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Wow, thats a fact I wasn't aware of! Very interesting... thanks

Yes!!!

I think it's a great feature and could be a right laugh as you say! Arbtalkers... USE IT!

"These chainsaws must cost you a fortune, I have a little Makita that I use for me logs and I'm always having to buy new chains for them because they go blunt so fast!" - Anonymous CLIENT ... one of the funniest things I've ever heard and wasn't sure whether he was joking or not. Turned out he wasn't and I had to explain to the mid 80's pensioner that you can sharpen them and that ramming it into the ground is what makes it go so blunt!!

Does ANYBODY use these feature? I pop on it every now and again to see if anybodys present but there never seems to be. Not a very popular part of Arbtalk yet huh!

Sorry to derail... is the Dryads Saddle your favorite fungi? I'm just curious

I have a degree in swimming pool management and dress making. Because I used needles in dressmaking, I'm able to undertake all aspects of tree work to the highest of standards.

Probably too late now eh.

Haha. One thing that surprised me not so long ago was when I was dismantling a horse chessie with bleeding canker.... walking out on a BIG chunky limb with lots of growth to section it out and the whole thing dropped from under my feet! Never seen anything like it. Gave me a bit of a fright as I swang back in about 10ft and that's something I really wasn't expecting haha. Chessies are really going down hill, it's such a shame.

Haha... Hangers! Could potentially kill you, making your mrs a widow

ha [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YAf61zz5VU]YouTube - Falling a tree gone wrong (Barber chair)[/ame]

hahaha that picture nearly put me in tears

Haha brilliant

Hahaha. "urrr, im gonna drag her on over to oak street and you can pick her up from there!" Eucalyptus

Good reply

Brilliant answer! Thanks for your post

On your feet! Crazy.

Ignore that, It's for a disk cutter. It was the first thing I saw, didn't pay any attention to the rest of the name. Apologies

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Some people. Hope you get it back

Industry experience beats theoretical knowledge, you probably know a lot more than you think. Arbjobs.com | find Arb jobs / Tree work

You haven't been out long yourself? & You're not far from Myerscough which pumps out Arbs every year

Hello all! I haven't asked any other Arborists this question and I've always been curious as to what others class an anchorpoint as being too 'thin' to anchor into. So here it is! I'm finally asking all the other climbers on Arbtalk... what do YOU class as being too THIN to anchor into? Now, obviously this differs with species and conditions but just try to think in your general point of view. I was told that you shouldnt anchor into anything that is of smaller diameter than your wrist, are you all familiar with this and if so, do you abide by it? I know I've anchored into branches half the size of my own wrist in the past but in these cases I have my rope around the stem so that if it was to fail I'd drop and be caught by the next limb down. I recently heard that at my old place of work, an employee dropped about 15ft after his anchor failed being roped into something the thickness of two fingers which I think would have a massive effect on what anchorpoints I choose in the future! Has anybody on here experienced an anchorpoint failure? If so, tell me the story! I'm comfortable with anchoring into small things in most cases as long as I have a back up and as long as it isnt really windy or the tree is heavily diseased. Anyway, I'm just curious to hear what other YOU feel when it comes to small anchorpoints and what to you, is too small!

Just read through your assessment schedule as much as you can and get a friend to ask you the questions on the sheet until you're confident you know the answers to everything your assessor is going to ask. As long as you know what you're doing and how to be safe when it comes to felling and chainsaw use you'll be absolutely fine. Most assessors are fairly friendly and will give you a bit of slack. They don't want to put you under a big amount of pressure because everyone knows it's hard to perform to a high standard when you're under pressure Don't worry, keep calm and I wish you the best of luck... I'm sure you'll pass with flying colours.

At first I was all over the place with stalling and really messy gear changes but I've got use to driving with them now so it's not so bad