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Any pictures? How big was it? Mature, young etc.... Any holes, hollowness?

Thanks for quick reply! I was hoping for pictures of trees that have fallen over with no obvious signs of decay in trunk... Dont know what to search for, any suggestions in forums? I know a fair bit about fungus and all, but really it comes down to the essence in this question " Can the roots of trees be affected by fungus in such a way that the tree might fall over without obvious signs of decay in the trunk"

I was sent a question today about fungus... I thought I would pass it on to you guys! "Does some wood fungi affect the rootsystem and damages them in such an extent that the tree might fall over without the stem being hollow or obviously decayed?" I couldn't answer that rightaway! Whats your experience? I tried to translate the question as close as possible to the original wording...; "Does certain wood fungi damage roots of trees so that fungus infected trees are likely to fall even though the stem is not hollow or showing decomposed wood?" Which fungus would it be? Does anyone have pictures?

And it's Swedish.... made within one hour from where I live. I've got two in the shed!

Enables you to extend/move away the HC from you without Connect/reconecting a bridge or such, you can go hand over hand below the HC on ascends... Very smoth...!

Very nice photo! Took my new groundy out on first lowering today... slow but quick to grasp the idea. Will be very good groundy when she's properly trained:sneaky2: Only a small tree today but will have to take down elmtrees this size in the near future... Great video! Will use it to show her how a big takedown is performed...it's hard to describe in words. Thanks Rupe:001_smile:

Idea that ive been trying... Nailed old tyre to choppingblock, makes it posibble to fill the tyre with logs and chop them into kindlings without them flying all around the place... Works really well! Just for home, but still...might work in bigger scale.

Yes we are. Since 1995..... No we are not a part of the monetarian union so we still use our Kingportraited coins called Krona... Not sure about visa...but u will need a workpermit, which I belive is sligtly different, check with the Swedish Embassy; Embassy of Sweden Canberra - Sweden in New Zealand

Around where I live I would say amongst woodburners probably 80% is Spruce and Pine and runners up are mainly Birch and a few % is others (whatever ppl get for free! I burns no problem and delivers heat, and yes it spits a bit hence the sparkcatcher nets in front of open stoves...wich are rare here since most of the heat goes up the chimney! Use a closed stove with a glass door!

One for you lungers! I wont lunge today, but I might lounge....its -21C outdoors... I think I need to do some paperwork today:sneaky2: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ95qwNaD78]YouTube - The 'Right' Way to Do Lunges[/ame]

Thanks for the pointer, will tell him to do that!

Just saw the weatherforecast..... -36,6C coldest in Sweden today....better go look for some longJohns....

Shame that is! Same goes for Sweden too unfortunatly....

To be fair....its dry cold. A lot easier to handle than wet and windy weather:001_smile: like the weather you have. As I answered my phone today, I took my glove off, and couldnt get it back on as it had frozen into a claw! Still no longjohns! Still waiting for cold weather!!!!

I have metal spikes on my wheels...

Plenty of snow here and minus 18 degrees Celsius today! Bit chilly....my new thermal socks is still whitstanding the cold....

Thank u all for the input! As always "ARBTALK" the honest and not so humble opinion from the tradesmen! I will pass this on, and hopefully i can have a go.... i'll let u know how it goes.

Cheers guys! How does it compare to other machines; investment/runningcost?

A friend of mine is looking into buying a Vermeer BC 1000, 2000/2001 with a thousend hours on the clock... Opinions? Good buy? Anyone owns/owned one? Advice please!

You like living on the edge? Alvays a risk of cutting to far and ending up with a stepcut... sometimes hard to judge if the cuts not level...(obviously not for us pros, but for the newbies!)

Im in stitches!!!!!!:lol: Even the misses enjoyed it!!! She came running cause she thought I was choking on something! I was laughing and choking at the same time!!!!

Salix caprea.

Why only UK residents Steve? I feel left out...

Well I have to say....I sort of used this technique yesterday, and sort of stand corrected:blushing: Got a quick job yesterday with high priority, that my boss asked me to squeeze in before carrying on with a bigger job I've been on all week... Just 2 big dead pines that needed to come down. The winter is just showing here, ground is frosen and anything that hits the deck is bound to bounce (no snow yet) so dismantling wasnt really an option. I opted for straightfell...... first one wasnt a problem, just felled it along the road (Small forrest just beside a townroad) no problems. The second one was a bit harder; Roads on three sides so really just one direction, I wanted it down between two pines to make it easy for the lorry to pick it up, and me not having to shift it. The trunk was completly dead so for safety i left the hinge bigger then I usually do, unfortunatly this made the tree fall slower then I expected and therefore didnt gain enough momentum to squeze throuhg the two trees and got stuck! Got the big fellingleaver out and tried to get the tree swinging and hopefully get it to move through, no luck. Normal boring and cutting one side of the hinge wasnt an option since the tree was still sitting heavily on the stump, as the tree had just moved and opend up the hinge a bit. No winch since my collegue managed to break it the other week (thats another story...). So I stood there scratching my head.............. Then I recalled something I read in that forum that I spend so much time at...and gaining knowledge......ARBTALK! I remembered reading a thread about the soft dutchman and it got me thinking now. So this is what i did; I wedged the tree as tight as I could using my highlift wedge to put as much pressure as possible on the trees, carfully not to break my hinge. Then I bore cut and cut the right side of the hinge (this was the most likely way the tree could of twisted) then I cut "the corner" of the trunk at 45 degrees in such a way that it would slide easier. then i cut the stump in "soft dutchmen" style and as a last touch I cut the small piece of the "corner" of the stump that i had left so that the tree wouldnt pinch my saw. As son as I did that the tree slid down on the slanting side of the stump and twisted it self round and fell through!!!!! Thank you Arbtalkers for sharing usefull knowledge! No