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Already did Steve, pm'd him with all the relevant info.
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Tree Care in Glasgow area - help and advice required
scotspine1 replied to TimberCutterDartmoor's topic in General chat
Would be happy to quote for the work. Re 'planning permission' = Conservation Areas/TPO's/Forestry Comm Felling Licences and BS 5837. Same as England and Wales, it all depends on the area where the trees are growing and which LA covers the area, how many trees are being removed etc. 'planning permission' will just be a catch all term for the homeowners to use. PM me for contact details TC -
Didn't know New England tree climbing ropes had been around that long. My first tree climb in 1996 was on 3 strand climbing line with 3 strand prussik loops, thought it was great. The following year someone introduced me to N E Safety Blue with homemade kernmantle prussik loops. The following year I tried Yale XTC red and white with Blakes and have been climbing on it ever since. Any idea how old Yale XTC is? Was it designed by Don Blair? .
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Larry, just out of interest, what is your job in the Royal Marines? Have you any experience of working at height? It might be worth arranging a visit to a tree surgery company and watching them work on large trees before you decide to pay for expensive courses.
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Matty, nice fell + run, tree was in a bad way......I'd have set a pull rope in it using a thowline, left a big hinge and used a 4x4 to pull it over, takes you out of the death zone. .
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Colin, thats the trouble, Jason is educated beyond his intelligence.
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My quote of the year goes to Alex for this little gem from the cutting and holding thread -
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Lockjack -
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Jonesie, on your website you have the MS880 with 48 inch bar at 910.70 inc vat. £30% off that is £637.49. Is this price correct? If it is, its the best deal I've ever seen on a saw. .
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£80 will get a pic soon. Here's the HiCap Defender - looking for £850 for this if anyone's interested pm me for more details.
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Landrover 110 Defender Hi-Cap Pickup (just needs a new chassis) 80K, L Reg, 200Tdi Lockjack sport(light use) New Tribe Harness(very light use) Weaver Harness (used for 4 months) Buckingham Mini Portawrap Jonsered 2055 Stihl 023 Silky Accel folding blade Silky Sintung Pruner head for Hayauchi pole saw
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Got a few large removals coming up, then loads of milling(Alaskan) - quoted £874.00 inc VAT for 3120XP with 42 inch bar - George Carr + Sons That'd be good, thanks. Will do, got some good deals on climbing gear from him in the past. Whats the name of the dealer? thanks for the response tc
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Anyone know of any dealers doing good deals on either the Husqvarna 3120xp 42 bar or Stihl MS880 48 bar? Been quoted £874.00 inc VAT for 3120XP with 42 inch bar, anyone beat that? Used saws - I'd also be interested in a used 3120xp or MS880 that were in good condition/low hours useage etc. Thanks tc
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Huge tree highscale, was it just Ganoderma? Did you have a pull rope or was it weighted in direction of fell? difficult to tell from pics.
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Right...like Saptech in Scotland then? without a website its been difficult to know whose who in the Jensen family. Suppose Jensens sell themselves, but the competition is getting pretty fierce out there, your new website is definatley a step in the right direction. Will you be listing used chippers as well?
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Bald Ed, are you Redwood then?
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Dunno bout that Ed, I've tried the VT for months at a time but always gone back to the Blakes. Just would like to find a way of slack tending like the VT, but the problem is the 13mm split tail wont advance easy. I'll give the Helical a try once I know for sure how its tied. Thanks for the info Peter, found this pic - looks nothing like Rupes, there's also a pic on Laz's friction hitch pdf he did for the HSE but it looks unfinished, the pulley is twisted. http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/FCRR-JD-0402.pdf/$FILE/FCRR-JD-0402.pdf
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i'll give it a go. Is there any place on the net where it explains how to tie it? Rupe, is this the best way to tie it?
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Thanks Dean.
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FUELFILTER!!...sorry Changed the Kubota inline fuel filter for a new transparent kind, should the chamber be completely full of diesel with no air? can't get rid of the air pocket.......the chipper seems to be running ok but it doesnt look right, any ideas? Got a big job starting tommorrow, should I expect problems. cheers tc
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I like the easily adjustable length of the Blakes, but it's never worked well with a slack tender pulley even when tied very short - too chunky. I'm using Marlow gecko for climbing line with gecko split tail(Blakes) without a slack tender these days. Usually use Yale xtc, but credit crunch forces Marlow. Does anyone know of a good system of using a Blakes with a slack tender that will work effectively? Do I need to try a Michoan or Helical with smaller cord for the friction hitch? or is there anyway to get a Blakes to work better using 13mm rope? cheers tc .
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robo, there's a guy on here martyn1.....he's always on the lookout for decent workers in Glasgow. You'll find his name in the members list. Click on his name and use the private messaging option, he doesn't check in that much, thats the best way to get hold of him. http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/memberlist.php?&pp=30&order=asc&sort=username<r=M&page=2
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Went out to Washington DC in winter 2001 for a year and a half's climbing with The Care of Trees. First day at work - 3 Tulip trees to dismantle, 2 of them dead and needing rigged, very cold weather, trees were covered in poison ivy vines - happy days. For those of you who've never been, Wash DC is bitterly cold and dry in the winter and insanely hot and humid in the summer. It was hard graft but easily the best treeclimbing experience you could want.
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The HSE will have highly qualified engineers who can understand the maths. Hope someone publishes it as a book. .
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To be an excellent arb consultant you have to have climbed and worked in the crowns and canopies of trees as a climber/tree surgeon for a good length of time. Coming from this background enables you to have a more thorough and complete understanding of how to identify structural weaknesses within the tree, the most critical part of tree inspection. Many people who haven't come from a climbing background call themselves arb consultants, to put it simply, they're deluded. .
