Dilz

THe process itself is very simple. Its the interpretation of the data that is important and in my mind the most difficult part, as well as how it effects the recommendations of a tree report. Just because there is decay found doesnt mean the tree is any greater risk, like wise just because there isnt decay doesnt mean the tree hasn't the potential for failure.

Just looking at some IML resitance drilling results as part of a learning process. One thing about the results on an oak tree im looking at this evening is that the amplitude of the reading is below 25% for the nearly the entire drilling. Does this indicate low wood strength? i got give the results for a maple to look at and it was off the scale so thess ones look really low.... Any feedback much appreciated.

THanks for the link! Im putting together a system using some different software that will hopefully allow for data to be collected electronicly regardless of the operating system and also then produce something that can be sent to the client. Expereimenting with open software for creating databases, forms and will have a ponder into excel when i get a bit more time on it. The mapping side of things is rather out of my area of expertise but i think i have found some software that will allow for specific page maps to be created on which the trees marked accordingly but cant get it so detailed as to actually draw the canopy spread and root zones but i am aiming this to be used for initial tree surveys. When the map for specific area / street is opened it will allow the user to simply click on the tree id number at it will open the relevant survey data. Have yet to figure out how to automatically update the map from the data sheet (i.e if the work has been completed) It should also mean that job sheets, quotes and any thing else can be accessed via the map page. - Some issues are that the mapping takes a bit of time. Nothing is automatic and as im only usuing a trial versions not every thing i want to achieve can be done. So im looking into what other systems people are using, both software and hard ware and how these work, pro's and pluses. - So far it looks like the mapping software will be around 180 - 200 quid. It is something i have only recently started looking into and have contacted arbortrack and down loaded a few things i have found for surveying.

any one got any experience of any tree surveying or tree mapping software?

hang on is it 3.1 or 3.2??

Does the Austria 3.2 have the option to fit a carry hook on the back for hooking the saw into ? i.e its the bungee is clipped in and when i want i use the hook to hold the saw close in either via the ring on the bungee strop or via the handle??

if you want it go for it. the tickets will give you a foot in the door. how well you get on, work ethic etc will depend if you get booted out. some folk may say that 30 you are too old, thats bull. your back ground will do you good. its a rewarding but hard job the money is crap.

are they any good? can you use em for srt? is it better to just stick to a vt?

not with the money you offer Danny

still cheaper than Sweden.

i think thats an international phenomenon. Worked for a council, they pay graded climbers the same as those who sat on mowers - because its parks maintenance, and lads back in my home stomping grounds climb employed for whats around $12-15 NZ per hour and they are half decent to say the least. I'm happy with what im being offered, not as much as earn in Sweden but Scandinavian winters are really getting to me. and its my last chance to get on the WHS visa so its time to get that bucket ticked off the list. I leave in one week, going to catch up with relatives for the first month and try do some surfing before working in Auckland. I just hope the beer is cheaper than Sweden, coz climbing gear aint!!

all my sets of spikes have come with a guide for filing them. I generaly dont use them as they get lost after a week. i use a large flat file but it depends on what sort of gaffs you have, on my bashlins i just do strokes on the underside heading away from the bar, do it even left and right. Some folks like i really nice point so they dont have to kick so hard (my knees agree with this) but others prefer a slightly rounded point, you can gaff out a bit more but you dont get stuck and can make moving up and down a lot quicker i sharpened a guys spike he lent me and he went ape as he had quite an aggressive climbing style so booted the tree really hard to get his gaffs in which meant they kept getting stuck after i had sharpened them. Its important to get the angle right on the tips as i find this makes the difference between sitting comfy or slipping out alot I use Bashlins with the twisted shank, steel and heavy but its what they had and i need the twisted shank to take the pressure of my knackered feet (Plantar fasciitis)I highly recommend the twisted shanks, velcro shin pads, leather ankle straps. Carbon fibre spikes are ok nice and light but they arent up to abuse.

well in case anyone else was wondering i found this Arborist,

how are the airstreams for fit? im a size 11.5 for most boots and it looks like no one stocks saw boots in that size (EU46.5) but people have told me to go up in a size if i get the airstreams. but do people reckon i will find a 12 too tight? i know i should go a try some on, but im in sweden, and fly to nz in two weeks. i've just weighed my haix pps and they weigh in at 2kg each!

hello! wondering if anyone has any info on the going hourly rate for a employed climber in Auckland NZ. im heading over there in a couple of weeks, and have an offer of work but want to make sure i'm not getting mugged off. i got fists fulls of tickets and be doing this long enough to know better. cheers.

i live in sweden and have to ask what on earth is a squeezy yoghurt???

i need a new retrieval ball as mine cracked in half. its for the thimble saver anyone know what size mm this is, and where i can get one. ta

also need a new kit bag for dragging my stuff on flights, had a gelert in the past... fine till the zips bust.

its that time, my haix pp's are disintegrating.... wondering what feedback folk have on the other boots out there before i order a new pair....in a mind to try something a bit lighter.

scariest climbs....probably some of my earliest / not really the most dangerous trees but the ones where i was well out of my comfort zone. I recall taking the top of a 110ft pop, cocked it up and it rattled me on the way down #slashcuts. It smacked me pritty good and i looked at my hands and through the new holes on my gloves all i could see was blood....thought i'd busted my hand up real good..... (funny thing is i did the same thing about 2 years later....#slashcutsyouwillneverlearn) Other one where I thought i was in real going to get killed trouble...big frozen oak, stem split in two about 10 meters up (not a split in the trunk but the crown broke) felled out one half, stropped into the second stem and gobbed it and did my back cut - it had too much forward weight and ripped the stem in half pulling me onto the top of the stump, luckily my vt on my strop was frozen up and it ended up not holding and it ran out. My famous last words would have been 'Oh B*****D' A completely ripped to pieces pop over live rail lines had me giggling like a maniac it was so stupid, probably one of the most knackered trees i've ever done and it was being climbed in a snow storm and i was wearing a t-shirt and had the onset of hypothermia by the time id finished. But i wouldnt say i was scared...more crazed....

Would any company in NZ consider paying into a UK company? - that way i can write the flights and things off against me tax bill

hello! any one got any feedback on the company TreeKing in Auckland?

what are the rates out there? and what kit would a climber have to bring with them? or what would be advised to bring?

contacted stihl via email but they havent replied

Im in Sweden - but my mate Little John is Stafford area ish (or some place not quite Brum) - He's really keen but not a member of arbtalk so i'm more asking on his behalf - hes a big chap and i reckon he'd be good at it. And if you know any folk/ contacts in Sweden / Denmark that would be cool as well.