Stephen Blair
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edd should just start charging for information, that would cut down the pm's:001_tongue:
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clean your specs mate i have waved to you about a dozen times lol.
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someone been having a bad day?
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guelder rose, it is really nice. it must be about 10'high, are the berries eddible?for humans that dont want to die, just incase bob is and mr h are feeling chirpy:001_tt1:
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i actually edited the bit with brackets just incase someone cracked a funny:sneaky2:, mr shutler i thank you for your input:001_cool:, mr handcock i am disapointed and feel let down, cts that is a picture, some pretty crazy technology about these days huh:001_tt2:, and bob you get a sticker mate, you did good:closedeyes:
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only the actual job can warrant what you put on it imo. if it is only a 20quid job then do 3-4 a day. big companies had to start somewhere, usually on the back of a good climber, your demand increases so to satisfy your demand you have get kit+staff, but it all comes down to the name and reputation of the founder.
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found these the other day, i have never seen them before:001_cool:(the ones with the berries on them)
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it is possible peter but they have to be the right jobs, unfortunately there just doesnt seem many of them about:sad:
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the trouble with chestnut and big leans is you have to leave a big hinge, so you then need to apply a lot of pull, if you go high then make sure the trunk is solid, no rot. if it goes into 2 stems further up then put it below. you can easily break the top of the crown out if you are over doing it.
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if this is aimed at me then i did read the thread from the start, i just didnt quite understand, thats why i asked the question, then andy pointed out my confusion, so my reply was based on how i would do it IF, there was a possibility of getting a specialised piece of kit situated from afar. i would hate to see someone get hurt or miss out on a time saving answer that they might of not thought about.
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is the inside rotten and they are just surface burrs??
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Arborcom Bluetooth Headset – Stein Helmet - Pics.
Stephen Blair replied to John Hancock's topic in Climbers talk
nice one john, go on get the jacket and tight jeans on for a laugh. -
cheers marc, she is awesome thanks:w00t:
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ha ha ha, i had a vision of a veteran monster 500year old chessy not even giving a shudder as a little tractor bounced up and down in a big set of ruts, the rope snapping and the tree crushing a stately home with sunken gardens:w00t: now i know what you mean, i would stay away from tractors and ropes, i would get a winch with a spade on it, chestnut is britol as hell so i would want a winch with a bit of grunt, double drum, one high one low. top for leverage then the low one to get it down quick. even if you cant get into the field is there a road at the otherside at all. i have a mate with an hgv recovery wagon, with 2 50 ton winches on it and about 500m of wire rope, maybe there is someone like that close to you. the last big chesy wee did had fallen over a railway banking, the roots had given out, as long as your are as directly opposite the lean then then these machines will just pull everything over. but be very carefull on felling with winches. i wouldnt trust a ground anchor myself:biggrin:
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well it is such a crazy idea i thought i would ask incase i was reading it wrong:lol:
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ebay has 2 crackers on it, flaming ace has a thread on it mate. i want the red one
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are you saying the tree has a girth of 40feet at breast hieght?has a back lean into the garden and you want to put a tractor and rope on it and try and pull it into a field?
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leave those kids alone:glare:
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the new red boots are totally amazing on this type of work, the grip is amazing, and all you need to do is get your toes in a bit and up you go, they werent so great up the sycamore, quite slippy and hard. i would rather eltons for climbing in an open canopy. the mog as a single unit was great, its hard to see but even where the chipper is sitting is really steep, i had to borrow my mates navara to shift the chipper, so that is a pest, and if the chip had to come off site then i couldnt of managed it, i get my new truck in a few weeks so it will be all go again.
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i have been playing on this banking for 2 days, i have the sycamores to do tomorrow. day 1 was dead elms and young sapplings and a lift on a big twin sycamore, today was ivy infester dead elms, 3 had fallen over years ago and were jammed up in the back. new chippers first day out. totally awesome, the winch is amazing on jobs like this:thumbup:
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i bet they drove you nuts going so slow aswell lol
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bad news alisdair:thumbdown:
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SPIKEY FENCE!!well dome mate, those big mature ashes can be tricky, never a nice straight anchor in the middle, always getting pulled to the side. nice truck and hiab too.
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did you get the meaty bit below the thumb aswell mate, no pickled onion monster munch for you. nasty
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maybe i will peter, maybe i will. but it is a one trick pony. an awseome pony though. i really want a mini loader. it would compliment the big chipper and make life so much easier. we hand balled at least 2 tonne of dead elm today and i bet i have another 20 tonne of sycamore to do aswell. i think the demo shall be arranged for next week for sure.
