peteroughton169

a few from before i finished in tree work and went to work on 400kv power lines

john hancock, how much are you looking for the 70-300vr?

business doin well then! i like the erzberg photos on fb. were off to les deux alpes next sat for a fortnights downhilling. cant effin wait! i aint had a day off this year so far (well, apart from the 2.5 months standby at the start of the year!) were only workin 9 months a year at mo. still, it gives me time to catch up with family and friends. the kids ok? the missus? my hairs startin to grow back a bit, ime startin to catch you up lol!! take it easy fella

come on fella, theres gunna be no trees left in darlo at this rate! ime gunna run you outta my town!!! did you notice the cavities in the pop next door? hows tricks anyway? seein pics like that make me regret not askin you for a job!!!

well by the look of that machinery on your website, you wont be havin any money worries! wish ide stayed in the game now! did you move house in the end or not? you still on the enduro bikes? ive just bought a new mtb, gettin delivered on 25th cant wait! pots cumin off week on tues, hope the bones fixed, tendons in foot dont feel too clever though.

ah mr t! nah it was by carmel school. hows things going anyhoos? well i hope and happy new year to you. hope the families well. got any interesting plans for this year? ime gettin maried in september and doin a fortnight in the alps on me bike in july. sick to death of this bloody ankle now, the plaster cast is starting to smell quite bad and ime soooooo bored!

i work on the 275 and 400kv powerlines. i now see pylons as bloody big trees!

dbh of stem

just found this, sorry for poor quality but its off a phone. was a beech in darlington. 2 weeks before i left we got this job through and i bagged it. rest of the tree was dismantled in bits cos it was too near the houses but a pull rope got this top off in a oner. the stem at that cut about 36". saw was a 044 and i loved it:001_tt1: [ame]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=YFc3uTKc7Z8[/ame]

shite end of the stick!

any pics of setup?

i had to do it as atrial when doing my dismantling nptc unit, pain to set up but fun watching the tip get winched up past me and sent through the crown to the other side of the tree for dropping. all experimental and fun. never used it after that though. stil, new ideas n all that

dont go with a chip, bad newws for engines as they just fool your engine into thinking its getting more cold air than it is, pay a bit more and get an ecu re-map. loads safer and loads more tuneable. ive got a bora pd130, had it remapped to 170bhp and 410nm torque. stax o fun and better mpg. pulls like a train. doesn't smoke neither. just watch your clutch though!

nah, you hold it in! i was nearly pissed on during my training though! ive pissed in the estuary at morecambe midspan at about 250ft up with boats going under, bit o a shower for them! ide actually finished pissin before it had hit the water!

ha ha, i love this thread. i was an arborist in north east but moved onto the 400kv powerline work. everyone says i must be mad to wotk on 2-300ft pylons, but when your up there, your busy, and you dont realise where you are. gotta trust your gear too! i miss the big deadwoods and reductions tho! nowt like being at the end of a real long limb taking tips or deadwood off.