Yair . . . found this black and white clip of my old profession . . . pity it's not longer. http://www.britishpathe.com/video/new-methods-clear-bush Cheers
very interesting clip Scrub.My cousin John lived in Rhodesia till Mugabe took over.He moved to New Zealand then
What were the balls usually filled with?
'we all got balls and brains' 'But some got balls and chains' Nice one scrub; never heard or knew of any 'chaining' in nz, was all roller or blade crushing on scrub here, cheers merv :drinkup
Yair . . . Cheers fellers. Plant Fitter. In Queensland the balls had pretty much gone out before I got into the game in 1959 The ones I pulled on a couple of occasions were much like those in that clip and were known as "hi-balls". I believe some were up to fourteen feet in diameter. They were heavy ribbed internally, skinned with half inch plate and hollow. They originally had a bearing arrangement on the four inch shaft but were back to running metal to metal when I used them. They could be positioned on an individual tree to get the chain up at least half the diameter and gain a bit of purchase but it was a lot of messing around. The film clip mentions they were meant to keep the chain down but that was the purpose of the "lo-balls" which were solid cast and about two foot six in diameter. We never used either as they were a high maintenance item and a b*****d to load and shift. Cheers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W-fIn2QZgg Sorry Scrub puller I just couldn't resist. Regards d.d.
Yair . . . LOL. Gotcha donkey doctor . I actually listened to an AC/DC track . . . once. (he grins) Cheers
That was my first one, I listened close to 3/4 of the way through.