Harrison2604

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

It has dropped a LOT recently!

Ha, no problem getting down I was only 6ft off the gound

I agree!

Check out some of these pictures from today... Dryads saddle, Ganoderma, Inonotus By far the most bizaare, was an Ash tree which I'm guessing had been struck by lightening a few years ago and then not long after had it's insides set on fire by a group of kids... It's lost a good 70% of its wood, burnt to a crisp, covered in Inonotus and King Alfreds Cakes... and buds are still breaking.

Yes

Amen.

She has an outstanding pair of breasts!

Lovely job mate I must say

I was thinking along the lines of ganoderma! Thanks

Absolutely! Yeah so do I, the thing is I found it in a field on private land in a clear felling site so it's not as if many people are around that area to be playing with fake fossils or even real ones. I'm rather confused myself.

Look what I've just come accross! This has gotta be one of the rarest things I've ever seen? No idea what the fungus is. It wasn't attached to its host, it was lying next to a stump and has been there for quite some time I would imagine. Give me your thoughts, I don't know if this is a real fossil, but its still pretty cool! Maybe hama could give me a heads up on what fungus this is by looking at these pictures as I'm not quite sure

FANTASIC... NEW CLOGS!

Blimey. That would have been unbelievable. Did you get the clearup? haha

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Just a poll to see how many of you climbers prefer the good old famous ms200t over all of the Husqvarna top handles. Husqvarna are always bringing out new top handles, but for some reason they just don't appeal to me. I'm 100% for the MS200t and know many Arborists who think the same so I just thought I'd post a poll on here to see other peoples opinions.

Aahhhh :mad1: I feel for you mate, really really sorry to hear. Hope you find them and your equipment.

Yeah I said that... I've never seen a tree fall apart from when it's being felled

Perfectly understandable mate haha. I wasn't sure what had happened at first, it definately made me jump and go AAH, my very first thought was that my chain came off the bar and took me finger off haha To my relief, it was JUST a big thorn straight through my finger.

I have a paper fan attached to my caritool at all times.

We have a row of Poplars in one of the fields surrounding us which are on a humongous lean (I have no idea how they're all still standing) and I'm talking a 45 Degree angle. Just got home from a quick visit to the pub and one of them has completely fallen over. No signs of root rotting disease as far as I know and no winds tonight... but they're located in a terribly waterlogged area from our overflow and their root plate is rather unstable so no doubt that'll be it. First thing tomorrow morning, a nice load of Poplar... lovely!

Thanks for that mate. It's always good to have someone back me up... you're not the only one either as I can see by the other posts. I know quite a fair amount of Arborists that can't stand wearing gloves. I understand that they're good for certain situations but for the majority of the time I don't protect my hands or my arms.