Tom D
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Stick it on. I'd like a go myself.
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SBTC is the winner with 66 feet ( 20.1 ) metres. Well done all those who were so close.
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If you'd all put a pound in...
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Some one already has.
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What you need is something to weight you're boxers down.
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Glad to see everyone having a go, I'm not sure when to post the answer.
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I'm dreaming of... A big machine that will...
Tom D replied to TimberCutterDartmoor's topic in Large equipment
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Maybe a daft question but I take it you cant rig the branches down so they don't fall in the water in the first place. On the subject of winches the line speed is IMO more important than the line pull. The average 4x4 winch may have a pull of 4 tons but under load the line speed will be a rather pathetic 1.5 metres per minute, my pto powered forestry winch has a 4.2 ton pull but a line speed close to 1.5 meters per second. If you are using it regularly a very slow winch is a major pain, I know, I used to have one. Using snatch blocks you can double or tripple the line pull ( at the expense of speed ) so if the chainsaw winch has a decent speed then go for it over a tirfor / electric one.
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I wonder if the top was broken off years ago and a side branch grew up and round to form a new leader?
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When you look at the tv pictures it seems the "bush" comes right up to the houses and gardens. I wonder if there will be a program of tree work creating safe fire breaks so future fires can't reach settlements?
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Fair enough, but I have a suspicion that even the younger arborists will still guess in feet foe some reason. I allways did even though we were never taught imperial measurements at school. I have only recently started working in metres as I am doing more site surveys. I still "guess" in feet though.
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Interesting how no one works in metres.
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Excellent, keep em coming. Andrew is about 6 feet if that helps.
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In light of recent height related discussions on here, this is an oak we deadwooded last week. We ran a tape from top to bottom so give or take a few inches I know its height. We have discussed guessing from photos before so anyone want ho have a go? When I guessed from the ground before we merasured it I was only one foot out!
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Saw somethingt similar in a beech once, no where near as impressive as that though. Good find though:001_smile:
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As the owner of one of the small companies I find this quite interesting, I think many setups like mine only employ a groundie and have an owner / climber, you've no more or less chance of getting good experience with one of these than a large company. Having said that I took on a colledge leaver 18 months ago who was pretty "green" and chucked him in at the deep end, he has climbed most days and is now pretty good. This now makes us much more profitable as on jobs where there are lots of trees to climb, as we can both get on with it. With dismantles one can be having lunch / resting while the other is climbing, again speeding things up. The only downside is if he leaves I have to do it all over again, and I've put on a stone over the last year from climbing less. TBH I dont think you can make the small / large generalisation, each company is different some good some bad.
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No theft problems here (touch wood) so we try and split whenever we can, the moisture content of my selling wood is a fairly consistent 20%. Small stuff still in the round is allways higher though, this just gets mixed through. I also don't bother with species much, just chuck it all in together. I find stuff left in the round takes ages to dry, but once split it is quite quick. I don't cover it either, i live on a pretty exposed piece of coastline so there's plenty of wind here.
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I use a short quickdraw as a soft link, it adds about 10 cm to the system but as i use a small roprgrab this will work when in contact with the stem anyway and can easily be operated in that position. The rubber grip keeps the krab pointing the right way too. https://www.gustharts.com/Products/Arborist%20Equipment/Arborist%20Climbing%20Equipment/Accessories/Product/Petzl%20Express%20Quickdraw/
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Just a thought, but if each knot's instructions are laid out as a pdf or something easy to print out so you can stick it in your kit bag and try them out in the field. Also easier to teach the rest of your crew from a sheet.
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Good thinking, I'll give it a try.
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Not much, we are doing about 12 in all, we did the first 5 today. The one I did had quite a few hangers and splits, but they are pretty good overall.
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Deadwooding today, heres a couple of pics of my right hand man at work.
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Been trying the vt lately, its beautiful when working correctly but it does have its moments. Hitches I've tried: VT: like a Ferrari; when its going well nothing can touch it, but it is a bit tempramental. Martin: Very reliable yet does'nt stick, can be tied on VERY short legs and still perform. Icicle: Too grippy for me. Blakes: Hard work. Prussik: Like blakes but worse. I have also tried the TK and Knut but not enough to pass judgement, they were both better than the blakes and prusik but not as good as a martin.
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NPTC is proof of competency, if the stit hits the fan and you find yourself in front of a judge, you could proove that you are competent in other ways if necessary. Most judges are much more sensible than you think.
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A sycamore and a horse chestnut?
