Pete Mctree

It’s always been an issue - never better, never worse. One tip I will share for stopping pedestrians is the magic branch. Put up a barrier, string some tape across and they will snap it, however if you put a reasonable sized branch or two in front of said barrier 9 times out of 10 it will stop them in there tracks. The simple fact is that the lazy retards do not like lifting there feet and stepping over stuff - just try it, you will see what I mean

I have heard some positive things about that device, although I have never seen one in person - it was developed jointly by the inventors of the unicender and the akimbo, quite a pedigree

Great story and how treework was done . I am not ashamed to say I still melt a couple of hundred metres of polyprop every year.

The safe bloc is a great tool to have in the box. Really shines when you have difficulty accessing the base of the tree to attach a device. Rigging, like most things in tree work, is often limited by our imagination/common sense or lack of.

Washing line for the win 👍

Gloves are a massive help - reduce blisters and fatigue. As is a foot ascender Your hands get used to the abuse after a while, or learn to climb Srt

If you want a greater freedom of expression and speech I suggest a move to China. Starmer is not a positive for either. I am in no doubt that he will shut anything down that he cannot control

Poor security on the machines and built in obsolescence all work for the manufacturers. Piss poor border controls mean that they disappear sharpish too. Without a fundamental change in policy towards theft and border security nothing is going to change.

I have seen quite a few branch failures due to pruning - mainly heavy thinning or lions tailing. It does change how a branch moves and dissipates energy which leads to all sorts of issues. Never really associated deadwooding with failure, thats a good piece of observation

Clearance not appearance as the utility boys used to say. He actually explains/justifies the retention of the rest of the tree at the end. When I work in the woods we often are asked to leave or create stems for habitat. It’s good practice here in the UK

It is definitely not for beginners. I have spent today felling ash on quite a steep site and it’s not fun. A few big limbs came flying back at me and the first of these two trees split up to 20ft - real barbers chair. About 18 inches at the stump and cut with a dogs tooth, I could have done nothing different. In contrast, the next tree behaved perfectly

Good day at the office. Brought a Merlo-roto in to make things much easier.

You are showing your complete lack of experience. No one puts one in the truck every day, however when you do, they earn some good money. There is a,world beyond polyprop and a prussic

Do you have to cut a sleeve off your hi-vis hoody and put a couple of eye holes in it, to make a balaclava before you go pricing ? 😂

Terminology will not help. I talk about stump grinding, not removal. Go to site, have a dig about and see if there is anything left. If not present the option of small claims or payment. Don’t take it personally and explain that they should not if you take them to court - it’s just business