tockmal
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ha ha, what about the ginsters range? no thanks. I've succeeded in avoiding them since they were introduced on the unsuspecting UK public a few years back.
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Mb, Scotch eggs are a hugely overrated foodstuff, most people over here never eat them, in fact I would say that if people do eat them it is out of desperation at not being able to find any proper food while at work, kinda like buying a hotdog out of a 7/11, you know its bad but its food. I actually like the hotdogs out of 7/11 which is worrying. If the scotch egg thing is somekind of in-joke at the TH then ignore this post.
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Most of the people using this forum are working at the sharp end of the industry. I believe our safety should take precedent over any potential court case which may arise from this accident. By discussing this accident and finding out exactly what happened, we could then make a point of implementing any new safety procedures which should apply straight away. Thus reducing the risk of the same thing happening to someone else. Vduben, hope the guy gets well soon.
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To Coronet or Not to Coronet, now that is a question
tockmal replied to David Humphries's topic in Tree health care
Jamie, I've been involved with loads of coronet cutting with SNH at Loch Lomond. Also done coronet cuts when climbing for a company in Perthshire. I'm not a big fan of doing them from a rope and harness but would be happy to make coronet cuts all day from a MEWP or spider lift etc. Did you hear about RSPB using explosives to blow the tops off old growth Scots Pines last year to create more habitat for scottish crossbills? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/6069244.stm It does happen up here. Maybe you should ask your boss to recommended it in some cases. Or maybe just make a few sly coronet cuts when no-one is looking. -
We do, thanks to the intrepid Victorian seed collectors like David Douglas who went all over the world exploring for new tree species to bring home and start collections right here in Britain. Here is some I was lucky enough to be involved with working on recently...theres loads of places like this all over the UK, check out the back pages of Alan Mitchells 'Trees of Britain and Northern Europe' for details of where to find the biggies. We have a lot to thank these guys for......
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I would go with thechildrenstrust because it seems the 'promise dreams' staff just want to hang out with famous people to tell all their friends about it and the director of the 'cauldwellcharity' is wearing one of those 'look at me I'm a capitalist and proud' pin stripe suits (untrustworthy). The Childrens trust seem the most genuine I personally give money to local cancer hospices.
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Jared has a lot of padding, but it still looked bloody painful! poor guy.
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Yeah, sorry bout that, I had made a mistake with the URL, needed to change it. Old lady had the last laugh...bet she didn't even notice the airbag go off..ha ha
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Did you see the vid pete?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cYqERk-i6k
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arbgarry, Angus and Craig are good people for learning the basic elements of treeclimbing and felling. I'm sure they would both agree that they provided you with the starting point of your education in arboriculture. After leaving them you are like a fisherman in a small boat on a vast ocean, all you can see is the surface, but underneath you is a whole world of unexplored learning which can only be achieved through the experience of working with time served professionals and developing your own problem solving skills. Graeme Watson, Chris Simpson and Matt Cooper at SAC Lanark are probably the best arb trainers in Scotland at this present time.
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That pic of the Lime was a pollard, the only problem is, when it was decided that the tree was going to be a pollarded tree they just hacked some limbs off without giving thought to the structure of the tree....so its not a real pollard. Its what passes for a 'pollard' in the UK, but to me its topping, I detest doing these jobs, tried to tell the people to do a light crown thin and reduction or remove and re-plant, they said no, they wanted it pollarded.
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Steve, Get microsoft publisher, its very easy to make leaflets with it.
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Awesome pics Blinky! Sorry to have to lower the tone...... Previously topped Lime/Linden gets re-did. Is this arboriculture?
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God dies at the end of the last book, I don't reckon Pullman hates God, he's just doesn't like oppressive organised religion. I mean in the books there are angels and spectres, he might not be religious but he's certainly not afraid to use superstition and magic to tell a story. I don't think the books have a serious atheistic undertone. Its just a story, at most its like the opposite of CS Lewis' Narnia stuff only 1000 times better. As for the films, they'll never be as good as the books. Although 'The Northern Lights' does look AWESOME!!!!
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Video Competition....win a new pair of Treeme chainsaw boots!!
tockmal replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Past Competitions
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=8471808183436952237 -
I did this in art school as part of a project. Great work Reg and Ed.
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Ok, lets try this again. Keeping it civil. Do you guys have any thoughts on this pic? Is it safe? Good work positioning? What about the attachment points for rigging? Correct Notch? There is a decorative pond beneath the timber being removed
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I don't reckon it would work with the Bashlins. The Velcro pads would get in the way of the saw handle.
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On this little tree, if I had a GRCS I could have lifted this section up nice and easy away from the pond, instead it had to be swung round and down with gravity using the Porty...the attachment rope point on the log should have been lower down so that it was free to swing down...just another method of Blocking down a stem.
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In my worklife I've been on the recieving end of some dogs abuse I can tell you.....there's no way i'll ever treat anyone who works for me that way. You come to work, its where you spend most of your life, during that time you should respect each other and carry out your work without resorting to petty authoritarianism....which is the tone of your list. Good people people usually end up working with other good people anyway. The tone of your list suggests that you havent exactly attracted good people your way...strange....isn't it?
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Yeah...very submissive people, the kind that some like to dominate. Its not for me.
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Blasphemy!!! The Porty is our friend! How dare thee say such things! The Portawrap is a great tool, can handle some BIG stuff. Never used the GRCS but used the HOBBS many times, another great tool.
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To Coronet or Not to Coronet, now that is a question
tockmal replied to David Humphries's topic in Tree health care
Done a few coronet cut jobs for habitat obsessed occultists. I wont do it from a rope and harness. -
What about using winches or Z-Rigs to pull big sections out? Never actually used a hand winch for this but have used various 3:1/5:1 Z-Rigs and vehicle winches. used hand winches for felling spars - very good. I always worry when the groundies are pulling the section their gonna slip and let go and piece comes back on itself and goes over the back of the tree onto the house below and the rope falls down between you and the tree and burns a line through your arms or waist. With the winch and Z-Rig the section is held in place as it comes over thereby significantly reducing the risk of fall back.
