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yeah, the slo mos always good for a second look Jomoco, always learning when looking back over footage. phonelines and various other landscaping stuff you can't see from the vids

Would never put them in for heavy vertical sections like that and cant remember a time when it's has happened before (maybe happened so long ago I've forgot) In the vid below the first clip was from a tree the day before and it's how I'd always approach a conifer top when dropping the head out especially on Sitka and Norway Spruce. I've slowed it right down so you can see the undercut having the proper effect by stopping the tear out. The final clips are the next section from the previous vid [ame=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nldx836z0Bc&feature=youtu.be]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nldx836z0Bc&feature=youtu.be[/ame] .

Cheers again folks It's in Cove, Argyll, not too far from Helensburgh as the crow flies. Yeah Sitka strength/fibres etc never ceases too amaze me, this piece was about 8ft long and heavy yet the hinge did not break when I push it over into the rigging. Notice the sapwood/bark tear towards me because I started the release cut on the wrong side - hits my foot, never felt anything but it's these little things that'll catch you out in treework. Had I started the cut from my side it'd have rolled off the other side. I thought I was cutting it straight along the hinge. There's a lot of footage from this job which I'll put together sometime and post but thought this little incident was worth posting by itself [ame=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF1pFaD6sac&feature=youtu.be]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF1pFaD6sac&feature=youtu.be[/ame]

Cheers folks, tune is lifted from Little Fish by Leftfield

couple quick vids from recent job 150 on the backcut here, was used for side limbs on way up so just took top out with it, slow but did the job, would normally use the 200. [ame=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=754CMW4PGXI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=754CMW4PGXI[/ame] some footage from the deck, not me in the tree on these clips [ame=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JInVYKMYs-I&feature=youtu.be]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JInVYKMYs-I&feature=youtu.be[/ame]

Excellent work Reg, great pics and vid, cheers for posting.

Good job, well done.

Just want to clear one thing up here that newer guys to the industry may not be aware of. Highly skilled climbers could - if forced to - easily use a saw two handed for 99% of their work (the other 1% is storm damage/release cuts on heavy end weighted big branches etc). Many choose not to because they're aware of the risks and have accepted those risks as part of the job. For many it's automatic and they don't even give it a second thought. I can think of a few climbers I know who would look at this debate between Reg and the Blog guy and it wouldn't even register because one handing a saw is so normal and acceptable to them it's not even worth a single second of consideration. That doesn't make them close-minded by the way before any progressives start down that well beaten path. I worked for a company in the states where one handed use was banned and for that year and a half 100% of my cuts where two handed (under the threat of 2 days suspension (no pay) or full dismissal). The work ranged daily from 100ft+ Oak/Tulip rigging/crane removals over houses/roads etc to large dead wooding climbs to small and medium street tree pruning. Every seasoned climber I saw come into that company adjusted their approach to cut two handed, it was either that or lose their job. The "no one handing culture" was deeply engrained. The thing is, a big part of being a good climber is about finding solutions in the tree, so finding a way to make all of your cuts two handed was, in a way, part of that mindset. That was 15 years ago. Looking back over the last 20 years I've been in treework I've seen climbers who use the saw one handed with great confidence and skill. I've also seen cack handed climbers who have no business attempting to use the saw one handed. In fact there's many people now in treework who are simply not physically or mentally capable of the job. Last thing.....on cut n hold, some climbers can do this safely with no problems day in day out for a whole career. That's not controversial it's a fact. Others simply shouldn't even consider trying it especially if they are physically weak or can't judge weights, distances, angle of swing (even with a Stihl 150). That's not saying the physically weaker climber is wrong or less effective it's just saying they need to find a different solution that is suitable for their skills. . .

There's a lot of excellent advice on how to carry out treework safely which you can find on the internet without having to follow specialist industry blogs this for instance - [ame= ] [/ame]

I couldn't care less if it gets a million hits a month, it's not a blog, it's a bog, exactly like the one in Trainspotting, never read so much cr*p in my life.

How will the blog guy delete this? it's now an internet meme doing the rounds on facebook, twitter etc accompanied by much ridicule

Oh ye of little faith .

brilliant analysis from Paul yet again - [ame= ] [/ame]

Cheers again, yes great rope work from Andy on the ground. Breffni, prefer slings for branches like that. Balance and work positioning Rich yes, I climbed to the top of that nearby tree and set a base tie SRT line. The previous 4 trees I had done had a huge amount of movement in them (8ft sway back and forth at about 70ft) so I decided for this one to tie in to another tree. Helped a lot. SRT just a wrench set up, obviously no need for chest harness or foot ascender etc when on a spiked removal like that with the line coming from another tree.

Cheers lads, Breffni, do you mean slings as opposed to a choked rigging Krab or just tying a running bow? I use slings choked on the side limbs on most rigging jobs then half hitch choked Krab for vert sections or half hitch/running bow depending on weight etc .

Cheers, Yeah, 2 man team. That was the last of 5 similar trees overhanging the boundary - bowing/leaning out of woodland, just removing the worst ones just now. Nice work, everything staying on site. Work is steady thanks, tend to drop a gear through winter. .

Job from last week - cold one [ame=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpzMvYhI0rU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpzMvYhI0rU[/ame]

His vids are designed to expose the hypocrisy of the liberal left and other politically correct BS in a confrontational, sarcastic and humourous manner. He's a good laugh at times. People need to stop being so deadly serious about identity politics. .

Nice work and vid.

more recent pic from couple weeks ago, 18" bar for some of that smaller Lime in the pic.

Toby, Will sell you this for £350 with 30" bar and new unused full chisel chain. It was a 66 that logged that Beech in the pic, the 288 was for making the stump flat. I don't work the 288 hard, it was always a back up for the 66 so it's only seen reasonable work over the years. Can post a vid of it cutting if it helps. The saw has a minor issue just now with the brake creeping on which I will fix and a small section of the sideplate is missing you can see in the pic.

Hillary Clinton is easily the most corrupt politician in US history - the facts outlined in this video should concern anyone who values western democracy and wants to protect it [ame= ] [/ame] .

Obama and Clinton want to take guns off Americans yet they give guns to Islamist terrorists in Syria. So glad Clinton lost the election. .

Fake! Buy this instead, it's the most authentic genuine Husqvarna ever made - even comes with an authenticity certificate printed in Swedish