Mike Hill
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I don't know what friction hitch your using.But if its a VT type set up,then I couldn't reccomend the Tacyon highly enough.Its light,drys fast,and it easy to handle.Also it seems to work better with a VT or mechanical asenders better than other ropes I have tried.
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Know what you mean.Every summer western Norway is invaded by Germans wearing Jeans shorts and driving20kmph below the speed limit in their motor homes.
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The Bar is 1&3/4 Inch thick and weights about 35kg. You might get it to bend abit with a Truck chained to it,but not enough to get a person inside the Door. I turned the inside of the Flange out about 1/2 inch and interferance fitted the bar to the Flange before welding.Then ran a bead around the inside with a three phase arc welder,as well as welding the end you can see in the photo. I am trying to prevent opportunistic theft.Generally Romainians come over here from Sweden and steal everything from Clothes off washing lines to generators and compressors.They fill up the (often stolen vans) and scoot back to Romainia with their Loot.
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Thats smart alright! I use a Pantin and a hand acender,but thats the Mutts alright!
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I had a client ask me "will the Tree look the same once its felled" WTF?
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Last week another contractor in town was broken into,its practically unheard of here.They didn't get away with anything which was lucky. I finnished early on friday,stopped by the scrap yard as well as a rigging shop and came up with this idea. I know the way the lock is fastend is the weak point,but any grinding where my yard is will bring attention. The "washers" I used to back the bolts are old Unimog bearing innner,the flange on the end of the bar is a part from a blown Mog Portal Axel. The last picture is for Dean,he can rate my welding:sneaky2:
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I use a Dremel with a sanding wheel on the top two sides,then a flat file for the underneath.I think you can get them to sharp and its hard to get them out of the Tree. Mine get a sharpen about twice a year,but I normally climb softwoods and never walk around wearing them if I can help it. I don't think a Grinder will ruin the Temper,most spikes are just mild steel.To knacker the steel you would have to get them to glowing red.By that time you probably wouldn't have any spike left.IMHO
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I don't think it would be worth doing. As far as I know the PTO its pretty light and designed to run highspeed low torque things like Hydraulic pumps and maybe a sawbench at a pinch.Plus having that weight hanging off the rear,plus the weight of the mount as you would have to swing the chipper to the side when you dump unless you fitted a side tipper (more weight in that). I could easily fit a shaft to the rear of my mog,attach a propeller.Make some giant Pontoons and have an anphibious unimog. Or I could just use the boat.
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Cut a long straight bit thats about 4inches thick.Cut the end on an angle like a chisel and lay it "angle up".I used to push it into the chipper with the digger,but you could probably just reverse the machine into a Tree? Worked well for me anyway.
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Nice pics Drew.Are those rings on a Totara?
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Climbers wanted for Vancouver Company.
Mike Hill replied to OJD's topic in International Arborist Forum
Quite right! And the harbour is full of pink Dolphins and the Frazer river runs uphill from the sea. -
I KNOW THAT GUY! His name is Knut Lars Larson and he lives on Osteroy.Normally he wears a souwester but its normally raining when I talk to him.
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Two to three Tangs like most people. On long bars I like the tie straps to be off the bottom of the Bar.
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I don't really worry about it. I used to work with a Cable Hauler,somtimes we would have several kilometers of wire rope hanging accross a gulley,plus a 80ft steel spar and six tie backs.We would work right through some crazy thunderstorms,never heard of any Haulers getting struck. With all the hundreds of thousands of wet Trees around you,I think the odds of lightning striking the Tree you are in probably equates with the odds of being eaten by a Shark or spontainiously combusting.
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I think the top Axe is for limbing. Felling Axes usually have a curve from the Toe to the Heal of the Axe head.If you were cutting a face with the Axe of yours,only the Toe of the Axe would be doing any cutting. Nice things to have though,I hope the client got a "Gold Star clean up" of their garden.
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I check that mine is in the Truck on a daily basis. Every six months seems very Cavileir.
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Or.........
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What diameter are the climbing Ropes Justin? The one you sold me is the business,I would like a longer one as well.
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I bought 1000 capsules of Cod liver Oil back from the UK.Holland and Barratt was having a two for one offer.The locals here swear by it,they usually take it in liquid form. I am however not that robust.
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Well done mate! Thanks for sharing the pictures with us,learning how to deal with adults at work at such a young age will stand you in solid sted for your future career. I am much impressed!
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Nice job that !
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Natananokko 330. I like the straight blade,the curved bladed ones are good but I prefer the straight bladed ones.
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This weekend myself and some less experianced climbers went out to an Island for some rec climbing.We climbed a beautiful Copper Beech and installed a "Storm Brace" on a huge leader that had some included Bark at the base. The idea of the Brace was to hold the limb should it snap out or prevent it from snapping out in a extreame weather event. We used two large soft strops,two 3.5ton SWL Shackles and for a change I joined them with a six strand "Molly Grommet" that I made from a single strand of 6mm wire Rope. Afterwards we went to a lake to stay overnight for much Vodka and campfire.
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Started at 6am this morning in the clear fell job.six hours and 7.5 liters of water later we went home.We each took a 10 liter can down the hill and wore Camelbacks. Absolute top morning clear felling Sitkas.20inch bar worked great on the 441.Thanks Mr Jones.
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I was recently asked to inspect a Beech Tree.I found this from nearly ground level up to about two meters in hight.It is located on a section of dead wood that extends vertically about four meters up the Trunk. The Tree sounds hollow when struck and worringly there is a verticle spilt on the side opposite the dead strip. The Tree is an old Pollard,I guess it to be about 150years old. Any help is much appreciated.
