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  1. Rupe

    Is this real?

    The first one is fake, my guess is its a set up stunt, like candid camera, so some of the people are in on the joke. The second one looks real enough. The third one is definately fake. Its been around for ages and posted on here somewhere before. The initial crane falling in while retrieving...
  2. Rupe

    Frozen

    Is it art? If so then let it be. Art for art sake (non profit, and with a nameless artist(s) ) is more artistic than the kind of rubbish that sells for thousands but only if the "artists" thinks your worthy of owning there rubbish. Like pavement art, other than tips, theres no money in it and...
  3. Rupe

    Frozen

    They just did that in London this year too. This one was fully organised via facebook so there was no announcments made before hand, just turn up and freeze when you hear a trumpet or something, so no knew how many other people around them were going to join in...
  4. Rupe

    Tree climbing olympics

    [ QUOTE ] Remember the "perfect rope" April Fools joke? From 03 or 04 I think. [/ QUOTE ] That one wasn't me... The best so far was the ground anchor bollard for lowering...
  5. Rupe

    Tree climbing olympics

    I read an article in the Times newspaper the other day that listed, among other sports, tree climbing, to be considered as a new "demonstration/exhibition sport" at the London Olympics in 2012. One of the remits of the olympic committee is to bring new sports to the attention of the public and...
  6. Rupe

    Stihl Ms290 Oil Pump Removal

    Yeah no need to take the muffler off!! Just remove the spark plug. If you have taken the muffler then no worries, either way you need to jam the piston. Most saws come with a small plastic tool for this purpose which you jam in the spark plug hole (or exhaust port, if you've gone that way) or...
  7. Rupe

    Stihl Ms290 Oil Pump Removal

    [ QUOTE ] I Have a MS290 Which is currently not pumping oil to the chain. I have been able to break everything down to the brake assembly sprocket where the breaks sit. The brakes and clips come off fine but the assembly the sit on I can't get to budge It looks like it takes a 3/4" wrench that...
  8. Rupe

    throwline storage

    Old reels from a mig welder are free and work well if you remove one of the flanges.
  9. Rupe

    Diesel Fuel Prices!

    I've been here all along, mostly cutting and not much building!!
  10. Rupe

    Diesel Fuel Prices!

    [ QUOTE ] After filling up 2 chip trucks,1 crane, and 1 chipper today at $4.40 a gallon I almost went home instead to work. Prices are getting out of control. [/ QUOTE ] Ok I gallon = 3.78 litres Therefore one litre = 1.164 dollars. In uk pounds thats only 58p a litre ( I used a basic...
  11. Rupe

    441 or 460??

    I just bought a 460, and so far so good but not used it up a tree yet. I run it with a 20inch bar, can't imagine wanting more than that. I looked at the 441. It seemed a bit over designed, the 460 was more solid and straightforward, like a smaller version of the 660 (or 066 that I have) I'm...
  12. Rupe

    car or plane - fast as fast can be

    They all have veggie phobias, its all about the horse power!! And, you can't be called Stig!! That's too ironic. Google search "top gear the stig" or try this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VihIf1Fi-BM sorry its in Dutch not Danish
  13. Rupe

    car or plane - fast as fast can be

    Ok, you need some Brit input here! Thats the much loved (although not very tall) tv presenter Richard (the hampster) Hammond, driving the 1.5million pound bugatti veyron. Last year he crashed a jet powered car at 288mph, he suffered brain damage and was in a coma for some time. He made a full...
  14. Rupe

    Posing in trees

    posing in trees
  15. Rupe

    Posing in trees

    I actually have no sound on my computer at the moment so if Mark was speaking english, the above post will make little sense, as usual! Com' on England! (v france, rugby, half an hours time!!
  16. Rupe

    Posing in trees

    it worked for me, and yes there was some posing. Mark B a poser after all!! Good video, very proffessional, didn';t understand a word of course, although I'm guessing Mark was word/dialect perfect! Most brits just talk louder when abroad! reg you need a thirty meter platform and pro cameraman...
  17. Rupe

    I FINALLY WIN AT AN AUCTION!

    Hi. by 2 inch tubing I guess you mean steel? Keep it all aluminium by looking out for some old ladders. Tree folks often have some lying around!! Recycling is cheap. You can keep the rungs in place too for extra strength, and its so easy to drill, you can bolt it or rivet as much as you like...
  18. Rupe

    split beech tree

    Big unit! No clear up? Perfect saturday project!
  19. Rupe

    Fred! You plank!

    In later years he got more eccentric and built a replica working coal mine in his back yard! Here he is trying to measure the depth of the ravine to work out how deep the mine shaft needs to be! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZXCfK_HHSg&feature=related
  20. Rupe

    Fred! You plank!

    Tom, I'm guessing mid to late seventies?

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