so far away that I wouldn't be remotely concerned. Where abouts is the property? If you give me a street name and location I could tell you the soil type
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    I use Hylomar blue. It's a "non-setting" sealant so it never hardens or looses it's seal. You put it on both parts and leave it until the solvent evaporates and it becomes like extremely tacky rubber. You can also put a very thin layer on paper seals. I've never had a crankcase leak when using it, I found out about if from the Kart racing guys.
  24. Paddy1000111
    Good news!! Thanks for updating the thread. Nothing more annoying than helping someone fix things and never knowing if it fixed it. Especially if you're trawling the forum for a fix to an issue ?
  25. Paddy1000111
    Wouldn't surprise me. People grab brushcutters out the van, start em up, rev the tits off them from cold until they run out of gas and they go from red hot to no fuel and a complete shutdown. Poor poor engines...

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