josharb87
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thinking about it, no, no specific pests or diseases, possibly because of the harsh winters??? dead or dying trees we have come across all have physical factors contributing to their decline, mainly landscaping work, raising of soil levels (which is very common), compaction, root damage ect elms are fine, no DED apparant chestnuts appear fine so far oaks all healthy, bar one we pruned but that i put down to landscaping havent even seen tar spot on mapels! the only fruiting bodies ive seen have been deadwood saphroytes (sp!!!) i wonder if a lack of regular pruning like in the uk leads to a healthier, stronger tree stock? its certainly eyeopening to see the trees here, roadside trees that in the uk would be considered for an emergancy fell, still standing, still going strong, trees on the whole seem healthier too
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so is it the tutti-fruity leaves that ar looking healthier? the chestnuts over here dont appear to be suffering from eithtr leaf minor or bleeding canker . .
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that is a smart little 90:thumbup1:
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i done my first climbing job at 17. i had been given an old willans t22 missing the mallion, used a BIG corroded ally caribina, think dad found it on the beach a few years previously but i adopted it and had been using it to skid trees out of woodlands, used a 5m tow strop to tie myself in and topped a row of ash off the ladders using an old 023
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for me i use the chainsaw as much as possible, my elm pics i posted 90% was chainsaw. unless its lots of small fiddly easy to silky stuff like the oak and birch i'll leave the chainsaw on the ground or tied onto the end of my rope, and have a bit of freedom with the silky. i try and avoid using a silky on anything bigger than 2"
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welcome andrew, heres a few of mine from the past 2 months do you want pollards and thins too??? oak with huge old basal wound, deadwood, thin and reduce to shape, minimal taken off to reduce stress then another oak, reduce and thin, thin as much as possible to increase sunlight to the garden late evening then a birch, reduce bu 2m height and thin then an elm, reduce as necessary
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haha, you got a hilux right? i had to open mine with a screw driver too:001_smile: jam it in near the left rear lights, lever the tail gate to the right and yank it down:001_tt2:
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a rope a prussik and a caribina
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good job mate! winch on the arm looks really handy, almost as handy as a grab:001_tongue: selling bags of chip too??
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youd get a decent smiley faced tranny for that money, cheaper parts, easier to fix, newness isnt everything!
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theres no way im missing it!
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sounds like a great weekend with a live band!
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oh . . . my . . . god . . . . can i cut his leg off for him? atleast id do a good job
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dont piss into the wind . . .
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wow! nice work, the facial proportions are perfect
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cool, i'll try them out tommorrow, cheers for that! any other tips? i havent yet experienced it crushing my hips like others and my collegues have mentioned, that may be because i like the back support on harnesses very low compared to most, below the belt line typically. yeah i did find it slips down a little, especially if i diddnt put the lanyard ring back on the caritool, or rest the lanyard in the caritool, and just had it hanging off the red ring. thats the one fault ive found so far-i cant easily tighten the harness whilst sitting in it, the treemagic í could just pull tight when hanging bigger saws off it
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lower side D's?? guessing the darker green loops where the bridge ties in? i havent but will definatly, its definatly a comfy harness, after nearly 3 years of my old one its going to take a bit of time to adjust to something new! liking youre tip on the caritools either side for the saws by the way:thumbup1: although 90% of the time im still using just the left one, and the right is for whoopie sling and pully when chunking down, handy little things!
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Tobias, the tree was in Stocksund, kaptanvägen i think the road was, dont know the insurance company but derek might Peter, the tree motions ok, its a bit of getting used too something diffrent but only been felling with it, need to move the caritools and use that string stuff which came with it. havent done any prunes in it yet which is where i think it will shine. really liking the imori rope now its bedding in. type As comming next week thank god! beaty swallox more like monsoon, 33c again today cheerd david and tommy, and mark, i thought youd like thisone, even a blind man would be able to see a bits come off:001_tongue:
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tack sa mycka stevie, rob och old snake david, the customer was over the moon with the whole job, safety was his no.1 priority, and trusted our/my advise after a quick inspection of the other limbs 100% . . . and insurance company agreed to pay for all the work over the phone! imo that was the best option for the tree . . . a fell would sure have been fun, but such a magnificent structure should be saved. reduction would just have looked daft. i hope it survives for a while. what age would you place it at factoring in its growing conditions??
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yeah it was a fair sized tree, was a bit dissapointed when i got in and uploaded the pics, in the pics it doesnt look nearly as grand as it is, be intrested to know how old she is. hope it survives for a few years:001_smile: i dont have bedposts mate . . . . just a pile of sawdust on the floor:001_tt2:
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been real warm thisweek, around 27c by 7.30, rising to 34c, then still 27c 930pm! almost too hot for type c's. working on this old girl today, been a pleasure to work on, 99%roped off because of fence, hedge, wire, well, carport ect the top blew out, flipped and landed on the house, with another branch hanging in the wind, climbed down the lodged limb swaying, nibbling little bits off, crane lifted the other limb off the house, akward to do at times as no center, my rope was about 6m from the new top, so guestimate the tree to 25m, maybe touching 30 before the damage. inspected another limb, found a 9inch hole i could get my arm in and a 4ft stick, so suggested pollarding pictures dont do it justice im afraid:001_huh: and monkeyd should be proud, youre big words finally got used:thumbup: convinced the boss and customer to retain the large split decayed stem for biodiversity, spot the Karabina resting on it. then pics of a sunrise, and me with a good christian girl
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the fishing rods in pic 2 steve:001_rolleyes: unlike you to miss the details:001_tongue:
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sow youre seeds saturday night, pray for crop faliure sunday morning
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i had a hilux sold it 3 months before mot failed on 3 pages of fail items the new jap crew cabs are too soft for anything other than driving about on tarmac and burn fuel like no tommorrow
