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Tom D

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  1. Tom D

    A bit of fun.

    Forestry is much harder, because the ground is uneven, and you're usually on a slope. I've been messing about in an urban woodland for the last two weeks and thats as close to the forest as I'd like to get.
  2. This does raise an interesting point: do we sell pure hardwoods, mixed, or soft or hard seperately. I was thinking that to really set the standard that, who knows, may one day be widely accepted there should be a species list with woods of high density in one list and those of low density on another. so willow and pop would be in with the spruce and pine and yew could be in the high density list.
  3. Amsterdam:thumbup:
  4. Thats the ticket, get someone in to mill it. There'll be half a days work just cutting that timber up even with your 880. I'd put 2 days on it day 1 all brash and limbs off, day 2 fell the rest, ring it and remember there will be about 3 cube of sawdust if you ring all that up. £1200:thumbup1:
  5. Did you go to Robin Hood's Bay?
  6. Tom D

    Crash Bang

    Steve was doing another one I think, might be cheaper.
  7. Tom D

    Crash Bang

    Thanks Rob, its a POV1 and I got it from dog cam sports. VIO POV.1.5 helmet camera kit
  8. Tom D

    Crash Bang

    Its a POV1 and I got it from dog cam sports. VIO POV.1.5 helmet camera kit
  9. I think treework keeps you fit and fairly strong. I have put on a little extra padding lately and so decided to go for a run, I hadn't ran for about 10 years so was expecting it to be hard going, however I managed to run a couple of miles or so without stopping (which I expected to do on the first go). So not thay bad really as I'd bet many 35yo men would have struggled. I think tree workers are stronger than average too, I had a new brash rat in the other day, he was a stocky muscly little guy but was not as strong as me or Andrew. Tree work wont give you a great looking body though, at least not if mine's anything to go by.
  10. Tom D

    Crash Bang

    Its the remote controll for the camera. Heart rate was 60BPM throughout.
  11. Tom D

    Crash Bang

    Not a lowering rope in sight. The first was a 60 footish aspen and the second an 80 footish willow. Didn't have too many hangers despite the lack of drop zone. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o5ea0Dpe4E]YouTube - More dismantling.[/ame]
  12. Nice video, better than my first attempt with the pov. Looking forward to the next one.
  13. My haix treckers are now in their second year, totaly treadless now but still waterproof.
  14. ball shaped trees are a PITA IMO. Give me a big tall one anytime.
  15. At what time in the show was it?
  16. The teeth are easily blunted and are expensive to replace, however for back garden stumps where you can't get anything else in they're pretty good.
  17. I've got a termite you could hire.. ..by the hour:001_tt2:
  18. Nice tree, nice work too. Just think Butch, at the time that thing was a sapling you'd have been a subject of the British Empire.
  19. Thanks for the comments guys. For the record the next saw i buy will probably be a stihl. That 385 has been a great saw and still runs well, nice up a tree too... the 357 has been a dog and will be replaced with a ms361 when I get round to it.
  20. If we can mash it up small enough we're hoping to get away with leaving it all on site as "habitat":cool1:. I'm waiting to hear about a site clearence job, I'll let you know If I get it.
  21. Its a 385, 28" Bar. Had it 6 years, really like it.
  22. A few from today, They were 80 foot tall, we taped one. The pov makes the stems look thinner than they are, the second one would be 4'+dbh,there's some biguns on this site, got to dismantle the rest:thumbup: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz_PKTFcPOw]YouTube - Felling willows[/ame]
  23. Tom D

    Ded

    The buyer at AJ Scott told me that he'd may £50 a cubic foot for the right log. It needs to have a good shape and be burry right through. I haven't found one yet. Yours woukd be good for tyurning though, ask the tirner to tell you how he wants it cut up. Some one might want a slab.
  24. I tried the bottle jack once, You need a really big one! The 8 ton one I had wasn't really up to the job, I think the ones designed for the purpose are about 40 ton.
  25. If you're really good you can make a harness as well.

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