MattyF

I went back on mine after lunch on a beech I'm dismantling over the next day or so... it's growing on me , initially I was not sure about the self tending there seems more drag like climbing a well tied short hitch and I'm used too a very long vt with minimal wraps that needs dressing but slack falls through, but in the same token drag can be good at times...plenty of limb walking and never once felt uncomfortable, there is no sit back what so ever but it can be hard to get the initial movement for descent but that could be more my technique but I was thinking of modding my top cam with a beak like a spider jack if I can't get used to it as it's killing my bad hand tendons gripping it too hard.

Sickening..

Aye but could be worth leaving to try.

Those 200 trees seemed to have been cut too around there former pollard points I wonder if the stumps are not levelled and maybe cleaned up a little bit how many will regenerate.

👍🏻 spot on Tommy

Considering the democrats response and views on brexit that like it or not is going to happy the best side won...as the rest of us are getting sick of the hypocrites of the so called liberal generation who can not see past the end of there noses it's pretty good too.

An old husky 288 that will run a 32" for milling and 20"for fire wood but they hold there money so will be around 250-400 Or an old 266? They can be picked up a lot cheaper would probably pull a 32" on skip.. very torquey saw though. Try and go for a late model plastic chain brake handle version of both saws if you do.

Send it to spud , check out the chainsaw section of the forum he has a porting thread. He did a port job timing mod and popped up piston (Burrell did the milling) and muffler mod on a 560 for me ... the saw is ridiculous in soft Wöod!

There is times and places for such work but there is no time imo for people who do work on public trees that look like they have tied a chainsaw to there dogs tail and swung it around on a rope leaving perfectly healthy trees mutilated for ever because they could not do the job properly for what ever crap excuse , some thing should be done about it ! If it makes me a purist to try and talk people out of such mutilating and the difference to good and bad tree work and taking the time to try and show my staff how to do it properly I've been called far worse things Interestingly I've worked on many lime pollard avenue street trees and it amazes me how many people complain when you trim off 2-5 years regrowth and call you many names despite these trees judging by the bowls originally started off on this rotation in the 1920's ! So not every one appreciates a hat rack ! Also to summarise I always had 3/4 months work booked ahead and I never topped a tree in those 10 years I ran my own firm.

No that was for so called arborists or so called tree care specialists that go hat racking trees and not working to the outlined BS standards.

No one ever disputed that did they!

Have seen plenty of willow and poplar species die or severely decline as a result of being topped badly pruned and fail due large cavities as a result of poor pruning.

It's not all bad ! I don't know how they can call the CE stuff cougar as it has a completely different core.

Good point Gary , really can't be arsed either .... it's just a massive shame LA's don't have the money to prosecute people who do this to protected trees with out permission or are big organisations like the arb association don't In my view do enough to make changes or help prosecute.

To be honest just take it apart ... hit some bits with a copper mallet and use a prize bar they are very easy to work on .. the worse bit I found was remembering where the engage handle was to properly Aline it with the 3 pins but it's all in slacks photo.

I did one the other day I'm pretty sure it just knocked out but definitely the cable stayed on ... you had to remove the cage around the spool though to get it out.

If you give the customer the above points usually they don't want it doing .. cutting below pollard knuckles not even attempting to hit pruning targets is just lazy and short sited and in my opinion if your selling your self as an arborist or tree care specialist you are a con man if you don't tell the customer the above points I tried to make ... but as rosy says we don't know the story of the above tree but that is my general feeling about most the hat rack pruning you see.

The limbs cut at stubs can not compartmentalise and heal, a reaction to loosing so many buds is every dormant bud in the tree bursts this growth is very vigorous and weak but in say 5 years time you end up with a denser thicker canopy probably exceeding its original height and definitely density and that's if the tree survives.. the energy put in to the regrowth can have effects of making it susceptible to a whole host of pathogen attacks and drought. For a climber that has to reclimb a tree on weak growth on rot is not ideal. Agree Rosey there is a time and place but in most cases if you follow a tree that's had this done to it more often than not years later ultimately it goes in decline even if it survives it still requires costly future management to keep safe as it's full of even more defects.

Joe the customer can In nearly all cases be talked out of mutilating there trees when explained why it does them and the tree no favours. I honestly think it's just down to lack of skill set and laziness this still gets done , I mean it's easy, takes no skill ! Listen to that video of Jonny quick where he describes how he wrecks a whole borough of trees and became the best paid climber in the London, it's just greed. Any way my back is right up on this as I keep getting photos of trees from passers by of the trees that we looked after for over 25 years completely wrecked by a tool on this forum .. you know who you are and don't ever message me again telling me how good it is to have my old customers you might be at the other end of the country but I will certainly not recommended your services.

No ... companies that hat rack should be prosecuted in my opinion , does the tree no favours and makes it unsafe for future climbers and the home owner and general public going near it.

If you have always run them on normal fuel and they are older machines don't put aspen in them as fuel lines shrink and change with normal fuel and age ,aspen reverses this, had no end of problems with fuel lines and carbs on older hedge cutters and strimmers and a few saws that I had sitting up with aspen.

https://www.chainsdirect.co.uk/husqvarna-bars-chains/3518-20-3-8-oregon-pro-lite-chainsaw-bar-for-husqvarna-555-560xp-560xpg-k095.html Possibly ? I get what stubby is saying now about the larger mounts and 562 side clutch cover .. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

My bad I thought it was.. didn't see the 050 bit .. I don't think you will find one to be honest ... in this country any how. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

3 up from bottom is a 20" http://www.sugiharabarsuk.co.uk/product-category/group-3-husqvarna-chainsaws/page/2/ tbh I've never seen one bigger than an 18" in that mount so surprised to see this!

You just need sprocket and bar.