John Shutler

bloody pain killing effects of anadin and dry blackthorn

oh hang on, just got it

doh

im trying to think of a suitable comeback to that, but the painkilling effects of anadin and dry blackthorn seem to be numbing my brain somewhat

extending ladder today for access to a CRAPPY ash. the section popped out slide down and bashed me in the eye. looks like ive been scrapping

had mine a year, and no problems. awesome spikes. couldnt face going back to my old kleins

haha conifers what can you say. i kinda get some perverse kind of pleasure from a good conifer reduction, though i once did one round a tennis court and it was hell

heres my 3, NVC indicator species, gotta love em

wonderfull choice of song:001_tongue:

brilliant. im very envious buddy, bet your stoked to be involved n such an awesome project

popped back this morning to put the stems on the ground, on my way home with a nice load of ash by 1130 and a full days money

best thing about those pictures is the fact youre rocking a "wifebeater" vest. Love it.

well it is the summer:001_cool:

Nice day for it and great photos. I obviously cant see everything that's going on from the photos, but with three upright stems like that I would stick the pulley in the middle one and top rope 5 meter lengths off; step cuts towards the pulley, get the groundy to snap them off with the lowering rope. Much quicker then chogging. And you can then split them into billets.

 

I also give good advise on sucking eggs but only to grandmas.[/quote

 

haha:001_smile:

Are you redirecting the lowering rope through a biner in pics 4-10?

 

Nice pics btw, great website material.

i certainly am. not overly good practice but my 2 other redirects seem to have grown legs.im sure there are loads of issues about redirecting this way that im sure will be pointed out to me

subbying again today, ash dismantle at hightown hill, ringwood, sse came out to shut the power of at 9, then back to switch on again for 4, got to finish chogging and rigging the stems down tomorrow

thanks for your input guys, off to get new tyres tomorrow afternoon

luckily it was a subby job

saying that my, rope was still in the tree so i could have nipped up there and sorted it out. but at the time i was really hot and dehydrated and it didnt seem to stick out quite as much as it does now

I wasn't going to mention that bit John, but seen as how you have, it really annoys me too

it seemed ok from the tree..it wasnt till i jumped over the fence to blow their garden and take a photo that i noticed it

oh yeah, that bit that sticks out on the top left is really bugging me

currently running goodyear allterrains(205 r16) on my mazda b2500, looking to get some bfgoodrich mud terrains(235 R16) any ideas on how this will effect fuel consumption and also whats the road noise like

many thanks

just a reminder folks....dont underestimate the power of networking for getting work. im not a huge facebook fan, mostly because i dont have the time, what with running this site. i've been using it more and more recently however and have got 3 jobs from it in the past month alone.....free advertising is worth a lot!

ive got work from it as well

i only removed the stuff that got in my way.spec was to reduce by up to 2 metres and thin by no more than 15%. had it been my job i would have persuaded them to have the ivy removed

i also have the two gimmer mentioned, plus stratagies of fungal decay in trees. by claus matheck

thanks.it was about 7 am. a fairly early start as i was subbing to my mate and i needed to get to his then on to site

after a beautiful misty drive to site this morning, i had a brilliant day doing this crown reduction, actually caught the sun on my arms today, though i have ripped the zip and crotch on my new (2 months old) stretch airs which im not to pleased about. i forgot to get a before pic