Rupe
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Whats the difference between a "county" model and normal one?? (this is not in reference to anything in this thread but I had been wondering)
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Isn't it just the dark heartwood that has some value? Usually about 10% of the cost of moving it in large pieces.
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Just got the permission through for the next big one, nearly twice the size of this one, but not sure I can start it this year now, may have to wait till January and hope the weather is ok.
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And the final Pic!
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Thermals are the most important layer IMO. After that any old stuff will do. I use Helly hansen, they have been makign thermals forever. The newer ones are not so smelly helly anymore, you can wear them for a week no worries and wash them at the weekend wehter they need it or not! Cotswold are doing helly hansen thermals, tops and Long johns together for 30quid I think, no further discount available for that product but for anything else don't forget the discount code for ISA members which anyone can use for on line ordering isa member or not. Discount code is AF-ISOA-T3 Please wait...
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I got a vermeer 252, so yours is just a bit bigger, would have been good for that stump, but I don't do much that size.
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Yep, its good. Not used it that much since I got it but when its needed it is good.
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Lowered as much as possible, then rings pushed off with block driver, then felled the least 6 foot or so. Split it all on site into manageables (using logsplitter) and it all dissapeared on its own. I took one LDV full of logs for myself, that was all. I had so many people wanting wood and some I owed wood to for favours etc. so they all came and took waht they wanted and left me with sawdust! Still got 100's of pics to come!!
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We took some away, half a truck full, or the pile would have been too big. Left it a bit raised so it will level out in time. Was quite soft in the middle, but still took 3+ hours to grind! (had 6 cups of tea brough out in that time though and cake/jaffa cakes/chocalate brownies etc etc. Also took a truck load of sawdust as expected.
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Done it!! Too dark to take finished photo though. Might pop back over the weekend.
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I was just thinking that! Its about 8foot longways and 4-5 accross??
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Yep, the truck is great thanks. Its great to have all the kit in the dry! We used to put kit in the back, or for larger jobs we would take my car as well with roofbox on, saws in roofbox and climbing/rigging kit in the back. Now we take the car much less often (only on 3 man days, or if we need stump grinder as well) and I've got rid of the roof box for now. Anyways heres the final stump pic. I wetted it first to bring out the patterns....
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Never tried swapping saws Pete. What if one is cutting bendier than the other?? Learning to sharpen better might be a good start I guess!! I was tempted to go bigger and each time I did I got a look of death from the guys tryign to shift them! There was only space for one or two rings on the ground so couldn't just do it all and come down. We removed one shrub and that was the drop zone, then another got squished so the DZ got a bit larger so we ended up felling the last 6 feet into our new space!
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Its all about design! Plus shaprening on the floor is bad for your back!! (and knees)
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Only about 10 inch peter, they could move the rings on the floor if any bigger than that. Block driver would take bigger though I'm sure. I had bendy cutting saw sindrome today though so by the time the level cut was finished it wasn't so level. Once the rings were started moving thewy just slid off almost on their own.
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And then we just had the final stem to do today. Rigged it all down to the main trunk, then rings down to 8feet or so then felled the last bit. The block driver worked well on the big rings. Its the first time I've used an 88 up a tree in years! Ouch!
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This was how we left it last night. All fairly tidy. Of course the cones were pushed in around the sawdust pile!
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Not so cheap now! its at 200 quid with half hour to go! Don't forget that some of these went when HB's was robbed last summer. He doesn't say why he's selling it.
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The residents committee ordered it as a result of the three surveys which they had as a result of their insurance requesting a survey. The first survey said fell it. Because they didn't want to they got two more surveys just to make sure. They said the same thing. Committee had a chat about it and decided it should go.
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They are all quite upset about it going. They paid for 3 seperate surveys, boring, resistographs etc etc, all said it should be removed within timescales varying between 3 months and a year. I've seen the reports and I'm trying not to think about what they say while I'm lowering, but it actually feels solid as a rock!!
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Another thing about slings.........when you cant fit the sling round the wood with a half hitch as well then its time to move up to 2 slings, when you cant fit one sling round the wood its time to stop using slings altogether and get a bigger rope! We swithed to 16mm rope for the larger pieces and stopped usign the slings. They are great and convenient but have limitiations and they add additional karabiners to the system which adds to the possibility of failure.
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Not silly question. The photo just shows the set up before we started today. I'm taking all the pics so nothing has happened yet. We put the lowerign line back up and attached rigging plate and ALL the slings. I generally only use 3, thats one one the bit I'm lowering, one going on the next branch while the first is being untied and another spare incase I want to do two at time or a balance. Once we get going there will be some on the floor and some in the tree and they replace mine as I need them. Its quicker to unclip the rigging plate then I haul it up straight away and attach next limb while they are still undoing the slings on the ground, as long as I have 2-3 then I'm happy.
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I think the camera stores them as raw files which are very high memory, then he converts some to jpeg or something. He's shooting multiple frames so 50 shots for every branch I cut off!!
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That was it by tea break, just two of the tops off. After that we took the rest of the top off and the larger wood from two of the stems.
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A few more from today, before and after shots only!! The "pro" reckons he has 30+gig of photos, and will put some on my 4G memory stick that I gave him!!
