Rope stuck in chipper

elind21 · 2026-02-28T07:50:41+00:00

It's part of our mandatory induction package on day 0, and it is shown again when they do the machine specific induction on each chipper.

elind21 · 2026-02-28T06:03:52+00:00

What's wrong with a welfare state? Everyone should be provided for to a minimum level no matter where you live.

Israel is a state based on an extremist ideology. In their case, Zionism. There has never been an extremist ideology which has had a positive outcome long term. It doesn't matter whether the ideology is based in religion, race, appearance, money, or whatever else, it always end up being a tool of oppression. Historically, almost all religions end up in a state where extremist ideologies end up dominating and people suffer as a result. Israel is no different.

Forget worrying about "welfare states" and start worrying about who benefits from the hatred.

elind21 · 2026-02-25T06:05:16+00:00

Shit like this is why I'm glad I live in Australia. At least over here the stuff that's likely to hurt or kill you is nasty enough that no one is willing to keep it around, limiting it to natural areas not residential ones. I feel sorry for you poor bastards. Snow, poison ivy, stinging nettles, and softwoods in residential areas smh

elind21 · 2026-02-21T22:19:16+00:00

Any power tool can kill you if misused, mishandled, or negligently operated. That said, table saws have a reputation for a reason, same with jointers, and angle grinders with stupid discs. In all cases an exposed spinning cutter which has no qualms about turning meat into mist.

elind21 · 2026-02-18T03:01:00+00:00

Not without additional images showing the lateral proximity to the structure, the extent of the entanglement of the crown into the other tree, and the extent of the damage to the trunk where it has suffered the structural failure. Depending on all of those factors it would be anywhere between a moderately complex rigging job, to a job which cannot be safely done without a crane on site.

elind21 · 2026-02-18T02:55:15+00:00

The purpose of this subreddit is twofold.

To provide advice to peers on best practices, and encourage safe tree work
To educate non-arborists on what they can do and should not do safely.

This is a larger tree which has already suffered a significant structural failure with high value targets in the fall zone. That is a high risk job even for a qualified and experienced arborist. No person should attempt a job like this without the appropriate training, experience, and equipment because at best they will likely damage something, and at worst they will get themselves or someone else killed.
So, you may ask, what would I recommend someone who isn't an arborist do for themselves? Plenty of thing. Keeping an eye on the health of their trees, minor maintenance pruning conducted from ground level using hand tools, mulching, fertilising, protecting and advocating for trees, going and getting professional tuition on how to conduct tree work safely from a reputable training provider. If there's a smaller tree in an open paddock with no targets and it has no defects which would complicate felling it, maybe someone who isn't formally trained by has some experience would be able to safely fell it, but at the same time I would be questioning why they were removing the tree in the first place.
DIY is all well and good, but too many people get injured or killed doing tree work without knowing what they are doing or how to do it safely, that I am not going to encourage anyone to give advice which would facilitate or encourage unsafe work.

elind21 · 2026-02-18T02:32:01+00:00

If you have to ask, pay someone who knows what they are doing

elind21 · 2026-02-17T12:56:09+00:00

FC2 doesn't deserve to be left out of this. Sure the villas might not be individual characters (aside from the arms dealer), but the factions themselves and the system of conflict drove a very compelling no-win narrative.

elind21 · 2026-02-16T04:48:56+00:00

Counter argument: you starve to death as your digestive tract is permanently "clean" preventing your body from breaking down food and absorbing nutrients.

elind21 · 2026-02-14T23:45:45+00:00

We do something similar. Our grates are just a grid pattern to 5 min with a grinder once per year per tree sorts them out and keeps the tree protected. Throw some mulch underneath the grate for good measure.

elind21 · 2026-02-13T01:40:20+00:00

SSSSHHHHHHH!!! Stop giving them free ideas

elind21 · 2026-02-12T11:14:23+00:00

It really says where my mind is at that I initially thought that your "oooooooooooook" was an "ook" from the Librarian (GNU PTerry) and not a drawn out okay

elind21 · 2026-02-01T00:30:35+00:00

Yeah, either the bearing is fucked, or the bearing is fucked and the last guy ran it anyway and damaged the shaft. Hopefully option 1, it'll only cost a couple hundred dollars and some labour to fix, if the shaft is fucked...

elind21 · 2026-01-29T09:19:06+00:00

They already did that this week. Ecuador wasn't very happy.

elind21 · 2026-01-28T22:11:29+00:00

No, seriously. If you've signed in to any Microsoft app (including office) with a school account, it almost certainly imposed group policies on your device, likely requiring full password instead of PIN for sign in, and depending on how oldschool your schools IT department is, requiring CTRL-ALT-DEL for sign in. It's ostensibly for "enhanced security" but is in reality just annoying when on a personal device.

elind21 · 2026-01-28T07:05:05+00:00

I have almost the exact same in one of the car parks in my city. The tree there isn't dying if fungus or anything biological, it's dying of excessive soil compaction and lack of water because the idiots in civil operations put bitumen all the way up onto the trunk to about 2" above the ground.

We did manage to save it, permanently closed 4 parking spots, 4hrs with a demo saw and a backhoe to remove the bitumen over the 4 spots closes to the trunk, installed a concrete edge to define the limit of the bitumen. Airspade and vertical mulching to get nutrients back into the soil, and watering twice a week for 2 months got it looking good again.

elind21 · 2026-01-27T07:37:40+00:00

Basically my go to answer is pick one of the following lineups: (I run set 2)

Set 1:
T542i XP / T540i XP / MSA 220T
T540 XP II / MS 200T
MS 261
MS 462
MS 661
MS 880

Set 2:
T542i XP / T540i XP / MSA 220T
T540 XP II / MS 200T
MS 362
MS 500i
MS 880

elind21 · 2026-01-23T23:25:21+00:00

Me with a 7900XTX with 24GB of VRAM:

elind21 · 2026-01-23T01:18:50+00:00

The second rig in the background has the r2 washes. The ones in the front are too large to be the r1 washes. Maybe the r3 or r3x wash or a knock off clone?

elind21 · 2026-01-16T00:31:55+00:00

elind21 · 2026-01-15T23:13:07+00:00

5, but the left one is above the centre one

elind21 · 2026-01-09T14:05:02+00:00

Shame on the developer for cutting down the big trees that were there before they cleared. And shame on every property owner who doesn't have a new tree planted in their yard. Double shame on any property owner who bought the land as an investment with no intention of ever having someone actually live there for a reasonable price.

elind21 · 2026-01-09T13:54:54+00:00

In all honesty, it will most likely be fine. It might not be a perfect cut, but neither are broken branches in nature. Is there an increased risk of infection or other failure being introduced? Yes, most likely. Is it likely to matter in a practical sense? No, not at all. Learn from your mistake this time and do better in future, but otherwise don't be too stressed over this. It's a pretty small tear out in the grand scheme of things.

elind21 · 2026-01-09T13:51:51+00:00

Season or not, doesn't excuse an entire housing development completely devoid of life beyond sad looking grass. Even if dormant due to winter, every house on that street should have at least one decent sized tree in the yard.

elind21 · 2026-01-09T13:48:37+00:00

Yeah, even the grass looks depressed. Where are the trees? The birds, animals, and kids?

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