Rupe
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If you look at the very first tree, you'll see another in the back ground which is a clone. There were six planted originally all with the same branch structure split trunk etc.
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Th eforwarder belongs to a friend who took the wood for free but was only on one day, after that we had to split the rings from the final part of the trunk and manhandle it away. This was the slowest part!
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Yeah you wanted to pay me 40 but I pushed it up to 50!!
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I hadn't forgotten your offer of 50quid a day as long as you can use the grcs!
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Hi, not much big in the offing just yet! Got some limes to deadwood? I've got two small ash trees to take down, we will use the grcs because we have it, but neither job will be a good demonstration.
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five in total, to clear everything all wood etc. Done in december so not as many hours on site as we might have had in summer.
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Only mentioning it too, not bothered, do what you like.
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I'm not going to re post all these pics, so you'll have to trawl through this thread on TB and open each picture individually. Some nice pics I think, also some good rigging with far too much kit!! http://www.treebuzz.com/forum/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=108312&page=7&fpart=1&vc=1
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A teenage girl died this week from going through a fence. four others were injured badly but the girl at the front of the sledge got the full impact of barbed wire!! BE careful
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I don't want to derail this so I'll start a fresh in the rigging section
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My groundie came up and joined me in the tree once! I turned round and he was sat on the branch next to me still clinging to the 24mm three strand!!
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Sure. I guess both methods achieve the same result. I do think that with extra rigging gear you can have greater confidence and that shows when quoting for big trees which helps to win more work etc. Ultimately all you need to take a tree down is chainsaws and gravity.
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How do you do big take down then? three strand rope has got no way near enough strength, and if your natural crotching then you put all the strain on one part of the rope instead of displacing it along the whole length. I know we used to get away with it, but it always felt just like that, "getting away with it"
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Due to the snow I'm stuck in the workshop
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Don't forget I was confusing cscs with cis! cscs may still be required, but on most sites this is just for the workers that turn up. The tree company would also have had to supply full risk assessment/method statements etc which would include everybodies nptc certs, insurance etc etc. Construction companies can't just accept a quote and then allow the work to be done on the basis that everyone has cscs! cscs is in addition to actuall qualifications. For example all plumbers on site will have been checked to prove that they have a lot more than cscs. One problem here is that local authorities are out sourcing the job of verifying contractors to different organisations. I've had invitations to subscribe to two differnt such organisations, both for a fee, in order to keep on doing work for councils that I already work for. CSCS would just be another fee/tax!
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HB are splicing their own these days. LAst one I bought had a tight eye that is too tight to fit the ropeguide retriever in it as well, but yes, 4 inch eyes are a bit less likely to be needed.
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I had one for a while. It was ok for small stuff. It doesn't have teeth in the conventional sense. The cutting wheel is divided into four segment and each segment is cut and bent to make teeth. So you take the wheel off and sharpen the edges of each "tooth". Not sure if saturn make spares. If a segment gets damaged beyond sharpenig you replace that one segment only. Its surprisingly good for its size, because the wheel is small, its lack of power doesn't matter so much for small stumps. The brake locks one wheel then you pivot the machine around that locked wheel to make each cut. I hardly used mine, and have an SC252 as well anyway which is used more often. I sold it to a guy in Newcastle who apparently loves it as he mostly does back garden stuff including large shrubs etc which its perfect for. I would say tree stumps under a foot diameter in awkward places its ideal, but not for anything bigger than that. If its going cheap then it could be worth it.
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How does that work? If you allow a rope angle of 30 degrees, you would only be able to get 6m out on a branch that was 8m below your tie in point? With a steeper angle of rope, say 45 degrees, you'd be looking at only 7m out on a branch 7m below your TIP.
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60m is a good length for 11mm. You need enough to reach to the ground, then back up through the canopy and down the other side, save you climbing all the way up in order to get to the other side of the tree. Like pete say, its rope management. A groundie that can and will flake your rope back into a neat pile or back into the bag is useful too. A 37m is good for routine work and a 45m 13mm for take downs is ideal. Honey Bros- hi guys, I think you should look into spliced eye sizes also. Tight is good but it helps if you can fit a ropeguide retreiver ball through the eye as well as a karabiner, but also long eyes are good too, like a good four inch eye can be handy!
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Does anyone find that making their own chains up means that they or employees might tend to get new chain on a saw earlier than really necessary, i.e. to save them from a difficult re sharpen after hitting something? Just put a new chain on "its ok we have plenty of it" If this is the case then it may do away with any saving made on making up your own chains.
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All rock climbing cord is kernmantle and glazes very quick! I had a footlock prussik made out of it once which led to a near disaster! Never again!
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You would need to be a top climber to get a decent job in germany or sweden. Not cos they have higher expectations but because there are many good climber there already.
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You could save money by getting an Italian to wave the flag, they are good at that!!
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I'm in the cotswolds. Its not too bad in Cheltenham, I'm about to go up on the hills and see whats going on. Its snowing now though, visibility not good.
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Very true. I remember during the fuel blockade of 200? (was it 2000 or 2001?) we were workign outside a primary school that is usually packed with 4x4's at 9am. All the kids were walking in wit their mums who were all chatting to each other and having a great time. It was summer but still it was good to see them walking/talking. As soon as the fuel was available again it was back to cars, wiindows closed, ignoring the outside world!
