Graham

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:

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.

30k and 30 shades of green. Nice.

As far as I know no Oxford professors were around when latin was last used so I reckon we're all correct in pronunciation.

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.

Yeehaa....I'm goin' with this method

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJdqIOIxAl0[/ame]

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.

I thought it was going to be something like this.

In case anyone may have missed these:

Conservation Arborists job - Epping Forest - Horticulture Jobs

Bet there was some soiled underwear here:001_smile:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zweFG0cG7XE]YouTube - Enns Austria Kranunfall Crane Accident[/ame]

Anybody seen this before? How much is a helicopter:001_smile:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eGCqN6OvZw]YouTube - Baumfällung mit Helikopter[/ame]

They have treez in Hong Kong??? I've been there twice and I don't remember seeing many.

Here's a few...

The only Chainsaw Charlie I know featured in FC safety vids from 70s and 80s. Always managed to cut off body parts:001_smile:

With my luck I'd have hit it

I know this isn't tree-related but interesting nonetheless.

First identification of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma aurantifolia’ infecting Fallopia japonica in the United Kingdom

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.

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

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.

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

People do all sorts to make money, doesn't mean to say what they do is right..

 

Some people will question the morals of a solicitor or barrister, making huge hourly rates on the vunerable and weak, some will say they are worth the money

 

Some people con the elderly by putting in inflated prices to make money and feed their kids, would you do the same if your kids were starving?

 

I personally came into tree work because I also "care" about trees and understood that becoming a tree surgeon involves caring for trees. I have enough work in to be able to turn down the odd job without affecting my income. If I didn't have enough work and had to resort to felling veterans needlessly, I'd find another job, because there's obviously not enough work around to sustain me or I'm not selling my services correctly.

 

That's my personal feel on it, others may have a different veiw, but at least satisfy my own business goals.

LiveLeak.com - Been caught by a GATSO today? Burn it

I'll turn down any job I believe is morally wrong. At the end of the day you have to go home happy.

Or for real feeling and earthiness;

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrT6uJotIgg]YouTube - You Gotta Move[/ame]

...and on the more cheerful side...

 

YouTube - Elgar. Nimrod.

That to me is the ultimate homesick music. Used to play it the heat of central Spain when it all became too much.