Old Skool Cool

[David Humphries]

After getting the hiab to assist in the "planting" of this years tree, we found that that, coupled with copious ammounts of ground water adding suction into the equation, resulted in a very stuborn stump not wanting to come out of zee hole.

 

Usualy just bore through, stick a bar in & lift, but this 'sucker' was having none of it.

 

So out came the Trewhella Monkey Jack.

 

End of story

 

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[Dean Lofthouse]

I wish the "City of London" would change it's colour scheme.

 

It's Yuk !

[Lorry thompson]

The first post describes my firm (you must know me) haha

[David Humphries]

I wish the "City of London" would change it's colour scheme.

 

It's Yuk !

 

 

How very dare you sir.

 

It's far superior than that Lofthouse livery

 

 

 

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[dandkgroundcare]

when i started with fountain forestry back in 91 my first climbing rope was 3 starnd with a METAL eye in it and the old willans with no legs loops(ace for branch walking).

we only had a static drum chipper with no feed rollers at all would chip it if you could get the drum to catch it and all the brash was pulled around in petrol transit panel vans with a 16ft twin axle flat bed with 6ft bars on the sides and the " if you cant get it on try mashing it down a bit attitude".

god i miss the good times:thumbup:

[Taupotreeman]

Harnesses? What harnesses. Most of the time we didn't have one. The saw was attached to your belt. I finally advanced to an indoor climbing harness, which makes me wince when I think about it but that's what happens when you have no training and no idea what you are doing. Ropes, if you were lucky enough to have one, were the 3 strand though I can still remember being given a hemp one. All the brash was thrown in to a big cage trailer and then mulched down regularly with a saw until the trailer was full. It was then tipped out and burnt once the brash pile had taken over the entire field. The ropes we used for lowering were massively heavy 2 inch shipping ropes or something like that. 3 strand again and stiff as wire rope almost.

[ctcare]

When i first started in '62 i was expected to free climb to top of trunk of say 90feet oak or elm, haul up a 19mm Matador winch rope and tie it on. On my way down, hanging on to the the winch rope for support, would take the bow saw from around my neck and saw 3/4 through all the branches and finish off with the small razor sharp axe that was tucked in my leather belt, so that we ended up at ground level using a large 9lb Ewell felling axe for the sink and a 12ft two man cross cut for the back cut, with the Mat doing the final pull over. I have sold the Matador, but i still have my axes. Ahh the 'good old days'

[Wolfie]

Just a beret, beard and balls of steel.

[Taupotreeman]

Now that's how I remember my apprenticeship.

[Tree Man Tom]

Just a beret, beard and balls of steel.

 

Never new B A Baracus (Mr T) dabbled in tree work lol