Mesterh
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I'm hoping it was a practise His spikes slipped so he still has a strop around but its doin feck all Sorry to disappoint
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When you think about changing your career:closedeyes:
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The perspective looks wrong to me.
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I know this is an old thread but I was just wondering how you got on with it? I've injured myself in the past working as a subby and it didnt even cross my mind to put a claim in since it was my own fault. Just because you have employers liability doesnt automaticly mean that the injured party can claim on it.
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[ame= ] [/ame] I shouldnt laugh at others misfortune but I nearly wet myself
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Lol I was about to say "that could have been very nasty" but no need now
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We used to hire a stumpy quite a bit but we found it a bit of a hassle ie time spent picking up dropping off the machine etc so ended up buying a second hand sc252 for about £5000 Its like most pieces of kit once you have it you find more work for it. It doesnt make a massive amount of money but it probably wins a few jobs since its a bit cheaper to grind the stump out if your felling the tree. Once youve bought one, you will probably end up getting asked to do loads of stumps where you cant get access with the stumpy
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There are about 4 different types of breather allthough a bit fiddly you can replace the knackered bits, the last design works well but it would require a new fuel tank. As Steve says dont mess about with the carb settings if you aint sure what they do. On a stock saw they shouldnt need hardly any adjustment from the standard 1 full turn(3/4) if its a newer carb.Unless the carb is either knackered or theres a big air leak I which case it needs sorting.
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Hey thats in my back garden I dont remember giving you permission to take a photo of it It all depends on how 'perfect' a shape you want the tree to be.I've seen plenty of reduced trees that havent been topped. I've had a few jobs where we have spent ages reducing and shaping a tree to then have the customer turn round and want "more hacking off" Alot of the time its the tree owners who are the enemy of the tree not the climber.
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Here is how to do a proper bit of pruning. [ATTACH]5341[/ATTACH]
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As you may have guessed there are quite a few different things it could be and its hard to diagnose a fault when you havent got the saw with you. Is it a new saw? ie did you buy it second hand and it was like this? Sounds like fuel starvation or an air leak. which just about sums up all running problems on all chain saws If you havent taken a carb apart before wait untill Drivelinks info is up or you might just end up buying a new one when you loose a spring or destroy a diaphram.
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Looks like you put alot of time and effort into that good job I'm assuming the customer wanted more light etc so apart from a reduction like that what else could have been done? Fell. The tree still has a nice shape, it wont die,the customer is probably well happy and there will be more work in the future. I reckon a job well done..
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Tbh I use the saw in which ever way is most comfortable at the time or errr is it the quickest not sure I know its a bad idea to cut above the chest as we all know (ahem) but at chest height you seem to have a bit more control and weight behind the saw to control it, especially when chogging down.Oh and not that I would want to be hit by a saw in the chest bit it may be better than being hit in the stomach. Sry to go off topic.
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I allways tie in around the main stem on any type of pop, the branch unions are very weak, easy to rip a piece out the thickness of your wrist by hand I've taken out loads of lombardys but only really pruned a few. They are s**t trees, dont think ive taken one down that didnt have some rot at the base.Allthough they are usually good to take down you can 'dart' the brash down quite quickly and they produce nice looking chip
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Lol WTF! If only they were a bit higher up
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Personally I think it is better to fell and replant.If a customer asked my opinion and it couldnt be saved without a proper reduction or thin then I try to encourage them to fell and plant up. I think its sad sometimes to see a big old tree robbed of its dignity better to put it out of its misery . Not to say I wouldnt top a tree but I do try not to. At the end of the day trees die to make room for new ones.
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I was going to say something along the lines of "People who dont know what a pollard is arent professional tree surgeons" but I thought I would probably get loads of flack so I decided not to bother and found this instead http://www.treedictionary.com/DICT2003/tree_pruning/pollarding/shigo_words.html My old lecturer from college would have a mild heart attack if anyone mentioned 'topping' and 'pollarding' in the same sentence
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It's a Knockout with Stuart Hall class:lol: Gary Glitter should be burnt alive.
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Looks like you did a nice proffesional job there, and in quick time too I thought it best to cut at chest height rather than waist height, well thats what I was taught:confused1: Maybe ive been doing it wrong all these years
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There are quite a few carvings like this in Liverpool I'll try and get some photos if i can.
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I think it all depends on if it was a proper pollarding or just being topped. Alot of people dont know the difference between topping and pollarding.
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"right then that will be xx amount to prune your eucalyptus" "yeah i'll go with that, how will you prune the top bits? with long loppers?" "I'ts 45 foot high! We will have to climb it" "surely it would be easier with some big loppers?"
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Quote: Originally Posted by bob when parking in a pub car park dont park too close to bollards as when youve had a couple you may set off and damage your bumper when you go to the pub, go with a mate who will point out the offending bollards. especially when he's looking right at it Err dont drink and drive!
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I aint having a go at anyone but when working on the road you need to wear proper hi vis jackets with the stripes in all the right places:001_smile: if not then you could be in trouble if theres an accident. Just because its orange/yellow etc dont matter I'm afraid. Nice vid though btw I think that groundie that didnt look up works for me sometimes!
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To Coronet or Not to Coronet, now that is a question
Mesterh replied to David Humphries's topic in Tree health care
I assume its only me that thinks there is nothing natural looking about these "coronet" trees! Im reading all these posts about coronet cuts but I still dont understand why.
