Al Duffill
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Do you need CS41 to carry out dismantling?
Al Duffill replied to Al Duffill's topic in Rigging and roping
Very interesting, I too would like to see more information about this. Considering this info, non of our team should be carrying out any work to do with rigging,no matter how simple. Yes, there are courses for larger felling , check out the NPTC site out. -
Rfs Cert Arb would benefit you,especially if you are already in the trade. Any basic knowledge of biology,from school or college/uni helps. Start getting your tree idenification sorted, if you havn't already. Hope this helps
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Hmmm, wouldn't have thought browning foliage would happen so quickly if you only cut the roots last week. As already said there maybe some other disorder with the tree. Were the roots in the circle of earth in the picture or much closer? If in doubt get an Arborist to have a look.
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Do you need CS41 to carry out dismantling?
Al Duffill replied to Al Duffill's topic in Rigging and roping
Thanks for your input peeps. Shall we discuss CS44 next? -
Do you need CS41 to carry out dismantling?
Al Duffill replied to Al Duffill's topic in Rigging and roping
That's what I omitted from my post, I am employed and have asked to go on the course but to no avail, having the training and equipment to do these operations certainly would help myself and colleagues. We've only just been using a capstan thanks to me, no one seems aware or bothered about new techniques. I just checked some of Bob's links, HSE say you need to be trained and competant by your employer, bingo! And yes, I do large fells with my 15" bar, takes forever -
Hi, should you have CS41 before you carry out any rigging or dismantling, I've not got this ticket but do perform these operations often, based on my own knowledge and that handed down to me?
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Good advice. Make it happen
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How cool, gotta be a must for anyone with a pick-up.
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I've got it at the mo and have been off work for about 2 months now. I'm going to physio, who uses ultra sound on the area, got a neoprene strap and occasionally use Ibuprofen when it's really bad,had injection but didn't do owt. The exercise my physio recommended was to hold a can of beans(other types of food are available ) and then lower slowly the hand at the wrist and then raise it, abit like one of the afore mentioned exercises but was told that I shouldn't close my fist to tight, ie;putting the can in a bag and doing the same exercise. Thinking of a career change, but what???
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Air-con for chainsaw trousers, now that would be something! The metal detector in the saw is a good one Log Dog.
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Was wandering when veg oil would get a mention, it can be mixed with diesel but even veg oil has shot up in price, you can get it at the mo for about £1/litre from supermarkets if you shop around, check out web-sites on the legallity tho, making your own bio-diesel is the cheapest way after the initial payment for equiptment, 40p/litre, its all out there on the net. The L200 owners club has loads of stuff about alternative fuel
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As above, you can get several types of strop/lanyard. I generally use a rope one for climbing, it is invaluable for work positioning, being comfortable. I use a steel one if i'm dismantling a trunk and using "spikes",this reduces the risk of cutting through one of your attatchment points or ropes. Good luck at college.
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Last year we reduced a huge 40m Pop, I had 2 boughs left, the very highest, was gonna dismantle in stages and let the stuff free fall, after climbing the one i looked down at the crotch where the 2 boughs left each other, i didn't like the look of it especially as the wind had picked up, I dropped down past the crotch and dropped them, one rigged the other a free fall. It just didn't feel right up there, you have to listen to your heart and re-think, better safe than sorry, makes my heart race just thinking about it! I'd get a MEWP in for your tree Gibbon, It may cost i know, but could you use it for any other jobs ?
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Looks like some kind of lichen or algae, is it an Ash tree that its on?
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Blakes with a micro-pulley or Vt with hitch climber, both serve me well. Am,also, interested in Tulley's post, not heard of a gripping hitch, look forward to more info.
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Hi, a book you could consider is 'Principles of tree hazard assessment and management' by David Lonsdale, which has a section on pruning or try one of the Alex Shigo books, there's a very good one on not how to prune, if memory serves me right! I take it you know about Natural Target Pruning, given youre RHS cert on fruit trees? Most trees should be pruned whilst dormant, academically this is sound but in practice near impossible unless you have something else to do during Spring/Summer The info is out there, probs on this site, seek and you will find:001_smile:
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Hi, Both of these have been mentioned, RFS cert arb or ISA arborist are worth looking into, either will give you a decent grounding of the subject. Try doing a search on this forum, you are not the first to ask. good luck:thumbup1:
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'Premier line direct' are a helpful bunch, another option for you, good luck
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Awesome piece of kit, nice one. Its not gay or retro, its psycadelic maan!
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Hi, I am just about to invest a few quid on a Camon C250 Petrol chipper, does anyone have a maintenance manual they could copy and send me. I have a download, from Tracmaster, of the parts but the quality isn't great. Cheers
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How did get on with the Hobbs, great pieces of kit, imo ?
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Good work Rupe, looks great. Did someone build a housing estate at the back there while you were doing it? That isn't a comment on the length of time it took you , by the way:001_smile:
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Tester required - Husqvarna chainsaw trouser
Al Duffill replied to essentialARB's topic in The Official Essential Arb Forum
I would be happy to test too, climbing and ground work. At the mo I wear Stihl Hi-Flex. -
I did a job last year, the spec was to fell 4 large Lawson cypress and take it all away, I gave a price but was told that they wouldn't go over a certain amount and they would clear everthing up themselves. So I gave them there monies worth, basically I felled said trees and snedded up until the saw was out of juice. The garden was an almighty heap of conifer, I left. 9 months later, I get a call, "could I come and take away the trees, we want our garden back". I took a look, all dried out conifer sitting there, quoted, again, and didn't hear from them, quite glad really, access to the garden was not good. Probably they're still lying there now. Keeps it interesting though:biggrin:
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Yeah, still had it with me at 5:30 this morn, wouldn't want to confuse the tooth fairy:001_tongue: Ok, so maybe I had left some of it in the bedside cabinate, must make a mental note....
