Charlieh

I feel so sorry for the guys family and for the other staff that will have been around him when it happened, thats going to really mess them up for a long time, BBC have updated their info, sounds like the saw kick-backed, I suspect it will make us all a bit more wary again, i know it will me http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/7306950.stm

really wanted to go, but have just found out i may be in the highlands that weekend! i think its some sort of conspiricy, much like the fact my helmet has disappeared. I think its gone caving! which i dread to think what its going to look like when it get back here, its new and only had a few rec climbs use!

shame is that if you replace them they will probably go walk about again, and they also know whats there now! everytime we have been broken into the police re-assuringly say that its being stolen to order! the theives know where this stuff is and when they find a buyer then they nick it.

no BASE is about 10 mins down the road from rodbaston and also there is countryside training and tree management is also in that area, who i have done some of my training with, also they were great very relaxed. we are just spoilt for good trainers round here

from my point of view (conservation back ground) fell the lot! they support little wildlife, creat a dense canopy and nothing grows beneth them, causing problems with them in hedge rows and leaving ground prone to erosion, but for every one I fell an ash or oak is replanted in place of the sycamore.

about 3quid i think i paid, it does stop the handle ripping back through your fingers when the saw fires! you dont have to use a stihl one, but it does mean i could list the part number its a shame they dont make an elasto-start D handle as it would be silky smooth starting the biggers saws

The trimble ag gps systems i have been involved in leave a lot to be desired! especially aerial systems, light bar is essential for the pilot, but its just the ability for them to see visually where they are heading to next, as some of the work is only single swath pass (hence why with a map they can see where they need to fly and the isobus should just flick the sprayer on and off) i had been looking at a system with omnistar and a 10hz receiver, but the kit is so different when you have aerial applications! onmistar have a system on a chopper in germany that flys along the gas pipelines, and has a sensor mounted to the underside that the gps controls so the sensor is always pointing at the pipeline monitoring if there is any leaks, so if the helicopter tilts to turn the sensor will move so its still aligned with the pipeline, proper impressive kit, if you have about £120k for the sensor and gps kit alone!

dont remember seeing this in huskys adverts though: "Plasma chemical gas phase depositing technology, making the chain saw twice long life span"

1st get stihl part no: 1128-195-3401 ordered by your dealer, its the rescue saw (ms460R) D handle, makes starting loads easier! no more shreaded fingers 2nd were the saws richened up for milling, i richen the mix up on my saws when milling especially if your using aspen, i generally make the mix marginally more oily when milling and is the only time i dont use aspen! i richen my 084 up to 10,000rpm WOT for milling rather than the 11,500 that it should be at to ensure the piston is receiving enough lubrication. Remember you can never have to much lubrication

there is a lot of species on the new list, but other than things like knotweed, himalyan balsam etc the majority are pond species/aquatic

i do quite a lot of stuff that has dropped into the river as part of my work one thing i have always be dubious about, is it ok to run the guide bar in the water i know its not ideal and its not like i use a good saw for doing this, i use bio oil as well before i get shouted at but there are some situations where you have no choice but to do this? i always try and oil the bar and chain after use but is there anything else i should be worried about?

that will be a new nptc ticket CS h20: operation of a chainsaw from a boat/in water (hope not else i would have to get it)

Rhodedendron is about to be added to schedual 9 of the wildlife and countryside act making it illegal to plant anywhere outside of domestic gardens.....at bloody last sorry it doesnt answer your question but i thought it may be of interest

cheese on toast followed by a cup of tea!

nice work! going to look at a honda foreman on friday its a 450, winch on it, so we'll have to see what condition its in, also looking at a piece of kit i could modify as a LGP forwarder to use with it im impressed with your tree planting/log lifter (any plans to put wider tyres on it)

think his last two works sum it up "good luck" saying that i bought a mint ht75 pole pruner from a guy with no feedback and didnt have a pic, checked it out all legit and got a bargin! although i would have my doubts on this one

what you dont send your other half out to work

I have done a lot of terrain modeling, for various projects, as well as using infra-red imagery for doing land cover classification. I find in really interesting stuff (and pays v. well) but was getting to a point where it was all i was doing in my job (and as an eployee i was getting very little pay for it) so now i do freelance stuff where i can. what softwear were you using for parallel swath work something like the patchwork system? im intregued by the logisitics work in remote places? what kind of work was this? i was involved in helping map points for helicopters to drop restoration materials in the peak district. I have also been working on a system (just needed the budget) for high accuracy and speed GPS linked into a field GIS system running helicopter mounted spreader and sprayers through the new ISObus terminal that tractor manufatures are starting to use. This is mainly as if a pilot is not concentrating on the map and is 2seconds late turning of the sprayer, and hes hydroseeding smoked heather (at £200/kg) then it doesnt take long to have wasted a lot of money!

bad weather hasnt got to our part of staffs yet, blue sky with the occasional light rain. Im trying to get all my office/desk work done today so im free for the rest of the week incase we do these winds. I know if we get anything like whats forecast i will be out cutting up stuff out the rivers later in the week

yep, mobile GIS is a speciality of mine

its to do with weather its rev limited or not although anything from late 04 onwards is fitted with a rev limited coil

hey up sounds like someone else is involved in computer mapping! how come your using/know about GIS?

depends on the colour of your coil!

you can borrow mine if you can hold on till next weekend

i would like and apline tractor and forwarder, but its a lot of money to splash out, but the impliments are a lot cheaper/more obtainable it just depends what your work is, i have specific sites that a quad is a lot more advantageous than an apline tractor on, due to the lighter weight, i think its horses for courses with this one, and neither one is 100% the answer to everything.