Stephen Blair
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Everything posted by Stephen Blair
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RIP , very sad indeed!
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Good on you for posting and admitting your mistake, those scars will remind you every day to be more carefully:001_smile: , I got 11 stitches in my face for being a tool when I was younger, it took a long time for me to realise it was my own fault . I have never been in that situation again.
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Very cool!
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it was 100% your fault!! That's my point, that other 10% of hurt ego needs spanked into place.
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Heal quick, now that's the nice bit done:001_smile: Now for the lecture:001_rolleyes: NEVER use a saw with no chain break, EVER!! Don't blame the little logs, don't say if it was a big log it would of been ok! If the chain break was working it would have worked, fact! You are too young with too much life to live to throw it all away for a £5 spring or band. Life is precious! I don't know how long you have been doing the job or what your experience is, but if you can't cut up some small logs on the deck with a wee saw, then do not venture up a tree! This jobs about self disciplne and a strict regime of checking kit and repetition in your working method, it's easy to say to yourself' it will be ok this time ' I think you are 90% hands up it was your fault, just give into the other 10% and you will be increase your chances of a are future. Get well soon!
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I would say that was a result of leaf minor a few years back, the tree has been weekend by the loss of all it's leaves in high summer and bang,Its gets attacked from pathogens and leads to a weak tree. Edit, the tree has previous damage, and this would not be from Leaf minor.
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That's seriously huge!!!
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Could of been those cyclists and you wouldn't even of known!
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Goods not as described act! Consumer Rights: "Give me my money back!"...
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Nice tyre!!!! Could have been a lot worse, it's only metal
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It was more like in a blizzard on our wee portable telly in our room!
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That's just evil!
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Rip, cooler than cool!!! I'm doing the theme tune in my head right now!!
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At guess what weight would you say was in the stump?
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So it's your fault:001_rolleyes:
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14.1 ton.
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Mechanic is wrong, I've never ran my TP's at 240, and never had a blocked chute! You want to create draft.
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The redirect thread.
Stephen Blair replied to Old Mill Tree Care's topic in SRT (Single Rope Technique)
I find it's sparse open big trees , that are 2 or more stems that you may need a redirect, which I find is best to just climb off 2 lines. I can get away with using my side strop on most long limbs say on oak or beech , and clip my 2 lines through a carabiner, or use my climbing line . Throw a loop through where you want to go, lasso it back to you and pull with 1 arm and release your hitch with the other or to be honest, thump a bigger bit off than first planned:biggrin: -
1000 speed only, if the rollers are going crazy fast( might just seem that way to you) slow them down with flow control .
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Or between 2 trees planted close together:001_rolleyes:
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Now here is the ultimate forwarder!
Stephen Blair replied to TimberCutterDartmoor's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
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It must be millions of pounds of stuff somewhere!!!! Sickening to say the least!!
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We stuff is easier to spike but harder to balance, bigger stuff is harder to keep them in as your feet will be splayed more. Your going to slip, your going to get sore hips and scuffed knuckles! Enjoy:biggrin:
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Pics or we don't believe you.
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What did you hit?
