Tom D
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Andrew was up the tree next to me at tha start, he got motion sickness! LOL
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More footage of the last few days, no sound track, couldn't be arsed. The last fell was riddled with Armillaria hence the hinge giving way on the LHS. I had thought that might happen and no harm was done, appart from popping the top of that lawsons next to it.[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFtzDWB7Too]YouTube - the willows 4 0001Low def[/ame]
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Insurance and non compliance with Best practice Guidelines
Tom D replied to Mr Ed's topic in Business Management
I seem to remember my insurance co. asking wether I had this or that ticket and wether I did risk assesments etc. So now that I have said that I do have these tickets they could refuse a payout if I didn't have something that I claimed to have. If they don't ask however, its a grey area it seems. -
Nice job Sanny I agree wirth Ed on the dead stuff issue, I have gad pieces break off just from the vibrations of climbing the tree. Dead trees resonate at a much higher frequency then live ones and so a little repetetive movement lower down can lead to a big movement at the top. However craning the top off would surely have been better.
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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.
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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.
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Amsterdam:thumbup:
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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:
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Did you go to Robin Hood's Bay?
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Steve was doing another one I think, might be cheaper.
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Thanks Rob, its a POV1 and I got it from dog cam sports. VIO POV.1.5 helmet camera kit
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Its a POV1 and I got it from dog cam sports. VIO POV.1.5 helmet camera kit
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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.
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Its the remote controll for the camera. Heart rate was 60BPM throughout.
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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]
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Nice video, better than my first attempt with the pov. Looking forward to the next one.
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My haix treckers are now in their second year, totaly treadless now but still waterproof.
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ball shaped trees are a PITA IMO. Give me a big tall one anytime.
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At what time in the show was it?
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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.
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I've got a termite you could hire.. ..by the hour:001_tt2:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Its a 385, 28" Bar. Had it 6 years, really like it.
