Mr. Bish

I like seeing monoliths / big stumps around. 1) It shows me that someone knows a bit about wildlife or 2) The person doing the work didn't have a saw big enough to finish the job properly :-)

I like trees but.... Since I trimmed this one last year it's just gone all bushy. Can you fix it?

I like trees but...... I don't like the way they make me smell I like trees but.... they do get awfully heavy I like trees but.... I hate small gardens with them in. I like trees but.... I prefer chocolate. Gizzzzz freeeeeee stoooooffffff NOW

Ya groundy wears those all day if I'd let him. He is supposed to only wear them when climbing or silky work. He had ran up and put a line in for the pull.

And yes I straight felled (after clearingsome weight off) This was before my run of bad luck and probably why my confidence was overhigh. 1st is a hung up ash --- NO I did not hang it there!!!!! Took all day to get it down.. Second trees are two leaning Willows. The job was perfect.... Customer didn't want any clearing up done. He just wanted them on the ground. The final Willow was a bit of an adranilin pumper as I needed to fell it off lean to avoid a fence. The tree was fairly rotten up top and getting rid of the exess weight over the lean was a bit exposed. Final tree was 96ft and I had about a 10 degree angle to hit with the fell. No major issues if I missed but it was nice getting such a big beast spot on. PS: Sorry for posting loads of piccies at once but I am just downloaded 1st willow i dismantled as it was leaning well over neighbours. This was the bigger of the willows. sorry no pictures of the willow in profile.

I only break things on Thursdays, Fridays, Mondays or Saterdays. This was a lucky day :-)

It would have done if I had spotted it hideing behind the laurell bush that my tree homed in on. I think it's just trying too hard to be fast in the rain towards the end of the day. I should take a step back more often and just chill a bit. No the rope was initially about where my arrow is. I have moved it over and anchored it to a big tree. Then I pulled with the truck having the rope go around a pulley at the anchor (If that makes sence)

Alright It's like the fish that got away. Probably nearer 40 ft... mabie smaller. I was sure it was bigger tan it looks :-) It was already cut very high at the stump and yes in hindsight there are loads of alternatives that all would have worked better but I was knackered and it seemed like a good idea at the time.

I was just downloading some piccies of a stuff up I had yesterday - See Bloopers and I remembered this job. It was lovely. The house was pretty fragile and my groundie wanted to try using a zip line with the rigging rope. For the main part it worked very well if a little slow. The tree house was likely to be responsible for the death of the tree but they wanted to keep the treehouse intact. half way through. Was a great spot out of the rain for lunch:001_smile: Blowing the dust from the still intact roof. It was a great job

OOPS huge sigh after a long hard day

Well yesterday I was working on day rate clearing a line of tall forest type sycamores and ash. Had two trees down and dealt with fine by 4:00 but that left a very long and thin ash exposed to the wind..... Like a good lumber worker I decided that for the safety of the homeowner (She's very pretty) I would tidy that one away. I figured that it was an easy enough straight fell but I'd put a rope up anyway as the drop zone was a bit on the tight side and there was a bit of a sail in the top. All was going fine, back cut was going in at about 4:10 and I figured I'd be tidied and away by 5:00.................................................................. I have no idea what happened... but it ended up about 10 degrees off drop zone hanging up right in the centre of a 60 ft conifer The next blooper was deciding that instead of going up the conifer to sort it out I would try and pull it out with the rope and truck. snaping the weakest side of the conifer.... Rain was pelting... ropes were straining... groundie was shouting.... engine was working... I looked in the mirror and saw the tree moveing... Smileing to myself I thaught YAY.. situation rescued.... Got out of truck smileing only to see a great big conifer root ball facing me:scared1: So I sat down in the rain. 4:45 looking at an almighty mess of conifer and ash criss crossed with bits snaped and my rope messed up in the middle of it all. Big sigh and made it home just before dark. Now if that wasnt bad enough.. Today I felled the trunk of a conifer with a few whispy long limbs left up top. All was going well until the tree started moving down. Again it was roped but somehow it twisted about 15 degrees again and the wispy bits managed to cause a shed load of damage to the customers sons car:sneaky2: Something has gone wrong with my felling cuts. I think I have been getting too overconfident. Thankfully the car was about to be written off for a small dent and the guy was cool. I said I'd help him get it taken to the scrappers for him being so honest with me. I was expecting the owner of the car to try and fleece me for all he was worth. I guess I will have to go back to basics and slow down my cutting a bit. I have photos of the yesterdays stuff up but couldn't face taking pictures of todays. Will post them later when I can drag my warm dry butt to the car to get camera.

I only use blakes and prussuk too. I tried using a micrograb instead of prussuck on my lanyard for a few weeks but when there is no tension on the line it can annoyingly slip down - needing two hands to re tension. Gave up on that and am using it on my flip line. It's great for flip line coming back down the trunk.

Ditto. I love them... they are all soft and smelly like slippers. As for gloves I have never yet worn chainsaw gloves outside my training. They are perticularly nasty to work in. I guess if you are doing a lot or core wood work they could be a good investment tho.

Erm.... whats the APF?

Yup. PM me your number plz. I'll pass it straight on.

Sorry if this thread is on the wrong part of the forum but I couldn't decide where it should go. I have been asked to do some work down in Addlestone but it's just far too far for me to go. Job is a basic top and trim on rear garden conifers as well as a quick wizz round an oak deadwooding. Last people she had in were in there for just about half a day and they ripped her off totally. So if you are legal, cover Addlestone (no idea where in Surrey) and fairly priced please PM me your number and I will pass it on to her. Thanks

I am in a two man team so I am both I guess. EMPLOYEES -What task brings about a higher level of stress? Realizing that I underquoted Groundsman having a SLOW day Very pernicity clients who want the impossible Machine breakdown -How does the level of stress affect the employees possibilities to carry out his tasks? Sometimes we work better as a result. Faster probably as opposed to better. -In what ways does this affect the employees health? None that I have noted -Own strategies to handle stress? Reach down to trouser pocket, find a comfy spot as high as possible. SMOKE in peace -Does the stress experience as a problem? don't understand EMPLOYER -Is there a awareness of what tasks results in a higher level of stress? YES -What tasks result in negativ stress for the employer? Groundie not being alert to whats happening in tree. -Strategies to reduce stress for both parts? Communicate calmly. Dish out firm words spareingly. Never give a bollocking when angry. -Experienced conseqvenses of harmful stress for the employer/employee? Tense atmosphere, tree felling less accurate

Also turn up on time for the quote. Boots off before entering. Phone if arriving late.

yes please. I can only id about 5 types atm. Need help before I kill myself. For safety sake I should be put in the hat.

I used them for a while but somehow the one holding my saw on came undone last week and it dropped down. only a few feet to the second karabina but it's still and unwanted surprise.

We have filled out the skilled visa assesment forms and are waiting to hear back (10 days left). If I am moving over then I will come to the seminar. I'd love to carry on what I am doing over there but not sure how I would cope with the gung ho Aussies and the massive spiders!

weirdly I seem to be very busy when other local companies are struggling. (Possibly I am just slower) :-) Been booked over a month in advance for about two monnths now. I guess the tight credit will effect some domestic work but the fact is that trees NEED to be dealt with sometimes.

If they are taking them that low they may aswell pull them out totally. But hey who am I... Looks a decent enough job tho. Nice high profile work :-)

I think I will go for the pillow case in the machine. Sounds the simpleist. Just have to wait for the boss to go out on sat. morning and away we go. I like the sound of the Tee piece that runs the rop through too. I'll keep my eyes open for one of those.

Well mine are covered in smelly muddy poo smelling stuff after busting my butt in the rain today. I need to de smell them and clean them this weekend. Anyone got advise on rope friendly cleaning? Best idea I can come up with is jet wash the stuff and leave it in the sun. Harness needs some attention too. What do you folks use plz.