Old Skool Cool

[Johny Walker]

i wonder how many on a/t are still using some of these old school methods

[L W Woodlands]

i wonder how many on a/t are still using some of these old school methods

 

Indeed! as a young'un in forestry I recognise a few of the above, and have had the pleasure of working with some of the fearsome old machines (and people ) that are still out there!

great thread

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I still reckon the sandvik bow saw is an awesome tool!

 

It saved me a trip back to base one day when my chain snapped on a fastigiate hornbeam reduction, with a new blade they are a brilliant tool.

[PeteB]

We used to convert the 21" Sandvik saw to clip onto the fibre glass live line pruning rods. That way we could pole saw some 50' off the ground. I'm pretty sure I've still got a couple of sockets rusting in my garage somewhere.

 

Trouble was that the saw could bridge the gap between LV phases and cause an outage!

[TRADITIONAL LOGGERS]

When:-

 

Waterproofs were a couple of hessian sacks on the legs and shoulders.

 

Combi Cans were in steel and the fillers brass with gauze filters and rubber seals.

 

Chainsaws had no chain brake (A65)

 

People were taught to think instead of all the HSE blah blah.

 

2A Land Rovers had a starting handle behind the seats for cold mornings.

 

Red phoneboxes instead of mobiles that don't work in dark woods.

 

One could leave tools overnight on the worksite unlocked.

 

Burning as much brash as one wanted.

 

No road cones nonsense.

 

Paid the same rate at weekends.

 

Flasks that poured broken glass into a brew.

[the verminator]

I had banished it to the pit of no return, to help conquer the mental scars that this beast would inflict.

 

But in the name of posterity, here is the beast arisen

 

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i had the pleasure of using one of them beasts the other week

[Wolfie]

I've just put some old skool pics of my dad in his prime (1970/80's) on my facebook page. Hopefully the link below will get you there.

 

Some great pictures of damage from the great storm of 1987.

 

https://m.facebook.com/RichardsonTreeSurgery/

 

 

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[Steve Bullman]

I bet this was a fun one to deal with for him!

 

[bob]

Bet there is loads of old photos kicking about in albums and that's the problem with us oldies that took photos on film 🎥

Bet there are a lot on here that never put a film in a camera.

Will have to dig some out and scan a few in 🤔

[Stubby]

Has any one mentioned " flush cutting " rather than at the collar ?