MattyF

Aye mate no bothers at all with the haas mod and been using it daily.

As above , I would not even look at a boxer with the reports of after market sales and care I've heard. Vermeer on the other hand will go out there way to help you and from past experiences with spares they were fast.

Nice little enjoyable clips.

Good post tim.

That's a fair point reg , ive had a few apprentices now and I've completely lost my rag with them when I've seen them cut and hold, especially leaning over the bar with there forearms to hold a branch with there left hand whilst cutting one handed. One lad thanked me when he came back a few years later as a free lancer after doing a stint production climbing after he left working for me that he never cut him self and always as he felt the urge to do that manover had me in the back of his mind yelling at him WTF are you doing? One lad was not so lucky but you could not of told him anything to begin with, when I gave him the chance to dismantle a storm blown tree when my back was turned he got bitten badly cutting and holding in the way described above , he would not come out the tree at first because minutes before hand I had told him not to do so, either way I think both of us learnt whilst waiting for the ambulance... I feel lucky as I had a long stint as an apprentice climber before being allowed to climb lead and watched some horrible one handed accidents happen in that time... saws kick back to the face chogging down to the branch dragging forearm or a saw skidding down a branch in to hands .. you only get one chance.

It's worked out pretty good I would say ,it could of escalated far nastier, as tree workers tend to be in groups and certain groups won't entertain this forum as they feel they are above it , too many key board warriors maybe ..working Arb's need more respected working tree guys like reg to make and give us a voice higher up the chain than being dictated too by people who end up making the rules who have been fortunate enough to come from a back ground where traveling the world and playing trees with there mates and having no real pressure or worries is there reality whilst the rest of us will have to have that 020 taken from are dead arthritic one hand that we have used to keep a roof over our head and family... oh and pay for all the new stupid nptcs we needed to carry on doing so.

The best feature for me with the pfanners is the tick guards on the bottom legs with boot hooks, amazes me other makers never followed suit.

70% on a silver fir from last Friday that had lost one primary stem and the middle was starting to crack out as well, kind of left the old snag from the lost stem for habitat as it probably won't stand a chance now any way. Would say any reduction over 15% is crap

Spot on your location mate . Hard in percentage ,like over 35% I recon. Tomorrow's job will be hard with a hangover though...

Another very hard reduction on a sycamore today. Plenty of hazards to entertain as well.

I think we are spoilt for choices these days , on a whole all are so much better than they where years ago in terms of weight, durability and comfort the cream in imo are pfanner arborists but look around see what's on offer, husky technicals are £120 at honey Bros at the minute so that's £100 off retail...have decided to give them a go after buying three pairs of pfanner arborists in less than 3 years.

Came in alright Steve , like you said horrible trees to work on and climb... brittle as well.

Red oak from this afternoon, most of the inner crown was dead so not much choice for targets.

In 22 years and one handing saws nearly 5 days a week I've never cut my self.... I've seen some dirty accidents though!I do use step cuts a lot though, I often find making 3-5 different step cuts on different close target branches and then putting the saw down and braking and chucking branches off with two hands systematically so you don't knock off one of the cut branches accidentally to be the most efficient and accurate for keeping them on target in a tight DZ ..also it makes keeping them all running in the same direction easier to keep the groundy happy, it's not really that hard to master especially with side to side cuts over horizontal in board out board steps.

Think your spot on stew the only thing I agree with on marks blog was tendon damage from one handing,mine in my right hand are permanently sticking out but not always painful.. although that could also be down to climbing and pushing stems over.

Lovely top snatch tim.

Nice and slick as always reg , glad you put this up as I had my first big silver fir today , a split multi stemmed 40 m + to wind firm/monolith I guess and you looking that comfy on a dying one put me well at ease. 👍🏻

What do you recon eggs , have no idea really just needs to keep 4-5 trucks clean weekly along with other gear around £500 or Will we need to up the budget to get some thing decent ?

Need some advice on what petrol pressure washer folks are running , our karcher has just packed up and to be honest would never buy another as its been total **** ! The water supply is fed off a large IBC so there is no mains or water so virtually no pressure.

Ended up taking the hopper off , should be easy to refit tomorrow when the parts get here hopefully, I think the anvil definitely needs doing like but don't have a spare.

Ha no Mick I guess not , but it is a bonus .. to be honest I would not put it in ours any way seeing the crap the gets in to the chipper and tractor tanks and filters.

Can you run a Landy cherry picker on red ?

Good to know bob thanks.

Is it an easy task removing the bottom roller ? Looking at if the hopper is removed it would it be easier task at the moment I've taken the moter off and the spline on that side I'm kind of stuck now ! Looks like the three bolts that sit in the spline and join the roller have snapped so either way it has to come out so any tips would be great , cheers mat

In particular the ones in the Herts beds cams border need a bullet in them , nasty vile scum.