MattyF
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About 15 years ago I know of a very similar accident from a certain firm that is making the news when they dropped a poplar on one of the main train lines out of London. The guy who told me had stopped falling due to heavy un favourable wind... Basically he was sitting in the van when the site super visor asked what the hell was going on and why where they not felling the trees as they needed them on the deck to meet dead lines but the crew refused so the supervisor grabbed a saw ... Next thing is there is a tree caught on the high voltage lines jumping and burning with intercity trains speeding underneath it and the formans hopping up and down crying..
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Nice ! I hear from lads working on them that they don't like the cabs as they can give an amazing sense of false security on slopes then things go wrong ... That's just what I've been told though what do you recon?
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So you are you an electronic as well as two stroke genius ! ive got a big broken angle grinder can I send it too you
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Think my new favourite phrase is " gone and done a bartletts " it will remain in the British tree workers vocabulary for years to come for when any one messes up a cut.
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Agree that was reckless in those conditions but If you pull over a heavily weighted back leaning tree it's better to pick the speed up as the centre of gravity starts pulling it off the hinge , it may be reckless but I've done it lots and it works on trees that other ways would of gone side ways , fine in the woods but not some thing you would attempt on a street or garden tree.
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It's not about angles though it's about pull speed ... Watch the video again The truck stopped pulling it should not of until the tree was on the ground or there about a if your going to even attempt felling in those conditions and species.
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I don't think the cutter was at error , the guy pulling is where it went wrong you never just stop pulling as soon as the tree starts moving with wind or heavy leans , having a pull that can keep up speed is the only thing that will work in those situations. Saying that dealing with Lombardies in heavy winds unless it's in your favour is a really stupid thing to do any way but for the reasons Sean stated I imagine why it happened.
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Good post Sean , I think your absolutely right.
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12 for me , 14s just feel wrong ,sap power and burn saws out quicker.
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If I was climbing and wanted saws to cover all bases 201 with a 12" -461 or 441 on 20-25" and maybe if I had a good year and had to spend some money a 661 or 66 with a 36" The 461 handles a 25" no bother though and would fill all the gaps if just one saw was needed. Personally I would chose the 576xp on a 24" though
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Definitely it went spot between those two cars ,Oh wait .......
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I'm pretty sure I had a conversation with the distributor about an upgrade for increased pressure for the muffs to seal out sound...this was was available or happening, but was unlikely that pfanner where developing higher snr protection. I would contact clarkes to confirm this though.
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That's about the size of it .. The tree could of been totally riddled with hornet moth and the stem just mush despite they are the most sail like of trees to work on and in that wind they should of left site and gone home or too another job in those gusty conditions ... Ironically I've heard a horror story first hand of what was expected to be done at this company and it is far worse than the above scene but you would of thought some sort of protocol would of been inforced after any serious incident but I guess it would of been swept under the carpet like this one will be.
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By the reel from where ever is cheapest for the 3/8 running saws as they seem to catch the nails and stones in most situations for us in tree work. For the toppers and 550's and 260's by the loop as they don't seem to go through as much from where ever I'm passing or buying from at the time.
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Forestry is it worth doing?
MattyF replied to elfinwood saws's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Who did you sell too ? We got stopped road side by a timber merchant out by blanchland the other day wanting hard wood saw logs , can pm you his number. -
He will still have to pay a sellers fee even if you don't get your item .. Does not really help you out though.
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Leather bottoms over the Velcro defiantly !
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As it has pretty much the worse hearing rating of any lid on the market so won't be able to hear any one taking the pish when your deaf any how. 😆
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Forestry is it worth doing?
MattyF replied to elfinwood saws's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Egger and park end will usually buy all the softwood they can take? -
This ! I have 15" Oregon and Sugi on my pair of 560's and would pick the Oregon up every time ....it's lighter and the saw handles better ,If you were using it for Arb work you would not notice the difference probably but all day usage on say snedding out Sitka you certainly do notice.
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Is it true black poplar or the hybrid ? True black poplar is very rare now also it has some stunning Ray's when Milled. Hybrid though is brittle junk only good for matches in my opinion and most of the stuff especially down south seems riddled with hornet moth any way and I imagine that would definitely be the case if your tree is wind blow ...We have given arctics away at £100 or less a load just to get rid of it.
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Things to do on Holiday ( North England / South Scotland )
MattyF replied to Darrin Turnbull's topic in The Lounge
Cheers Darrin I've got a copy of that now. -
To be fair too the saw it does not look a particularly bad design or filter , I find any saw will let fine dust through no matter what , you can get HD kits for the stihls but in my experience of them they sap as much power as having a dirty filter and I've never seen a ms460 for example go pop either despite the fact they seem to suck in more dust than I've ever seen on a saw !
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If your milling I would expect to clean the filter a lot more any way .. I would possibly do mine 2-3 times a day if going flat out.
