MattyF
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Cheers fellas , the Landy has one of those handy bumpers that made attaching the tag line once redirected off the forwarding trailer easy for him to see the lowering rope guy / girl to guide him in Joe , was very tight against the wall but some how it all slotted through perfect! I did contemplate the alpine with a winch but it worked well with this set up and saved using a heavy cable, One of those jobs you get a buzz out of for sure, gutted about the resolution once down loaded though!
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The gardener had cleared the one that failed and lost some in the ravine mate, It was not me! I was quite careful to keep stuff out as I fish the burn higher up , it's prime sea trout salmon breeding ground off the north Tyne. I would guess it was 15 m deep ? We got it hauled back in that last one Ben but it was a pita ! It should be 1080 but my internet is so bad it won't download it higher.
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Queens of the Stone Age , I sat by the ocean is what it's called mate ! Cheers , The stills at the end are a bit cheesy like ,but they tell the story.
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Just found the pass word for my go pro account so thought I would edit this from last summer. Tricky oak dismantle at a mill that required some out the box thinking, the bridge was not wide enough for a crane and no room for groundies to work safely on the existing bank. The tree next along had failed and slipped down in to a Ravine taking out a large portion of the tree we felled , the roof and the wall and the remaining tree on inspection had lost a lot of its roots so the client wanted it removed.. [ame] [/ame]
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That is proper tidy Tom , you can keep yer skid steers after seeing that in operation.
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How have you older climbers changed your style in the last few years.
MattyF replied to Mick Dempsey's topic in Climbers talk
H ha I'm gonna keep on going on about SRT until you see its merits as it was you and tim that finally persuaded me to get off the Prussik back then can only thank you for it! -
How have you older climbers changed your style in the last few years.
MattyF replied to Mick Dempsey's topic in Climbers talk
I've changed and would like to think progressed over the years , took me 10 years on a Prussik to realise there where better ways so moved to a VT hitch climber set up with rope guide which felt the ultimate for about the time again until the last couple of years where I've progressively changed my climbing style to SRT which I feel was the best transition to make to keep up productivity combined with the experience gained already I feel I can climb productively for much longer and keep an edge over the younger guys for a bit longer!. -
Nice vid it does look like it throws and works well , I get what you mean with the epple it does have that feel but at the same time especially with a carabiner the rigidity of them both combined makes flicking it out easy when your done ,I've yet to have it stuck although come close.
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Got to be another plus point for the uni forest winch, the igland would have but the link arms have been lengthened so the pto fits with out issue.
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Just about fits on a 10ft with a winch.
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Avenues of trees that is works a treat in limes that can be a night mare for isolating a high anchor point if loaded with epicormic. Here's another good one [ame] [/ame] Marcus , terry how would you compare the dmm to the epple ????
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It's pretty much a time saving necessity if working big open trees or avenues.
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It's not intended as any thing other than a work positioning aid , to use it as a primary life line is a big no and not what it was designed for.
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How does it throw like? Is its weight an advantage ? It does look nice , not sure I'm a fan of having a massive open metal hook hanging off my harness though but I guess it would be stored in a bag most of the time .. Would like to try one but I'm pretty fond of the epple hook.
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That pretty much sums up working for them.. Again pricing so you don't or won't ever make a profit or cover over heads will win you a contract too.
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Winch tractor yesterday had to be winched pretty much to wood entrance as the thaw turned the ground to soup !
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Stay in the private sector if you have a good client base , every one seems to be cutting each other's throats for the scraps of FC work and to be honest its demoralising ! If you have nothing to loose in filling one of there tender forms go for it but gone are the days when the beat forester would recommend and put who he thought could do the job for a fair price on it.
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Would like to see the finished product , are you using the slabbing attachment ?
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Fracture pruned induced bud formation from callus tissue
MattyF replied to David Humphries's topic in Tree health care
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Good to know, will get the spanners out again ! , thanks.
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I've had spud help me on one 560 rebuild he did the other when he ported it after a big failure so put the ported top end on brand a new short block I did a 550 top end the other day though ... It runs ok but I've cocked up the choke lever a bit but the 550 is that bit smaller and fiddly but done in sequence not to bad... After a few times they are not to daunting just took photos and labelled the bits and bolts.
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What a hammer ?? Cmon you've seen me in action first hand mate , I just make them worse then give it to you. I have a few more bits to do on it and I'll give you a call for options what to do about this coil if I haven't found one in a few months , would be nice just to see it running.
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Full English Breakfast at the forestry social club then put in the first post up for a drying shed for planks and bits off the mill, found a large stone with a hole cut for a 7x7 post and thought it would be rude not to use it but it weighed a ton literally ! Rec climb in the afternoon to try out the harness we won off the Christmas raffle, happy days.
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Well I think that must be a record !! Wish I had not passed up your offer Joe !
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I don't think this is a new thing , my first 262's only lasted year -year and a half , my first 560 lasted 800 hours before the crank case caused massive issues although it was not hammered but that resulted in a complete rebuild with new bottom end... I would like to think that now crank case issues have been sorted they should last a lot longer. . A few years in to production most faults are ironed out...the thing with the 560 every one was waiting for this new saw that promised to be the next 262 so a lot were brought I would say before the faults could of been ironed out , more were probably brought off the back of the initial run being great performers then all of a sudden every one is hitting the teething problems and there's a lot of bad press.... I've still had no major issues with day to day running apart from my first saws catastrophic failure ! But I would not run any thing else as they cut that great.
