Taupotreeman
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Top effort guys. Brought a smile to my face on a misrable sunday morning. Everyone involved should be well chuffed with themselves.
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Council Highways Cock-up; What would you do?
Taupotreeman replied to wildewood's topic in General chat
I think OSH states that you have a duty to protect yourselves and anyone around you and to do what is practicable to keep you, your site and other people safe. If they don't have the PPE then they get off site. I'd imagine if OSH turned up on site you'd get your backside kicked for knowing that they should have PPE, relevant tickets etc and doing nothing about it. Had a mate who booted an OSH auditer off sote before for not wearing a hard hat when he entered the taped off area. His boss gave him (the OSH guy) a written warning. -
I wondered if he'd actually taken the protective covers of his spikes.
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I actually did a couple of vids; one of the selion and then one of the 192t just to see how they compared. I can't be faffed putting em both on here as they are pretty boring but needless to say the 192t was almost twice as fast and the 200t or 201t would be faster again. In addition to that fact both of the latter are easily capable of powering a bigger bar and chain than the 12 inch on the electric. Pedroski makes a valid point. The climber didn't like the stiffness of the cord or the fact it was more of a hinderance than a normal chainsaw lanyard, the off button is on the backpack and if the inertia brake kicks in you have to turn the unit off and on to get the saw going. To start it you have to double click the trigger and then wait. And wait. If you drop the saw while you are up the tree the velcro cable holders all peel apart and the power cord is also over the show. In short, Drew summed it up quite nicely.
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I'd argue there'd be plenty of down time faffing around changing battery packs etc. I can see for stuff like re pollarding some of the London Planes around Auckland's streets, kiwi fruit orchards and other orchards, Olive groves and places where you need to be quiet, they'd be fine but when the salesman is telling you that they are just as good as your current climbing saw but with less cost? For the initial outlay plus spare battery pack we worked out we could buy 2 MS200's, a 3120, a blower and still have change. Trying to cut anything at guidebar size on this thing was pretty much a no go unless you had time to wait. If you needed a cut to "pop" then you wouldn't want to rely on this saw either. The idea is fantastic but the power, battery life and price all need to change.
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Apparently they have sold some but don't know how many. They're used in orchards, vineyards and in silviculture a little. The cost was rediculous. Maybe in a few years when the technology has improved but it will take a while to beat the petrol version.
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Yes and no. Yes in that it holds the saw to the battery pack and there's also a little attachment point for a krab on the saw. No in that if the saw gets stuck in the wood there's no quick break point as with a normal chainsaw strop. It's a plug in screw in type set up so chances are you'd have the saw and cable either trying to pull you out of the tree or the cable would break the plug in point. Possibly expensive.
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There's a heap of shelter belt trimmers in NZ. We don't have many hedges but rather shelter belts, some of which are 20 odd meters high. The belts are usually trimmed once a year and the rubbish burnt in a paddock. They never seem short of work with all the orchards, dairy farms etc
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The battery doesn't actually last a day. 20 minutes cutting some decent stuff had the battery charge down 40%. Recon it would be flat in a couple of hours doing big stuff. Don't know how often you would refill the oil but I think you'd get cheesed off with the thing before you got to topping up the oil. The saw can be unscrewed and unplugged but it's a little fiddly up the tree. Not having any noise is a little odd too. You have to look up ALL the time as you don't know when the climber is cutting.
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Treescape had a shelterbelt cutter several years ago until the operator went down a dip and the blades through an 11KV power pole
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Had the sales rep from an outfit here in NZ that sells the Selion c15 electric back pack chainsaw ask us to trial the saw today to see if we would be interested in buying it. Put it up against a Stihl 192 as it seemed fairer, both having roughly the same weight and guidebar length. Apparently the saw battery pack should last half to a full day. We started with 97% battery and after 20 minutes of cutting wood from around wrist thickness through to what's in the last picture, we were down to 57% battery. To be fair, the sales rep said they'd had a few issues with the batteries from new. Start up price for the kit was around $4k NZ with a second battery pack clocking in at a further $2800 or there abouts.
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Read about this in NZ and wondered if it was one and the same. World famous now.
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I believe I might have started a thread on it as well so worth doing a quick search.
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Send a message to MDVaden. He's a bit of an authority on Arbtalk with anything to do with Redwoods. Sent me a heap of useful info on how to get to the best places, where to stay, what to avoid and where to see the best trees. I missed out this year but I'm heading back next year to do Kings Canyon and Sequoia Nationa Park along with Yosemite.
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If it helps; I doubt you're going to be on the bones of your arse. You'll get by just fine.
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Reckon several years ago 50% of us would have climbed and cut like that 50% of the time. Reckon there's a fair few still do today though maybe not one handed cutting everything. I'm definately not in a position to comment further
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I thought that you could cut back to the boundary as long as the pruning wouldn't affect the health of the tree? Or is that just in NZ? Pity, it did look a nice tree.
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Tit for tat really. Cars are probably a little cheaper along with fuel, insurance and other odds and sods. Food, white goods and general everyday stuff is way more expensive but you work around it and get used to it. You should earn enough to be comfortable but not if you're intending to buy or rent a house on your own. Like Drew says; it's not about the money it's about NZ and it's worth earning a little less and having all that this place offers.
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Found at the base of a lombardy pop (notable tree). Is this Honey fungus or nothing to worry about?
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You forgot a couple of other rather large calderas. I sit not 2kms from one super volcano and there is at least one more on the pacific ring on this side of the world that, should it go bang, would be an extinction event. Personally, if it all turns to custard and wipes much of the human race of the face of the planet, would that be such a bad thing for the natural world in general rather than looking at it from just our species point of view?
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I clean mine only when I can't stand the smell. The stronger the smell the less likely I am to get the customer coming close and asking "while you're here you wouldn't mind just....."
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Airstreams. Mine are approaching 4 years old now. I have a brand new pair in the wardrobe that I bought last June and haven't been worn yet because I can't kill my other pair. Worth every penny they cost me and then some.
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Did NY lasy year along with SF. Loved both but for different reasons. Didn't make it out to Kings Canyon like I'd hoped as I blew all my money getting married in NY. Just in the process of booking next year's trip which is starting with a couple of days back in SF then over to NY for about 10 days. Train down to Washington DC for a few days then fly back to SF and head out to Merced or Fresno to hire a car and tour Yosemite and Kings Canyon for a week. I wish I could afford to head back next week but unfortunatley I've got wait until June next year. At least this time I have the lie of the land so to speak so I can make more of the trip.
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Did you actually do anything Adam or just let the digger do the work?
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Agreed. NZ is getting really expensive, especially if you're in the city. As per CraigD; check trademe, seek, Asplundh and Treescape are definately looking. There's also a new website that might have a couple of jobs on it but I can't remember the name. Drew?
