Tom D
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What the enquiry also found was that they were also unaware of other organisations that could help, such as mountain rescue , cave rescue, and dare I say the local tree surgeon.
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ring me tomorrow 07801 538 717
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I might be able to help you chris
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how did you come by this J? give us a ring about that mill, so busy at the mo that we have no time to use it.
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I'll try and get some up, I am on n=my new mac now and haven't loaded any pics i=on it yet, haven't quite "got" the keyboard yet either..lol They are about 2 - 2.5m long, if you are doing small trees and the limb being rigged is close to the pulley then a smaller one would be better. I don't use them often when rigging as with the hobbs you can tip rope limbs and winch them upright, but for the crane stuff they have been really handy.
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just looked at the crane thread again and realised that its not really visible in any of the pics. you can see it in the wee video on page 3. I will try and get some better pics of it.
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just make up a spider, its a length of rope with a loop at either end, one loop s tied large enough to tie a 6 wrap prussic on your rigging line. so you have 2 loops to clip the krabs from the rigging slings in to. You can slide the prussic yp and down to grt the tension right.. we used it on this crane dismantle to keep some of the bigger bits level.http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/picture-forum/35999-beech-crane-dismantle.html Mine are made from 13mm climbing line with fig8 loops but you could splice some if you want.
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I got my fingers burned by ufindus a few years ago, nothing underhand or wrong with their service I might add, just doesn't really work. a good website is all you need, all these companies promisig you leads and page views etc are just trying to take more money off your job. the rating system seems easy to abuse and could be pretty useless in real terms. It may be useful if you are a cowboy with no genuine references. I can also see it may be handy if you are just starting out.... not for me though
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True enough, we are all very snobish about our saws, and yet buy the cheapest when it comes to the stuff that we climb with. Stein are the mcculloch of the arb gear world. TD Tree & Land Services Ltd.
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Looked very good. Nice and smooth. TD Tree & Land Services Ltd.
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I do find it odd that so many members seem to slag off companies simply for doing well. I was very impressed with the certainly setup. It's something to aspire to rather than fear. TD Tree & Land Services Ltd.
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Since maple is historically pretty scarce beech was probably the traditional choice. Maple is probably the American first choice. TD Tree & Land Services Ltd.
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If that's the case Daniel, why have you never commented on any thread on here other than your own. Seems like a bit of pot and kettle here. TD Tree & Land Services Ltd.
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Think you're right Dave, just had a look online and it seems the really expensive ones are maple. I have seen some beech ones though. Reckon beech would be better than Syc. TD Tree & Land Services Ltd.
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First time for everything, small claim's court...
Tom D replied to samthescam's topic in General chat
Just forget about it and move on. In the last 7 years since I started on my own I have had to write off about £1400, that's out of about £650k. It's not worth wasting money and time chasing any bill under 2.5 k. Go see them face to face and ask for the cash. And don't get personal. Are you going to court because you want the money or because you want to get back at someone who has hurt your feelings, and insulted your work ethics. TD Tree & Land Services Ltd. -
Most of the ones I have seen are beech. It's more close grained than acers and therefore more hygenic. TD Tree & Land Services Ltd.
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Dave, your image as a no holds barred old school cutter is now lying in tatters. TD Tree & Land Services Ltd.
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One pik on video. My computer is knackered at the mo so the rest will have to wait. TD Tree & Land Services Ltd.
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60 tonner, even though it weighs 44 tons?? Same one we had last time, very good driver. TD Tree & Land Services Ltd.
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I forgot to say well done, you are a propper tree surgeon now! BTW you are going to glenrothes tomorrow. Meet gareth at the McDonald's at newbridge roundabout. TD Tree & Land Services Ltd.
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Give it a whirl mate. It really is the way forward for the big trees. If you can get a crane near it of course. Welcome Andrew. I will post the vids when I get my pc fixed. TD Tree & Land Services Ltd.
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The hook swings around a bit when it is far from the sling, its very heavy and takes a while to stop moving,(it wasn't as bad as it looks in the pics) The blue line on the hook is 19mm rigging line, that allows us to use a spider for balancing the trickier bits. The spider is only rated to 300 kg so once on the big stuff we use the slings streight off the hook. We use short slings and steel krabs for all the branchwork, that way the climber gets the next sling/s on while the ground crew sort out the last bit. This is quick, although pretty relentless on the ground. Thanks for the comments. TD Tree & Land Services Ltd.
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The last pic was lifted up off the street, after we had filled the 2 wee trailers we made a pile of timber so we could put the big lumps in the big trailer first. We reslung and lifted them in at the end. Andrew has some pics as well, maybe he will break his arbtalk silence and post them??? TD Tree & Land Services Ltd.
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A few more... TD Tree & Land Services Ltd.
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Took down a big beech with a crane today. Andrew did the climbing, all the timber went to a local firewood guy, who supplied 2 trailers. We filled my 10 x 5 and another on the wee massey as well as a big grain trailer. 2nd last pik was 2.4 ton last was 3. TD Tree & Land Services Ltd.
