Ben90
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With his hands.
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I consider myself a newbie having only finished college this june, but I never do any of the things that a stereotypical groundie that all of arbtalk hires does. Have the groundies that you guys hired been to college?
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Found some on eBay for around £200 inc. p&p, They're size 11 though.
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What on earth is he cutting out of that log? Coasters?
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Could that be because you tighten them up with a screwdriver in the first place?
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I did that too! Everytime I do that, the hinges come out nicely, if i don't, they often turn out pants. Sometimes it's hard to find a long enough twig that's also straight enough. Maybe we should start carrying around a bag of 6mm dowel rod offcuts of varying lengths.
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Haha, true. The only thing scarier than that would be coming down after fighting my way into a big tall conifer and realising that my adjustable strop was attached to the caritool the whole time!
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Not a lot I don't think, but i don't use them. The Tree magic has gaps in the stitching between the padded section and the webbing strap that goes all the way around the harness and has the front buckle attached to either end, i attached the krab to that webbing strap on the side and use that to hold my saw, with the caritool right next to it. EDIT: In the manual, the attachment krab goes through both a strategically placed little metal d ring AND the hip strap I just mentioned. It looks pretty sturdy to me.
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zubat - a model of arborist handsaw, the zubat features a curved blade which is more efficient, and looks much cooler. gaff/s - (spike's maybe) Yep. Specifically the pointy spike which is attached to the frame GRCS - Good Rigging Control System ddd trees - diseased, damaged, disordered (?) Josh is probably closer than I am on that last one.
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My bad, it was a friendly gesture from those adorable scamps at arb shows then. Thanks
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I noticed the 2008 hedgetrimmers have spring mounts too.
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I hope it isn't, cause I'll look like a right moron! I thought those tips were basic enough.
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When you're cutting the branches on the right-hand side of the stem, rest the chainsaw body on the log you're cutting (careful not to nose it in the ground) Those short periods of time when you're not holding the full weight of the saw really add up. Also, you can turn the saw onto the drive-sprocket side and rest it on the stem as you (carefully) swivel the saw to remove the topside branches.
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Mine was already attached to my harness when I bought it at the cirencester arb show. I thought at first that it was another friendly gesture from those adorable scamps at Edelrid to complement the screwgate that was also attached to it. I got home and read the manual and there was no mention of it. I later realised while browsing that it's a separate product made by Petzl. I guess someone was going to buy it before me and thought he'd try and stick a few freebies to it and hope they wouldn't notice.
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I do that too. One example of differentiating the Dawn and Coast redwoods (apart from the fact one is deciduous) is that the shooting pattern on a coast redwood is sporadic and unpredictable, like the coasts around a country. Whereas the Dawn redwood has a predictable opposite shooting pattern, such as the dawn which, predictably, comes every day. It's also called the last name you'd ever want to say at the crack of dawn..Metasequoia glyptostroboides! I hope that made sense, it did in my head =p
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I think mine's a small, in hindsight a large one would have been better. Easier to use and the load limit is higher.
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I'm also slacking. I have a tiny pocket tree guide but it only has the most common trees, and my main tree guide is too bulky to carry around (one of those moments when you wish men could carry handbags and it be socially acceptable) I used to find a tree on my day-to-day, look it up, learn it in English and Latin and repeat it in my head throughout the day. Then each time I'd go past the tree, I'd try to recall it.
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Epic fail. Was he re-starting the saw with the throttle on full and not wearing a helmet?! *misses the point*
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There's your problem, you took one too many dogs up the tree with you. It's a common mistake and the legislation is a bit of a grey area, some say 3, others 2. Personally, I prefer to stay on the safe side. Nice job mate, a great service to your local community and you keep warm for the winter!
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I finished college in June, we were taught the regular felling cut, split level, danish pie and reverse fell, which is a variation on the dogtooth but instead of the release cut being 45degrees downward and above the bore cut, it's made parallel to the bore about 1" below, it apparently has a slightly lower risk of throwing your saw if the tree splits. Oh, and since the forests of longleat were so dense, we also made very, very good friends with a winch...
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I use the crab that came with my tree magic harness on my chainsaw strop too, except I got a nice screwgate. I've also fitted a caritool right next to it so I can quickly clip the saw close to me while I'm moving (the very end of the toolstrop is always attached via the screwgate) The caritools are pretty weak though, I'm waiting for mine to break, the saw to fall then yank on my harness when I least expect it.
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Haha, that's both brilliant and tragic. Oh well, one man's ignorance is another man's income
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When you stay a bit later than normal on a friday to finish a week-long job on a big estate, you drive the landy around the grounds one last time to pick up the kit that seems to have strewn itself about over days gone by, you forget to bungee down that extra-long ladder you rarely bring out, it catches a branch, up-ends itself, and falls out of the trailer through a greenhouse, then after you've picked up the millionth shard of glass, measure up a surviving pane so you can buy more to fix it next week, and finally leave, the radial strut on the land rover snaps and the back wheel digs into the wheel arch, you have to call a recovery vehicle, the driver of which isn't at all happy to carry you and ALL of your kit home on a friday evening, and you don't get home until half past 8 when you made plans with your other half to be home at 5. If this sounds specific, it's because it happened to me just last week.
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nice litle pine take down in not so nice location !!!
Ben90 replied to combined tree services's topic in General chat
Awkward job. I remember seeing an old american rigging video at college where they set up a tyrolean traverse/zipline for the brash, any excuse to try something that cool Love the Hi-flex jacket, I got myself a barely secondhand one off eBay for £40, bargain (those who have seen the RRP will understand)
