5thelement
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That will be interesting to see, especially if there are any long spans in the build. I used to train one of the companies in the SE who would remove/replace sea defences made of Greenheart/Purpleheart. They could install large curved groins with huge lengths of timber being tensioned with 360’s.
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We have been battling the heat for months now, with hardly any rain, currently watering to just keep things alive. The okra have dense foliage so cast deep shadow on the soil at root level, seems to help them deal with the heat.
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Todays pick.
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There is a hole in the end of the shaft that allows you to pump grease through to a hole which sits directly under the Husqvarna needle cage bearing, no need to remove anything to grease it. There is a hole on the end of the shaft On a Stihl, unfortunately it has no function, amazed that Stihl hasn’t adopted this design, especially with the amount of MS261 fails that I have seen coming in on training courses.
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Husqvarna needlecage bearings are still made from metal, Stihl only changed them around the time they updated to MS261/362 etc from the earlier models.
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I generally grow the things that I cant buy readily here in the shops, very hot chillis, Padron peppers, and oddly, mange tout. This year I’m growing Okra for the first time, so far dead easy, lush plants just starting to produce an abundant crop, pretty flowers also.
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Bet those beams weigh a fair bit. 😂
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I always grease the nose sprockets of my saws, all my saw run aftermarket bars (Sugi/Tsumura) once the stock bar has worn. Get back to the workshop, sharpen the chains, clean air filter, blast all the crud out of the side casing/guidebar groove and grease up on reassembling, never had a nose sprocket failure in 30 years. Needle bearing probably once a week/fortnight, takes two seconds with Husqvarna no point in not doing it.
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Developed for the fire fighting cutters I believe, as the burned char and ash caused excessive wear on the sprocket nosed bars. I’ve seen them supplied here in France as milling bars.
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Importing a Greenmech CM200MT40 into France
5thelement replied to Matt Vaughan's topic in General chat
After contacting Greenmech UK in regard to purchasing and importing a used chipper from them, I was given the number for someone at Greenmech France, and informed that this would be an easier solution due to paperwork. Not so good for me as the same machines where a good bit more expensive and the main dealer was a good six hour drive away. As usual with France, phone calls were made and emails were ignored, no reply was ever received about my enquiry. It would appear that sales people in France can’t even be arsed to follow up on a guaranteed sale. I managed to buy a used Greenmech Arb 150 privately in France and it’s been a solid investment. I quite fancy updating to the new 130 turntable or possibly a 165D if I could ever arrange a demo. Hopefully I could trade in the Arb 150, if not, I may have a a chipper for sale in the near future and you’re only an hour away from me. -
So with the exception of Norway, you will need to be granted a work visa or permit for Sweden and Finland in advance. I would assume that visas/permits are issued where skills shortages have been identified, rather than handed out to anyone irrelevant of need, like sweeties.
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I am English but have lived and worked in several countries over the years, I moved to France for a different way of life, I work both here and occasionally in the UK.
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No point finding work if you are not eligible to do it though. You can travel for 90 days, but you can’t work unless you have an EU passport, or have applied for and been granted a work visa.
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What you talking about about Willis?
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Without question, and even if it was within RIDDOR days, would it even qualify to be required to e acknowledged, sounds like user error bullshit to me.
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Unfortunately times have changed and although you never left the UK and just drove around in a van, those halcion days are no more, and any young person without any imagination is ****************ed without an an EU passport due to Brexit. You can’t just rock up anywhere in the EU any more without an EU passport and get work, Brexit ended that option, but at least a few welders go apprenticeships on Tyneside so all is well, eh?
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I reckon you could get a decent sized mulcher in and still have plenty of change. Be easier to mark off areas for chip, log, firewood for next time round. Do Joslet not have a forestry mulcher?
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CS training near the channel tunnel
5thelement replied to Anthonyhughes1's topic in Training & education
Can you not do the equivalent European Chainsaw Course in Belgium? -
CS training near the channel tunnel
5thelement replied to Anthonyhughes1's topic in Training & education
Scott Fraser Training, Ground-up Training, Landskills or Kingswood would be the nearest to the tunnel. -
When I am cutting/climbing, I can’t think of any part of my body that is less likely to come into contact with the saw than the back of my legs and my feet.
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And don’t forget this Mark, you would feel naked and unprotected without it.
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They were Type -B, not seen them for years.
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Class 1 = 20m/s which is the approximate chain speed of the saws you mention, so why would HSE/Insurance have anything to say?
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Looks like a simple case of powdery mildew due to the excessive heat here. It will probably be gone by the end of next week if the current forecast for rain is correct.
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As rumours go, this is an old one. New rumour is that Sweden are going down the two rope climbing route as from August.
