slack ma girdle
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There is always somebody that has to be different...... Anyway most but NOT all rev at about the 14,000 mark, or they used to when i last brought a new saw (admittedly that was 8 years ago).
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woodland condition survey
slack ma girdle replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in General chat
Talk about giving people what they dont need. That management plan could have been condensed to 1 1/2 pages, a saved us the need to re-read the same thing again and again. I wish that people would remember K.I.S. Keep It Simple Sorry rant over -
The TECH-TACH TT-20K, only measures up to 10,000 rpm, no good for most chainsaws, as they run a 14,000 rpm or there abouts
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The VTA Method, lets talk
slack ma girdle replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Wow this is like big talk, on Mitchel and Web...... :thumbup: -
Both laurel and rhoddie use their leaves to help suppress other plants/trees from growing. when the leaves break down, they make the soil too hostile for anything else to grow. It will take a while for these toxins to leach out of the soil, however if you are in west Scotland the high rain falll will speed this up. It might worth waiting at least a year before planting, as this will increase there chances of survival. Other options are to remove the leaves, however given the size of the site this will probably be impractable. A flame gun and burning away the leaves may help but can have serious implacations for personal safety, and distroying the wood. CCW and the National trust in north wales have spent years removing laurel and rhoddie, it would be worth speaking to them.
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that be a peace of quality ergonomic engineering. I would recon that after a couple of minutes the vibration would have locked you hands to the handle.
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Willows tend to be rather hard to kill. Having said that if the owner is adamant, it might be worth taking some cuttings from the 'pruned' material to act as a back up. Just stuff them in the ground and they grow from there.
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I recon wood at a guess ..........
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Knarley singing dudes, Knarley man
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Somebody that i used to work was unhitching a wessex chipper (the ones with the moveable tow bar). He had not done the jocky wheel up and it slipped down. The R pin on the moveable toe bar went through his chainsaw boot. The chipper then discided to take off down the hill dragging him with it. He made it to the bottom of the hill with a bruised bum, and the chippers chute was snapped off. The R pin missed all of his toes. Lady luck was smiling that day.
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Rigging and Dismatling Research
slack ma girdle replied to Simon Rotheram's topic in Rigging and roping
I'm glad to see that they have produce some slightly more readable versions of RR669. It is a good document, if a little on the weighty, and dispite my best efforts i tend to loose the will to live after i have read more than five pages. -
I'm sorry to say it, but that is the gayest tractor that i have ever seen...... Looks like it should do the trick though
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We run a thor 12 ton vertical that can split 40" logs, on the back of a Nuffield 10/60. The power is fine for most logs, but the return speed is a bit slow. We some times use a 100hp Same, which doubles the speed of the ram. You may find that the flow rate and the hp of the major (50 i think) gives you a very slow splitting speed, and not able to cope with knotty wood
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Somebody has not done their BS5837 !
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That there be a tidy pile of timber. Just logs, or are there any saw logs lurking ?
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Pure quality, you can not beat getting down to the basics:thumbup:
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Try malus 'golden hornet', or one of the varigated hollies, but that might cast too much shade.
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If i sold them i 3' lenghts, i would have to sell them for less. So no chance !!
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Please can you define what you mean by a billet ?
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HA Ha Ha, :heeeelllllooooo: pity about the tree
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Cutters thinning job
slack ma girdle replied to Ben Ballard's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Like the tractor and winch, what are they ? -
Find out what guideline they are working to, i.e. NPTC or electricity company, and stick to them. That way when they start kick up a fuss, you can show them what you can and can't do as it is in black and white. We did the same thing with the lack of earths on shut downs, and refused to climb. WPD kick up a big fuss, but when we read their rules to them, there was a lot of muttering, but earths majically appeared and the job was done.
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The probable reason is the possible risk of a widow maker, i.e. the truck splitting as you send out lumps of wood. The splitting can pin you to the tree, and in extreme cases crush you. You are perfectly entitled to use your side rings, but you must back it up with some kind of chocker around the stem. This can be your main line, or a custom made chocker. Some teach that you cross over the strop before you go around the tree, therefore the strop is self chokering in the event of a slip, or being shaken off your spikes. This stops you bouncing down the pole. However this method is a killer on the hips as it pinches.
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Hi Sean, sorry to jump on the band waggon, but i have just been asked to compile a tree report to comply with BS5837. Any chance...........?
My email is: [email protected]
Very much appreciated
Murray
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One of my customers has a nice cherry, which is riddled with blossom wilt. I have now removed all the infected wood, and removed from site. According to the bible, diognostic of ill health in trees, there is not much else that can be done. However i did think that spraying the affected areas with a weak solution of Jays fluild might get rid of any remaining fungal spores. IS THIS A GOOD OR BAD IDEA, or will it have a detrimental effect on the tree ? Advice helpful or otherwise appreciated
