Matthew Burton

This is an articulated truck belonging to a mate of mine. Had lots of mechanical work done, just the air brakes, bodywork, crane and timber bars to do now...

Not really a tree pic but I collected my first chipper today

I used to use a 200T with a 16" bar fairly often, found it really useful at times but wouldn't want it all the time and like geoff says, know its limitations.

Just got a 2100 only cut a big beach butt for firewood so far but was well impressed! Anti-vibes are rubbish compared to modern saws but the joy of using it soon makes up for that!

Enjoying this thread so much i'm off out veteran spotting before the sun sets! I hadn't realized how extensive the maps of recorded vet are now and all available online. Great thanks to all those involved in mapping and sharing the pics on here. I shall endever to share a few pics in due course. Matt

Interesting thread... I know an awful lot of people who work in this style. Not my cuppa tea but it works, gets the job done. Please don't try and tell everyone this is the best way of working though! Anything you can do to reduce the risk of injury to yourself, others on site and people property has to be a good thing. Most of these things can be implemented and with a bit of practice also increase your levels of productivity, so whats to lose?!? I can't say I'd be using these videos to advertise myself to either the public or other arbs. There are some seriously good riggers/cut and chuck merchants out there and I suspect you'd feel very much put in your place after and day on site with them. I hasten to add I'm all long way off being a good climber yet but I know that and just happen to be lucky enough to work with some of the good guys

Looks like a good job, done well. Thanks for taking the time to share the pics. Matt

Nice find Did anyone else notice at 1:12 the left handed saw? i cant read the writing on the bar cover to see if it is indeed left handed or an inverted bit of film. Didnt think stihl did left handed saws for a long while (if ever) and inverting the image seems an odd thing to do

Thanks for the replies folks. It all went in the dishwasher and has come out spotless!!

I'm having a bit of a play and have got a saw in bits... Anyway I want to clean things up thoroughly before putting everything back together. The two halves of the crank case can go in the dishwasher. What i'm wondering about is the other larger plastic covers etc, will these be okay with the heat in the dishwasher or are they likely to deform? Thanks Matt

Its a fair cop! Just thought it was worth a share

Here is a sycamore done last summer on a site clearance, the buildings were coming down. To the right of the tree was a house, cars, phone cables. Behind the tree the gap was too narrow so would still have hit the house. Towards the camera the tree would have just reached the road. In the end we used the chipper to pull it over into a gap between to buildings but had to redirect the rope 90 degrees by running it under a fire escape. I think it went rather well! Apologies for the poor vid its just off my phone [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbET_9UdC2Q&feature=youtube_gdata]stunt fell - YouTube[/ame]

It is a small world! Yer I work with them a lot usually. Waiting to get fit again (recovering from shoulder op) then hopefully head out there to see what it's all about. The work sound ace!

Andy sheldon, aka shed and john banner. working on railway clearance couldnt tell you where abouts.

A friend of mine has just got back from some contract climbing in Sweden and was asked to test one. Said it was a good saw but nothing special, 14 bar was too much, they've switched back to using old 200t's for preference