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Yes, they never die

I wasn't involved with that one, I aint no artist. I do have plans for another little project over there I just never get time to work towards these things anymore. Maybe when my work slows down a little in May I should get motivated and get the ball rolling.....

Nice work

Thats a good idea, thankyou. I would need to buy the boards but would rather spend out on an anchor as I need to tie the chipper off on a slope the same job

I need to access a tricky site next week. Driving the landy in is likely to tear up the grass. I am thinking of using a ground anchor and winching the truck and chipper along to reduce damage. What ground anchor do you suggest? The screw in ones are cheap at around £40 but are they any good?

I was lucky enough to work for Lawrence a few years ago and we've became friends. This is a project he undertook last year. He managed to get some of the worlds top street artists to fly out to Africa to paint a small village isolated called Kubuneh It was all voluntary with the intention to brighten the lives of some of the worlds poorest people, encourage local artists and to hopefully draw in tourists to see what must be one of Africa's most unique villages. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L5fXUENlSg]YouTube - ‪Wide Open Walls: Makasutu 2010‬‏[/ame]

Was tied in twice. Had my main line on another stem, just can't see it too well in the photos

Nice job as always. I was up your way yesterday, never seen so many Poplars, you must get sick of working with the things!

Maybe the lower crown will carry on. In my experince, if they aren't throwing out lots of epicormic before hand its more likely to continue to decine. No big deal if it does die, leave the ivy on and its great habitat. Did you try partially cutting the branches to encourage big rips? Good to see more people doing this

I might try to get to this one but very busy at the moment. Is there anywhere to park a campervan close by? its a long drive up and back in a day.

Cool. Is that last photo the finished job? Was the work to reduce the size and weight alone or do you hope it will form a new crown lower down?

a list of all your lit your taking to get signed at customs to prove you took the stuff in. You'll be find in europe. We used the lists to make sure each box was under 25 kilo so we knew how to pack for the return journey without scales. I wouldn't worry though if your just taking your own climbing stuff. We sometimes went as a whole team with all our gear

We've taken 90 kilos of saws, spares, rigging and climbing kit it the past. Just drain out fuel and oil from saws and run carbs dry. I would take a packing list and declare all your kit if your flying outside of the UK cos you mights get stung for import duty bringing it home if not.

Its just the music that gives the illusion that its all a smooth operation. I have an application in to fell a true beast of a pine, its been dropping limbs for a while now and took out a conservatory in the snow. If granted its a super heavy rigging job. Snatching 880 size lumps all the way down as no crane access and in a small garden.

I got sent a cd with these photos today taken by the clients neighbour.

yes and climbed them too. Got 1 growing in the front room i want too bonsia too

funny you all say its a quiet time. I find september to march manic. Bird nesting froz march to late july is dead. All we do is tree work. If it gets quiet them just work go your own house or garden. Failing that go on holiday

The impact blocks have a high enough swl for anything us mortals would need. They might even be over kill unless you regularly need to drop big chunks How many pulleys you need is down to your stlye and understanding of forces. I normally like to share the load on 2 rigging pionts where possible. I would say 2 big blocks and a swing chhek re-direct would be plenty.

We have just got a few small impact blocks. They are a little more pricy but hopefully should outlast the blue ones we been chewing up. The main benifit I see with the impact block is you can use a 22mm tennex dead eye sling. As your dead eye is taking twice the force as the rope it seems piontless to use a 16mm rope with an ICS block if you can only really fit a maximum 19mm dead eye at a push. With the right lowering bollard its possible to have a rigging kit which can handle a ton with matching all the components. Try Treeworker for the blocks, Nod will sort you out.

Bought a grcs and big shot from them a few years ago. I had to get an import code from customs. Paid about £450 in postage and had to pay the vat on it before UK customs would release it.

The solar panels are already on the roof. It was one of those jobs where they want the tree cut in half but you just have to talk them out of it.

I enjoyed the photos on this thread so thought I might revive it Couple from today. Had about 3m off the larger Oak and thinned it alot too. Think solar panels could turn out to be a real cash cow for tree surgeons.

Yep 60 days. If they come back after that its up to me whether I choose to requote or just take it

Ever thought of getting a duplicate pad of nice quote forms made up Mark? If you get a nice template you can write them out a quote there and then that looks smart and have a carbon copy for yourself to keep

I assume that post was in reply to mine. I didn't say or imply that one handed chainsaw use was for cowboys, to say that I think your reading my post out of context. What I did say was that I sometimes cut this way but its when I 'm being sloppy, thats because I know that I should be doing it another way. Niether am I arrogant, its easy to mis-interpret things that are read. I read your comment about all your "one handing is carried out in a controlled and safe fashion" as a little arrogant but I'm sure you don't see it that way. The fact of the matter is that by holding onto something with one hand, you have less control than if you've got a grip on it with 2 hands. I know some people have used these saws one handed for decades and feel very comfortable doing so, but I can't be convinced that it is the safest way to get the job done. I think you ought to think a little before posting claims like you chog down one handed and push pieces of with the other hand. You can of course do whatever you like but some plonker might imitate this and have an accident. I don't think that using 2 hands is any less economic. If you need to re arrange yourself to use 2 hands for a few cuts it will add seconds onto your day its not going to loose you any work.