Taupotreeman

Yep. Had the needle bearing replaced after the last one disintegrated but now we have issues with not being able to start the saw with the brake on and if you put the saw down with the chain brake on it usually stalls. Had it in twice to be checked out but they can't find anything wrong so we just put up with it now. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

I finally got around to watching the video AFTER reading all the posts Reading some of the replies on here I was thinking the crews had committed some cardinal sin. As far as I can see, apart from coning the road off either side of the tree at 2x fall distance and maybe stationing a dedicated observer, I wouldn't have done a whole lot different. Two chippers and four men going hell for leather with the clean up I'd imagine it would be done in less than half the time of a dismantle.

I do miss seeing a well pletched hedge and a dry stone wall. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

Welcome to clean, green, pure, tree loving New Zealand folks. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

Old Scarlet Oak in Taupo. Same thing in many ways. This is one of the oldest trees in town and protected. No root protection so people had walked, dug and god knows what else around the base. The soil was extremely compacted. Most internal and lower canopy growth had been removed so people could see "through" the tree. Heaps of poor pruning cuts although the tree had been braced. A report several years ago recommended a reduction and re bracing but it was never done. We had another report done while meantime fencing off around the drip line and giving the tree a good feed. It took a year for the consent to come through on the reduction work and re bracing. We sought help and advice on here for the type of reduction and what else we could do to help the old tree. It has since been rebraced and will be reduced gradually over a number of years, starting this winter.

This is really good as it's very similar to an old Oak we are currently working on. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

There seem to be more and more each week on trademe. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

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Large Eucalyptus removal. Big split at the union and was getting bigger each month. Pheonix Palm and Birch underneath we wanted to try and retain. There is also a boat wharf, wooden steps, seat and the lake, obviously, pretty much slap bang underneath. Budget wouldn't allow for a crane so dismantle it was. Half a day today and we reckon another day to get the rest of the head rigged off and the main stem down, another day to get all the wood ringed up on site for the locals. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

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You told him it was too big but you didn't stop him anyway?

And when I smoked the green stuff I did find that was an awesome pain killer and muscle relaxant but it just didn't mix with the job next day. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

I take codeine and Celebrex or diclofenac sodium occasionally for my shoulder. You have to be careful with codeine based pain killers as they are addictive. I took them for three or four days once while waiting fort a tooth abscess to get sorted and when I stopped taking them I got some wicked headaches. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

Easy way around it anyway. If you're good with your folks get them to transfer funds into your account a couple of weeks prior then transfer it back when you're sorted and in the country. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

I can tell you right now this one was quite slow Python but thanks for the ID. Had me and my offsider completely bamboozled. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

Anyone know what this is? NZ native I presume. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

Liriodendron in full flower today. Quite beautiful Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

Couple from today's job. Pin Oak about 2.5 m from a house. Limbs right over the roof, tv aerial directly underneath the bulk of the limbs. Climber bombed out the side next to the reserve and then we used the MEWP to deal to the remainder and get the tag line out to the ends of the branches. Possible climbing but would have been a prick of a job. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

Hmmm, must have missed something here. I thought I'd swapped threads by mistake. All of a sudden nothing made sense. Hey ho. As far as the drugs go; well, we've got a guy at work who has cancer and is on some oxy thingy drug for the pain. Apparently ok'd by the quack to work but the medication restrictions say no driving or operating machinery. He drove a ride on mower over a 10m bank the other day. Doc still says he's ok to use the machinery. My point is, there is a clouded divide on drugs. Take out the legalities for a minute and many of our everyday prescribed drugs can be just as bad as a puff on a joint. Plenty of evidence to back this up too. Personally, it's a zero tolerance at work. Pre employment, random and post incident testing is now common place and includes alcohol. I used to enjoy a smoke myself but gave up around 3 or 4 years ago. Only smoked at night but definitely noticed a difference in my motivation, clarity of thinking and judgement when I gave up. Also lost a lot of my paranoia. Out of work, it's up to the individual. As long as it isn't affecting or brought to work. I find it a bit rich that people who go out and get plastered on a Saturday night often have a crack at those that like a smoke. Again, take out the legalities and which, if any, is worse for you. I should also point out that at least one state in the US has now legalised cannabis and it's looking like the US government won't interfere. World leaders are also trying to shift the whole way drugs are looked at and are looking at countries that have either decriminalised or legalised certain drugs to see how this has affected the arrest rates, jail numbers, policing, injuries and incidents.This could have massive implications for industries going forward. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

We often use a MEWP for our street trees. We have streets full of 25m Pin Oaks which are crammed full of epi. They only need crown lifting but many are over roofs, street lights, fences etc. climbing them we were knocking out two or three, at a push, a day. With a MEWP we can deal to around 15 or more. I also agree with Monkeybusiness. Most of the line clearance, at least on streets, roads and highways, in NZ, Oz and, as far as I know, the US is done by MEWP or EPV. everything here is live line and most jobs would involve "sticking" out anything in contact so that it's out of the minimum approach distance before climbing. On some jobs this takes for ever and a day. A truck mounted EPV, chip bin beneath, makes the job so much easier and quicker. Most of our utility procedures require the use of EPV's over climbing. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

Heading back 2015 for another dose Mario. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

Sweet, just backed up what I said. Good outfit to work for. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

Looks like I'm quite lucky. I have two local mechanics who repair things rather than replace when they can and are happy to use second hand parts as long as they are of good quality. I've also had a few bad experiences, namely with dealing with blown heads, but I ditched those outfits and now stick with the two that can look after me. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

Nothing spectacular. Our new, old groundie or old, new groundie depending in how you look at it. 56 or 57 and has been on with us a couple of months now. This is his third climb but first work climb. Second rec climb was a 50m Redwood. Decided that we'd treat him after all his hard graft so asked him if he wanted a crack at dismantling this Pine. I bombed out the adjoining tree and then my 2ic spent some time on one to one training. First time using a chainsaw up a tree, first time on spikes. He gave it a good crack but gave it best about a third of the way through. Spikes, chainsaw, work positioning was good but a branch walk was a little too much. Awesome effort though we thought. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

Had a blackthorn tip go into my left index finger just above the knuckle. Thought I'd dug it out but I had a hard swelling there for years. It started to actually distort and twist my finger. Every time I knocked it it hurt like buggery. After about ten years I had the doctor look at it an he diagnosed and Ganglion which the surgeons had to cut out. Couldn't find any tip of the blackthorn in there but it can still have consequences. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App