Had a nightmare last night

[hazzygawa]

i use a chainsaw head on a long reach hedge trimmer, it saves a lot of time and stress. then just wave it around like you have a light sabre. job done!

[armchairarborist]

need to cut them stubs down about 3ft if poss, then walk on them and work at decent height.. makes a massive difference, especially if its one you do every year,

[Dean Lofthouse]

need to cut them stubs down about 3ft if poss, then walk on them and work at decent height.. makes a massive difference, especially if its one you do every year,

 

You cant see on the photo but the stubs were down three foot or so they were just collapsing as you walked along them

[treequip]

Sh1t!! I've only got another ten months....

 

Woman!! Get upstairs!!:biggrin:

 

Oh Gawd, I only have 3 DAYS

[armchairarborist]

stand ladder between trees? or did you have to do it the hard way?

[geoff]

It says rotten stubs.

 

The cut stems that you walk along were all rotten had to keep tied in at all timesbecause they kept giving way and then the conifers themselves were too widely spaced making getting across difficult. Then there were trees planted infront of the connies so when you throw bits out they got caught up in the trees

 

Basically everything that makes trimming conifer hard work all in one place

 

Sorry, but that's so true !

[plippy]

What does the first label say Dean cant quite make it out?

 

Had my first go at a conife climb today... Was awful from start to finish:sneaky2:

 

:lol:get used to it mate cos ya gona be doing plenty of them in ya arb carreer:laugh1: conifers are ya bread and butter and if ya work for someone they'l be sending you up everytime as a newbie

[Dean Lofthouse]

stand ladder between trees? or did you have to do it the hard way?

 

They were 36ft to reduce to 30 Ed

[plippy]

They were 36ft to reduce to 30 Ed

 

morning dean,i hate jobs like that, ya never find out how bad they are til on the day

[redmoosefaction]

need to cut them stubs down about 3ft if poss, then walk on them and work at decent height.. makes a massive difference, especially if its one you do every year,

 

What do you reckon.. if you did them every year would it be worth nailing scaffold planks through the middle of them?