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  1. 5thelement
    Where do I sign up. 😂
  2. 5thelement
    Attach the cable and do the ‘stepping down cut’ in the diagram as low a possible, and use the tractor winch to pull it backwards. I always arrange the dead men laying in the same direction of the intended pull, not 90 degrees to it as in the diagram.
  3. 5thelement
    This job just gets better and better.
  4. 5thelement
    Any experienced/decent hand cutter will have done some Rhody bashing at some point. Let’s be honest, it’s a shit job. Combine that with spraying poisons on top, it’s now shitter. Combine that with the constant wet weather to contend with and it’s just got even shitter. You can dress it up any way you want in regards to how critically important the site is, the job is still shit and the pay equally so. Good luck with your search. 👍
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    I’m just quite surprised at the amount of glyphosate being readily sloshed about on a site of such high value, that’s alongside the toxic adjuvant required to help the glyphosate take to the glossy leaved target, two hour drying time after application if I remember right, in an area obvious known for high rainfall.
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    I was thinking that there was some kind of ‘Jurassic Park’ like Brazilian Rainforest in Scotland that I had somehow never heard of. But it just looks like a wetter version of the majority of woodlands in and around the UK, and ravaged with Rhododendron ponticum just like them.
  7. 5thelement
    Since when did Scotland have Rainforest?
  8. 5thelement
    The drop down visor is fine in the tree, but you can’t use them for ground based training/assessments, you need a full face visor.
  9. 5thelement
    Yes, they are still there, although they lose one every now and then.
  10. 5thelement
    I have it in just about everything, especially Mexican dishes. I have to grow it here as it’s not in favour with the French pallet and hard to source.
  11. 5thelement
    Had a go on the Husqvarna x Skylotec powered ascender at a Summer Arb competition here in France. The sales guy was trying to impress how useful it was for getting kit in and out of the tree, lowering saws for refuelling blah, blah, he had never done a days climbing in his life. I could see some occasional benefits, carrying up large volumes of bracing gear for instance, but how many times a year are you bracing huge tree crowns? How many times a year are you lowering 661’s up and down 150m trees for refuelling? It could be remotely controlled from the ground, so an injured climber with a damaged line ‘may’ be able to access the device and clip on for rescue. Best part if 5 grand too if I remember, I bought a gravel bike instead.
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    Cheese

    5thelement replied to eggsarascal's topic in The Lounge

    There are some incredible cheeses here, even in a standard supermarket the range is enormous, and you can even get proper Cheddar there now. Go to a farmers market and the quality and range hits another level. Before Christmas I bought a full round of Camembert that had been sliced into two discs, a layer of black truffle shavings had been added, then put back together for a month. Result, truffle infused Camembert👍
  13. 5thelement
    After the better photos it looks like a whole load of Willow to me.
  14. 5thelement
    There are a few cat piss competitors, but the shrub, Ribes sanguinium takes the buscuit.
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    I had an Italian friend who had a real thing about menu boards outside restaurants/cafes advertising ’Paninis’, to the point where he would actually go inside and correct them on it.
  16. 5thelement
    Replying to Gareth RE- Cyanide associated with Cherry Laurel and Bird Cherry, both burn well. Yours looks like 1) Ash 2)Ash but could be Alder or Maple, Alder would be noticeably lighter than Ash or Maple burn all burn well. 👍
  17. 5thelement
    That’s Cherry Laurel or Bird Cherry.
  18. 5thelement
    Holly smells of cat piss.
  19. 5thelement
    If he is free on Sunday Mick, send him round mine. 👍
  20. 5thelement
    Apple and Cherry doesn’t fill your room with sweet scent neither, load of bollocks. Apple/Cherry doesn’t smell of apples or cherry when you prune, fell, chip or split it, the only thing that smells sweet and scented on these trees are the fruit.
  21. 5thelement
    It’s the most powerful saw in the homeowner range so I would think so. Seen a lot of them appearing as training saws for CS30/CS31 courses, they seem capable and easy to handle for novices.
  22. 5thelement
    Why doesn’t Farage just put his hand in Elon’s pocket and fund the recommendations from the Tory enquiry instead?
  23. 5thelement
    6th January, supposedly when the kings arrived to greet baby Jesus. They sell the king cakes in all the shops here and serve it at school dinners for most of January. I can’t stand it, horrible flaky and heavy pastry tasting of marzipan. 🤮 Imagine the H&S uproar in the UK, putting a chocking hazard in a cake for children. There are loads of variation to choke on, this one contains a Nemo shaped, tooth breaking, choke hazard.
  24. 5thelement
    Auto tune is fine, IMO most saw problems are generally down to use error. Unless it is very large ponticum a 560xp is overkill. For petrol, any smaller Husqy would do, an Echo CS4310 is a great little durable coppicing saw, or the Stihl MS212 which has become a favourite in the training world.
  25. 5thelement
    Does it come with a pie/pasty warmer and mini beer fridge?

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