Mike Hill
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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.
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Can you do anything with old Stihl cylinders??
Mike Hill replied to Paulthepunk's topic in Chainsaws
Or don't cut the sides down and stub out your fags using chopsticks. -
I bought a bit of stuff,at a frankly unbeleivable price from Mr Jones. Had a great time all round,great to meet some new people and and see others again! Plan to be at Jonsies fair in August,via Scotand. Never been to Scotland before,is there a reason for that?
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Here is a Video of another method of "Bore and release". You can cut several "Finns" on a large Tree,I can make a vid of this techinque next week when we move into some bigger timber. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFCSZtnGA2c]YouTube - Finn cut[/ame]
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Don't see any Spike marks,so they deffinatly wern't Pro''s.
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Sthil for me. The development of the products of both brands really come down to Geography and the types of cutting encountered at each location. Husky=Scaninavia.Mostly smaller softwood trees with many small branches,a light high reving saw is an advantage.The high ammount of limbing on a Spruce compared to the three main cuts needed to fell it mean that the saw used is light and "revy" Sthil=Baden Wurtemburg (Black Forest Region) Larger Hardwood trees with fewer limbs.The saw needs to have alot of Tourqe,the main cuts to fell the tree consitute alot of the processing cuts. In the Area's of thew world that I have worked in that held Big Trees,Sthils were the dominant brand.Brittish Collumbia,Alaska,New Zealand,Norway,Southern Germany. The above is based on opinion,and my personal experiance.
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I think the number of Tree Services will shrink with the market,it already has done.Generally there will still be more Tree Services than the last recession as I beleive the industry as a whole is more recognised. Tighter times may mean that young people are more inclined to learn the job from being an assistant to a experianced person,rather than go to colledge to "learn" the Trade.If this is the case,then I feel the industry will be in a better position in five years time.
