Stephen Blair

I love watching the 'Doos' fly about in formation. Never owned,have no advice :blushing:but look forward to seeing some pictures!

I think you are looking above the problem, there must be a big fork below you with some interesting goings on. My concern would be if the bracing ever failed and the big union below would just give out. I've cut loads of trees full of metal and steel wires, rods and bands. The problem was never within the tree, it was because the brace got old and failed. Personally, if it's a tree kids are invited to play in and be around then it's time that stopped.

A pumped sycamore, the bottom 20 ft was like polystyrene and the next 20 feet was dead but not as rotten. i My spikes were slipping, the roots were gone and it was on a cliff above a house and garage! Horrible scary nastiness!!! That's the worse I've done as an experienced climber, there were loads of scary climbs when I first started out, it was DED every day for months, that took a lot of little chats to myself and trying to convince my brain everything was ok!

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Beautiful!!!! Well done Mrs Bolam!! All the best mate! Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

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Good on you, onwards and upwards Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

My web guy took a look at this thread and has made some changes, still got some pics to move about. Take a look and see what you think now. Thanks everyone for the input:) Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

Thanks for the input guys, even Callum's Will make some changes as we go. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

Ty my company name has never rolled off the tongue . My business name is Tree Surgery, thats what I trade under. All fair points everyone thanks . Paul, I believe you are correct. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

Ty my company name has never rolled off the tongue . My business name is Tree Surgery, that what I trade under. All fair points everyone thanks . Paul, I believe you are correct. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

All personal reasons for moving . Work wise, I'm sure I'll pick work up. There's plenty of trees and the place is just buzzing imo. The great outdoors is open, the National park welcomes outdoor life. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

I have no address yet for my move, hence the lack of address:) Hi Andrew. The addition of ground maintenance was added earlier today and the gallery was just added earlier aswell. So my priority is to get the site live and up the ratings asap. It will evolve as I go and tweaked . All good points, thanks Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

Hi, my site was running on flash so prehistoric. It's been given a quick upgrade to get it up and running. Comments welcome. I'm relocating to just outside Aviemore next month so thought i better get this done. What's your initial thoughts? Homepage Tree Surgery and Seasoned Fire Wood Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

Rip, very sad indeed! Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

Sorry to hear that Jose! Good on you:) Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

They are all much of a much imo, engine , pimp, ram and a blade. Mthe heavier it is, the sturdier it is. The wee wheels are a token gesture on a marble surface. I bought an 8ton from Fuelwood 4 years ago, it's solid! I got a good SPF deal, saved a few hundred quid and delivered to my door. Nothing has ever went wrong with it. Vertical is best , mine can do 1m if needed,more as little as you want, you can set the height so it's not going all the way back every time. It's a Thor I think. Get a swing lift or a winch and put pneumatic tyres on it.

They are cheaper, not as comfy, basic as a basic thing. You get good ones, you get bad ones. When running any vehicles,mthe secret is knowing a good mechanic and welder. I've ran an LDV Luton for 5 years, she's awesome!!!! Engine went boom the first 6months, I through a grand at parts and it's never missed a beat since!

I'd undercut everything behind the wire, that would drop the limb down, then I would get my polesaw and cut it free so it fell to the ground. then I would cut the top broken limb and it would fall on the ground, then I would cut it back to where the damage was. None of these cuts would be in 2 stages, just a single cut on the tension side so it held on a little longer. If the rest was to be felled, I would then fell the tree in the direction of the leaning top. About 8 minutes work all in.

The guy could of been trying to get it away from his kids. He may have learning difficulties ! Let's not judge and wish him the best recovery.

Things to think about. Bandit 90 is pretty small for crane feeding. Your hopper will get wrecked, and you will take out your stop bar. Operating the stop bar from the controls. If your seat doesn't spin in the tractor, your going to get a sore neck and back very quickly. If the controls are outside, it's not going to be pleasant and shutting things down quick isn't ideal. Disc Chippers don't like getting rammed with wood, it's easy done, I've broke blades with a 5" thick, length of Conny. Is this for just making life easier on the odd tree surgery job or for serious Woodfuel chipping. Most things that get adapted are always a large compromise and steep learning curve, and whatever amount of money you think it will cost, time and effort and loss of earnings trying to get it all to work will really add up. If you added up your crane, chipper and tractor and compared it against a valmet roof mount and small heizo and had work lined up for it doing Woodfuel then I'd go for the right kit. Just my 2p:001_smile:

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If you crane is a 3 pl crane then weld lugs either side and put it in the middle Pics would help. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

Not many videos I don't fast forward! I think I only shouted at the screen twice! Great job, some beautiful rigging with the 2 ropes:thumbup1:

He looked about 20' higher than I would have gone, looked proper skinny where Andrew was !! They must be over 100' Tom. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk