RobRainford
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pun forgiven! as i was coming round the other side to get a shot of the 'underside' there was an almighty gust of wind, i was anchored well away from this limb but watching the crack move 5mm either side either way was definately a ring tickler! i thought this is my cue to come down! haha its definately a fairly fresh occurence, as it hasnt even started to occlude it yet, i had a thought it could be on one side, but im unsure. its not looking too good anyway.
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went for the climb this morning, windy enough to watch the crack opening and closing from the ground it was moving enough. Took a couple of photos, weather made it difficult, photo of the crack is a bit blurred but you can make it out, plus two shots of the hole, found another hole at the back that you cant see from the ground, tapping the limb with the back of a carabiner and it sounded hollow, at the top of the cavity there looks to be a bit of decay but unknown as to how far it may spread up or down the limb. as much as i could see it was just an old cavity, no evidence of birds i.e. droppings or feathers, and no signs of bats from what i could see. Ive said the work can go ahead ok. Opinions?
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they felled a group of large willows along a dual carrigeway near me, they were at stumps ranging from 1' to 2' high, all have regrown from that and are now lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of whippety regrowths about 25ft tall. they all need coming down again now.
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i could very well buy another pair of blue ridge at £140 because its a good price, but ive got my eye on some protector pros or protector extremes. or some meindl airstreams because the color is oh so red!
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ive never had a problem with loose bolts on the huskies that we have, we did have a 351 till somebody half inched it, we have a 357 and a 365, no problems that i know of regarding nuts and bolts. However, i did have a problem with one of the exhaust bolts on my 200t, brand new saw, i was going to take out the spart arrestor in the exhaust, went to undo it with the star drive tool provided with the saw, and the head snapped off one of the screws, took it to the shop to fix it, got home to try again, thinking all would be ok, and it did it again, yet to fix it this time though. its fustrating as i wouldnt expect this twice
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i have stretch airs and hi flex, prefer the hi flex for all rounders, stretch airs are good when its cold and wet as they have a good coating on the fabric that repels the water, i sprayed mine with waterproofing you get for boots and it makes them last a bit longer before you get soaked through, same for the hiflex. tom, invest in a good pair of boots, go for some haix boots, protector lights or blue ridge are the cheaper ones, i have the blue ridge and they were comfy from day 1. Need thick socks in them though. Stuff like this, its all well and good saving money but you may regret it as it may fall apart or may not be as comfy as something else that was £20 extra.
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I have broken one of those wedges. Right where the wood meets the Ali. Now I have 3 good ones and a broken one! I've put two rings on the end. Stops the wood mashing up as much. Bit of insulation tape to hold it in place and they work well
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picture 6 is a pile of s***! had to! seems a decent camera, i tend to set picture size less than what the camera has as maximum, i have a 7mp snapper and instead of a reallly big picture i have it set as the equivalent of a 3MP, gives good quality and good size as its bigger than most PC resolutions
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We have a large old barn. Large old brick barn with 3 stables, two cart stores and a loft in that, recently built a 100'x50' shed from wareing. Asbestos/brick barn now is the workshop. In there is my 10' container. Top half of yard all secure with 8ft security fencing. Portakabin for an office. House separate from all buildings. 130 acres. I think about £10k/year for us. Workshop and new shed have roller doors and screamer alarms.
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Yeah it is like letting someone borrow one of your kids. I am reluctant to let people use my saws. Even when I'm stood watching them. Depends who it is though. There's two guys I know I don't think twice about letting them at my saws or other bits of gear. Others I tend to make up a reason that it's broke or blunt or I need it.
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i posted here for a bigger saw as there are just none available and i dont know if the one i hire from a firm im not sure of would have had it looked after. Its partly because i may be looking for a large saw in the future so would like to have a try with one and use it for some work to see how it performs. im also after a tractor mounted log splitter, hydraulic is preferable.
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Even though they are advertised as hi-lift wedges!
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Im after any say which will run a 30 or 36" bar to hire for a weekend. Im willing to travel to pick it up, and ill sharpen it and clean it before i return it. I need it for logging up some rather mahoosive beech logs we have here. IM also after a splitter, tractor mounted preferable, for sale or for hire. We had our one nicked. plus it was too small for this stuff we have. A search of google turned up very little, local shops do a biggest of a battered old husky on a 20" Ideal saw would be a 660 or 880 depending whats around. Cheers
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ive never used one of them, or an 880, but the only problem i have with the 3120 is that it says 'husqvarna' on the side i am actually interested in hiring a saw that would run a 36" bar for a couple of days as we have some big lumps of wood that need cutting up!
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i have a little canon ixus, the LCD is behind a piece of plastic, its a perfect arb camera, 7MP so it takes a good photo with macro on there too. the only bit that sticks out is the zoom toggle, other than that everything is inclusive in the case so it fits nicely in pockets and stuff. I also use my iphone with its 5mp, good for an on the spot snap. this is a pic of someone elses who has the same one as me. i couldnt be bothered finding mine.
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thanks for the kinder words than what i was expecting. But it is one of those things you have to put down to experience, im glad it happened where it did, where it would only have damaged brambles and other bits of foliage. I do love those big stihl ali/wood wedges, some serious lift of those bad boys.
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that was a different time for me, i can agree its an extremely shocking and not a good thing to do in any way, i realised my mistakes and i have moved on from those. However now after mentioning it, although reluctant, i am expecting all sorts of comments coming my way. i was doing a dogtooth cut, bored through, then moved farward to create my hinge, then left the little piece at the back, took a moment to check everything and a gust of wind started to catch the tree, the bit at the back starting cracking to i severed it to let the tree go as it was unstable, it fell about 30 degrees to the right, landed a lot closer to the tractor and chipper though. It shocked me as i had never expected it, you never do really, the hinge was there and i was felling it slightly against its weighting to make it an easier drag to the chipper. It seemed to have a different idea dn had me completely off guard
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Perfectly (or not) put up door hinges don't count you know! I've had a fair share of good and bad ones already. I have been too ambitious and had one fall the wrong way. But nothing was broken and nobody was harmed. Was gutted though. Just wanted to ge the job done.
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An oldie for sure. But makes me wince every time. Why is it whenever you see a man get his nads battered you can feel the pain!
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Should I be a tutor/trainer?
RobRainford replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in Training & education
The life of fungi by mr H Dryad! The subject he taught me was dendrology. But I do believe you would be correct about the nomenclature. He also mentioned about Latin too. Something I would like to learn more about to help with my idents. Tony what you do is inspiring to me. If you wrote a book you should specialise it. Mainly on fungi which are either most common or a British fungi book. Explaining what conditions they like. Where they are found most commonly, what to look for when you see them ie surroundings. Split the book into sections like tree eaters/deadwood eaters/tree Helpers. I think it would go somewhere. I would certainly buy a copy! -
Should I be a tutor/trainer?
RobRainford replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in Training & education
I think you should. Duncan slater at Myerscough only has a teaching qualification so he can teach dendrology. And I found that pretty inspiring. Maybe you coukd do something similar? -
hamadryads foray september 18th 2010
RobRainford replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in Fungi Pictures
Are there any places in particular you would want to visit? There is delamere forest over in er, delamere which could be a candidate? Depends on it's management. It is run by the FC so fallen trees may be dealt with. Plenty of time to find a location though -
How exactly did this happen? From my experiences people really don't give tractors enough room or respect. Driving a 7530 John Deere going 33mph can be bad enough but it's made worse when people don't realise how fast you are going and cut you up. In something as big as that it's easier to smash and bash your way through the fruitcake and their clown car than it is to stop in a hurry.
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Well that's the first person I've seen to have a tractor as a pair of curtains! Glad everyone was ok. Would rather have the front linkage through the window than a counterweight block!
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Me too. I did my short course when I was 18. Other guys were 30 and early 40s. Old geezers
