David oakman
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And of course thanks to justin for a great saw and a throw line:thumbup:
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First i would like to thank nifty steve for some winch rope. Second steve bullman who told me to throw the rope over a bough but tie it off at the trunk to save climbing the tree. Third a friend of andy collins who taught me to tie a timber hitch. This all came together today i am clearing around another pond and i have a fire in the pond. i needed to fell a large ash tree into the pond but it was leaning away. got my long rope threw it over the bough tied it off with a timber hitch it came into the pond no trouble but the best was the knot does not get stuck:thumbup:
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CS 32 Fell and Process medium size trees - Training
David oakman replied to Scooter's topic in Training & education
A bench set up is felling onto a felled trunk so you can sned and cross cut at waist hieght. You will do a letter box cut:001_smile: -
I have never been so your pictures are wonderful. what a lovely place and the colours wow. Thanks for posting
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Yes it came out again higher up, the main trunk just wrapped around the side branch very odd could not really see a reason for it changing direction. Yes i can there was a big oak tree in the way so it went across to get some light:thumbup:
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Here is one from today. An ash tree not much to see when i cut it but there is some interesting ring paterns where the branch joins at top and bottom:001_smile:
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You tree climbers are such big girls :lol::lol:You want to be a woodman with bramble dogrose and thorn everywhere ha ha ha i bet i get some stick now:crying:
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Pleased to see you are making time for a cup of tea Dean. I have never heard of groundy gloves before
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Well done Ian that is top work i will show mrs oakman when she comes home from work i am sure she will be pleased:thumbup:
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Does anyone know what this is? I found it at the back of the woodyard shed. My guess is it was used to drag logs with. Where the buzzards feather is ther is a shackle ithink that had a chain on going up to a drawbar on the lift arms. Lower the lift arms hook one of the hooks onto rope around the trunk lift arms and drag out of the woods. What do you think:001_smile:
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This week i am burning iron oak i am amazed there is no ash it all burns and alot of heat too:thumbup:
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Iwas looking for super nanny but i did not see her:lol:
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I was there did you not see me:001_tt2: It was good had a long chat with tim atkins and steven westover.
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Hi Sean. I was talking to Jane mccall who is one of the contributors in the living woods magazine she writes on wild foods. I asked her about the honey fungus and she said it is good to eat but it is the same as chicken of the woods it wants to be young and fresh you do not want to be eating old ones:001_smile: She also agreed with me about my Grifola frondosa she said you will find it starts to come out now we have had some rain:thumbup1:
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Lovely:thumbup:Welcome back david funguy:thumbup1:
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I found this on the bough which came down last week an interesting union.
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I will go with that tom the branching oyster. But it is like oak mazegill and grows on dead wood.
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It is a right little multi purpose ATV you have there now:thumbup:
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Now what have you been up to A ndy did you make that or can you buy one?
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Yes but can you understand it:lol: I phoned the local tree officer to see if he could run through it with me and explain it but he knew less about it than me. I met two young ladies on a :001_smile:RFS walk and they told me all about CAVAT. I think david MONKEYD HAS BEEN on a course about it with the London tree officers.
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Dean you naughty boy you must make time to drink your cup of Tea:thumbup:
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Sad indeed. We have got to work to 66 now:001_huh:
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Hi ben everytime i hear from you i think your manager and my land agent must have went to the same school LOL. Been clearing around a pond today and the digger came he dug down about 15 feet to clay he said that pond had not been cleaned in 100 years. The agent would not buy me an alaskan saw mill but my bosses wife bought it for me. Not sure what i am doing next i will have to sit in the office and have a think. Hope you and the wife are well?
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Flaming ace some good kit there. What is that on the back of the tractor in picture 1?
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To much detail Will. I just dont fancy any i cant even bring myself to try chicken of the woods:lol:
