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  1. MattyF
    Guess every site will be different, but I was working on one a year or so back and it had some really well done tree reports and I could not argue with any of the recommendations for work done by an expert, it was a pleasure to work there and carry it out. Now it's being done by some one with very limited knowledge in both Arb and ecology in what I'm guessing is just a money saving exercise.
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    I know of a eucy plantation near me , most are dead or dying but have grown to a fair size I would put there deaths to the cold though but if they can grow in a bottomless bog like the land around keilder then they can't mind damp roots too much... from dealing with them in urban environments they do not like the cold , those cold winters we had a few years back killed a lot of garden eucalyptus. I would stay with alder though , fast growing and appears to like being wet.. only thing that seems to have survived in the wet bits of the plantation I was thinning today.
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    Do I think they should? no .... Do I think the MOD should stop cutting corners and go back to using arboricultural/ecology experts to do there tree surveys before some one gets seriously hurt or we loose precious endangered wild life in some of Britains last undisturbed environments? Yes.
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    Appears you can't pre order to the uk.
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    The stihl chisel is good though I tend not to use any thing else if I can help it on the toppers, Rumours say they had to bring it out for the 201 when it was first released to try and pep its cutting speed up, I like to believe that one !
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    Your eyes are failing you mate Can you see now?
  7. MattyF
    Look at the first pic stubby bottom right..
  8. MattyF
    The gullet is round on the chisel and square ground on the semi chisel
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    I would opt for full chisel all the time unless cross cutting skidded timber just for the performance.
  10. MattyF
    The thing is with full chisel if you blunt it you have to file the lead edge back to a point other wise it cuts like a banana but with the semi it is rounded off so usually if it's blunted you don't loose a big chunk of your cutter that you have to file back to hence it's easier to sharpen, the semi is preferred for dirty wood! Saying that I had a metal magnet of a large sycamore last week that took 2 teeth clean off a semi chisel chain on a 5ft bar on the 88 ,the full chisel I had on the 395 seems to have faired a lot better in metal ...but I think that's more Carlton verse Oregon with that issue.
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    Sweet!
  12. MattyF
    What times it over wanna pint !
  13. MattyF
    Looks like they got a deal ! I would of charged them what they got payed to remove those trees over hanging all there buildings and power lines.
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    Prefer the bang myself , I know you shouldn't though
  15. MattyF
    What are these mini skid steers like in mud ?
  16. MattyF
    Bet that gave you a shock ! Don't suppose there is LOLER in Russia ? In the UK well last crane company I used they refused to let us work with our own slings despite being brand new and brought for the job.
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    Burning

    MattyF replied to Bird's topic in Landscaping

    Take a few fire lighters and trash your brash tips down with a saw and put over the fire lighters then stack every thing parallel.. take time loading it to start and dressing it out so it will burn with no big gaps and within an hour you can burn anything.. including mud soaked willow and alder in the rain .. And another fire same job and method The trick I have found on bigger fires is to concentrate on a couple of areas with the wind behind you rather than trying to get the whole thing to burn at once because you won't ! Then the two areas should spread and join becoming hot enough to burn anything again.
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    Has it got any guarding on it ? Pics please.
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    I was not rubbishing your experience and opinion don !sorry if it came across that way , just don't like them much personally and the OP asked for opinions on them ...I have tried to get on with them but feel they are a step backwards and not forwards for myself if they work for you that's great and I'm not knocking that in any way.
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    I'm thinking of the safe block ? Any links Paul.
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    Have you got one Paul ? I went to order one from honeys but out of stock and not paying the import charges.. this looks like it makes sense to me if I'm rigging with one groundie and need to take control or want to use a more compromised rigging point.
  22. MattyF
    Would depend on the rigging you do ? They have there place but if I'm rigging it is usually over a tight DZ or targets and usually needs pre tensioning for a cradle to not hit targets on the swing or as much slack taking out as possible on big negative rigged timber so it does not hit the deck so would normally go for a rigging block every time. I like the rings on controlled speed lines on the lowering device rope, that feels smooth and stops your rig rollin back down as there is a bit of friction ,but not a fan of them really. Would like to try that Sherrill block though... I can see that having a place.
  23. MattyF
    Had a couple of pairs now and really rate them for comfort, they are ok spiking boots , not the best but absolutely acceptable.
  24. MattyF
    Guess so ! but think about the amount of people you have employed over the years and how many are still in the industry, is it a high number ? I think it's definitely got better these days as opposed to the 90's for a long term career but still a high rate decide it's not for them in the long term.
  25. MattyF
    Instructors when I did my original Arb course at merrist Wöod years ago said this and from what I've witnessed first hand I would say 5 years is a spot on average.

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