MattyF
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I hate ladders , I hate how much room they take up, untying them , securing them ,positioning them and working off them, get good with a throw line and climb SRT and dont look back. Its not about acsent so much with SRT either working a tree gets so much easier with complete loss of friction from branches that a single rope gives , swings and branch walks are a breeze and there is no way a double rope is more ergonomic....take downs easier for tying off on stems I could go on but with your mind shut to it that it’s a waste of time and a double ropes easier I’m wasting my time! No one could convince me either , I hated SRT and thought it was for benders when I first tried it but it was one of those things that I realised once I started properly using it I would never give up.
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How long will I be dragging brush before getting to climb?
MattyF replied to Shooter's topic in Climbers talk
Spent a good year on the ground then another going up in lunch breaks , after work and begging all the time... your time will come just don’t look at it as that’s all your doing and every time your in the drop zone and clearing keep an eye on what the climbers doing and pick up on things especially the bad bits and think I would of easily gone out further or not done that and smashed that fence... if you have the pleasure of watching a good climber soak it all up and learn.. don’t just stand there thinking ffs all I ever do is drag branches... even dragging branches has its merits you quickly learn how if you where a climber how cutting in certain ways makes every ones life on the ground easier and can speed the job up. -
If I was to train a new climber I would not bother on a double rope ! Get on to SRT as soon as possible and don’t look back,you have grasped the basics of a double rope and it should stay there ! as others have said the longer you leave it the more programmed you become to relying on what method you get used too. All a double rope will do is give you tendinitis , bad wrists and tennis elbow. I can climb on either and spent 20 years in double ropes but recently I did a reduction on a small tree on a double rope I switched after half hour to much hard work.. plus I have tendons painfully sticking out my hands from years of gripping and pulling double rope technique.
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560 would be one saw I would not give up , nothing comes close performance wise.
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He got sacked after a week or so Kevin , twice I made him just go and sit in the van , unfortunately he felt he could not function with out being stoned , gave him a chance ...
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I worked with this tit who was usually so stoned he would have the chipper on for a good few minutes before realising the chip truck had driven away to unload , walking in to drop zones with huge spliff hanging out his mouth was his speciality, I recall one day knocking out a good section of ash timber with an 046 to see him walk in under the tree .. it still sends shiver down my spine as this lump sailed inches passed his back and dug in to soft ground upright behind him and he still didn’t even notice..
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Why isn't the arbtalk employment working for me.. :(
MattyF replied to benedmonds's topic in Employment
It’s hard to impossible to find decent staff and always has and always will be. The money involved in training does not really help , no one from an average back ground can afford that and you hear constantly that there is no one available... the average working person can not afford it and struggles to pay the bloody bills and look after there kids let alone an nptc in basic chainsaw use.. I’ve known a few people now to rack it up on credit cards but it really annoys me when you hear people winge that young folk don’t want to work any more... this industry just attracts middle class playboy kids who’s parents buy them every thing who very quickly realise they are not cut out for hard work all year round and it’s really not that glamorous! -
Should of counter sued him for your time he never paid for.
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If it’s a 335 I would put money on a split carb boot and releasing the chain break opens the gap and leans the saw making it rev.. 338 was a much better saw but I can’t believe there are any 335’s still going !
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Close to meeting the big man in the sky....
MattyF replied to kevinjohnsonmbe's topic in General chat
Agree it's drivers of all ages , surprised there isn't an nptc unit for tractor drivers ..they penalised young working class foresters and Arb's with doing every nptc before you can fart in a forest or site and rich landowners can get away with sticking a 17 year old exchange student on a fast track fully loaded and get away with it. I've Seen far too many incidents to mention. -
Been using the same for years now but it's branded as stubai ? Great picks ! Also brought an ochsenkopf different to the one above with a thicker glass fibre type handle and pointy heavy head and it was a waste of time.
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Mid North tyne valley mate
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Just seen the sun go a very deep red , never seen anything like it, some thing Erie In the air ! Unfortunately photos didn't do it justice
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Close to meeting the big man in the sky....
MattyF replied to kevinjohnsonmbe's topic in General chat
I still find it quite amazing that kids can drive huge powerful tractors with stupid loads on before they can drive a car. -
Have you ever had bother from vosa fen? What licence do you need to drive it? Thanks ,mat
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The thing that worries me is the special vehicle bit , so you can drive that on a car licence ? It looks spot on but my gut feeling is you would get torn apart if investigated.
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That's one option , our valmet is a 6400 and struggles with a loaded 8 tonne trailer , but that option means buy a bigger tractor as well as trailer and loose a lot of manoeuvrability in the woods.. and both cost a lot of money and you still have the speed of a tractor.
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Is any body operating any thing like this or similar for small scale timber operations? https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/172880994146 Or are they a total waste of time off road , toying with ideas for low impact forestry work and thinking you could get an alpine and timber trailer transported on it then take timber away... a few sites we have coming up have no access for an arctic and the thought of hauling it all back on the valmet and 8 tonne trailer is painful!
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Newcastle Council blanket protection on all fruit trees
MattyF replied to Neil.D's topic in Trees and the Law
I thought that was the same over the country unless it's been maintained as such ,I would imagine it's to prevent say a Untouched tree been cut in half by cowboys. -
Cool, Thanks for the explanation, I remember the one in that vid didn't look like concrete though as he's pulling bits off with his hands !
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Pfanner arborist trousers imo are the best on the market , light , well fitting , good tick guards. Boots , cervino wood Andrews I've had two pairs and would buy another .. wore a mix of pfanners before all good long lasting boots.. never got on with the arbortech boots ,hiax are comfy and close to the andrews,all the forestry lads up here swear by them but not had a pair in 15 years and never got long out of them climbing.
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I was thinking I should of held my tounge as well Gary, your right I should probably wind me neck in... but having worked on trees like that where they have been appallingly pruned and then left for another ten years it is worth saying something .. that last tree imagine it in ten years and having to use that right limb that looks like it's over targets as a rigging and anchor point when it's doubled in size and still growing at an angle with a great big pocket of decay has developed ..
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What are they ? Ruined ... wtf has happened to them ! If they are staying like that I really feel for the next person to have to work on them.
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I've just had a full rebuild on mine and it had done little .. if you can wait the new 572 looks good with its over sized bearings and I bet is a screamer... never got on with the 372 I had either and sold it but I'll give the 576 it's dues when it comes to smoothness.. you could buy one and it be fine but it has been the only auto tune husky I've owned to give me grief .
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Saw Trousers and cut n climb jacket with under layers to suit temp..work shirt or merino long sleeve with work polo shirt over and then micro fleeces to large fleece if needed... all about layers !
