scotspine1

nice job

Some folk just join to look at pictures and read the odd thread, it's no big deal. What you'll find over time is that there is a group of people obsessed with posting almost like they're in a pub type atmosphere, most of what they say is trivial rubbish so take it with a pinch of salt. take with a pinch of salt - Idioms - by the Free Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. One of the most offensive things I've seen on this forum was a new member asking a relevant question with his first post and some well known idiot piped up, 'how about an introduction then?' not even answering the guy's question. Why in the name of christ should a new member give an introduction when all they are wanting is a simple answer to a decent question? That particular incident is the kind of thing you'd expect from a Landrover Owners forum not a forum full of tree surgeons. Incidently the guy never posted again and I dont blame him. people need to get a grip on reality and a sense of perspective and lighten up.

I suggested that to the customer.. but hey, they didn't wanna roll the dice plus we'd have needed a skidsteer, which we don't have at the moment but i'm saving up for a bobcat so next time Mark...next time.

yeah, we'll have a simple block and tackle system set up attached to the Porty next time....... finger is fine thanks, Silky scabbard is broken at the end meaning the saw sticks out with a few teeth exposed, reaching down to free a branch and knicked ma finger on the exposed teeth. cheers for the positive feedback everyone.

we were using a Buckingham Portawrap with 2 people to tension the line at the ground end of the speedline, then releasing it after the branches had slid down the line allowing me to move the anchor point around the tree easily. Your right though, a block and tackle system would've helped for tensioning the line to allow the bigger pieces of timber to run down easily over the obstacles at the end of the vid. The problem with speedlines in general is that you are trying to avoid side loading the tree anymore than needs be. Everything has to be as light as possible.

Recent job - very rarely use a speedline but the tree and the situation lent itself to the technique. We had some issues with tensioning the speedline for the bigger sections near the end which were lowered using regular block rigging to avoid shockloading the speedline. Ran out of batteries for camera near the end so unfortunatley missed a few of the last sections. If anyone has any questions about the job I'd be happy to answer them. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9FC3ahGwtI]Lime Speedline - YouTube[/ame]

any pics?

not interested

I'm allowed to say it

what you've just described is pretty damn close to present day Glasgow

just posted this in another thread, thought you defender nuts might like to see it

Bateson tipper, had it about 8 years, never had issues with yet. Holds 2 ton of chip easy. 1st pic is of a 90 + Schleising turntable setup I saw somewhere.

nice vid that, cheers to whoever put it all together.

The new Ranger (2012) looks very good, 3350kg to 3500kg towing capacity and 3.2/2.2 litre engine options

Yes, but dont use a 90 to tow it with. You want to see a pic of the trailer?

Speaking of 60cc Husqvarnas, anyone remember or still own the 61? First company I worked for had one with a 15" bar, it was the most hated saw in the armory, brought along to every job yet no one wanted to use it, often just sat there looking sorry for itself, weighed about 4 tons, totally indestructable (despite our best efforts), think it was ran over by a transit on two different occasions and still worked fine. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_wNRG28XfA]The chainsaw guy Shop Talk Husqvarna 61 - YouTube[/ame]

the latest 346xp wasn't that old was it? the one with the primer bulb and silver sideplate? why change what is basically a perfect saw? just another stupid name change is it or an emissions thing? Heard the 560xp with 18 bar is something else. It's probably gonna be the next saw I buy. FWIW wouldn't put an 18 on a 346 or a 260 for that matter, the 346 is the perfect small saw with the 15

You people are making a lot of assumptions about that Birch. Never quote from a pic.

170 - £65 21 - £80 29 - £150 is the polesaw the ht101? if so I'll buy it.

good to know, cheers.

I've decided to switch to Aspen in all my saws from this week on. Finally got sick of breathing in the thick blue acrid smoke when making the last cut on a stump on a calm day - or cross cutting logs in a confined space. dont care about the cost, the customer will be paying for it anyway, also dont care about any long term effects on any of the saws either (thats if there is any, but I can't imagine what there would be, if anything it should be better for your saws than regular unleaded) So thats it. Cheers Aspen.

Despite the towing issue you'd be mad to move that Hilux on.

....nothing to do with storm damage, just a cool vid - [ame= ] [/ame]

Is it now generally accepted that when people refer to the Hitchclimber setup there referring to the good old fashioned split tail system of climbing with a slack tender/fair lead micro pulley? be it with a VT, Knut, Distel, Swabish or whatever? Its seems people are mistakenly assuming this method of climbing particularly when used with a VT is called the Hitchclimber system or method. People were climbing trees using micro pulleys for slack tender, fair lead and tailing well over 10 years before the Hitchclimber appeared on the scene. A Hitchclimber is nothing more than an adapted micro pulley. Without the micro pulley there would be no Hitchclimber Think someone brought this up sometime before. People need reminded of it every now and then otherwise it's gonna be assumed that advancing friction hitches with a pulley and having a fair lead never existed before the Hitchclimber. Personally I dislike the Hitchclimber pulley. But I respect the designers for trying to come up with a pulley specifically designed for treeclimbers. For me the more simple a setup you have the less you have to worry about. This has worked for me for the past 15 years. I can understand if people dont like the single carabiner but you go with what you've become accustomed to.

Excellent Stuart, nice editing as well......the perfect antidote to Dadio's videos. Look forward to the next one.