Mr. Bish
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Lots of interesting thaughts. I am going with the lead. *Runs off to the local church with a long ladder*
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I've not been doing this too long yet for the one liners to really grate. Some of the common ones seem to be the same as the rest of you. Apart from "How low can you cut it?" "can you dig around it and take it lower?" Last one I offered some special chips that would cover it over nicely so that he wouldn't have to look at it. He said yes :-)
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I have a dead fir to remove to around 12 feet. the stump has to remain as it is the central support for a big tree house. My question is what ideas or techniques have you guys come across to water seal stumps or large cuts? I have thaught about stapeling some canvas over the stump. Painting it with something (Don't know what) The tree is not rotton at all, it is nice and dry. That the way it needs to stay to provide the support needed for the treehouse. And yes it is probably the metal spikes and strangulation from the treehouse that killed the tree.
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Possibly the biggest orental plane in the world? It was in Skiathos while I was on hols. The tree was totally amazing and still very big up top and healthy. Second pic is some of the props holding up lower limbs. The limb propped was about 35 mtr from trunk to tip and the trunk was 18 feet dia. in it's wide side.
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My groundie took a piccy of me on a smoko. He says I was lying around but I say I was assessing the job.
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I have now looked at loads of pictures of chicken of the woods and will climb up and take it off. I think you are right.
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Thanks Jack arb.. It is about 6 inch across and yes it is living about 20feet up a very large and healthy sweet chestnut. When you say they can become harmfull if left unchecked.... How should I remove or treat it? You can probably tell that I am not much of a fungi expert. I han spot liberty caps, harvester and flyagaric from about quarter of a mile! Thats where my knowledge ends.
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My groundie is a legend (Most of the time). He is vastly underappreaciated I believe. One of the most important skills a groundie has to have is dealing with the public. We are up a tree out of harms way and they have to deal with nosy neighbours and general busy bodies every day as well as being polite to potential new custom. When mine is having a bad day I seem to stuff up what I am doing too because I have to watch what he is doing too. When his back was turned last week a very young boy (About 5) was throwing bits of wood into the chipper. I was frantically blowing whistle and then the kids dad starts giving me abuse for shouting at his kid. Then groundie returns from watering the bushes and I shout at him. He is then stroppy and my next cut takes out a power cable....... It all started because my groundie was not doing his usual fantastic public controll bit for less than a minute. They take the stress so we don't have to :-)
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Nice woodweb site. I wasn't offended to be honest. And yes I did post it with a bit of "Wow look what I can do now with my big shiny saw" Really though I'd love to be able to pass a few of the better logs that I get onto a mill. Do you think the best way is just to go see the mill or are they likely to throw me out? I do have a nice fat cedar to do on wednesday that looks too good to be firewood. So does anyone in the UK actually manage to sell domestic trees to mills?
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Bah you can mock all you like :-) I was told they were used by the mills at 14ft lengths. Do I take it from your sarcasm that mills like 20 foot lengths? The reason for leaving such a stump was the metal fence post inside. you can see the residue on the butt so I took a further 6 inch off when it was flat. I am after mill info not micky taking.... we all started somewhere?
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I love the engineering you used. Personally I don't think I could have coped with such a big tree in no drop zone. Thanks for posting the vids. They are great and I learned a lot.
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Sorry I didn't get time to climb up and get a better picture. I will if necessary. Sitting on it's own about 20 feet up. All I told my customer is that I thaught it was not one of the more harmfull ones but I'd see what I could find out. Any idea would be apprecaiated.
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Dosen't look an easy job. Lowering every part that high on a windy Sunday = good work. Nice one.
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Baught it at the arb show and this pecker was booked in for the following Monday. On Wednesday I had to use the beast up a 3ft dia. at 20 ft up sweet chestnut. Sectioning the chestnut and actually man handeling the lumps would have been impossible without it but I was so dam busy and stressed that there were no pictures :-( I decided as there was no danger to anything of getting it wrong that I would try the all American big tree flat gob and snipe. My first one and I have used it several times since. I love it. I now have a 4 ft dia. 15 ft straight oak log sitting in the field. How do I go about selling the butt?
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Only done 2 years at this but I count myself lucky to not have caused myself or groundie any damage yet. (small nick from secaturs (2 butterfly stitches)) I do carry the glue and butterfly stitches but they are only good for silky scratches. Building one for a chainsaw hit would be like trying to roll a 50 skin doobie... The guy would probably be dead by the time I finished. Perhaps I am working too slow :-)
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I believe that the best way to stem accidents with chainsaws is simply to criminalize the sale without basic training like CS30 These things are lethal weapons in the wrong hands and they can be baught over the counter from B&Q for £80 Ontop of very basic ticket similar to CS 30 there should be a basic chainsaw use part of the same ticket that would include very basic HSE info as well as basic ground use positioning. I would also stick a first aid section in there so that all the potential users get to see lots of graphic pictures of what can happen when not used correctly.
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Yup, thanks for the message. It could be the same but the job I was looking at had more holes but mostly lower down the trunk. What is the danger of having clearwing moths in the tree? Nice looking job :-) *A touch jealous*
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perhaps the council should have a bit more weight. They could use their own inspectors but then they would always air on the side of caution. If it had to come down then I would loved to have done the work.
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I wish they would make a pair with cushoned seat. Laylandii hedges get awfully spikey to sit in.
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Beautifull straight cut in last pic. I always seem to miss those on thicker than bar stumps.
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I am on a begging spree really. If anyone has a basic arb risk ass. and method statement. Pleeeeeeeeaaaaaaassssseeeeeee can you let me have a digital copy to save me totally writing one from scratch. Or if there is a good site where I can steal a blanket one can you put the link in. If anyone has one that they wouldn't mind me butchering for my own purpose can you message me through the boards and I will give you my e-mail. Thanks.
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Last two days. Finished off some very nasty rotten Hazel trees. Not big but just a little scary. Wouldn't have managed to finish the hazels without the help of Stu :-) Then yesterday's was a 50+ christmas tree 50 yards drag. Thoroughly enjoyed taking it down in the wind. No felling space. Was chuffed, me and groundie worked our socks off and finished in one day.
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Personally I think they cheated... A real man would have used an AXE!
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I have been on a learning spree for the last week. I have 2 friction hitches. an accender hitch scaffold knot baffeled me for a while. Munters hitch is still freaking annoying me for something so simple! Knots are great. What is the best climbing related knot book?
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Thats a lot of sawdust!
