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  1. Log-ologist
    special forces?
  2. Log-ologist
    Whack em down boy. Glad its not just me , only I do the top cut first, as its easier to line up the flat cut with the slope.
  3. Log-ologist
    I have a customer who we went to 4 years ago and did quality work on her willow just like that, then we went back and took more off ,then more . Today was year 4 and its a stick with 3 stubby branches on it ! She is absolutely delighted , thats what she asked for. Lucky for me its 15 miles from home so i don't have to drive past it every day!
  4. Log-ologist
    I'd be happy with a job like that, as a customer and as a worker.
  5. Log-ologist
    I can't get a much bigger chipper in my garage
  6. Log-ologist
    bigger bar = more beer
  7. Log-ologist
    Almost 20 years ago when I was first let loose with a chainsaw, rog and I felled about 15 or 20 spruce across a ride in the woods which was also a public footpath. Within minutes about 30 ramblers with map holders, compasses and red socks hiked up the path and proceded to climb over every spraggy stick of timber. They could have gone through the trees, but no they where Ramblers Association zealots and they stick to the path. Another job was felling large douglas fir thinnings off an embankment onto a forest road for winching out. We had put up signs but a high speed mountain biker riding down the track couldn't stop and got a face full of aromatic foliage.
  8. Log-ologist
    :wave: Here is my lil honey [ame= ] [/ame]
  9. Log-ologist
    Regardless of the pruning regime, the most important thing is to establish replacement trees that willl perpetuate the avenue.
  10. Log-ologist
    I bought that 88 at the arb show it replaced a 20 year old 084 (sold to a pal). So far ,for the trees its cut its cost £ 80 per tree, but if it lasts 20 years...
  11. Log-ologist
    Is there any good reason to put a value on a tree? Other than timber and chip the value of a tree is entirely subjective and the monetary value is of no use as you can't easily pick up and move a tree that may be 150 years old. Is it purely a paper exercise to appease some office wallah?
  12. Log-ologist
    I only use steel signs , they are cheap ( 600mm men at work with "Tree Felling" in panel £23.50 +vat) they are rugged and rarely fall over. They are heavy but I have a gap between the cab and the tipper where we keep 2 slid in. I have had some metal signs for 10 years.
  13. Log-ologist
    how about aspen and hope it will suckker up allover the site
  14. Log-ologist
    Yeah and I love cutting through grown in barbed wire too :wave:
  15. Log-ologist
    Good ideas there igacs. Written quotes can be a bind but I give one to every new customer and about 60% of repeat customers. They like knowing what they get and how much. It also stops the " can you just " brigade as we say "yes but it will be extra" The customer also has your address so they know I'm no traveller . The only people who have ever stiffed me ( one woman) are those who do not want a quote in writing as they are in a hurry , so now they all get one to start with.
  16. Log-ologist
    mine lives in a heated garage its only spent 3 nights under the stars since I got it 8 years ago.
  17. Log-ologist
    Yesterdays work included this. Its my first attempt at turning HDcamcorder stuff into Youtube video. I have not quite got the quality settings right but here it is. [ame= ] [/ame]
  18. Log-ologist
    No Lots of the soil was dug out and removed, the plate was ground to as low as possible with the machine and all excess levelled then turfed. ...and every one wonders why I got a waste carriage licence, with dross like this to shift...
  19. Log-ologist
    I'm out of bed, punctuality is important
  20. Log-ologist
    ...and just get our heads down to earn some money.
  21. Log-ologist
    Call that a stump! We cleared this little wind throw last summer.
  22. Log-ologist
    Last friday 2 of us in 6 hours did 10m3 of chips (2.5 tranny loads) from a conifer hedge, part cut, part topped and dragged out 20m, using the vermeer PTO( farmi 260 for Ed) its a design that has barely changed in 25 years. It works thats why.
  23. Log-ologist
    It's in the office for opening my wallet
  24. Log-ologist
    Phone in and ask the day before to check. Council bods know the rules of the game like you. No TPO= potential fell, its who is the quickest off the mark that wins. We do this quite a lot. Never trust the developers word entirely, they are one step away from estate agents and do you trust them?
  25. Log-ologist
    Every climber has a different style, if its safe and comfortable then dont knock it. In different areas of the country different tree species prevail and each requires a different approach. Rather than bitching and infighting we should realise the enemy is the unskilled arbowrecker and they should be encouraged to free climb as much as possible. ( Charles Darwin style breeding out of stupidity)

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