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Mike Hill

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  1. Mike Hill enjoy's watching your video's with the sound off. He also likes not reading your text,as he feels you are an arrogant, self important ,pompas ,over weight,little Napoleon.
  2. Welcome Ian. I would suggest doing as much part time as you can for local firms to see if you really like it or not.Buying your own Harness might make it a bit more likely for someone else to "give you a go" one day. Generally speaking Employers hire a person to fill a role immeadiatly,not grown into one. The industry has not shortage of recently qualified but inexperianced Climbers.Proving your ability to Graft is more important.
  3. "used wan of these yokes" Sound like a Chinese Actor on a Cooking Program.
  4. I would like to see someone Bore Cut with a Two man saw........ I've Logged Timber that was passed up 100 years prior because there was no way to Fell and Recover the Timber at the time.Those guys knew the limits of their gear and ability.
  5. I'm in!
  6. Thats not True. In the Past heavy leaning Trees were "passed up" as Fallers could not deal safely with Tension.Some times Trees were Felled across the lean,but the chance of slabbing the Butt Log and Pinching the Saw was high.And there was another man on that side of the Saw. With a Chainsaw you can Swing Trees by Cutting away some of the Hinge as the Tree Falls,Do all tasks from one side and correct lean by cutting out the Back cut in stages.None of these things can be done with a Two Man Saw.
  7. I know that Guy.
  8. 660 is a saw built for Logging.The use they get in Arb work is nothing compared to burning 20L of gas a day in the Bush. There are few Husky's in use in large felling operations because their big saws are not up to it. ""STIHL...If they wern't so good,we'd still have alot of Rain Forest left".
  9. Loverly Job Tommer!
  10. Humbolt Face cuts are to mazimise the Value of the Log due to the waste being left in the Stump. This Cut was impossible to make in the age of Axes.
  11. I wish I had Facial Hair Worthy of that Machine.
  12. Mike Hill

    red deer

    Ten years ago my Boss at the Time drove me through I think it was Richmond park.When a big Stag walked into veiw, I thought I was seeing things.
  13. Limbed the Spruce on the way up,knocked the Top and a few chunks off.Then got the Wedges out.
  14. These are also very nice! When the Bridge gets a wee bit Frayed you just "Mend" it with a lighter.It sayes you can in the handbook probably.
  15. Personally I would get a Jensen.They are well built,reliable and well thought out.
  16. I've done it abit. Once or twice when I have had to section Fell a Tree alone and had to lower a Branch,I have attached a figure 8 to the Stem with sling then run the lowering rope over a branch above the one I am lowering.Cut the Branch and lowered it to the ground,pulled enough slack through and undone the system.I would be a pain for more than one Branch,but sometimes one is all you need to do.
  17. Can't get mine clean.I bought a £200 Pfanner Jacket because I thought I would be safe on the roadside,not to mention it would have been wicked at any Raves in the Woods.Alas after a short while it became dull and dirty and I was once again back to wrapping myself in Baco Foil and dancing with Glow Sticks. Shame really.The Jacket had nice pockets.
  18. Happy Birthday Mate! "The fastest way to get over someone,is to get under someone else"
  19. Hand him a Bill for the wood and fire him on the spot. Masterbater.
  20. I wonder if forgoing the Chip Box and have the Chipper mounted on a Turntable over the Rear Axel.Then have a Ram inside the Chippers mount that extened the unit out when needed,ie feeding the chipper at the corner of the Vehicle.This idea would allow chipping into a Trailer and have some space for tool box mounted where the Chip bin is.
  21. Many Postage Stamps.
  22. Slight Traction Loss.
  23. I would have spliced some Rope into my Pubes and Towed it down with my Rocket pack.
  24. I feel that leaving a "Strap" to control theTree is Flawed. Firstly the amount of "Strap" that is to remain is entirely guessed,that "Strap" is in effect lengthening the Hazard.Or if there is a large Knot on the top of the Tree you may not have any "Strap" at all. In a situation as depicted in your Video,I would have cut down from the Top untill the cut began to pinch and then up feeling with the Nose of the Bar.
  25. It will depend on your aspirations within the industry. Some Arb roles gender dosn't matter any,some it does. With regard to work climbing,most Woman find it more difficult physically than men.Its not easy for anyone,especially when you are new to it. My girlfreind is a Climber for a Local Authority and does a good job within the production expectations of her workplace.However I would not find her capacity as a Climber acceptable in the same role in my Company. Starting as a groundy,even on a limited basis will give you the world of insight into this industry.Also you will see Climbing in a production situation so you will know what will be expected of you.I beleive it takes about five years of climbing every day to call yourself experianced.Adding those five years onto your age now may also colour your decision. At the end of the day,"nothing ventured,nothing gained".

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