carlos

i cant really think of many situations that i feel having a polesaw up a tree would be of benefit, execpt mega wide hedges and even then using them in a horizontal manner is tough on the shoulders. but if you feel it helps then why not. carl

he might of of got away with the rigging mistake had he put in more pulleys in the tree to support the leggy anchor point. not really a freak accident more a case of overloading the system to the point of a failure.

or even realizing what he did wasnt going to work would been a good start, pretty silly mistake really.

nice, id say it would pull a fair trailer too?

id say the fact that the tree was so dead made him reluctant to put the pull line any higher. lucky not to get really hurt. id say a mewp would of been a good option.

looks like a rope wrench and zig zag gone wrong!!!! i certainly wouldnt be rushing to buy one. iam still hoping that the ART crowd will bring out a mechanical srt device, i like their kit.

no it was just cheapo veg oil, ive never had a problem in my husky saws and some of them have sat for ages. it seems in the echo that the worm gear is made of a harder metal than the pump which seems a bit silly. ive just put normal smelly bar oil in my echo now but im not that keen on it.

had a few on echo saws fail due to running veg oil and them being left unused for a while, 50 quid a pop to replace!

i wouldnt hold out much hope of an aerial rescue from you then, if tying a saw on a rope when needed is a bit too much of a chore!!!

are there any trousers that are type A but offer allround protection from say just under the knee down? thanks carl

just had to google "oxymoron" ! so iam not the only one who thinks lowerable base ties and rescues arent ideal. i nearly always use a base tie to access the tree but usally get it untied and pull it up and retie at the top, or at least isolate the tip. that said if its low work i wont as it defeats the point of srt being able to set a workable high anchor from the ground.

whilst looking around at srt vids on youtube there seems to be loads of different lowerable base ties being used, some very elaborate! my question/discussion is are they a good idea?? well in principle they seem great, climber gets hurt- any one can quickly lower them to the ground. but i think there are many flaws in the plan, chances are if its a saw related accident then the climber may well have his/ her lanyard on( hopefully one realizes before lowering!) if the climber has isolated their top tie in point or any other redirect then it wont work. the main thing i dont like about the idea is when working off a base tie is all that rope down the back of the tree, out of sight, in ivy etc is vulnerable to being cut thus causing a fall, plus if you smoking out large limbs it could come in contact with the rope, and also possible but pretty unlikely is the groundy doing something stupid with your base tie . so for me it comes down to which i feel is a more likely to happen, an accident that needs me to be rescued or and accident caused by using a base tie. just my thoughts and i could well be missing somthing with these lowerable base ties( having never actually used one !lol) carl

no sorry its the black chainbrake handle, spring on the left that isnt working properly. thanks anyway for taking the time to post the photos. carl

id say buy a decent set of PPE ( dont go cheap as they can be uncomfortable and crap) then get on a cs 30/31 basic small felling course, i think these courses are a good intruduction to what to do with a saw and not. then if you have change go for a 50cc pro saw. once you have this then you will be employable and that should get the ball rolling for you. hope it works out for you. carl

those look good, we have just got some cheap ones but iam not sure how long they are going to last as we have had issues already, dont think we could do without them now though, so different just being able to chat away to each other whilst working, thanks for the update on the other senna ones. carl.

ive been dabbling in srt since the first rope wrench came out but a lot of our trees are small so i often opted for drt and then didnt feel familiar with srt when i did do a big tree so i bit the bullet and bought a bulldog bone with the hope of moving over to srt for most stuff. i havent used it much but it seems like a very good bit of kit that is very predictable in use, it didnt like pine sap but who or what does?!!! does eat my gloves a lot which is a pain but i guess i just need to modify my grip on the thing. i have a lot of respect for the innovators within the industry, the amount of time and effort they save us on a daily basis is brilliant, thanks. carl

id say that table is pretty accurate. if i was teaching people id probably start them on drt then introduce srt, they both have pluses and minus . carl

er not sure as ive never used a 150. it is nice and light though and you dont need to start it or have it running all the time.

getting on well with the msa 160 stihl battery saw for pruning work.

definitly worth taking time out to try them all on properly and hang in them. i really like the tree motion at the moment.

i think trying to pull any kind weight up with throwline diameter line would be sore and awkward on the hands. i think using your climbing line is always going to be hard to beat for speed and convenience.

still cant get this spring working properly, reckon chain brakes are an echo saws Achilles heal!

crossed over looked right to me too but it dosent do anything at all ie no springyness! maybe somthing else is bust or missing. thanks carl

would anyone be able to do us a favour and take a photo of the spring on the left hand side of the chain brake. mine doesnt look right. thanks carl

i got it!!! in the end ha ha.