Mesterh

I think thats the last thing your supposed to do! Multi storey or not.

Although I'll go down the inclusive bark, co dominant stem route.

Oi you still have voted on the working hours. Actually I dont like the way this thread is going, no wonder you all own yachts in the south of France! Looks like I need to spend more hours working than the ones I spend not.... Which goes against all my beliefs.

That depends on the company. Although Ive never been subbed in to fell a few 6 foot connies. I stopped subbing because I was fed up of not knowing what I was doing and it usually wasnt nice. I wont do it again. Others love it as its a challenge. Although sometimes when it is a big nasty ivy covered black hybrid pop I prefer not to know. If you sub out as a good climber you better be prepared to do the worst jobs ime.

Just wondering what you consider a normal working days graft to consist of. I'm not talking about the faffing about in the truck, coffee drinking customer twoddle stuff. The actual cutting, climbing, dragging and chiipping bit. I'm getting the saws out at 8....ish then putting them away usaully around 16:00 ish and doing I reckon 5 1/2-6 hours sweat in the middle.

Ahh well good to see I'm not in the minority afterall:thumbup1: Although there are good 4 people that need to feel the back of my hand! I suppose the main reason I'm against using spikes is that when In college (I did an NCH(arb)) it was stressed many a time that using spikes on live wood was very poor practice, just as in not doing NTP or just letting branches rip down the trunk etc. Plus the people I have worked with have thought the same. I also remember being told that a tree can deal with damage from NTP a lot better than it can from damage that results from spikes or other wounds to the stem. I think the excuses for using spike are just that, excuses, they arent reasons. It does seem unnecessary in many occasions to use spikes and I think saying that they cause small wounds compared to removing a branch of x diameter is just a cop out. Would it be ok for me to do a few tears and rips, bounce some logs of some branches to be retained then carve my company name and phone number into the stem because I climbed the tree and didnt use spikes? I know its not the crime of the century but in the arb world I think its quite high up there, if not at the top. A vast majority I think is laziness, well from what I have seen in RL(not from listening to others on here) and unnecessary. I would of been interested to run this poll along another that asked if you thought of yourself as an arborist/tree surgeon or a climber/wood cutter. Thanks for the votes and posts though, well appreciated. I would have explained the above better if it wasnt so late and I hadnt been drinking....much:laugh1:

You know what before AT I didnt think so many things could go wrong felling a tree!! I just used to put a rope in (nearly always do unless its a leaner in the right direction) gob up back cut and done. I have had a few very slight close ones but IIRC nothing that would warrent a face. Although I could be lying my memory of important stuff is totally poor, I can remember something someone posted on the best way to clean sawdust out of your trouser pocket though. Sometimes TOO much knowledge can be a bad thing!

I'm going to be negative here but please don't take offence. There are lots of very experienced climbers looking for work atm and imo it will get worse. If you have a decent paid full time job then I would stick at it for now. Or if you like I could be positive and say, go out there on your own and be your own boss, life is what you make it, don't work for someone who is going to make all the money life is great then your self employed. Depending on how good you are but more importantly how much work is available in your area one of the above might put you on the dole.

I'll put my tin of beans and pencil back in the cupboard then. I always use big gobs and do deffo prefer then because if the reason mentioned above in siding the COG. Although its probably also because I ain't that great at felling and end up messing about trying to get a decent straight cut. I do like to knock the odd wedge in though especially if its a bit of a back leaner. Once again prob due to my lack of confidence:thumbup:

It shouldn't take much effort to get a spark especially if you have the plug out at the time. I would be checking the ht lead for damage and give it and coil agood clean before buying a new coil. The one from a ms660 should fit, speak ti Jonsie on here, f r jones is his trade on right hand side of screen.

Not sure tbh but what ever you do doing buy any sip ultrafits, you won't get them past your ankles never mind you're thighs. I have some sip progress that are quite baggy, actually more baggy than I would prefer tbh. Although they are type A, dunno what the C's are like. Interesting question about the effectiveness of the blocking material in regards to how tight they are.

Has there been any utility work next to the trees within say the last 5 years?

It sounds to me like you aren't getting any hook on the chain. If anything angle the file down and away from the drive link. I'm not sure that you are using the right file are you? You could also be lifting the file therefore hardly touching the side plate. If you can post some pics I maybe understanding you all wrong.

I've only just seen the other thread and completely understand your concern! Mr Monkey, please do get some training mate.

Was Kieth Flint of his head!! [ATTACH]45725[/ATTACH] An I hop Jamie Oliver sorted you out some tasty snacks.

I think someone has hacked into Skyhucks account!

Thats just poor of Bandit tbh:thumbdown: Sending you the parts should be the least they can do. The best would be to send someone up to you with a free hire machine while they repair then redeliver your one. Its obviously a known problem so why they cant do the above is a joke!

I dont know if its been mentioned in this thread but I think you need to be careful what rope you buy if you intend to use it for natural crotch rigging. Apparently some of the more expensive/exotic ropes require a pulley. I think its to do with double braids BUT dont take my word for it its just something I remember someone saying quite a while back. I just use a yale bull rope which is fine for NC rigging. Although the last time I checked it it isnt in the best of conditions:laugh1: but I dont usually rig mahoosive bits. Just find out first before you buy.

Its all in here:laugh1: http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/chainsaws/19132-why-200t-chain-brake-rubbish.html

Good to see you got it sorted, although I was banking on banking the £300, musta posted the 'wrong' instructions.

I think this type of question came up awhile ago and iirc one of the manufacturers or someone who had close ties, said the blocking material was a mixture of different fabrics and was a bit of a closely guarded secret. Hopefully they will notice this thread and provide the info. Plus it varies quite a lot from manufacturer to manufacturer.

Tbh I didn't start this thread to poke fun at anyone or start a kick off, I was genuinely surprised or should I say shocked to find it quite common and from a lot if the comments fairly acceptable practice. Its just something I dont do and very rarely see. Oh and topping/heavily reducing trees us in no way pointless as long as someone pays and is happy with the work.

Actually no, that was the very first excuse I heard for using spikes. And it didn't wash then. Btw I was only having a laugh putting that pic up, I found it the other day an was dying to use it. I knew you wouldn't take offence. Some good comments from all, keep voting and posting. I'll have to post my thoughts and comments later.

That's the one, quite a good film.

Do you think it has succumb to the bad old phytophthora? Especially with the wet summer, or well have you had that there?