josharb87
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Everything posted by josharb87
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You're going to have to put up before and after Ian as it keeps looking like you've just taken pictures of good looking trees!
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Some pretty standard grinding pics from Monday and Tuesday
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Now you're just clutching at straws :lol: But scrap metal men will want your steel braces to weigh in at the scrap yard, no such problem with Cobra:001_tongue:
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Who the F would brace a failed limb over a building????
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Did you want advise/opinions or just preach about your views?
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Cobra systems can be installed dynamic or static, and even the ultra static
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But your beloved steel bracing is invasive to the tree, does induce decay (I removed a maple a few years back, with evidence of CODIT 1.5m either direction of the bolt) doesn't allow restricted movement to allow the tree to apply compensatory growth to the assumed weak points Dynamic bracing has none of these glaring and numerous frailties weaknesses and liabilities. Time and place for everything
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Your idea that a fire melts the bracing releasing a limb is flawed. Cobra, is designed to prevent excessive movement which could lead to the failure of the limb/stem, not stitch a tree together/support the entirety of a failed limb/stem. You should be able to remove/replace a cobra system without needing to install something else as a stopgap. So after your imaginary fire, if the tree escaped fire damage (!) a new system should be installed before next storm season. FWIW the material decreases in strength by under 2% per year, the lighter variants (2 and 4T) should have a life expetancy of 15years, the heavier 8T 8years
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That hilux grinder chipper is an ace setup!
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Would this kit all be mounted in the trailer, and suitable for/just the old style 7 pin socket connecting to the trailer?
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You don't need a visa to work in Europe
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Fair play VW!
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Gave an ash a round over this morning
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Nice truck Steve!
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Make sure you carry your National health insurance card as it costs to visit doctor or hospital. NHIC card means uk pays for you
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So back in 2009 I milled a yew i felled in a cambridge university. I made a rustic table for mums birthday present, she wrote an award winning poem about the yew covering a long forgotten clue to the uni's nazi connections, and the rest of the planks got stored, along with a walnut plank RobD milled out of a few of my walnut stems at a frjones show. My old carpentry teacher recently took the wood to turn into this table, and 2 stools...
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And milled the stem (2 oaks felled and milled hence 2 mills)
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An oak fell on an island in the archipelago this morning
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Its not about chancing it to avoid getting caught by "red tape" though is it? It's about being safe. It would be heart wrenching if a loved one got hit by a serverly overloaded transit, be it tree surgeon, builder etc who perhaps could have stopped in time had they had a legal load on
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Could just be that any deviation from the uk taught felling technique with a photographically perfect hinge is "wrong" and will be slated by armchair arbs so not worth the bother of posting any such deviation and the ball ache of trying to explain to brick walls isn't worth the hassle
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You see here, the top cut, although good thicknes in hinge has no complete fibers. The bottem cut has the most complete fibers Something to think about
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There are times (flared buttresses) when back cut lower is safer. Back cut above with flared roots and even with an ideal hinge you can risk severing the fibers
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Thanks Ian and Mark
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Annoying ain't it! Quick reduction this morning
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Having a rotating grapple is far better than a muck grab ime. You can drag whole trees out, stack better, load better etc Only thing it cans do is "rake" up
