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16 February 2005, 02:12 PM
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Am I the only repressed lumberjack here or is there a growing brotherhood out there that just can't get enough of this past time? I've got a great opportunity this week to take a few hours off to chop up an ash tree for a local farmer mate who's also got a couple of hornbeams that have fallen over recently.
The chance to get my chainsaw out, put my protective clothing on and get amongst it is something that I enjoy although my wife reckons I just like dressing up (helmet, ear defenders and trousers) and role playing (the whole woodsman number). It's also a good opportunity to get the Landy grubby and rip up some mud - happy as a pig in ****, I'll be.
Any fellow enthusiasts?
The chance to get my chainsaw out, put my protective clothing on and get amongst it is something that I enjoy although my wife reckons I just like dressing up (helmet, ear defenders and trousers) and role playing (the whole woodsman number). It's also a good opportunity to get the Landy grubby and rip up some mud - happy as a pig in ****, I'll be.
Any fellow enthusiasts?
16 February 2005, 02:18 PM
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sort of - I like cutting up wood then building something with it.
I know what you mean though, happiness is being ankle deep in sawdust
I know what you mean though, happiness is being ankle deep in sawdust
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I have a bit of a stragne fetish for powertools, I have just realised I have spent about 2K+ on various toys in the last 18 months, you can never have enough mitre saws - got 3 - bloody ebay bargains, can't resist.
- bloody ebay bargains, can't resist.
16 February 2005, 02:43 PM
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Of course; going into the countryside and cutting up a tree with a chainsaw isnt as satisfying as going into the country and with a gun and shooting something furry.....
16 February 2005, 03:07 PM
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Are you kidding? 4 of us have "Agent Orange" T-shirts for how often we go down parents' place for a "slash and burn", clearing up 8 acres of woodland. Any constructive activity is strictly frowned upon. Stihl, billhook, Massey Ferguson are the order of the day!
16 February 2005, 03:29 PM
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Eight acres of woodland? You'd never get me out of there!
This thread is way too civilised anyway so I'm livening it up. Husqvarna's rule and Stihl boys are queer boys and Ash is by far the best burning wood - so there.
This thread is way too civilised anyway so I'm livening it up. Husqvarna's rule and Stihl boys are queer boys and Ash is by far the best burning wood - so there.
16 February 2005, 03:36 PM
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I made my mates a "Toothless Saw Chain Trophy" when we needed a new chain - the old one had almost no teeth left on it!
I just found out today that Husqvarna is part of the Electrolux Group
You can stick with your poncy ash, you public-school toff. We work with oak and chestnut - oh, and four-inch-thick rhododendron trunks...
16 February 2005, 03:38 PM
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You can stick with your poncy ash, you public-school toff. We work with oak and chestnut - oh, and four-inch-thick rhododendron trunks...
The Larch!
The Fir!
The mighty Scots Pine!
16 February 2005, 03:46 PM
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I saw that sketch a few days ago, just got a Python DVD off a mate.We had three larches, all about 40-50ft, hung up in each other. Pretty dodgy bringing those down.
The 40 leylandii planted as hedging, on the other hand...
We have nicknames for various patches of the land. One is called "the tennis court", as it's that big and we didn't even realise it was there until we fought through all the rhodie along the two fence lines to find where they met. Can you imagine not even knowing that you own that much land?
Ah, the fun. It started with my mates at university - buncha energetic hooligans letting off steam of a weekend. Rarely happens now, we're all mid-30s and balding with young kids
16 February 2005, 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Brendan Hughes
The 40 leylandii planted as hedging, on the other hand...
It was a Caterpillar 345B, huge ****** and could pretty much tear them out of the ground! Needless to say I got a drive!
Cat 345:
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Originally Posted by Flatcapdriver
Ash is by far the best burning wood - so there.
IMOHO don't find it that great when you work in the outdoors most of the time and when you do that sort of job quite often you soon get bored of cutting wood up. Dont mind felling though !!
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