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  1. Matthew Burton
    This is my trouble, I cant decide if I wan't a lowerable system or not as I'm unlikely ever to work from an SRT system. What are the chances of having a problem asending to the canopy to install my DRT system?
  2. Matthew Burton
    I'm looking at getting myself a dedicated rope for SRT. What type and what length would you reccommend? Good experiences and bad, I'd like to hear them all. It's gotta be between 11mm and 13mm to suit my kit. Thanks Matt
  3. Matthew Burton
    That is a practice i quite like actually Saves major trauma sometimes! Fair enough, not a situation I've come across in my limited experience. I'm still at the young enthusiastic stage with a handsaw, perhaps I will come over to the dark side one day....
  4. Matthew Burton
    Step cut hold and throw? Were they all chainsaw cuts on a reduction?
  5. Matthew Burton
    How much time does it save per day though? 5 mins - 15 mins? if you had to pay your groundy to wait around an average of 15 mins per day all year (chances are you arent spending a great percentage of your time chainswing in the tree each day) to allow you to either use 2 hands on your saw or use a silky you'd be losing £105 per year (assuming you pay £8 per hour) is it worth the risk?
  6. Matthew Burton
    I think you'd get your site set up safely and it'd be getting dark and time to pack up and go home!
  7. Matthew Burton
    It isnt best practice either. I'd have thought best practice was getting the best possible outcome in the safest possible way. Using the saw with two hands is safer as you have better control of the saw and are much more likely to apply the chain brake in the event of an accident. This can be done while still turning a profit.
  8. Matthew Burton
    I said potentially dangerous which I think everyone on this thread has agreed. In the event of an injury I'd say its proven to be dangerous. This may be through pure stupidity but perhaps if the AFAG guidance had been followed they would have been using two hands and things would have been different all together. But I'd have thought any insurance firm would be more likely to pay out if everything was to 'the book'
  9. Matthew Burton
    I only tend to cut one handed when reaching from a mewp or where I'm cutting away from myself to allow cut branches to fall in a particular way.
  10. Matthew Burton
    Looking at this from a different perspective. Would your employees liability insurance pay out for an employee injured while cutting and throwing with a chainsaw, if it came to light that you as an employer didnt warn them about this potentially dangerous practice?
  11. Matthew Burton
    Possible solution: Use some rods to install a lowering rope to catch the branch before it hits the sweet chestnut, then pole saw for the cuts.
  12. Matthew Burton
    So you're regularly advancing your climbing line with no attachment point? I always use it when sawing in the tree. I have been known to forget it on the odd occasion and dont tend to bother for the last few feet of sectioning down where needing an arial rescue just awkwardly out of reach are likely be worse than the consequences of a fall.
  13. Matthew Burton
    Good thread! I've only ever bottled it due to lack of experience. The couple occasions I can think of now seem very silly and long ago. There have been several jobs recently though that have made me think "I'm glad this isn't a reduction because I wouldnt go any further" luckily it was never critical and the job was done. The jobs were specified suitably and it wasnt an issue. Could have been different and I'd have had to think a bit more laterally...
  14. Matthew Burton
    What percentage of your time in the tree is spent cutting branches too big simply to handsaw but are small enough to hold and manouver away from a delicate target? Not a great deal I'd have thought, so irritating as it is I wouldnt have said Its the bain of my life!
  15. Matthew Burton
    I never said i'd not used a top handle one handed, just never been holding onto the branch i'm cutting. I may have cut a branch and let it fall, or even caught it as it begins to fall (and more often than not flicked the off switch as i cant use the chainbrake) but I've not yet had the need to hold the branch as I cut. I'm not saying Its not a useful technique in the right circumstances if used properly. I'm just yet to need it. Mainly due to the fact I much prefer my handsaw so the occasions where i'm actually chainsawing (and not step cutting) something something i cant hold are few and far between. Matt
  16. Matthew Burton
    I can't say i've ever used the 'cut and hold' technique with a chainsaw. I've not yet seen a situation where it would save enough time over an entire job to justify the risks. I work for a small firm and none of us cut and hold yet we still get the job done in the time frame we've set ourselves and price competitively. I've got to agree with Paul, handsawing is an all together more pleasant way to work. The only incident i know of regarding a chainsaw injury amongst anyone i know was an attempted 'cut and hold' which resulted an a mutilated wrist, thank heavens for modern medicine!
  17. Matthew Burton
    I guess the underground building is a forcing house?
  18. Matthew Burton
    Interesting pics everyone. I'd have thought of mounting a splitter on a trailer. Look like some good setups
  19. Matthew Burton
    Is everything just smaller or are there far fewer adds due too lack of money about?
  20. Matthew Burton
    Good spot steve, it does appear to be the hedden knot. Which I didnt even know existed until i saw that. Does anyone have any experience of using this knot? Looks like it might be worth a try for certain applications.
  21. Matthew Burton
    I'm using towa active grip for climbing at the moment but I've got a pair of seal skins in reserve for when the snow melts and it gets wet.
  22. Matthew Burton
    Nice video, thanks for putting it up! Its an interesting point, rigging or cut'n'chuck. I'd have just hand thrown it simply because I'd have been too slow rigging. Its good to see it can be done fast with rigging though, something to aim for!
  23. Matthew Burton
    It does sound a bit odd that simply because you're a student you cant work under their usual insurance. People without their tickets can work as labourers and are usually learning on the job so you're essentially in the same position. Perhaps talk to the prospective employers again and point out that you're much the same as any other employee. Matt
  24. Matthew Burton
    Sorry you're quite right, they're much the same thing in my head but klemheist would be a better bet.
  25. Matthew Burton
    Ignoring the fact you could use the 3 knot system in an emergency, a usuable prussik can be made from a boot lace so 2 can be used to decend a rope.

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