Peter
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Ah, with you. So you never use your climbing line for any load other than a person? For instance, if you needed a large saw in the tree, you wouldnt ask your groundie to tie it to the tail of your rope and pull it up?
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Care to elaborate on this stimulating and informative post?
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There is a market for poplar, chip and log, AHS recycling will take it. Cue Buzz
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To speedline small pieces of of a tree you are reducing, get your groundy to hold the tail of your climbing line tight and at head height, sling the piece up and run it down on a biner.
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Try as many as you can, keep an open mind about the style of harness, and I'm sure you'll find a winner. So much choice. The skylotec is a good harness, so is the sequoia, and the treemotion. Not a big fan of the newer komet harnesses myself. The Heightec Bee is worth a look too.
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The elastic bands did the trick, they should last at least a week!
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He is indeed a god among tree men. Hey wait a minute, this isnt the Mr Ed appreciation thread! Start a user group if you want that!
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Surely not! Although, on a dismantle, why not set a line with a throw line, and free spike to the top with a groundy belaying you? Completely safe and shed loads of fun, eespecially if you plan to compete in some poleclimbing events!
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When chunking straight, upright stems down in longer lengths, (8feet plus), cut the sink to between 50 and 70% of the stem diameter. Make the backcut and watch the piece fall over unaided.
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Did that yesterday too!
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Thats a corker!
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Nice one!
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Sweet!
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Small bendy branches bend in the wind and increase the porosity of the canopy anyway though, so removing them cant have as much effect as one would like?
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Does a light thin and reduction actually achieve anything in terms of reducing sail?
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Did one yesterday, in woodland. Dropped the top into the tree next to mine, so it was laying at about 40 degrees, then picked the butt up off the stump, and flicked it down and out, so the top performed a reverse somersault. Just have to keep your head down as the tips go past....
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Bearing in mind the fungus in question, would you now do a root investigation ahead of a picus? From what you found on that tree, I would certainly like to do the root investigation before the reduction.....
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Most of the clips of Bender stealing stuff are from Bender's Big Score, hence the funny red eyes.
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Have you seen Bender's Big Score?
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Bender's anti piracy ad, funny even if you dont know the character! [ame=http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=OWPfcEOr2Yg]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=OWPfcEOr2Yg[/ame]
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We dont always do it to be helpful
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I'm referring to the little tricks you pick up as a climber that aren't and cant be taught on an nptc course. Not downright dangerous lunacy, just the things that make the job quicker and easier. For starters, how about when taking out a top, as it falls and the hinge breaks, throwing the butt to avoid obstacles on the ground or just drop it the right way round for the chipper. The first time I saw someone do that was over some LV lines, the top would have just landed across all three wires but he pushed it out far enough to drop the far side of the lines. I wouldnt do it with powerlines, or a greenhouse, but in some situations it works a treat!
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I run two models of saw, ms200t x 3, and a ms441. The 441 is great, torquey, low vibration, but a little heavier than its predecessors. The air filter never needs cleaning, and it will run 25" without any problem. The next saw I buy will be a 660, when they finally come with locking caps. That will wear a 30" most of the time, and the 441 will go back to 20"
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liros or roblon
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