lucky escape

[nz paul]

When i read his first post i acutally read it in one go because of the lack of fullstops etc.. and didnt even understand what i had read.!HAd to re-read again and again!

dohh!!!

[MattyF]

I would of left a slightly bigger and more parrallel hinge .....ash are tricky though ,leave a big hinge and with a back lean and try and pull them over and they are prone to barbers chair...

[Andy Collins]

I had a job go wrong when I first started on line-clearance, could have been a very similar thing to what happened to test-cricket. The person who was most directly affected was me. I knocked out the 33kv feed to a town into the bargain. I had asked repeatedly for a shut-down, and it was declined due to "costs" and "profit margins". I should have refused to carry out the job, but I as young dumb and full of........ so i just got on with it. I was furious with myself for allowing peer pressure to get to me. No amount of ranting from another would have had any effect on me, I was so angry at myself for cocking up in such style. Afterwards i calmed down, and assessed every part of the job, from the beginning thru to the incident, and learned a lot from it.

Now I am (hopefully) more mature and experienced, I find a calm calculated approach is necessary, both in how I deal with a job, a client or a co-worker, people rarely listen to a rant, but they will listen to a calmly reasoned discussion and maybe learn more from it. Its not a case of being cuddly and soft, I just find people will listen more if you keep calm and objective.

[Stephen Blair]

hence my first post on this thread andy. i based my reply on facts and experience. i didnt feel the need to criticise the lads grammer or writing ability. i understood it no bother. he types the way he talks, just like me.

[Andy Collins]

[Khriss]

Well-after aaaaaaall that, you can have tea an sympathy from me, mate

 

K

[Mick Stockbridge]

Fair play for posting to start with and secondly dont worry about the english experts on here, half of them dont know their backside from their elbow anyway. I understood what you were saying.

[stoxs]

Basic assisted felling mistakes what i can see

 

1) Gob is to deep nearly 50%(gob cuts don`t help the tree to fall!!!)

2) Felling cut is to high as said this can act as a step cut.

3) Hinge is not big enough or in line.

 

Assisted felling is all down to accurate cuts and the right tension on the pulling rope. You don`t need shed loads of tension on the pulling rope to make the tree bend like a bow, Only enough so the saw dosn`t trap.

2 pulleys would be enough for that size tree.

 

glad no one was injured.

[skyhuck]

Basic assisted felling mistakes what i can see

 

1) Gob is to deep nearly 50%(gob cuts don`t help the tree to fall!!!)

 

 

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:confused1:I find they do, in fact I find they are essential.

[Stephen Blair]

a huge gub is good for felling a tree with a straight trunk imo.