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Can you take a picture of it and post it in this thread? it may be that the branch needs removed as the rope might have created a structurally weak point in the branch, as the branch grows bigger and puts on more end weight it may fail. Are there any targets under the branch? kids play area etc?
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Anyone know of any recent prosecutions against landowners for failing to obtain a Felling Licence? Fines?
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I've never put side cuts above the hinge and never will as I dont like losing good hinge wood.
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Anybody do any cabling and bracing in Britain?
scotspine1 replied to jomoco's topic in International Arborist Forum
Jomoco, I'm all for invasive cabling as it makes the tree stronger if done properly. The alignment tool is an excellent idea, can't believe anyone hasn't thought of it before. Have you had a lot of success with it? -
It was Hybrid Black Pop when I used the Silky at 1.25. Hadnt worked in one for about 8 years and I was wanting to see how the hinge acted, so held the camera with the free hand. Notice how it rips down the stem on the 1st and 2nd shot, will do side cuts under the hinge next time.
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Jon, the fence was removed after the notch went in, the client decided at the last minute they wanted to keep it afterall. Thanks for all the positive comments.
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There's about 4 or 5 and we're putting them out of their misery next week, then we're moving to the Borders to compete with you, after we've felled the last tree there, we're moving on to Slasherscot's hood (South Lanarkshire), finally I'm retiring to Islay to live out my days catching fresh fish and lobster from my 12 ft wooden boat bought with the profits of all the trees I felled on the mainland Where I am - Where I'm going -
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3 fells from this week, great to get the chance to fell from groundlevel as nearly all our jobs around here need climbing. There's some other footage from the last couple weeks in the second half of the vid, hope you enjoy. Cheers TC [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNzi4MH5gWQ&feature=channel_page]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNzi4MH5gWQ&feature=channel_page[/ame]
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Nice post Reg, some good points. Quick quiz- Only one of these trees is over 100 ft which one do you think it is?
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100' tall combined yes, 50 ft each by the looks of it mate, there's no way on God's good earth that those trees were 100ft buzz. great vid though. Gotta say mate, that looked like a brilliant job, gimme that kind of thing all day, all week all year, easy climb lawson's easy on the saws and dragging branches hundreds of miles is good for the soul and keeps you fit as hell. Cheers for posting. TC
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That Lime takedown would be worth posting on here, it was right at front of a house. Remember you saying it was the biggest Lime for miles around.
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Rupe, I remember that thread from the Buzz, its ancient, just curious why your posting it here, now. If your trawling the depths of your back catalogue how about that Lime removal you did, where you reckoned it was the biggest Lime in your neighbourhood? you know the one, there's a shot of groundies rolling logs onto a mini plant trailer? What about the double barrelled Timberwolfs/row of Leylandii job as well? and the shot of the groundies on the bench outside Pizza Express, let see it all, start a Rupe's Treework thread. Are they on Flickr?
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Thanks Garth, trying to avoid the tyres sticking out from the arches otherwise need to get something like this done - which would cost a few pennies and look a bit stupid.
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Anyone put BF Goodrich All Terrain tyre size 31-10.50-15 on the new shape Hilux? Anyone know how this would effect road handling or wheel arch issues etc(would the tyres stick out from the wheel arches)? Cheers TC
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This ones about 15 miles north of Glasgow - [ame=http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2exVYCjM2O8]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2exVYCjM2O8[/ame]
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Looks like Merip
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Reason I asked, was that I recently removed a large lateral branch from a mature Hybrid Black Poplar, and the growth rings were very wide on the underside and only just visible on the topside they were so close together. This is what I'd expect to see on a Lawson's Cypress or Leylandii etc. Its makes me think very little research has been done on this issue.
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My wife works at a school in Motherwell where there are 40 children from the Congo, at lunch time all the kids in the school were throwing snowballs, the kids from the Congo had never seen snow before. They loved it. Suppose there's some comfort in that. But I know what your saying.
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Ok, in the most simple terms - a conifer puts on extra reaction wood on the underside of the branch which supports and pushes up the branch creating larger growth rings on the lower side when viewed through the cross-section. This is called compression wood. A decidous tree pulls the branch up this is called tension wood, when viewed through the cross section there will be larger growth rings on the topside of the branch. Is this a general rule? or are there some decidous trees that act like conifers and put on compression wood on the underside to force the branch upright? Cheers TC
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Alisdair, do you have any days free this week? you got a motor with fuel in it? Can you get to Glasgow easy enough for say 8AM? Helmet? Chainsaw trousers and Boots?
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Many times in this line of work we're felling trees where we have no escape route due to walls, buildings etc, which is why a tree barberchairing like that wouldn't be fairly tame. If that split stem had landed on your skull chances are you'd be well and truly dead from having your spine snapped at the back of your neck, at the very least you'd have a broken collar bone and dislocated shoulder. The guy should've used a bore cut with a holding strap or a sharper and faster saw, he didnt have clue what he was doing and was obviously a total amateur just playing at it. Good video though, thanks for showing.
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Nerds?! The thing about SRT is its so easy its laughable, not only that but if your good with a throwline it gets you up big trees to your main abchor point 100 times faster than body thrusting/prussiking/ladders. You also feel less knackered when using SRT cause its all legwork. More tree surgeons should learn it. Especially people who are getting old and decrepit. I'd like to see Paulo Baveresco's frogging SRT system and set-up, looks more efficient than my basic version. This guy is using a pretty basic SRT set-up but it does the job just fine - [ame=http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6cGBUBVPJxY]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6cGBUBVPJxY[/ame]
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Know what your saying, the main issue is that SRT is hardly used in the UK because the trees are so small. When I worked in Washington DC of the 6 climbers in our office 6 used SRT without even thinking about it, the most basic system, pantin and Petzl right hand ascender with micro grap backup above the ascender. rope was always tied off with bowline at base of tree, no isolating on branch and running the bow up the tree. We were all using SRT cause the work demanded it, climbing much bigger trees on a daily basis. We dont have work like that in the UK, which is why SRT is only used by a few enthusiasts. .
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Excellent Reg, The Lime removal was top quality, good controlled rigging and saw work. They'd make good demonstration vids to show trainees. What were you using for lowering? The Beech looks like a nightmare for rigging down if the decay is as bad as it looks. FWIW I'd be rigging very small and letting it run to ground and freefalling as much as possible. Make sure and video it - very interested to see how you approach a tree like that. Cheers for posting the vids. .
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looks like a branch came down from the other tree at 48 secs and just missed him.
