Tom D
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TBH I'd steer clear of cs41 until you've had some decent experience and are confident with a saw and a range of cuts. When I did mine some guys had just finished cs39 and were having to learn to do tricky branch walks and make accurate felling cuts as well as remembering all the rigging stuff. I didn't find out who passed and failed but as people have said its easy and very informative if you are aleready a competent climber but it can be tough for those who are less confident. I don't mean to be disparaging about your climbing especially as I have never seen you climb, but I'd hate to see you splash out £800 on a course and fail it.
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Did it work? I've had trouble with side weight on cypresses, hinges seem to go very early. I've never dared try it on anything that big.
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If you like the Hi Vee then stick with it, I find it is all too easy to dammage as you have with that one. If you like a fatter rope xtc is nice and we have had no bother with the Marlowe gecko we bought recently.
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Its a 200 not a 200T and it was needing a few bits and bobs so its currently at the dealers getting done, If its a good'un I'll post details but at the mo I've no idea how good it is. Watch this space.
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Enjoy, I loved Morocco when I went.
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Thats what I wanted to hear, BTW on the Stihl website the 500, 550 and 600 all have the same cc's but different airflows, anyone know if I can tune it up a bit?
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A few more of the silver firs.
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Went to the auctions today and bought a stihl BR500 blower and an MS200. Anyone used the 4mix blowers? It seems powerful, I wondered if there are any reliability issues with the 4mix? Anyone want to buy an MS200?
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Thanks James, welcome to the forum, I would'nt mind seeing a climbing comp, I would even have a go if all the other competitors were oldish and slow like me. Went to the auctions at Newtown ST Boswells today, I stopped off and took some pics of a couple of the silver firs at Abbey St Bathans, they do look good. The last pic is of some trees I planted as whips about 15 years ago, they're coming along nicely.
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Nice job Dean, I took down three like that just before crimbo, they were by a road though.
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Very true, if you need a chainsaw then the branches are plenty big enough to take your weight anyway. Keep your main anchor in the 3 -4 inch range but for secondarys I sometimes go down to 1" ( species dependant ).
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IMO there's nothing wrong with using a 14 or 16mm rigging line as a climbing line as long as its labeled and lolered as such. It'd be a heavy lump to drag round a tree though.
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Sounds ok, I'm not much into horses myself but if the trees are good then why not. Do you have any pictures of the trees there? If we post pictures of the trees and camping etc on each potential site it will help everyone to decide where to go. I'll try to put up some better ones of A St B.
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Bad news mate, this seems to be getting more common?
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The stuff is going to the right of the pic, tbh it looks like there's no room but there is. There is loads of stuff underneath so speedline is really the only option, other than a crane.
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I'll be tensioning it off a vehicle as the stuff is being sent out into the road and there is nothing else to use. We are removing a large limb off an oak due to a hazard beam fracture. Its the third limb up on the RHS in the pic and is approx 60cm thick at the base and 10 - 15 meters long. It can go in small bits though and the heavy timber couled be lowered conventionaly.
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Did you have to ring all that?
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I have always felt that speedlines were a way of overcomplicating an easy job but I have pulled in a job in today where I will have to use a speedline. I was wondering whether it is better practise to tie off the speedline at its top anchor point or run it through a pulley / crotch at the top anchor point and then down to the base of the anchor tree? Any other helpful tips most appreciated.
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Looking forward to this, sounds like we could have a good crowd. If any one can arrange a suitable alternative venue please post some details on here so we can decide where to have it. Abbey St Bathans is still fine with me but I know its a bit far for some. As for dates how about we all keep the weekends of May 9-10 and May 16-17 free, If the weather is crap on the first one we'll go over to the other.
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I think you don't actualy have to have any quals, but the LANTRA PTI would probably be a good one to get. It only takes 3 days. So take the job. Just noticed you're in fife so SAC would be the place to go.
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a lift and clean from today, beautiful weather for working in, dry and cool.
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PM and President! The revolution starts here:001_tongue:
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I thought I had found some the other day, I took a sample down to Forest Research where Stephen Hendrie told me what to look for. The on I had was not ramorum or kernoviae and probably just a "lesser" phytopthora. This should help: http://www.defra.gov.uk/planth/pestnote/kern.pdf
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Sadly a similar incident happened a few years ago in Kelso, the fire engine clipped the kerb and crashed through a stone wall very similar to your pic. One fireman was drowned I think.
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Pi55ing down here.
