45° limbs

[manco]

3 hours ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Iirc, you’re the bloke who suggested driving round in full PPE listening for chainsaws, then sit on your car bonnet at a short distance, waiting to be approached.

 

You come across as a genuine idiot.

and you come across like a stalker

a blind mad one who likes pollards

 

i spoke to someone at a show got a job doing what i said, its where the idea came from.

he sent out emails, made enquiries, got bored, went out and found one of the tree firms he wrote to and sat there waiting for brew time.

they took him on. said they were impressed with his attitude.

 

pollards are ugly as shit on stick and not particularly good practice. i suppose urine favour of lopping and topping as well are you?

 

[Mike Hill]

3 hours ago, Steve Bullman said:

It works though Mick

 

I’m in the SAS now 

Say hello to Khris for us.

[Steve Bullman]

3 minutes ago, Mike Hill said:

Say hello to Khris for us.

I don’t get to talk to the top brass 

[Joe Newton]

2 hours ago, manco said:

and you come across like a stalker

a blind mad one who likes pollards

 

i spoke to someone at a show got a job doing what i said, its where the idea came from.

he sent out emails, made enquiries, got bored, went out and found one of the tree firms he wrote to and sat there waiting for brew time.

they took him on. said they were impressed with his attitude.

 

pollards are ugly as shit on stick and not particularly good practice. i suppose urine favour of lopping and topping as well are you?

 

I think i can speak for Mick when i say he's absolutely in favour of a good topping when the client pays, as are most of us. 

 

I feel thicker for participating in this with you, but I've had a beer so I'll forgive myself. 

[Stubby]

8 hours ago, manco said:

 

 

pollards are ugly as shit on stick and not particularly good practice.

 

How are you with coppicing ?  (pollarding close to the ground if you like ) to get a crop every 7 years or so .

Edited January 20 by Stubby

[Mark J]

Could you wrap you rope around all the leaders and anchor off that?

[carlos]

1 hour ago, Mark J said:

Could you wrap you rope around all the leaders and anchor off that?

thats were SRT is good , tie into enough dubious anchors and it becomes a good anchor.......i think?!!!

[krummholz]

How about getting 2 throws over the main top and base tying them, then cinching anchors to the main stem. Use a traverse hook (like the DMM captain ) to get you out to the pollard heads? Then use slings for foot placement

 

[manco]

5 hours ago, Stubby said:

How are you with coppicing ?  (pollarding close to the ground if you like ) to get a crop every 7 years or so .

not seen it but i could prorbably be onboard with crop reasoning. 

i just dont like pollards and im bored of trying to fix them into normal trees

[5thelement]

45 minutes ago, manco said:

not seen it but i could prorbably be onboard with crop reasoning. 

i just dont like pollards and im bored of trying to fix them into normal trees

Lapsed pollards can be total shit, proper pollards can be works of art. I past these london Planes on the way to football with the boy this morning.