Gray git

Nice 1, better than it going into a chipper, well strate away anyway. How'd you persuade the trees owner to let it go like that and probably put job off till December or did it just work out convenient like that

I answer to many things jon and thats fine. You boys and girl having fun, wish I could have made it but circumstances said no - this year...

It's a beauty jon ;-)

White jeans.... Retro!! Nice shirt jon, are the gloves to slow you down a bit. Mrs shires been having a bit of a tumble with that foot? No saterday night fever for her then ;-)

Gopro 3black and the gopro editing software. It was Brompton on swale Rich.

The pretty reckless, absolution from the going to hell album Correct on the last G L A, keepsake from the handwritten album. 1 advantage is the bend radius on the splice eye as the backbone spreads it out over a large area of metal and as no moving parts to get stuck open or get cross loaded is a bit safer in that respect.

Scotspine, this was it's 1st outing so really a bit of a experiment. Since then have used it lots and have tried to get the slings to come of the posts with things like you say (on safe trees of course) but never managed it yet. I think it's because of the bend around the eye causes anough friction and the slings are soft anough to flex along the length and not push slack up over the post. It's like any tool good in the right situation and you just have to learn when that is. Darrin, roots causing foundation problems, dryads saddle forming in an old wound and strange fluting down the main stem which turned out to be internal fractures but not as bad as serspected from the outside. Fredward, I always have spare chains for big saws to save sharpening them on site to save time then I can do them in a vice later. The crane probably knocked over day off the job as rigging it would have been slow with everything under it and then cut up small as couldn't get valtra in close anough to reach anything. That waggon had the biggest boom for the smallest carrier I could find as a rigid would not get round the corner further up the lain and a proper crane didn't have any room for its legs, was pleases with how well it worked.

Already got a chipped front tooth from a steel crab, this thingd just take em out!

If a sling is trapped just leave it till you can cut it free or help to lift the section is available but you can get the main rope back to the climber to ready the next bit which is where it's easy to loose time. Don't tend to do many controlled zip lines, plenty of speed lines on light stuff but nothing on bigger timber. Enjoy and try get a few pictures if you can

Always when you've got a new chain on aswell think the last bit will become habitat somewhere eventually Enjoyed it as also always like a dismantle that takes a bit more thinking about. Used the backbone on almost every job since, so easy and the groundsmen love how quickly they can get it off and back to me, added bonus is that because it's quite heavy it won't just disappear back to the pully if you accidentally let go.

Just a naughty tight spot where it was growing and not 1 bit of damage. Spot all the orange dots on the 1st 6ft of trunk.... Nails, over 25 just on the surface alone,hit 1 strate off with the 088 on the last cut then 4 more before finishing the cut :-( Just did turn wet at the end of the day as well which didn't help.

Quite a long video but skip the 1st 3.3min to avoid me wittering on about stuff to where the real work starts. Got a bit of hydraulic help from lunchtime on for a few hrs to make sure the job was done in a day. Hope you enjoy. BACKBONE TREE RIGGING:

Had no problems with arborisk and got my PL , EL, hired in plant and professional indemnity all on 1 policy from them and saved a packet on having it all together rather than from several providers. Tree surgery insurance were the best for PL Trust best for EL. But combined arborisk were very competitive and very easy to deal with and all sub 1k a year.

No the op is correct in what he's trying to achieve, if we all took the opinions of why bother then why do we bother doing the checks and paperwork, waiting 8 weeks to get on with the job etc. Then why bother having tpo's at all or even conservation areas? Might as well just do what we like when we like? I've priced jobs in con areas then driven past a week later and it's been done, spoke to clients and my price was lower but the 2nd contractors (if you can call them that) had a special exception so could do the work the next day which is what they wanted :what::what:

Now now that's just cruel. 11kv and do the job properly :eek: If the 1 that tagged me last week is anything to go by simply cow setting is anough to put any1 off coming back for 2nds!!

Wire them up to an electric fence doda when you get them, that'll slow them down a bit!

The advantages of the sleeves coming of is you can stick the cans in the recycling and they take them ( about 8 every 2 weeks with me) leave the sleave on and they won't take em as I found out with just 1 can out of a green box full of them.

I know but with a decent ribcage trailer behind for 2nd handling thinings out to roadside where an artic could get to or biomass in the yard round to the chipping area ideal!

Check out this item I found on eBay: http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=301433869323&alt=web Not a Bedford but I'd be tempted.

I dream everynight, normally don't remember details except for when it's a nightmare then that's in full hd surround sound 4D you name it its in it! Worst is falling asleep while driving normally when I haven't had a sit down after driving then going to sleep or as mentioned before dehydration plays a big part in triggering it with me. Had to teach myself how to shut it out and think differently almost manipulate my dream into the way I want it to go.

That man is a legend Paul, a true gent and someone to be respected for all the charity fund raising he has done. Though you were off the pop till Christmas, just a sneaky taster is it ;-)

Like I said was ment to be but changed speck and the cap nuts I'd got looked even stranger than 2 nuts locked together to cover the thred tops. Only got to stay till end of January when this particular exabiton ends then will be changed back again to 3 shelves with top being at the top with cap nuts.

Bookmarked that for future reference, thanks.

They actually like that as it's a bit of barbed wire that has been milled through (trashed my chain) but you can see it imbedded in the wood as a shiny bit.

2 nuts and a washer locked together protecting the top of the bar from unsuspecting eyes. Top shelf was ment to be at the top but they had changed the picture in that place since I measured up and didn't have any cutting implement with me to shorten them.