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    Which „extras“ do you find essential for a wheel-loader ?

    good morning, i want to order my first wheelloader, a intrepid/knikmops km130 tele. these machines come pretty basic or so it seems and i don’t wanna not order something now that i will miss later on. extras i am pretty sure about are: comfort cab with heater (main feeling season in germany...
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    hobbs 2000 lowering device, questions..

    hello, i searched the forum but couldn’t find the information.. somebody offered me a hobbs 2000 device with the straight drum and rollerbearing fairlead at the back of the drum for a good price. if i recall correctly, there where rope overlap problems with this design. or did they solve that...
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    barefoot shoes for climbing?

    has anybody tried barefoot shoes for climbing? vivobarefoot has some light climbingboots that might fit the bill for pruning.
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    If you could only have 1 saw…

    which one would it be? i would take a 462 :) quite miserable for pruning, though.
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    If you could only have 3 lowering devices…

    inspired by the 3 chainsaw thread… hobbs, port-a-wrap large and rigging wrench
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    are lighter tools beneficial to a long career?

    hello, it‘s something i‘m wondering about. is it detrimental for my body to use a larger saw or will it strengthen it and therefore prolong my career? greetings, friedrich
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    i broke/cracked my rigging spar (with personal tip)

    yesterday i was removing a group of dead thuja occidentalis on an old cemetery above old and brittle gravestones. there was an oak tree very close that would have been perfect for a rigging point and tie in. i decided that it wasnt necessary. i spiked up the straightest and most sound looking...
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    aluminium port-a-wrap. is that a bad idea?

    i cant find any port-a-wraps made out of aluminium, is there a good reason? is it too brittle for that type of joint? i think @SoftBankHawks had one custom made but other than that. i envision something like the buckingham xl sizewise.. greetings, friedrich

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