Graham
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Could be squirrels armed with drills and sucking the contents out:001_tongue:
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I'm sure the year of manufacture says 1890:001_smile:
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We're currently looking at a job which may require an Ahwi or similar. Just wondering if anyone may have experience with these. Scenario; 3 acres of dense hardwood with average dbh 20cm. This was a tree nursery in a previous life so the spacing is v. close. We intend to fell, sned and winch out all the firewood lengths leaving the brash and stumps. The future use for this site is a cemetery so obviously stumps left underground will cause problems for the gravediggers. So the question is; will an Ahwi reduce stumps below ground level or will it be better to remove the stumps and burn them? PS it will probably be 3 years before the site is used after tree removal. Thanks in advance.
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Hmm...30 years now and self-employed since '87. A mix of climbing, pullin' hair out with employees, consulting etc. Still climbing most days along with aches, pains. I'll be glad when I've had enough of this
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Thanks lads. No cctv covering the area but a security patrol in the car park. It's amazing no one sees anything. As the doors deadlock they had to push one window in, climb through it and kick the other window out. Then break into a strongbox and feed the gear through smashed window...we have enough trouble with the doors open! Have borrowed some gear from local companies so can get by....shame there's no insurance payout:sad: Just got to get on with it:001_smile:
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We packed in early today due to the rain and went to the local auction for a nose around. Parked in main car park and left the vehicle for a couple of hours. We returned laden with a crate of ducklings and some quail to find both rear windows in Transit double cab smashed, strongbox opened and contents gone. I know there's little chance of recovery but would appreciate any info if they try and sell it on. Kit as follows: 1x Stihl 044 25", 2 x MS260s, 1 x Husq 338, 200t, Stihl blower, 1 x unique prototype butterfly harness..red, no makers marks but Loler ID'd in black marker c/w blaze eyed rope, short mint rope plus associated split tails, krabs, strops etc and an old conifer stained Willans. All the saws are postcode engraved in various places and ropes etc have Loler id. Need to work now to replace......$!**....how do we do that! Thanks.
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30k and 30 shades of green. Nice.
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As far as I know no Oxford professors were around when latin was last used so I reckon we're all correct in pronunciation.
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Had a little accident with the Hatz diesel on the chipper. Dropped a valve...holed piston, smashed head etc. Anyone have an old hatz engine knocking around or any other diesel engine for sale? Cheers.
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Yeehaa....I'm goin' with this method [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJdqIOIxAl0[/ame]
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Do ours in situ with diamond blade but the blade's losing diamond coating in one area very quickly. Beats all that green dust though.
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I thought it was going to be something like this.
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In case anyone may have missed these: Conservation Arborists job - Epping Forest - Horticulture Jobs
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Bet there was some soiled underwear here:001_smile: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zweFG0cG7XE]YouTube - Enns Austria Kranunfall Crane Accident[/ame]
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Anybody seen this before? How much is a helicopter:001_smile: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eGCqN6OvZw]YouTube - Baumfällung mit Helikopter[/ame]
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Here's a few...
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Speed Rock Climbing - LiveVideo.com
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The only Chainsaw Charlie I know featured in FC safety vids from 70s and 80s. Always managed to cut off body parts:001_smile:
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With my luck I'd have hit it
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I know this isn't tree-related but interesting nonetheless. First identification of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma aurantifolia’ infecting Fallopia japonica in the United Kingdom
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Few pics of a failed chestnut we felled today. Pseudomonas present but the greatest concentration was around the failed limb. Interested to know if anyone has thoughts on the dark, irregular lines in the fracture wound. Looks almost like mycelium but is a stain in the timber.
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Found a few bits of steel in their nests before. Probably a curse by not wishing 'good mornin' to them before I pull the trigger
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The falling is totally surreal. It's so hard to describe the calmness and clear thinking. I've often wondered what it would be like if the fall lasted for minutes rather than seconds.
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I can relate to the 'surreal' part of it. In my first month of self-employment 1987 I took a risk to speed the job up. I free-climbed an ash to fix a steel winch rope from the tractor and fell. It was all over in seconds but the whole world went into slow motion as I hit a branch with my lower back which flicked me over. I landed on my hands and knees but in those few seconds falling I thought of my survival very clearly and without panic. As soon as I landed my immediate thought was to stand as this would prove nothing major was broken or disconnected. The pain and sickness hit me about 10 mins later
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