Bundle 2

Exponential....(?)

12.5* prob?

Christ man...if you are winding them up that tight somethin's gotta go let go!!!!!?

No clues...its sunday.. I'm not sure you are right in your assertion in dia'1- 25* closing to zero....why zero?

No..its sunday!! http://www.mytreelessons.com/calcPulleyLoadings.swf

After some of the muppets I 've worked with......I think you totally miss the point!!!

I got destructions with mine mate....but to be honest I havent used it since I got it although have tended to rig a simple retrieval line with the ropeguide....somethin' 'bout slammin' it down on the deck doesnt appeal.....!

And I suppose the other thing to consider is that large estates would have been in the practice in the past of harvesting their timber for the resource it is...building material, fuel and so on. Not really surprising then in some ways that new fangled practices are not seen as anything other than that maybe....?

Reading between the lines here abit I got to thinking how many times the trees' roots must have to have been affected by mechanical intervention.... I gather the road is adjacent. At least once when the road was put down. This will affect the soilroot environment drastically. Altering water drainage issues and oxgenation so microorganic population and cycles. This can be said to have affected the bulk soil and rhizosphere then.....? If the otherside is a field then I can hazard a guess that the top 600mm of soil will have been disturbed on numerous occasions. Much like the way a trees physiological patterns can evolve during a lifespan ie, pollarding regularly, perhaps the individual becomes able to live with aggressive intrusions that alter soilroot environments?? It has been suggested that the fibrous roots that are present in the top 600mm of soil die off in any given yearly cycle ( deciduous trees ) and are formed at the start of the growing period as they are required. This would make the plant seemingly more efficient. At least dynamic by route of adaptability and so more efficient...given that much of the processes of life are an equation that strive to function on a principle success, the tree is able to respond to the environment....essential(ly) cool..... This tree described above would be the perfect candidate for an investigation in to the extent of decay so as to determine how compromised the stabilty is. The perfect tool is obviously an AirSpade. I cant think of any way that such an investigation could really have the wrong effect.

In which case i would have thought they might have covered themselves with a caveat to that effect but instead we are offerred a more expensive alternative as I said....They are infact manufactured to a fairly low standard imo....The safety features have been an after thought also, resulting from exposure of cases of injury from their use in arboriculture arguably, you cant tell me they dont understand the market potential or indeed the implications of the adjustments which make a device, not intended for treework, all the more an obvious choice for arborists.....We lose out on every side imo. Admitting liability is not what Im saying. although it is implied perhaps not just by me but also the product designers...It would be a churlish view to undermine a products evolution in such a way.....Perhaps they need to rethink the way it looks tho'. I still think they " appear to sidestep " serious issues with regards not only to the design of the gear but the standard of manufacture and its intended application by default....? Enuff said.....

Yes...this is very bad practice and will result in an accident at some point imo....Backing them up is easy enuff mate....place a suitable clevis in the unit above the cams ( top hole )...using two legs of hitch cord, connect the system to both legs ( assuming Ddrt ) with a distil or other suitable running knot.....Also put an alpine hitch ( butterfly whu ) midline to secure the static line against failure, this can be easily removed from the ground when U done. I started using Blaze as an access line...I wasnt climbing on it having replaced it but wasnt going to bin it as it had just been passed loler fit for purpose...just about.....! The point being, the cams regularly slide down the line when loaded, being an 11mm rope....The ascenders are not good enuff to handle the smaller ropes imo.( manu' specific ) I agree that the manufacturers appear to side step an important issue here....whilst they do not recall a contreversial bit of gear, they do offer a safer alternative but at considerable cost....I guess they know which side their bread is buttered so to speak??

http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/dec2001.html http://www.aie.org.uk/fungi_base/fomes/aie_fungi_fomes.html http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~5928~gid~.asp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fomes_fomentarius

It depends on how you look at it, although I am not disputing your observations David, or for that matter the process by which it is arrived at....but MOST pathogenic fungi can and will persist in their host well after it has died so giving rise to habitat variations...(Mattheck )

I am guessing the absence of ' gallica' 'borealis' & 'ectypa' from the most popular id source's must have some clue lodged within it as to their occurrence in the uk. That or perhaps it is infact very hard to tell the difference, mostly however these guides are not shy of scientific dissemination as the key to id, how could they be?? Oh. it looks very like tabecens Ben, the distinguishing feature on most occasions that sets the species apart from mellea being the lack of ring..... ( Phillips originally included 'ostoyae' as 'mellea....' Whilst not a betting man, I am not going to suggest that they may be what we are looking at in the first post!!? )

Owners liability Act 1957 & 1984 There are provisions in the act for liability even to trespassers....

Most of the Collybia are found in either grass, leaf litter or moss...on dead wood and such....from what I can establish. However the mycologists are moving them about due to dna classification distinctions, I would have thought this was relevant myself. Collybia fusipes...is found at the base of deciduous trees and affects the sapwood of the roots , so it is said. This would affect the crown and so dieback would be present in conjunction with this infection. The rot is said to be dry and yellowish. Having said that, I can add that the reported cases of windthrow due to this fungus are very rare. (Strouts & Winter ) I hope this helps.

Ok...Ill have go..... 1: Flammulina velutipes...... 2: Stereum hirsutum......( leather bracket ) 3: Neobulgaria pura (V. ? )..Beech jellydisc.... 4: Trametes versicolor...formerly coriolus versicolor 5: Coprinus atramentarius...common inkcap

Less a Horsechestnut problem than a chestnut horse problem!!

This may well be the key here....a stressed soilroot environment will no doubt play out with implications to the trees longterm well being.... Whilst I havent the experience of grifola and this is an eyeopener for a thread to me....I noticed two old wounds on the stem/bole above the root flare....Is it not conceivable that pathogen infection has modified the wood environment by way of enzyme action....if the chemical modifications are plausible it may go hand in hand with a stressed soil root environment to promote a pattern of decay not usually associated with the Grifola? Interesting about the " tuber "...I was jus gettin my head around the exposure to O2 theory for fruiting bodies and consequently wondered if the woundwood seen on tension side contributed to the appearance of the brackets....? After some of the work seen posted on this forum in this part of the world, the risk management policy is clearly of significance I am guessing....of course it would be....bit it would seem incongruous not to consider an approach which values the amenity stock as an investment as opposed to I dont know...just PC methods cos they are modern or summat!!! I think you know what Im getting at>??!

Your input is all too often minimal and fairly pointless mate...worse than spam....oh wait while I sew up my sides...cant stop laughing at the funny man!!!

Oh my God....

why did they come down Ben?

yes it is!!

Good....dont drill it unless you have a very srong reason and have exhausted all the options re decay detection....

I saw those whist at Myerscough for the ISA w/e of workshops...they are quality thats for sure!!