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  1. Dan Curtis
    Nice one, cheers:thumbup:
  2. Dan Curtis
    Both those setups are lacking a safety margin. If for any reason the rescuer has to drop the line mid rescue (bees/wild dogs/falling bits of tree), you're coming down fast! Paul, your 8 looks fairly old. Is it rated and stamped as such?
  3. Dan Curtis
    How and where do you join the lines? Presumably it would be above the grigri?
  4. Dan Curtis
    150 without a doubt. Having used several 201's extensively, I despise them.
  5. Dan Curtis
    I did, which was quickly sorted by draining the tank, pulling out the rubber in the oil feed, sticking a bit of wire in to clear it, then flushing the tank with a drop of petrol. I regularly do this to all my top handles, keeps them oiling nicely. They seem to gunk and dirt up a lot easier than any back handle saws, possibly because I remove the bars a lot more on other saws.
  6. Dan Curtis
    Crisis averted...............back to being a tree geek. Love it!
  7. Dan Curtis
    Haha, nice. I think I actually used that phrase when explaining the benefits of foot ascenders to someone at the show:lol:
  8. Dan Curtis
    Love that vid mate. One of very few treework vids that has kept my attention through to the end. Look forward to the next instalment:thumbup:
  9. Dan Curtis
    Personally, I'm keen on the idea and premise, not the execution. They're a bit cheap quality wise to me, and with a retail of around 180, they aren't getting my money. The shell seems massive compared to other lids on the market. The ear defenders are a bit pants, streamlined to fit inside the shell, are lacking in noise reduction IME. Obviously they are rated to en standard but still not quite hitting the spot. I am used to chipper muffs though, probably makes a difference. And they're only available in garish colours
  10. Dan Curtis
    Petraea I think, you can just make out the petiole in one of the pictures, and looking at others I have I'd go petraea. Not something I've seen before, and I had to look it up. Fairly uncommon from what I've read but most visible in May/June, forming on the male catkins of both native species. The host tree was nearby to several others, but unfortunately I only got a close look at this one. It also contained old knopper galls.
  11. Dan Curtis
    Cotton wool galls from earlier in the week
  12. Dan Curtis
    Cheers. Personally, I never got on with it myself, I was always pulling overhand with self tailing, or using the pantin. I can see how some people would enjoy it, and it does have ergonomic benefits
  13. Dan Curtis
    South Norfolk. Unfortunately they are nearby to both mature Ash and several stands of young Ash. Bio security wise, I must admit, no. However, according to what I read last week, the idea that spores crossed the channel by wind is being given more weight, so realistically and without being apathetic, there is little effect I could have, to the best of my knowledge. I haven't taken any action on these handle of saplings yet, as I'm waiting for a reply from FR. The first photo was taken next to a major a road, so any kind of spore has easy passage, wind blown or not.
  14. Dan Curtis
    Found these last week, looks like typical symptoms to me. I've sent photos to ashtag and received an email saying it looks like chalara and my photos have been passed to forest research. Now awaiting confirmation from them.
  15. Dan Curtis
    Here's the setup. This is sightly different than what you saw at the show, but functions the same. You should clip your bridge to the thimble, which is then adjustable to give you multiple positions below the lj. The tether is best left around 2m so you can stand on the bottom and adjust position while hanging in clear space. Hope this helps
  16. Dan Curtis
    Can't wait:thumbup:
  17. Dan Curtis
    Flipping heck! Didn't realise it was that bad! I'll send a valet round to your workshop after you're done with it:D
  18. Dan Curtis
    Or ddrt is half as fast:p Srt is twice as efficient
  19. Dan Curtis
    Srt is one static length of rope, to keep it simple for this purpose we'll day that it is one end tied at the top of the tree. (But it can be different). Formerly, Srt referred to access with ascenders, not to be used for work positioning. Since the advent of srt work positioning, srtwp has been adopted by many as the appropriate abbreviation. Drt is double rope technique. The sane as above only with two parallel static lines. Generally only used for access. Ddrt is doubled rope technique, one rope that runs over an anchor point then back to the climber, one end tied to the climber, the other controlled with a hitch/mechanical device. This is by far the most common system in use in arb. It does get a lot deeper but this is the basics. Hope that answers your question and makes some sense:)
  20. Dan Curtis
    Good luck Arran. Having worked and climbed alongside Arran, I will say to any prospective employers, he's a good lad and not one to be missed. Certainly worth giving him a go.
  21. Dan Curtis
    There are log charts available, though they only give weight for standard timber, no accounting for leaf/branchwork. Most of the ones I've found have been oriented towards US timbers/species. Saying that, I did find a good UK one, shortly before losing it, never to be found again! As has been said, experience and common sense play a large part in assessing what to cut and what not to.
  22. Dan Curtis
    As above Pete:001_smile:
  23. Dan Curtis
    Nice one Steve, Andy and everyone who had a throw. I'm on shocking form this year, some practice required methinks!
  24. Dan Curtis

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    Dan Curtis replied to WoodED's topic in The Lounge

    Nice photos Rob. Was good to meet you yesterday:)
  25. Dan Curtis
    So the castle is now in situ. Drawbridge has been added. The piece I was going to use for battlements has been sold so I'll have to come up with something new for that. Next job on the list is to install a zip line from the top. I had a measure up last weekend and I've still got another piece left big enough to build another castle with:thumbup:

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