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Branch failure on Norway Maple probably caused by squirrel damage. You can see the new barrier wood of wall 4 of CODIT attempting to seal the wound.
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Fungi zone lines on cross-section of Beech, Armillaria mellea and Kretschmaria(Ustilina) deusta were active within this tree.
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Pedestal on a Thuju plicata, possibly from being pot bound prior to planting - thats just a theory, no proof.
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Hazard Beam on Malus
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yep, always good to have a wee knife like that for peeling apples at lunch. -
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I've got rid of all my knives like that.....all you need to do is leave one sitting on the chipper at lunch, then forget about it when you drive off home, the knife falls onto the street, some gang member picks it up and uses it to kill someone, then throws it away. The police find it, and two years later when everyone in the UK is on the DNA database, low and behold they haul you in for a murder you didn't commit, but your DNA matches that on the knife, and you never reported it stolen, 15 to 20 years behind bars. Well...it could happen. -
I dont see the point in having two attachment points on the tree going to one attachment point on the harness(bridge).
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No wonder Rentachimp quit treework.
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Early Tree truck. Pic courtesy of Robert Philips.
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!940/50s US Tree Company, ready to roll. Pic courtesy of Robert Philips
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Didn't realise they sold a 4x4 version of the 3.5 ton Daily in the UK, looks like a good truck, the Canter 4x4 is only available as a 7.5 tonner which would put a lot of people off.
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Shigo was referring to true pollarding in order to maintain the offensive knuckle shape, basically he was just trying to appease his european fanbase. As someone who spent more than half a century studying trees, I suspect the whole idea of pollarding did not sit well with him.
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What? butchered? I didn't know that was a recognised form of management. I dont get why the guy couldn't just let the tree grow for about 15 to 20 years then do a light crown clean, this three yearly pruning regime is what's making it look so bad.
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Sounds like he knows it looks ugly in it's present state. Engineers know best about forces, so in his engineering way he made it safe, and luckily the tree survived. Dont see the point in pruning every 3 years though thats just ridiculous. All things considered, it looks bloody hideous.
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Ha ha, Seeing as that was such a bad example of off road driving its only fair to show how it should be done. You couldn't do this in a Landy as it would fall to pieces like a Citreon 2CV (kidding). old Nissan Patrol. [ame= ] [/ame]
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Just realised - the Canter 4x4 is only available as a 7.5 tonner, which makes sense as a 4x4 3.5 canter would leave you with about a 60kg payload. The low box/diff lock would be good for reversing trailers/chippers/log loads up gravelly driveways or driving up bad farm tracks. But economically speaking the 2x4 3.5 canter does seem to make the most sense as the twin rear wheels make it half decent off road. Found this, taking a run up is nearly always bad news. [ame= ] [/ame]
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I see the logic pecon, but why dont bulldozers uses skinny tracks then? For a lot of tree surgeons i know the idea of a 4x4 canter sounds good, not so much for it's 4x4 capabilities but for the low box and diff lock, which is why so many tree surgeons use landys and the big 12 ft high sided Ifor trailers
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Dont know if this is old news, but I remember people saying it was a pity Mitsubishi dont sell the Canter Fuso in a 4x4 version in the UK, well...apparently they do - http://www.4x4uk.org/b2evolution/index.php?m=200704
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Nice looking tree rig. Are you gonna buy the new version?
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The Aerial Power Saw Carrier. Pic courtesy of Robert Philips.
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Another example of US arb ingenuity. Pic courtesy of Robert Philips.
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They all used to be 2.8 which I know were very good trucks - but from 2005 onwards they do the Daily in a 2.3 and 3.0 version. Suppose the 2.3 must be at least 120 hp? which would get most things done, just wonder how it would be towing a chipper as well as a ton of chips.
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Looking for info. Has anyone used the newer Iveco Daily crew cab tippers for treework? Specifically the 2.3 engined version? Like the one in this pic. http://users.autoexposure.co.uk/classicdd.cfm?Account=AETA77625&VehicleID=AETV49012343
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One here, cause if you have both your main climbing rope and secondary lanyard/flipline attached to the front bridge via 2 Ds then your only really tied in once, so if you cut through your bridge your gonna fall. When you have the secondary lanyard/flipline attached side D to side D your not only tied in twice at the tree but at the harness end as well. However, there are times when you need to switch both climbing rope and secondary lanyard/flipline to the bridge - when felling a large top out of a tree or drop cutting a large horizontal limb. If you stayed attached side D to side D when doing either of these tasks there is a huge risk of serious internal crushing injuries from the stem splitting and pulling you in against the stem. By being attached to the front bridge you move yourself out of the loop. Kolibri set up. Then there's the trapeze attachment which is a whole different story. You need a certain type of harness for that to work.
