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    How many locks are we talking to get to 50 feet? 10 or 11 ish?
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    Hi Minty,

     

    Glad u liked the Joshua Tree pictures! Joshua Tree National Park in southern California is an amazing place to visit. I have lots more information about these trees that i can send u if u are interested!

     

    Regards,

     

    Ed

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    Crazy, crazy Americans!! :-) Gotta love em!
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    Sure have matey, these were taken in Joshua Tree National Park, California. You probably know this already, but they are not actually trees, they are monocotyledons, and are a member of the Genus Yucca. So, these tree-like plants have no cambium as the vascular bundles are scattered throughout their stems! Quite remarkable that something more related to a grass can grow to these proportions! I think they are amazing. They look wonderful as a dark silhouette as the sun goes down in the desert you get some awesome colours in the sky. Shame my photography skills were not up to the task and i didn't have a tripod! The species photographed is Yucca brevifolia subsp. brevifolia, the other subspecies been subsp jaegeriana. The only difference between the species is the one only branches after flowering and the other branches freely, so i'm told, resulting in a much more compact appearance.
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    Nice helmet the guy was wearing - crazy bugger!!
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    Hi Folks, As i am rubbish at footlocking in chainsaw boots, i need to purchase some good boots to use in competitions. What is everyone wearing?? I need some boots that have awesome grip that will help to improve my footlocking! Any info appreciated!
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    I would love to have a go at this too mate
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    With charges like that it must be down south!!??
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    Erm, Google images! ha, not the most scientific of resources, but it didn't resemble what is on the Beech, i don't think. Those borers look nasty, are they quite rare?
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    Arrr, so its Phellinus igniarius, not Fomes fomentarius! So would this make any difference to the way you would manage the tree? Is the other Ganaderma? I have looked at the other 2 things you wrote, it doesn't look like the pictures i am looking at! :-(
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    ha, ha, ha, ha........Sorry!! Thanks for your comments. The Fomes fomentarius was at about 4 metres high on the Beech with the bleeding. The other co-dominant Beech - it that Ganaderma?
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    THOUGHT MONKEYD WOULD BE QUICKLY WRITING A REPLY TO MY PICS - EVEN PM'D HIM TO TELL HIM I'D PUT THEM ON - NOTHING SO FAR! COME ON FOLKS, LETS HEAR WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE FUNGI ON THESE BEECH TREES!! (As i know bugger all about fungi!) :-)
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    Here they are!!! There is a pic with me looking remarkably slim stood next to the giant (for a change!), and check out the small limb that fell off during the winter due to heavy loading from snow!
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    A few good tree pics i took in California a while back! The bristlecone pines (Pinus longaeva), the famous Monterrey Cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa), Some coastal Redwood pics (Sequoia sempervirens) in tall trees grove in an isolated wilderness region of Redwood national park in northern California and a pic of Crater Lake National Park just accross the border in Oregon! Got some of the General somewhere, but can't find em! I'll post em if i find em folks! Ed
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    I will take a picture of the set up i use and post it on here for you tomorrow Russell! I used it today, it works a dream!
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    Ha, ha, thats not a bad idea! Lets email Champaign for approval from ISA and see what they say After all, one hour of a related course is worth 1 CEU, and how many hours do we all spend on here!?!
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    Am i one of those 3 Frank? Or am i no. 4 from Hull??? I might camp too if others are gonna be camping!
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    With the ISA Cert Arb you have to get 30 Continuing Education Units (CEU's) every 3 years to re-certifiy. These can be NPTC training coures, First Aid, ISA competitions and seminars and also quizzes in Arborist News and ISA publications. I wouldn't really consider it a downside to be honest John, i think if you are enthusiastic and passionate about your profession as an Arborist then the CEU's kinda look after themselves. I passed the Certified Arborist almost 2 years ago, and within 2 months of passing i had 31.5 CEU's, just by attending a 2 day seminar, doing some climbing training and filling out the quizzes in "The art and science of practical rigging" book. I learned a lot from all of these!
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    Here are a few more guys.....
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    I have found these on a couple of Beech very close to property and wondered what the likes of Monkeyd had to say regarding whether to remove them or not, or whether resistograph or Picus would be the preferred cause of action before chopping down 2 lovely big trees. Here they are first 2 species are on tree number one, a 26m tall Beech with a DBH of 900mm, main hoiuse 16m away and the tree has a slight lean and asymmetrical crown both in the direction of the house. Tree 2 is also a Beech, 27m tall, DBH of 1100, co-dominant stems and the presence of fungal brackets at the base. A listed building and utility wires are right beneath this tree and if it fails it will crush them both.
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    Can anyone tell me where i can get an entry form for the AA Arborist team challenge?? The webpage (http://www.3atc.com) seems to be out of action! Cheers, Ed
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    Yeah, i am using this system quite a bit with a ropeman and a small kong karabiner rated at only 600kg or something (the karabiner doesn't have to be rated to 22kn as it is not supporting your weight entirely, it is simply keeping the friction hitch in place, if it breaks the climbing line is still in a loop and you go nowhere!!). It works a treat doesn't it mate! Where bouts in York are ya and where do you work? I am living in Howden just down the road, but working in Lincolnshire at the minute.
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    I read somewhere else that the open was at Sparsholt in 3 weeks time and the forms says its in June, was i reading something from last year then?
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    I was gonna say Badger too
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    If its plated at over 3500kg surely it needs a tacho, and you require category C1 to drive it.

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