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i did say it only covers about 99.999999% which if you talk in terms of swedish tree cover i'm not far off though i forgot about lönn, lind? how could you forget lind, blod bok personal faivoret, körsbär - they have been tasty this year

i always order trees in latin, no confusion in variety, i have to follow architects insane planting schemes, they write all their trees in Latin. Surveys, you might have 5 types of maple in one place, Latin distinguishes between them. I worked with scientists collecting tree data from many different countries working on one project, the Latin is the name chosen by all to identify the trees. Also there are interesting facts and information in Latin names, certain words mean certain things, e.g pesudoplatanus means a false plane. A lot of diseases are only called latin names..e.g phytophthora. Latin is just one of the tools arborists have at their disposal, if you write a lot of reports etc and surveys your going to probably use Latin, if all you do is work on the tools with no interest in biology etc then you wont, no harm in it. Its only like one climber using SRT where another doesn't, you can climb a tree with out SRT, i never use it, but i can see where SRT has its merits and that it can infact be a more effective way of climbing, much as Latin in the right situation can be a more effective and useful way of identifying trees. For anyone to slate people who choose to use Latin is perhaps a bit harsh, although i dislike people who look down there noses at people who don't use it. Just because you know Latin doesnt make you a good climber or even a good arborist, but nor does being just a good climber in any way make some one a good all round arborist.

tall, gron, ek, bjork, - that about covers 99.9999999999% of tree species in sweden.

just got my 45meters of poison ivy delivered, spiderjack for christmass is the work goes good havent used the rope yet but initial inspection looks good

these are great things, if no one needs to get your attention....

does any one just spike down?

oh yeah and best of luck! its a great trade to be in if you a willing to put in the effort, and be expected to get the grim stuff as well, i.e when a big log rolls into a ditch filled of stinking water, you will probably be the one who has to get it, but its character building and one day if you are lucky you will eventually get to send some one into a ditch - its almost a rights of passage.

before i got my tickets it was a struggle, worked for peanuts just to get some experience. So the tickets will help for sure. Then ring every one you can, tell them you are looking for work and are wondering if it is possible to do a days trial, Its quicker, and if there are people interested they will let you know straight away. Also you cant show you are a good worker on paper, so a works trial is the best, and any decent bloke will pay you for a days trial (dont say you will work for free ever!) and if you get a trial take a cv and any relevant tickets and graft your nuts off, we dont care if you got a C in biology and sports science, so just the tickets also keep the CV short, contact details, list of qualifications, driving licences etc and any relevant experience, and dont write an essay on your experiences, for example, if you are lucky you will get chance to tell every one your lifes story at the pub on friday after work June - September 2009 - Groundsman for Toppers and Loppers Ltd. All duties relevant to being a groundsman including, use of a chipper and saw on the ground. or if you have no tree work anything relevant e.g gardening. But to be honest a lot of people including myself have far too many bits of paper (its a conspiracy by the Forestry Commission i tells ya) and anything not urgent gets buried indefinitely so only send a cv if requested. and preferably by e-mail.

just goes to show why its so important not to work alone, have rescue climbers, and people trained in first aid, all it takes is one slip. going get me some of that gauze stuff for the first aid kit. Glad to see that this incident has ended as happily as i could.

every one has to climb on three strand nylon and prusik loop! then we will see how slick every one is!

i smell an arbtalk members climbing showdown!

i think one of the pieces of kit you take along is me! seriously though speak to global canopy access, they have a lot of experience in this kind of field.

Awesome!!! i thought it was an animation at first, faivoret part is about 1 min 50 in when they take the top of the dead tree and the bloke goes with it,

polydyne is what i meant to say

how much do the gopro's set you back? over here (sweden your looking at 350 for the basic set up

its annoying as i'm not one of them, but some climbers you can tell straight away have a certain skill and grace around the tree that allows them to move like that, not saying i'm slow but if i was to do that there would be a 5 minute pause where i have to untangle the scarf i just knitted out of my climbing line. it would be interesting to see the guy in the vid redo the climb using a blakes hitch.....

how does polydyne hold up? its one that has caught my eye but have never used it myself.

whats paydyne like? from what i gather it is even stronger? iäm curious as iäm pricing up a rigging kit at the mo and the paydyne is whats caught my eye this time around.

red or dead! (dont like white because of Swedish winters means you put in on the ground and it vanishes

plus chain saw trousers are perfect casual wear in winter when doing odd jobs out side, most are water repellent to some extent. Would never use a chainsaw with out them, got too many friends with interesting scars... 15" on a 346 is what i run at the moment but would prefer a 260 or i hear the near 261 is rather good. With a 15" bar you can do a most things, though it is a strain on the small saw cutting big timber, keep in mind these are professional saws intended for professional use by trained professionals, i would recomend doing a nptc cs30 at least which teaches you how to to look after your saw, sharpen it etc, at the basics on cross cutting tension, compression etc. The AFAG leaflet 301,302,303,304 are worth a look but shouldn't be seen as a substitute for proper education and qualification in these matters.

Having recently switched to a limited company, i am in the process of drawing up a more substantial health and safety and environmental policy for the business. Is it a requirement that if (and i fail to see how it cannot) the policy refers to the HASAW act 1974, that a full copy of the act be kept on file, read and understood by the Health and Safety officer and signed document saying that the health and safety officer has done this. And would it be good if not required practice to have a document signed by the employees stating they have read and understood the companies health and safety policy? I will also be referring to AFAG guides, again is it a requirement that these be kept on file? I'm also thinking about putting together a van pack of the AFAG leaflets and the companies policy in brief, again possibly signed by the employees or at least the MD and HS officer. the same goes for LOLER, PUWER etc... do i need to have copies of these in full to hand in the office, or is it a possible to simply reference a web link? which would save me a lot in paper to say, let alone the space to store it. any help will be greatly appreciated.

make senses, just a passing thought, will have to stick to returning wood chip and logs to drive ways i guess.