Carrying high lifts

[Boy English]

Good luck with your 32 next week Adam

 

 

Cheers Tim, I'll give you a call next week. I've a little info on my "mate" in that van 😉

[drinksloe]

To be honest they'd probably be a pain in a belt/pouch as u don't always need them.

 

if its just for ur ticket training i'd just use a strong plastic bag or old rucksack. U might see a good idea from the other boys and how they carry them about.

I take it u generally don't use them in ur day to day work? If so not worth spending any money on something just for the test.

I'e always used a sledge rather than a mallet and for the bigger trees the sledge is better

 

When i was felling in the woods for a harvester. On a big job I usually carry an old sports bag with a load of wedges (steel, plastic and hi lift) and leave it somewhere near where i'm working and it was left there for a few days.

If i was a long walk in just for a days work i just stuck a couple in my lunch rucksack and had a whole cut in the top so my sledge handle stuck out the top

 

I'd just carry a couple of wedges loose and throw them from tree to tree, throwing it at the butt of the next tree. Usually 2 is enough for most trees and just walk back to my big bag if i need more wedges

Then it saves them getting in the way as ur snedding it out or falling out ur pouch below a mountain of brash

 

A top tip if ur buying wooden hi lifts is to put 2 rings on the shaft rather than 1, lasts a lot longer

Edited January 28, 2017 by drinksloe