MattyF
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Hexhamshire mate ...above corbridge, nice estate and houses .... No idea where I seem to get lost nearly every time I go over that way.
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That's not a bad view reg ! Working with the girl friend clearing wind blow on this stand of larch today, we didn't think they were that old but on a ring count they were a few years younger than WW1 , so they must of been really stunted from never been thinned until the last few years.... I guess most of the lads who worked the estates never came back from the war, sent a shiver down my spine when we realised that.
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It's the one I put the footage of together the other day mate, Probably one of the only jobs last year that got properly documented, should really make more of an effort to do more but I kind of gave up on the go pro filming and taking photos for a bit , also kinda hard with some of the more interesting jobs when your only the subbie and it's not really your work, unless I know them well.
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It has a buckle . That is the only thing I don't like about it.. But I'm going to try clipping a footloop on it and hope it will still work as well !
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Interesting find Mike.
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Cheers Joe , used the hook in the trees to cross the gaps and trees that I didn't fancy coming down for a break on and the new haas velox which worked a treat ... So well In fact I think it's going to take me a while to find a new Rhythm now there is no dead spots . There was a nice Victorian wall with sand stone capping directly under so luck and some minor rigging was needed
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Great rigs guys , Tom how does that tow on the roads ?it does look an awesome set up. Reduced a load of beech overhang from a wood today , cracking weather for it. Afters
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YouTube, music and copyright - how do you do yours?
MattyF replied to kentjames's topic in Video forum
Good start to the day watching that , thanks for sharing August, and good music ! . -
Above it , so say it's not supporting at least two thirds of the weight it is now, ... Eventually the stem will become hollow but it will take a long time for that to happen but if it's supporting a healthy crown with no great wind sale it will be a great veteran tree! , if you remove the limb entirely a tree that mature is never going to compartmentalise a wound that that big and I would give it 8-10 years before the decay from it severely compromises the remaining stems.. If you keep as much of the limb and can get a new crown to form it's the trees best chance of survival..
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Are you going to be pimping it up in company livery and colours Ian? Looking forward to seeing it finished.
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There's some absolute monsters in crag side itself ! Still have yet to find the tallest Scott's pine I the uk there though.
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Did you see the stacks of Douglas when they clear felled the left hand side coming out of crag side from rothbury ? Some amazing trees were in there ! Problem was once they started removing the giant stacks of Douglas off site the corner of the wood with not very mature trees on the other side of the track started getting wind blow in to the road.. Last job we did for the FC before the frame work changed again! But an enjoyable one !
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Getting in to the habit of religiously checking important things (I would not include the constant checking of chain brakes one!) will keep you from serious injury or death, I can tell you that from experience ... Nearly on a few occasions I have nearly leaned back and quickly checked to discover that it would of been a nasty mess if I had !
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Owner was really happy Steve ..... Next door was not though, I think they had arranged the original pruning !!
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I think it looked better with them in David !! Every thing is broken and under repair from chippers to cranes at work so just had this heavy reduction / crown reconstruction on this small Crimson King this morning that had been badly hat racked in the past.. After
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There's a few things to take in consideration if your removing a complete stem on a tree that mature ... I'm sure the T.O will fill you in but like what you already have it will lead to the trees being unstable , I've never seen a mature beech handle having a limb that big removed without causing major decay setting in un stabilising the rest of the crown. You may be better massively reducing that limb to limit wound size and stress and then reduce the rest of the crown by say 25% to reduce the risk of wind sail failure by the dynamics of the crown being altered by the limb showing massive necrosis being reduced heavily... Or as tree quip says fell and replace ... I would like to see it have a chance though if it was mine to develop a new crown lower and more stable.
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Bungee strop......
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Great news. Looks a stunning tree ,Let's hope it makes another 500 years
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No not at all its teaching you the basics really , by looking at what you said was included it's going to give you every thing you need to get started with out getting too deep.
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Think I'll be trying some of them bill.
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Mind you that was when jack Kenyon was running the course at Merrist wood , you would of been privileged to of been taught by jack back in the day...
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I've know plenty that have , it's a great if you need a crash course and need to get on earning or ticketed up if you already have experience.
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Nice pics as usual Paul , did they sell the timber off the Douglas ?
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I'll send it back if you want a play... I may send the other unmoded 560 now the warranty is out although it is nice having a quiet saw!
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I'd make all the students Sgt. Barnes it mate,no mincing around .... Your right I'd probably get bored after a year and I seem to make most people cry when I try and show them how to do stuff any way , the paid time off looked good though...
