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  1. Rich Rule
    There is a lot to be said for the power of positive thinking. I firmly believe in surrounding yourself with negative people brings you down aswell. I will say that the eternal optimist gets on my tits though, they are always late and sometimes would be better off taking a step back assessing the situation and reapplying ones efforts. So all in all, I try and be a positive person but am most definitely an optimist with a very large, healthy dose of realistic thoughts as well.
  2. Rich Rule
    I hear the Petzl dealers this year are paying punters to take the Zigzag. Or it may have been a vicious rumour.
  3. Rich Rule
    Good luck Hodge. I went to Donostia for a few weeks in 2002. Great place. I was there chillin though and not working.
  4. Rich Rule
    Nice truck bud.
  5. Rich Rule
    That Thai food looks nice mate.
  6. Rich Rule
    Really nice. I have the kids that weekend, the missus is on a hen doo. Might try and get up with the boys.
  7. Rich Rule
    What about to expansion loop?
  8. Rich Rule
    What the hell was I thinking... Actually the cut back was over the chimney, the cobra was a lot higher. That should be ok as the smoke and flames would have cooled by the time they get that high.
  9. Rich Rule
    Treekit do one I think, or at least they held a course a couple of weeks ago.
  10. Rich Rule
    One of the Silver Birches we reduced a bit of end weight, deadwooded, cut back over chimney stack and then installed a Cobra System. Beautiful tree to work on and climb.
  11. Rich Rule
    We use the 2t and 4t cobra system. Dependent on the size of the defective limb. We often do some end weight reductions above suspect unions before installing the cobra system.
  12. Rich Rule
    Yes, but we call them Silver Birches.
  13. Rich Rule
    Over in Norway we brace a lot of trees. There are lots of Silver Birch in and around the Oslo area. Yes we do brace a lot of Birch trees with Cobra Systems. The Birch trees in Norway tend to have a fair few unions so you can even install the collar in a Union usually at a 2/3 to a 1/3 ratio above the defect.
  14. Rich Rule
    There was that time when I had to get you down...
  15. Rich Rule
    If that was my one Steve. I thanks you for not sending a 300 pound bill.
  16. Rich Rule
    Not necessarily. Limbs and stems tend to taper as the get higher. So if there isn't a suitable Union to install above, the system won't necessarily slip down. At some point the stem will be fatter that the collar and cuff. However, there is usually something up there and if the exact retaining branch for the collar isn't at exactly a 3rd... Would 5% either way be that drastic? Again down to installation. If that were to be the case then I would be more concerned with the collar girdling the limb/stem and as a measure should be inspected and replaced if that is the case. I have done loads to Cobra Bracing over in Norway, but only installed 1 system in the UK and that was 14 years ago. IME, most of the time when we inspect and replace it is due to a bad previous installation.
  17. Rich Rule
    Good work Mick... That last picture looks like an Orange Dinosaur is coming into frame to help with the logs. Edit: 2nd to last.
  18. Rich Rule
    Haha. I am sure if you followed your heritage back far enough there may be a bit of a link to Britain somewhere. If I were you I would contact the BBC with this evidence and express your outrage at being unable to view it. Or get a proxy service that makes it look like you are in the British Isles. It was a pretty good program. I had to stop half way through though as the sun has come out for 10 minutes, that means BbQ time in my household. I will watch the rest later.
  19. Rich Rule
    Fires maybe so? Different environments though, I dare say the incidence of fires damaging trees is greater in California compared the the wet West coast of Wales.
  20. Rich Rule
    Maybe the case regarding the Ginko. However, they do grow here but are not native. The documentary is pretty much UK based, and as the Oak is so symbolic within the British Empire through building of war machine and Naval fleets, it follows the changing of the seasons for one particular tree.
  21. Rich Rule
    BBC iPlayer - Oak Tree: Nature's Greatest Survivor
  22. Rich Rule
    A friend was chatting about this program during the weeks. It is on iplayer BBC4. Very interesting program showing the seasonal cycle of the Oak tree.
  23. Rich Rule
    Do you know what killed it? The timber can have a very different feel depending on the cause of death. Some trees loose there bark and are as dry and solid as a bone. Others are a complete mesh of rot and crap.
  24. Rich Rule
    Paul, try posting the YouTube video link without the "s" so interwar of https it will read http. The video should preview then instead of showing the hyperlink.
  25. Rich Rule
    Never an easy time losing an old friend. RIP

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