i did chain and rigging certification for years but sod lugging around big anchor chain like that and it looks like they have added spikes in places. on some of them. good idea having swivels at the ends of the chain before it goes to the anchor point or the chain can twist itself up with then loads the links more and loads closer to breaking force gets applied
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I guess that’s how they cut down the rain forest in Brazil - but climate change isn’t man-made, right?
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It depends on which trees are cut down and most importantly where they are cut down.
The Amazon rain forests is a bad choice for the climate.
Letting trees collect carbondioxide in Sweden, turning them into buildings that will stand for maybe 100 years and let new trees grow on that patch of land could be a better choice.
After a while most forests get into a steady state, the carbondioxide still being collected by the growing trees is balanced out by the carbondioxide released by the decaying trees.
Turning the trees into paper is a bad idea since the recycling percentage will not reach 100%. We can replace the plastic in many products with derivatives of cellulose (i.e. trees). If this is used for disposable items like food trays it doesn’t really do much good but if we turn it into furniture or building materials we will take that carbondioxide out of circulation for a longer time.
The “mathematics” or “economics” of it all gets horribly complicated after a while …
Replacing concrete and steel in buildings saves a lot of carbondioxide …
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Hello!
Looking at the footage where the trees fall so fast, I’m thinking “Ain’t it a damn shame…”
Carbon circulation is sure complicated… If I was to simplify it, I’d say leave it alone and carbon will be deposited (might take thousands of years, but it will). Disturb it, and it will be released. And we’re disturbing it.
Back to my model - I tried to make some changes @namengr Wayne suggested, then I mounted the engine in the frame together with the radiator. The shaft from the engine to the transmission needed shortening about 1mm to fit. I also made the hose from the radiator to the water manifold. And here’s what it looks like now:
Now I’ll try to cover the engine a little and then mount the tracks permanently. Thanks for looking and have a nice day
Paweł
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Looking good, engine looks more like I remember now. Keep up the fine work. Wayne
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Here are files for a 3D anchor style chain. You would have to resize it with slicer program to get the size you need.
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The detailing looks great.
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The pictures of the Rome plow look fantastic.
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