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Ill ask carver si when i see him. He is back on the road again now with no computer. Should see him over the next few days- he knows a couple of carvers in dorset

pics asap eh stevie. Good on you mate- thats going to be a great rig. When i come on my busmans holiday to scotland i'll be knocking on your door to have a goobers at it!

So what does a scotsman keep under his kilt........:scared1:Everyone should have a 088- like stevie says with at least a 36" bar, preferably 48". (or a 60" canon bar:sneaky2:)

QUOTE:i havent and would never wear a chin strap Really?? Dont you get hacked off with it getting caught when you are climbing through loads of ivy or a tree like macrocarpa etc steve?

Quite agree! Keep it up Red sqirrel! Fair play doing it without a saw BTW:001_smile:

Stunning mate- esp that cedar!

There is an awesome attachment my mate got in italy, which looks like the one on the other thread, but it takes loops of about 9 links of old chaisaw chain, turned inside-out as it were- ie cutting with the drive link not the cutter. They seem to last for ever, and the result is awesome. Ill try and get some info off him.

Nice one mate. Great pics. Went there as a kid, but the only thing i can remember is coming away thinking "the guy who lives here must be rich"! I think another visit is in order!

Vermeer 8"blades, £7 a pair. They come back sharp enough to shave with i reckon! I know of another place which is £8 plus vat.

I bet you tell that to all the lasses:001_tongue:

How you think you could possibly improve on a design icon like that is beyond me!

Yeah they are boots. IMO the best there are- comfy, gore tex lined, and they look like i have joined the hitler youth when i wear them with my lederhosen. Whoops, i've said too much again......LOL:001_tongue:

Say what you like- i have just got my new haix protector pros, after a brief spell in protector lights i'm back with the program. And the sun is shining!

Stevie- how come no-one has invented tartan chainsaw trousers? Never mind camo.

Hahahahahahaha!

T-shirts arrived today. Great! Thanks Jonesie.

Thats brilliant isnt it!:001_tongue:

I had one once- stevie if you think its on a par with a transit, you must have driven some terrible excuses for transits. I reckon more like on a par with the rustiest zetor on the farm!!! Put your 100 quid towards a newer bit of kit.

I want that one!

Thanks for all that input guys-i'll be back in the woods on thursday i think. I'll get some pics sorted out.

Thanks for speedy reply!! Will get shots as soon as i remember to take my camera, and check out Fb interior.

You definitely get to feel or read trees- climbed a sketchy juniper a couple of months back, knew it felt weird, but couldnt describe that feeling. When the trunk hit the deck it pretty much shattered. Like you say- didnt sway quite right!

Just had another look at this thread as i have been working for two weeks in some ancient oak woodland on teh south coast. We are felling every sycamore in the woods. The woodland was clear felled last time in 1968, and has been coppiced for the tanneries and other industries for hundreds if not thousands of years. There is a large amount of what we thought was ustulina, until i saw John Hancocks thread on Daldinia concentrica. What is confusing me is that the fruiting bodies look just like daldinia, but it is all or 99.9% on living sycamore, (of basal diameters ranging from old coppiced stools of about 4-5 foot with about ten stems, down to small single stemmed specimens.) One area that we were in today has been very badly hit- and the rot has left markings in the centre of the trunk just like in pics previously on this thread, with some being hollow. (makes directional felling very interesting at times!!) I am confused as to what it is- and will post pics later, but also- we have to leave all the timber and brash in the wood. Natural england say so, to give a beetle some habitat- sorry dont know which one- but are there any long term implications of leaving this much diseased wood lying around, and exposed stumps. We have left upwards of 120 tons of wood so far, let alone brash, on the ground, and have another 10 days in the contract, and about 1/4 of it is diseased.

bit o' class!!LOL Moron!

Ill be able to recognise you at capel now!