skyhuck

Chainsaws are incredible dangerous and can end your life in a heart beat!!! We all know whether or not we have FULL control of a saw, be that one handed or two handed. We have all had near misses and should learn from them, if we don't we are truly stupid. Personally I don't think one handing should be taught or seen as in any way as good practice, its a bit like free climbing, IMO, you know what your capable of and when its safe, if you do it at other times or copy the methods you have see some one else use your very likely to come a cropper.

The more I think about it the stranger this thread seems:confused1: But having reread the original post, I wish I had paid more attention to the last line So really right from the off, you have either "bottled it" or your a lier:sneaky2: The strange thing is that if gibbon had answered a thread like this before this tree he would also have said no, yet now those who say that now are egotistical, testosterone filled big heads. Also many are says that those who have never left a job unfinished are unprofessional:confused1: This tree was being reduced for safety reasons? or to prevent it from being damaged by wind? Which clearly has not been achieved, is that professional? If the limb was in danger of failing with 11 stone on it, I feel the wind will soon whip it off. Could the limb not have been temporarily braced with rigging gear, while its climbed and reduced?? Or as some have suggested use a MEWP. Not only is there the safety issue and the tree being damaged, but also the other important trees around it which will also be damaged if this dangerous tree is just left. Surely it needs finishing?? The use of the word "bottled" in the title of this thread is surely wrong. The OP is now really saying the tree is unclimbable (or at least this part of it) so really this thread makes little sense, IMO.

If you check your "Sent messages" if its there, its gone. Same goes if their inbox is full, if you send a PM but then it not in your sent box, their inbox is full and they will not have got it.

They are factory fitted and if its like the one I used years ago, its for opening the rollers, so that larger cord wood can be fed in more easily, not for applying greater pressure.

Is that really big enough to be worth bothering with?? I know the root flare is wanted for gun stocks, but I had imagined it would need to be from a more mature tree.

Superb input as always Tim, you must be so proud!!!!!

I would just remove the tree, then grind the stump however it sits with the tree removed.

Why did you quote me when you made this post???????? I in no way condoned his actions,

Felling a 65' piece out of a sketchy tree, that some thought unsafe to climb doesn't sound like a great idea, "gently does it" would me my plan on a tree like that.

Have you any examples of this? I'm not having a go, I'm genuinely interested. I've read loads post accident reports and all the ones I've read were down to climber error, cutting their line, felling out the top with their line still up attached to it, etc, I can't recall one where the tree failed. PS, none of us can truly say if we would have carried on with your tree, as we were not there. We can only try to honestly answer the question you asked.

Cutting, I think. This thread is a spin off from the cut and hold thread. HSE say you should have 2 attachments when cutting, as far as I know one is still fine when moving around the tree, although some have 2 when moving and 3 when cutting, but thats not mandatory.............YET:001_rolleyes:

:sneaky2:Thats another firm that went bust, owing £1000s, but never really stopped trading:thumbdown:

I'm not sure you can work alone (using power tools) at all.

Its true.

If I need it, I use it, if I don't, I don't, but its always there, I would need a spanner to remove it any way.

Oh yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:congrats:

The problem with a thread like this is, if you say "yes" every one says well done and pats you are back and says "well done for being being so honest". If your honest and say "no" every one thinks your a lier.

You know what they say, "there are old climbers and there are bold climbers, but there are no old, bold climbers". But IMO, there are a few exceptions

Thats a really good system, Johny and would work well on this tree, IMO.

Totally agree!!!! I almost never rig.

Yes but I've never had one snap at 10' so I don't expect it at 80'. How many have had a branch fail???????? I just honestly feel our minds tell us to stop before we need to, I've ignored that and carried on and the more I have done it, better I feel I really understand whats truly safe and what isn't. If this tree is as bad as is suggested, whats going to happen when its in full leaf and the wind blows???????

Thats not true mate. You are liable regardless of where you are. I know of a scrap metal man, where the police used ladders to get over his 12' fence, his dog bit them. he got done for "an unsupervised guard dog" Some one else left their dishwasher open, a burglar was climbing over their roof, fell throw a skylight and landed on the cutlery basket of the dishwasher, they sued the home owner and won.

Thats all the reason I need to keep on climbing!!!