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120 tons of Larch for sale. Location - Glasgow PM me for details cheers TC
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Ed, what you wanna do is ride the ball as the setter (take your climbing rope up in a bag), set the sling(s) on the branch then throw the bag down through the tree and descend out of the tree from the ball to the ground. Remove your rope then allow the cutter who is already in position in the tree to cut the branch - repeat this process until tree is a pole then just let the cutter set the slings. This way is a lot cleaner and a whole lot easier on both workers, it also allows for discussion as to where to set the slings and do the cutting. Nice vid Reg. .
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The words 'sheepshank' and 'speedline' should not be associated. The sheepshank is one of the worst knots ever invented and when it comes to tree rigging operations involving lowering loads or speedline a sheepshank has no place whatsoever. In fact the sheepshank has no place in treework and I doubt you'd find any serious treeworker that disagreed. It could be used in camping though - for guying up a tent. Re Speedline Set-up These might help you - http://www.treebuzz.com/pdf/speedline_variations_1.pdf http://www.treebuzz.com/pdf/speedline_variations2.pdf
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There is a Western Hemlock in a private garden in Argyll that is believed to be over 200ft. Access is restricted by the owner. Its growing near the base of a waterfall in a sheltered glen.
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Correct Yep
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Eastern side of the Gare Loch, near Helensburgh. One of the best Rhody gardens in Scotland and a few exotics such as this - ID it correctly and you get a gold star.
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Can you guarantee 100% that that is Scotland's tallest tree?
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Deadwooding an Oak, Spring 2009, West coast of Scotland.
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Surprised the AA are associating themselves with this seminar, what with them being a registered charity concerned with improving tree knowledge to both arborists and the general public, 99% of whom would find it impossible paying over £1600 for a four day seminar. You can say what you want about the ISA and it's American roots, but at least they're all about sharing as much information with the arborist and general public as possible. Seems to me the AA is becoming more concerned with a small elite group of consultants who are unwilling to share information with their fellow arborists.
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Rogue Traders - Monday 16 March - Rogue Tree Surgeons
scotspine1 replied to Honey Bros's topic in General chat
Just watched it on Beeb Scotland, those guys werent that offensive, what is offensive is people with a full hand of NPTCs that havent got an ounce of common sense. Also, that cavity looked bad I put a magnifying glass up to the screen and saw Ustilina deusta, Ivor even picked some out and crumbled it between his fingers. At least Ivor and his sidekick hung around to talk it out. Good old Ivor, deserves a medal for having to go through life with a name like that. As for the presenters they should be investigated for poor delivery and a sh*t sense of humour. -
They could stick little day-glo orange flags on the Schleising that come out wider than the truck.
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Very professional looking rig.
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So, its basically a cheap rip-off of the Faltheimer? Seems to be getting more common these days with tree equipment, ISC's junk Buckingham Portawrap rip off, Sherrill's junk Harrison Rocket throwbag rip offs. Whats next?
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Claus Mattheck is doing an Elite VTA 4 day seminar in June that costs over £1600.00!! http://www.symbiosis.gb.com/claus_page_new.htm I guess it really is an Elite course as they're the only people going to be able to afford the price. So much for wanting to share information with other tree people.
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It is, found this pic of the BFG ATs on the Warrior's 18 inch alloys -
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Mitsubishi Shogun Warrior swb 55 plate came with 285 55 r 18 Pirelli Scorpions, seems BF Goodrich dont do a tyre this size, does anyone know what size alloy wheel is needed to find the closest available BFGoodrich AT tyres to the original Scorpions? Cheers TC
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Whats the mileage? do you do a lot of off-roading in it? Have you ever driven the 3.0 litre engine version, its a huge improvement on the 2.8.
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'to sign a disclaimer (rested on the coffin lid)' Britain has come a long way in the last 30 years, shame all of it has been downhill.
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I would say definately capable of the former. . and the zone lines? whats your take on that?
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Do you reckon the fungi wall off areas for themselves and put up barriers to stop other fungi attacking their patch or is it much more random than that? Can you explain the black zone lines you see with Kretzchmaria/Ustilina?
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I find a 60 degree notch gives more accuracy especially if the tree's fibres hold and there's a slight lean or its weighted to one side, pretty much use a 60 notch for all my felling on the ground.
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Cheers Reg, The 'lifting question' was about lifting tip tied limbs over conservatories, house-roofs, green houses, ponds, rivers, walls, cars, roads, paths.......sounds like your LD would handle most stuff. Looking forward to putting it to the test. Can see it being excellent for hanging a tree from a bigger tree or storm damage hung-up trees where you have to climb into the supporting tree.
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SBTC is right - Tulip Poplar - Liriodendron tulipifera
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This one, took a tape measure up attached the end to a pole saw, held it to the tip and dropped it to the ground, 117ft, the base of the tree sits in a dip. the idea of measuring it was to see if it could be felled between the two houses onto the street but it was too tall (would've hit a fire hydrant - so had to be dismantled.
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Cheers Reg, quality pics, nice weather for treework. Saw the footage at treebuzz of the lever in action, looks really well built and easy to use. Like the idea of removing all the slack from the sytem, that was always the problem with the Porty. Do you need to cut into tree like Hobbs/GRCS to fix it to the stem? Looks like you can remove the lever when taking out big pieces without too much trouble? Is it possible to lift decent sized timber/branches with the lever? I guess its fair to say you've tested this device to the max!! nice pic
