gibbon
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Make an offer. I want to look tomorrow to see what I paid
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This was about the last time I used it
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I got it about a year ago. Had a full service and bearing done then. I only used it 5 or 6 times
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I have a Carlton 4012, 2006 with about 600hours on the clock. Sandvick cutting head and remote control. Meant to be the muts nuts grinder but I never use it enough to keep it. Anyone interested? Not looked up to see what its worth yet
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We have 2. Not used them myself yet as I've not been on the tools for a few weeks We use them with a 22mm tennex sling. With the ISC blocks we were using a 19mm sling was the biggest I could fit in so the dead eye was the weakest part of the system. I've got the stems of some big monterey pines to rig down soon. Using the block and big slings should allow us to drop some lumps.
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One for the BOBFOC lovers "you don't look at the mantlepiece when your stoking the fire"
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I wanna win!!
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My few
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New to stoves but a big lump of dry holm oak seems to keep mine going at night
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Go big or go home
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Was that too slow growth? I had heard a similar thing was done to stress to make it think it was on the way out, so it put more effort into fruiting. Just a kind of old boy tale so I never new whether it was for real or not
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Yeah. Thats a similar thing too what I was hoping it could be used for.
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Nice work on here, I admire your skills and patience. Is it possible to splice a braided rope back on its self in order to make an endless loop than would run through pulleys?
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Used double esterlon up untill now. Going to give 16m sirius a go for a bit now.
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And maybe encourage a few dormant buds too. Oh yes, Oh yes I'm getting excited!
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This is something thats been lurking in the back of my mind for years. Complete ring barking would cause the limb to die back too quickly. I'd love to ring bark 50-75% in 3 or 4 cuts leaving intact bark between each one. Ya get me?
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Yep, I'd say Inonotus but I've not seen it on this tree yet. You'd love this trees neighbour.
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Sorry but I made that comment in jest. I would have to agree with the others that don't think much of this method. I can't think of a single job I look back to and wish I'd done this instead. Damaging stems as part of veteranisation is something I am very interested in though. I would love to se someones study into this.
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Would this technique also help with crown reductions?
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nope. I didn't climb it so on close up. He just back but until it split out then chopped up the flat cut. Looked pretty natural
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What's your favorite tree to work on / look at?
gibbon replied to showoffsummer's topic in General chat
Like to look at big dawn redwoods, old boababs and especially to walk through coast redwood forests -
Ok 2 cuts plus the coronets Not sure how much longer it will stay standing. May come back in a few years and make another 2 cuts if it gets worse
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seems to be very busy for us still. 7 to 8 weeks work in the book and its still rolling in. Made less money than last year but thats cos everyone has had biggish pay rises this year. The trick is to enjoy the quiet times and take a break cos it always picks up.
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If there are no major defects I'd probably not recommend any works. I'd see no reason to reduce defect free branches. The main risk as I see it would be further unexpected limb failures (summer branch drop?) and the damage from this would be limited to the relatively minor damage to the roof and pretty unforesable. Only a small part of the canopy overhangs that footpath and I am assuming it is of pretty light usage. If theres no defects above the path then there are no real issues to address. Just remove or reduce any major dead wood.
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thats about it. No scheme will win you work. Some might help ease the health and safety admin but this will likely be with firms you already work for rather than a string of new ones
