what to do with lanky trees

[Khriss]

10 hours ago, westphalian said:

Cheers. I’ve just spent 5 minutes trying to think of a false clever reason why I cut the stump so high.
The honest answer is I’m milling 8ft sections on a Logosol and I can’t lift anything much wider

Carve a nice seat , mate, k

[westphalian]

here is my usual stump. Admittedly the hinge is a bit thin?

[Gary Prentice]

14 hours ago, spuddog0507 said:

 was the stump in the picture cut at that height for a reason ?.

Just the right height for a bar clamp for sharpening kneeling down, obviously!

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

4 hours ago, westphalian said:

Who’s TCD?

TCD = Timber Cutter Dartmoor 

 

A former AT resident fuels and oils expert, forestry boffin and all round good egg with a sharp wit and a sharper temper!

 

His primary bête noire was stump height with hinge properties as a close second.

 

Following what rapidly descended into a fairly 'frank and honest' exchange of opinions surrounding the quality of teaching at Arb/Forestry colleges, and the resultant quality of the students produced, he dramatically parted company with the AT massive and left a noticeable gap in a number of areas to which he was an honest, straight forward, expert and comical contributor....   

 

Like so many before him, taken before his time, gone but not forgotten....

Edited August 12, 2018 by kevinjohnsonmbe

[stihlmadasever]

34 minutes ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

TCD = Timber Cutter Dartmoor 

 

A former AT resident fuels and oils expert, forestry boffin and all round good egg with a sharp wit and a sharper temper!

 

His primary bête noire was stump height with hinge properties as a close second.

 

Following what rapidly descended into a fairly 'frank and honest' exchange of opinions surrounding the quality of teaching at Arb/Forestry colleges, and the resultant quality of the students produced, he dramatically parted company with the AT massive and left a noticeable gap in a number of areas to which he was an honest, straight forward, expert and comical contributor....   

 

Like so many before him, taken before his time, gone but not forgotten....

He chose too go...

Not taken at all is it

Made a bit of a fool of himself too as i seem to remember.

 

 

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

1 hour ago, stihlmadasever said:

He chose too go...

Not taken at all is it

Made a bit of a fool of himself too as i seem to remember.

 

 

Was only having a chuckle....  

 

I found many of his posts to be deeply knowledgeable and often entertaining - life's too short to be all wrapped around the axle.

 

I spent a few minutes trying to find the thread but gave up because I couldn't recall any effective search words which didn't return 500 pages to sift through to find the right one...

Edited August 12, 2018 by kevinjohnsonmbe

[Bolt]

1 hour ago, stihlmadasever said:

He chose too go...

Not taken at all is it

Made a bit of a fool of himself too as i seem to remember.

 

 

not how I remember it, but each to their own. :- )

[Mark J]

He was quite SHOUTY, I think he may have taken the chance to lower his blood pressure a little.  Knew/knows his stuff, no doubt,  when it came to forestry.  Possibly shouldn't have got too involved in political threads.

[Bolt]

1 hour ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

Was only having a chuckle....  

 

I found many of his posts to be deeply knowledgeable and often entertaining - life's too short to be all wrapped around the axle.

 

I spent a few minutes trying to find the thread but gave up because I couldn't recall any effective search words which didn't return 500 pages to sift through to find the right one...

 

I miss TCD.  

 

Amongst a sea of prima donnas and wannabees, he offered an alternative (if not always welcome opinion).

 

 

 

[Steve Bullman]

5 minutes ago, Bolt said:

not how I remember it, but each to their own. :- )

Its exactly how I remember it!