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  1. RobRainford
    Eat it and see if you die It mustn't be deadly for the tree if you don't
  2. RobRainford
    What a bunch of fun guys eh It's really starting to grow on me this stuff. Only realised within the past couple of weeks, must be my path!
  3. RobRainford
    Does anybody from the north west need a lift down?
  4. RobRainford
    I did look at the healing and was unsure. I didnt think shear bomb though! I need to read through my vta book!
  5. RobRainford
    Cordyceps? If so they are freaky and awesome! Cool plants
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    I know, the bulges on the stem got me thinking of fistulina, but as it's nothing to do with fistulina, ignore that bit Cool, I'll save that! Cheers Is the ganoderma causing a cone shaped cavity in the stem? I imagine that it would be that anyway as it advances, but would only extend so far upwards due to it's habits as a butt/stem rotter and where it has colonised. The decay would extend laterally as the tree puts on it's reactive growth. Is that close to the situation or am I way off the Mark?
  7. RobRainford
    Damn, my other guess would have been australe! Fistulina colonisation in the heartwood causing the buckles to turn into cankers. If that happens. Padawon feels the force, but is unsure whether it was that spicy chilli or not
  8. RobRainford
    I would say the same as hodge. Surely it's common sense to back the towbar to the towball?
  9. RobRainford
    If it's any help steve I got it! Small or far away? Father ted is ace
  10. RobRainford
    Ganoderma (resinaceum?) causing a central cavity causing the tree to produce a bottle butt with reactive growth. The remaining wood looks like it's starting to buckle as the decay advances. Would the buckles then turn into fistulina cankers?
  11. RobRainford
    Is the little bulge not a sphiroblast? (sp?) seem to see them on beech. I was half right with the fungi The polyporus confused me a little though. The form was right but it's 'markings' weren't!
  12. RobRainford
    now it carries medium-sized trees good effort for a very high visibility lunge!
  13. RobRainford
    There no fibre buckling or evidence of stress. The decay could have only gone as far as the old branch went so may have taken less than you think. It looks as though it's on the side of the branch? The pruning cut wasnt brilliant so there could be some further decay, If you are concerned look at reducing the end weight and lever arm acting on the union. If it can hold up in full weight, why not at 70-80%?
  14. RobRainford
    First one looks to me like a part desicated Polyporus squasmosus Second is a Gano, first inkling could be applanatum On the old log looks like another guano but can't be sure without more pics On the oak it seems like you've got Hamas favourite Grifola frondosa - hen of the woods and also the little mushrooms next the the stem in the first shot of that is Collybia fusipes, looking at the basal swelling of that oak it is certainly trying to fight
  15. RobRainford
    I have the oversized dogs on my 660. They are good for logging up and with the larger bottom spike, not only does it like to put holes in everything it can just about stop the saw tipping nose down with a 3' bar. The standard ones don't hold it up at all The original dogs I took off and put the inner one on my 260. Just for fun! I think they compliment the 13" bar
  16. RobRainford
    That is brilliant!
  17. RobRainford
    My wife asked me to send her a dirty text message today. So I texted kitchen, living room, laundry, dining room.
  18. RobRainford
    The way you had the foray running and the standards I perceived were as good as you could get on any course IMO. I would be happy to start tomorrow!
  19. RobRainford
    Jo from treesource was at Myerscough today. After standing flicking through most of them there for nearly all my lunch hour i settled on these three! I think they should tie in well with my studies and further!
  20. RobRainford
    add another wrap on the VT, i found that cured that issue for me and gave me a lot more peace of mind! glad your ok though! could have been much worse!
  21. RobRainford
    its not had a hard life really, its sat around in a shed for most of it. then i started using it last year and i think thats the most its had, it was orginally bought to be a mistblower but we have one thats set up for it and we have all the bits to turn this one into one. its never missed a beat since ive been using it, ready to work in less than 5 pulls 9 times out of 10!
  22. RobRainford
    im very interested!
  23. RobRainford
    thats cool, proper kit and its good to see bigger trees being considered for replanting instead of woodchip!
  24. RobRainford
    i bet that little blower feels vioalted after clearing all that sawdust nice vid, some good lowering in there too.
  25. RobRainford
    i bought mine at size 9, i was a size 10 in haix blue ridge but needed 2 pairs of thick socks to fill them after a while, wearing thick socks only squashes the padding out further, i wear a thin pair of socks everyday with my airstreams, even in winter, thick socks make it too tight and i get cold feet from bad circulation then! the inners are memory foam, so will shape over time, mine are awesome now!

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