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very good, the dog was not happy though, you could tell by it's BARK
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I wont be doing any chainsaw refresher courses. This BS has to stop, sick to the back teeth of it. There are too many people in the UK sitting behind desks trying to justify their meaningless job titles by trying to implement some new training course under the guise of moving the industry forward. We have to learn to recognise these scams when they're thrown at us, and chainsaw refresher/update training for serious professional users is one such scam. -
Does anyone know what tree this is?
scotspine1 replied to Vwk9's topic in Tree Identification pictures
I'd say Acer davidii cultivar of some kind, there's a big variation in leaf size/shape with the various cultivars -
cheers Josh, the spear/slice cut at 3.50 - by then I felt those pieces were at a safe distance from the sandstone arch to just cut them out. I speared it to keep it further away from the arch, rather than let it fly over towards where the arch was. Also like to put a little directional notch in those cuts just to get them far enough away from myself before slicing the hinge.
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helicopter is the next vid Ben, helicopter trip into the Highlands that is, there's no way you'd see me anywhere near a helicopter in treework. Seen that vid over at Treebuzz? interesting job TreeBuzz Board: heli work thinks these guys are members here? [ame= ] [/ame]
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Sycamore really the last part of the tree was brought down in small bits and pieces (not seen in vid). Had to rig a few branches and stems off early on in the job due to a sandstone arch which can't be seen in the vid, anyway, fairly typical tree surgery, nothing out of the ordinary really, feel free to comment...good or bad. Tree was left as a 25ft mono to re-sprout. might want to watch in 480p to improve image quality [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d_WcAKlBwI]Sycamore pollard - YouTube[/ame] .
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Cut down in Tree Climbing (also vertical speedline)
scotspine1 replied to Climbergiorgio's topic in Video forum
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Just caught this vid Josh, good job, nice rigging...cheers for posting
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.......almost forgot THE ARBORSHED is towed to jobs with this -
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ah you guys with your fancy chipboxes........ this is what our budget allows for, old agri trailer/homemade garden shed hybrid aka THE ARBORSHED (the tractor, chipper and golf buggy aint ours either) THE ARBORSHED doubles up as a lunch canteen (great for contracting ODTS poisoning from woodchip) and yes, you're right.... we can't afford proper PPE either
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Little speedline and floating anchor job in the sun
scotspine1 replied to gibbon's topic in Video forum
Nice vid Mat, quality work, liked the floating rigging, cheers for posting Remove the . from youtu.be in the link [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uidSFgTUMkU&feature=youtube]Tree Surgeon, West Hill, Devon - YouTube[/ame] . -
another option is to just do away with the hitchclimber pulley altogether and go for a simple single carabiner and swabisch/micropulley setup
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matty, if you use a 13mm split tail for your blakes on 13mm climbing line, try this for a while (using the hitchclimber pulley) then switch to the swabisch using the cord you got with the hitchclimber. Re blakes setup with micro pulley - it's old school by today's standards but it's a good transition to using a micro pulley to tend slack etc. The blakes can be shortened right down to reduce sit back.
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Council prosecuted after worker's near-death fall
scotspine1 replied to Andy Clark's topic in General chat
Dean's right, not a huge amount of information available to make an properly informed judgement on the setup etc. On the MEWP itself - looks like a Crewcab Nissan Cabstar with a 20-22m extending/articulating boom? anyone see anything different? Only thing is when looking at the pic I'd expect to see the truck itself sitting higher off the ground due to the outriggers being at full extension? Would expect to see a bigger space between truck and ground. Speaking from experience I don't like small truck mounted MEWPS ie Merc Sprinters, Cabstars, Canters etc.
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Can't stand these trunk carvings, cheapens the tree. When I go for a walk in the woods or down to the park I don't want to see stupid human faces carved out in the tree trunks. Especially ones like on the right hand side which just look really crap, especially the lower pic with the stupid wailing mouth. Leave the trees alone. Re damage - yes if the tree if is live .
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P. G. Biddle's 'Tree Root Damage to Buildings' Volume 1 and 2 also some of Mattheck's work goes into great detail on roots. Chapter 4 of Peter Thomas 'Trees: Their Natural History' is 'Roots: The Hidden Tree'. Good book on trees all round as well.
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<p>Clear your PM box mate! </p>
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<p>Re last pm - I just assumed it was SSE or Hydro after I pm'd you and phoned them, made contact and the issue is now, hopefully being addressed. </p>
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<p>I think SSE and Hydro are the same company or Hydro is incorporated into them or something like that. </p>
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<p>They (SSE) gave me a direct number to call in future for anything related to trees and powerlines, this one - always worth knowing.</p>
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<p>0800 048 3515 </p>
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<p>cheers </p>
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<p>Tim</p>
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Good job Ben, just keep doing what you're doing everything will come together over time. Never seen a crane jib on a telehandler before, interesting.
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good job, nice one
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cheers for the positive words folks, glad you liked it. aye broonie, great views in that part of the world. David, I agree, loud saw noise is annoying in vids, tree came down for a few different reasons, none major but when taken all together the homeowner decided it just had to go, not really related but it's removal has opened up the view to two Sequioa sempervirens (Coast Redwoods) in the in same garden which can be seen clearly from the house now. Big J, not sure who is doing the milling? someone with a mobile mill anyway as there is no access to take the wood away in the large lengths required.
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Not to be confused with TC's latest vid, here's a short vid of a Deodar removal from last week. Was helping a mate out with this one, job was on the west coast. Anyway...bit of cutting, bit of rigging (to save an much loved Azalea), bit of felling at the end. Most of the larger diameter timber is being milled. Might want to change the quality to 480p [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv7cDJSDI0A&feature=youtube]Deodar Cedar Removal - YouTube[/ame]
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cheers Tony, glad you appreciated my effort
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I thought my sweeping statement was pretty good, we'll need to wait and see what Tony Sorensen thinks, he's the master of judging these type of things
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You missed my point, it was the sweeping statement regarding Leylandii that's the problem, the planning officer obviously has a personal prejudice against Leylandii Some Leylandii might need TPOs, you dont think this avenue is worth protecting then?
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Stupid statement, ALL trees have the same level of protection within a Conservation area above a certain stem diameter, to exclude Leyandii because of some meaningless and pathetic notion that it's 'suburban in character' just proves how petty and small minded middle management Local Authority employees can be.
