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crown restoration advice and tips please
old snake replied to Stephen Blair's topic in Picture Forum
There's nothing worse than trying to get the natural looking shape back to a topped tree but that looks bang on mate:thumbup1:. Like Rich says i tend to try and thin the crap out and then remove some of the larger ones. When there really bad though you can bearly get your pruining saw in to finish the cut!!! haha -
The altios helmet is an awesome lid!! You cant even tell your wearing it. In the winter though i use my vertex just so i can keep my ears warm!!! haha.
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Id say you could easily put two krabs through the large swivel. I personally think the large swivel would be a bit to big for a bridge. Ive never tried this though so could be worth a go?
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:scared1: Bloody hell!! Hope he pays you with a nice big tip mate! haha.
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Must be struggling for work with a little shack like that!!
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They do two sizes mate. The one ive got is the small one and works really well on the bridge of your harness.......most times!! haha. The larger one would be better for rigging scenarios.
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:lol: Cheers mate. Deffinatly not my favourite tree to reduce! Cracking work Hama as always:thumbup1: Nice work John that ash at the end looked a skinny one!! Bet that was a wobbler? The euc looked like it was in a rough area:001_tongue:
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Unfortunately its not my idea but thanks:biggrin: Hey Hama yeah its a petzl swivel. The jury's still out on it at the moment. Some days i love it and then others it just gets you in a muckin fuddle. Worth a try though:001_cool:
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They look brill mate!!
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Its so you can put your lanyard round a branch and attatch it to the small prussik so as not to side load the krab.
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I dont have either but plan on rectifying that this year!
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Never mind earplugs mate i was getting tempted to feed them all through the chipper!!! haha
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Yeah had to leave it like that because the entire street were kicking off!! haha.
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Haha nearly mentioned the word stihl but thought better of it!!........oooops
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Horrible grey poplar reduction this morning. Not overly impressed with the end result but thats what they wanted it leaving like.
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Nice one!! We're thinkin of buying one of these ourselves its just ive never used one myself. So would you recommened it mate?
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Here you go mate
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Cool beans Moz! What size bar you running on it?
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The Mighty Oak V's The Beautiful beech
old snake replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in General chat
Huge fan of both these mighty species but after visiting burnham beeches the other week i have a whole new respect for beech!!
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Could be a bit bulky for retrievel from the ground or are you thinkin of retreving it whilst up the tree? A splice would be alot more streamlined.
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I know the feeling mate ive just treated myself to a nikon d90! So everything insight is getting snapped! haha.........the only thing is ive alreaddy started pricing new lenses up:sneaky2:
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I think given the options mate you've done a cracking job! Your climber got to play in a nice big oak tree,you got some stunning pics and the residents have still got a lovely old oak to look at:thumbup1:
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Im not a huge fan of stitched eyes either. Although some manufactuer's splices are a bit suspect IMO. Hand spliced all the way:biggrin:
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How you attatching the mallions to the end of the rope?
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haha many times which is why i now have a little bag. I also used to love it when i was tryin to move to somewhere in the tree only to find out that my bloody stopper knot is jammed in a stupid little v!!
