MattyF
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I have read and can well believe 1 in 6 women are raped ... with only around 16.3% of rapists convicted and I’ve seen the damages and issues it’s caused from suicide to mental issues and never being able to have a normal relationship again and that’s just the person who has been raped , family and partners also suffer so I’m not sure what your point is. Men are just as equally as capable of lying the fact this woman did this does not really prove anything that feminism is bad.
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Nice , where can you get a self releasing block from??
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Nice , where can you get a self releasing block from??
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How many hours do you put into your business?
MattyF replied to Stefan Palokangas's topic in General chat
Dunno dilz , those trees which are the really horrible challenges and you where crying in pain from chillblanes and windburn are the ones you look back on and remember and think yeah I beat that one and ruled the day.... or maybe being in to sadomasochismis what’s needed for this job. -
How many hours do you put into your business?
MattyF replied to Stefan Palokangas's topic in General chat
Work to live, live to work... we are blessed to be out doors and experience what we do ,the adrenaline .. the gardens and different locations and special trees ! maybe I’m a sad bastard but I feel this is a life style more than a living. I’ve had brief jobs in factory’s and other things when I’ve had enough of Tree work , production climbing can be hard work and can be soul destroying but I think back to that martin sheen line in apocalypse now about all you can think about is getting home but when your there all you can think about is getting back out here in the jungle.. or something like that.... -
Thing is if your self employed you should be paying for insurance incase or medical issues If you can’t work.. if the bloke was reaping the benefits of low national insurance and tax benefits of being self employed maybe that should of been a thought?
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I have always ran mine on 3/8 the thing is the 562 is the exact same saw just with a longer crank and running gear designed for 3/8 and the larger bar mount ...that said I’ve never had any problems on 3/8s with the 560 despite its running gear being more designed for .325. I even run my 550’s on 3/8 as well as it means I need one reel of chain for mid range up to 90cc saws.
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I’m pretty sure they are just teaching a choked line David. Was never a fan of the rope guide on a straight stick like .. you need a stub and I hate stubs , choke it tight and it won’t retrieve loose and it slips until it’s tight and won’t retrieve... I left my rope guide in a tree I decked out with targets for my ex to practise on over a year ago and have not gone back for it! I would SRT nearly all trees now.
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SRT -Rope wrench on a retrievable 3 -4 meter tail is spot on.. It won’t move choked off and you can position your self perfectly for the next cut put in the face and r retrieve easily for the back cut and stack up the lumps perfect... or ring or snatch .. what ever but it would be the only system I would use now.
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Basically your not gonna beat simon unless you have a tractor... not even a bcs meter finger bar can!
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Timber trailers.... what to consider when purchasing?
MattyF replied to swinny's topic in Large equipment
We run a botex 8 tonne with steering draw bar and brakes trailer is ok , crane is a 360 and will lift about a tonne maybe more close in , I’ve got some lumps on there but done by dragging and removing bolsters overall I would say the crane is sloppy and not amazingly well built but was the best we could afford at the time and has done the job well. I would not want anything bigger as it’s ran on a valtra 101 or 6400 and struggles on the road fully loaded I imagine a 11 tonne trailer would pull the arse out of the tractor. Also any thing bigger in the woods we work in and type of work that is done would be a hindrance. A driven trailer would be nice with a bigger crane but that would probably suit clear fell better and you would want a bigger trailer anyway! And would end up purpose built and there is no way I would leave a machine in the woods over night.
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Think I payed £30 for this brades a few years back , the seem to be going up in value so I’ve left this one as a house pet and have a well worn elwell no7 in the truck
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Couple of Beutys on eBay which is rare ! https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F263731500050
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7lb brades is my favourite or 7lb elwell , both are vintage but come up now and again on eBay and re handle it your self with wooded wedges. check out buckin billy rays channel on you tube.. he does a lot of axes!
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That’s why the ap is better , it’s not happening on that.
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Aye but what happens when the structural metal rots ?
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Also the trees in the videos are hardly mature trees either , you can’t measure a sapling against a fully grown and mature tree the dynamics are completely different.
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Have gone back and re read this.. so the sway and osculation is a good thing to dampen wind load ? Not surely the case if the Tree is defective at crucial points? This makes an interesting discussion surely !!
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I don’t know if it’s a sign of the times , people lack empathy and live in a total fantasy with or with out social media to blame social media is wrong people on a whole are just those things , social media on the plus side allows you to maintain and keep learning if you want subjects you are passionate about, on the minus any one can find and befriend you, I had an ex for a good reasons From 20 years ago contact me on messenger late last Friday which is the sort of reason I didn’t use Facebook for years in the first place... woke up thinking what a horrible nightmare and then realised it had happened..
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Interesting ,most reductions are carried out when the Tree has defects and faults , I have worked Trees in all weathers and have always felt when the tips are reduced the sway is lessoned... I don’t think I imagined that. That video is interesting and if this is the case I throws out my last two decades of my tree career but have always said it’s better to leave trees to do there thing any way. I have seen a Merrip beech that we reduced by 35% fail but then again if the gardener had not of removed the fungus when we specced the job it would of recommend a fell any way.
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Chainsaw fight club is worth a look for viz type humour.
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There’s some good memes though...
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Trimming is exempt I’m sure as it’s ongoing maintenance..I’ve been told first hand by two Tree officers although that may have been please don’t waste our time with such trivial applications ! Topping isn’t though.
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Any woody plant over 6” at bh was covered in a conservation area I thought , over grown hedges would be covered was my impression and have always followed that unless trimming a large hedge.
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He wasn’t impressed!
