Taupotreeman

Who poured diesel down the roots?

Oh gawd, don't tell me you're putting em up in the lake front trees. A photo of those could quite happily live on this thread.

I'd imagine it's just the one in Taupo. Be sure to give us a buzz.

Had to take one down once. Very very carefully. Some of the spikes are over six inches long and a couple almost ten. Bleedin hard as well. Drew, there's a couple on one of our reserves in Taupo. If you come down for the erupt fest I'll take you out there after we've done coffee. Sand blasting the spikes? I'd like to see a picture of that.

Whatever it is you can't afford it Drew, you've got a pup to look after.

Davey Tree Expert (I think) were looking for a climber to work throughout Manhattan checking for Asian longhorn beetle. Climbing and inspecting only, 1-2 years exp. Medium level climber.

Yup. Believe me, these things are sharp enough and hard enough to poke through the toughest of material.

Cos all you need to fell a tree is a chainsaw.

If that's how you want to play this game.............

Show off

Watching the news the other day and seeing how many people ignored the cleaning stations before heading in to the Waitaks I'd say it's more than just the pigs Drew.

Burns fine after six months or so and as long as it's kept dry. Makes excellent kindling.

My boots are my third line of defence, preceeded by training and common sense. I don't think I give much credence to the kevlar anyway. For me, boots are about keeping my feet warm comfortable, dry and giving good support so that I'm not trudging around with busted ankles and trench foot. You spend a good percentage of your life on your feet and a further decent percentage in bed so spend wisely on beds and footwear.

Nice tilt shift bro. Whereabouts was it? Been trying to figure out what the mount is in the back ground. Thought it was Devonport. Nice to see you doing some of the grunt work instead of all that fancy lighting stuff

You probably won't get residency in either country with a lack of qualifications or work experience, however, at least in NZ you can go in the work to residency catagory if you are employed with an approved contractor. My suggestion is that you get yourself sorted with a work visa (3 years if you can manage it) and then head for a tree outfit that is approved by the department of immigration for the work to residency catagory once you know if you like the country enough to stay. This catagory will allow you to work towards your residency without either the full range of skills or education. You would obviously have to prove your worth to the outfit you work for but this would be the easiest option and will take about 2 years. You'll need to keep your nose clean as well as you aren't guaranteed residency until you have the stamp in your passport. I can't help with the Oz side of things but I'm sure there's a few people on here that can. If you want more in depth info PM me.

Apparently there was no safe way to stabilise the root balls to get in and cut the trees. Having seen the photos I can understand why. DoC workers? Most of them have limited chainsaw skills at the best of times and I doubt any would have had the skills to deal with this if Ross wasn't keen.

Climbers are in short supply in NZ and OZ as far as I'm aware. Most outfits will give you a trial run then if you work out they'd probably be more than happy to sponsor you for residency. If you can get residency then you're pretty much home free.

Anyone got another link to that? We can't get that BBC thingy or whatever it is in NZ

Short and sweet. Mate of mine posted this on Facebook. He'd told us about it when we caught up with him a couple of weeks ago. From what I recall the tree/s had fallen over a track and access was difficult so they decided to just obliterate them where they were. Thanks go to Ross McIntyre

Isuzu Bighorn (petrol) rented trailers, couple of 200T's and an old Husky and blower. Chopped the isuzu in on a isuzu elf tipper (which is still ticking along) bought an old chuck and duck chipper which will take up to about 9 inches and is almost bullet proof. Still have the husky, pole trimmer, set of live line poles, 2 Ms200's a 460 and a 066. Pretty much all I need and covers 90% of the work. Anything bigger I sub out.

Left shoulder shot, right shoulder on its way out. Couple of fused vertabrae in my back which lead to issues with the neck and upper back muscles. Busted toes, hamstrings and glutes on the right leg popped a couple of years ago and now cramp up after sitting for about five minutes. Left leg got smashed by a branch when I was about 19 so now it doesn't bend or move properly. Dead hands at night (cause yet to be determined) and pins and needles. Mind you, I still get up every morning and thrash my body yet again and I enjoy (almost) every moment of it. I can also say from experience that if I wasn't doing that I'd be in a lot worse shape as everything would just seize up.

That's one way to liven up your day.

Try contacting Rob Widdicombe at Border Ecology Environmental Consultancy Rob was an arb lecturer at Riseholme along with setting up and lecturing on the conservation course there. Hell of a nice guy although I haven't spoken to him in years. I'm sure he'd be able to give you a few pointers.

I reckon this is sound advice. Dragging it out with a little bit of vitriol thrown in won't really help but explaining your costs, production, values etc might help win a few more customers along with making a point to the original griping customer. He probably still expects to pay 20p a litre at the pump too.