Peter
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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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You dont have to wait for an invite, just go to the groups page, pick the group(s) you want to join, and sign up!
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Small biner or maillon through the webbing loop at the small ring end. Most of them will take a biner and the small ring.
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Dont see why not, I'v been called a big girl enough!
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And its still half the price.
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Can you join that one and the grumpy old gits or are they mutually exclusive?
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If you want a pulley anchor at the top of the tree, it is much easier and quicker to set an srt style line with a pulley on the end and your climbing system pre-threaded through the pulley.
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If you really must know, here it is courtesy of another forum's forum member. How to install your pulley-friction saver from the ground 1. Throw a throw line over the limb that you want to be your tie-in point. 2. Put one end of your climbing line through the pulley. 3. Attach both ends of the climbing line to one end of your throw line. 4. Put the other end of the throw line through the ring of the friction saver and pull your climbing line over the branch/limb. 5. *If the tree is small enough (or your climbing line long enough), attach the little harp on the end of your friction saver to the working end of your climbing line right below the ring of the friction saver. This way you don’t have to climb all the way up to your tie-in point if you don’t have to. 6. Pull the whole contraption (climbing line and pulley) through the ring and… Work light and safe J,Wolter Kok ( [email protected]).
