I weedwhacked right up to a bigger than a softball nest. I have no idea why I was not stung. I didn't see the nest until a couple days afterwards.
Oops, not a whine. Not a whine at all.
Oops, not a whine. Not a whine at all.
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mile9socounty
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I try to keep a small paper wasp nest in the front lid of my gas tank on my truck. Just a real small one. Always good for a yell or a shriek from the gals at the local gas station.
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was loading saws last nite in to the trailer dropped a iel on my foot " wearing slippers" :msp_unsure: broke my big toe. didn't look to bad last nite some swelling and hurt like hell when i walked on it . real fun slipping on the lace to toe's this morn. just got home from spending the day out at the museum grounds getting ready for steamup. pretty black and blue now. allwell i guess i'll end my whine.
Two of us are working in a concrete stream channel that runs through town. My partner climbed 15' down the ladder and stood right on top of a wasp nest. I only had one boot on or I would have been with him. He climbed the ladder without his fall protection harness in about 3 seconds bringing the wasps with him. They were little thread waists, never been stung by them before. I got it once on my right forearm, Jeff had 8 stings on his head and 6 on his back. We went back down a different ladder.
That was yesterday today I slipped in the moss and fell on my but in a foot of water. I swam out. I did save my phone. I spent the rest of the day cutting nettles with the weed whacker. My love handles kinda burn from all the nettles rubbing my sides.
That was yesterday today I slipped in the moss and fell on my but in a foot of water. I swam out. I did save my phone. I spent the rest of the day cutting nettles with the weed whacker. My love handles kinda burn from all the nettles rubbing my sides.
Note to most folks in most places in the US: this trick only works in OR and NJ. Everywhere else you pretty much have to pump your own gas these days.
Do Oregon or Warshington have vapor recovery nozzles? Ya know the kind that make it near impossible to fill a gas can,
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if you mean the ones with the annoying "fore skin" ya gotta pull back to fill a gas can... then we got a couple of em here and there butt seems like most of em didn't last long. still got a few stations around here where you can pay after filling too. Ory gone on the other hand i gots no idea its full service only sew us out of townies don't get to play with the pretty levers and make a mess:msp_angry:
Well that just won't do in California, a bureaucrat might lose his $200,000.00 a year job and his staff. California politics require expensive solutions to non-existant problems.
McCulloch1-52
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I wish stihl would make something like the mcculloch 3-10 E.
Rakoprtr
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Why don't u just paint a Mac Oarnge and jack the price up a few hundred dollars
I bought another pair of Whites last year, ordered them in August but didn't recieve them till the middle of October. Actually drove up to Spokane this time and got measured by one of their employees. Got to wear them for a month last year before the snow came and the snow finally melted enough by early may this year. Suprise suprise the heels are already blown out. I'm pretty much done with Whites. I know that they are fixable but I have to send them in and buy another pair while they fix them. I hear good things about Vibergs but I can't see buying a boot I can't try on. A guy on my crew bought some Wesco's at the same time I did and his are totally shot. Another guy baught some Nicks this May and the heels are almost totaly blown apart. How long did you older guys get out of a pair of boots working in the rigging? Has boot quality deminished this much?
McCulloch1-52
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No,the model im talking about has a Electric start. [video=youtube_share;tNBmmw4PgG4]http://youtu.be/tNBmmw4PgG4[/video]
Rakoprtr
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All my saws have the convinece start package on them activated by saying "hey groundie start that saw and bring it here " haha Jk
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Joe46
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Actually you can still pump your own diesel in Orygon, but usually not the worth the trouble of explaining the law to the gas jockey.
HorseFaller
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I have heard good things about the Vibergs as well. I have some Hoffmans and they suck. My Wesco's are older (like non replaceable nails) but still holding in and super comfortable, for corks that is. I hear most around here get two seasons from wesco's or Vibergs. Alot of our rigging guys use the fly weight hikers here or the Danner pronghorns. Not sure the longevity of either. Not sure this helps.
I don't know about working in the rigging but a pair of Wescos would usually last me three years. If I wasn't making much money they'd last me four. I'd usually have them rebuilt a couple of times but after that there wasn't anything to build on. You guys are tougher on your boots than I am, more stress and side loads.
The last pair I bought were okay but they aren't up to the usual Wesco quality. Some of the stitching is a little off, a couple of eyelets are sloppy...nothing important just not what I'd come to expect. It's still a good boot but a lot of the little details aren't being looked after. It seems like quality has diminished a little.
2dogs posted awhile back about good leather being hard to find...maybe that's part of the problem.
Does Viberg have a "custom fit" deal like Wesco? That might be the way to go.
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I would get 2 seasons out of a pair of good boots--note the word good, while marking timber. The steep, rocky, pumice is hard on them. Steep is hard on boots. My Whites wore out on the east side. My Danners wore holes in the heel leather in a month (not sure if Danner qualifies in the Good section) Kuliens wore out in the heel leather the second year but they repaired them fast. The Wescos slopped over the sides.
I think steep ground is hard on boots...period.
My orange rubber Vikings have lasted and lasted. They are wearing out in the heels--from the inside out.
I think steep ground is hard on boots...period.
My orange rubber Vikings have lasted and lasted. They are wearing out in the heels--from the inside out.
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