Dan Curtis
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The more I look at the pictures the more I think resin. But in the flesh it really didn't seem that way, it didn't feel or seem like any exudation I've seen on Cedar before. The colouring and texture weren't right. Ho hum, maybe it's just me then:biggrin:
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Run mine on a 20, superb power if a little unbalanced. Runs nice on a 24 but I've got bigger saws for bigger bars Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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Lift your foot straight up and it should tend from the ground:p I usually thread a throwback onto the tail, then tie a spike underneath it. Once you're high enough, your groundy can pull the tail and the bag will drop to the ground....as long as you've tied the spike the right way round Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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A couple from the site I've been on today. Pheonix Beech and a hungry (literally) oak. The beech has been down a good few years but the lower canopy is still in full vigour having adjusted to it's new orientation.
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Found this today around 70ft up a Cedrus libani. I may be being stupid and it is in fact sap exudation that has combined with dirt and discolured but wanted to ask to see what others thoughts were. The pictures aren't fantastic and I had nothing with which to pry it from the branch to look inside, but I'm fairly certain it's a fungi of some sort. I've tried the usual reference materials but they haven't turned anything up. It covers a small part of the stem like a slime but is rock solid. When the surface is scratched it has a whiter, dusty interior. Any thoughts? Either that or its bird doo doo.
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This one is seemingly doing well, stem division aside. I can remember it being relatively small, now has nearly 2 ft diameter, and creating its own little grove of suckers. If you ever get the chance go and see the one (s) at Cambridge botanical garden, awesome to behold! Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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There might be two in May. There's an early August one but that's Scotland and Ireland only. You'll bee missing the mayday one anyway Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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Ahh, you've got it. Well done, pretty good considering the nature of the shot:thumbup: Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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I'm good for August, didn't know there are two bank holidays though:confused: Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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Nope, not salix:D Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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Maybe, I'll let you know how it goes if I do.
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No need to apologise, all makes sense. I doubt that that particular piece would take a cut or sand though:001_tongue:
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No camera trickery, this walnut really has this colouring, due to lichen and moss on the stems. I think it's pretty cool
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I used a certain app which said beech and ash as hosts. I'm fairly sure it's not beech, mainly because of the area and date, even if it was from a later repair (likely). I think the majority of the other timber is elm. There is something in the back of my mind saying Ulmus spp. is a host to Daldinia but whether it is or if it's just me I couldn't say.
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Try this one then Rob:001_smile: It's gonna go one of two ways
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And now for something a little different. Daldinia concentrica on an approx 4" square fallen beam in a c.18th century thatch barn. Ash beams? It's a fairly prevalent species around here but I wouldn't have thought it would have been used for roofing joists.
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For that budget I'd be looking at getting a hitchclimber or similar type pulley and some eye to eye fiction cord. You'll get used to pulling overhand and tending slack, which will set you in good stead for upgrading to a lj/sj/zz. If you find a good deal, you may also get a Pantin for that money, which will be a great help if you're climbing trees that warrant it. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App -
Does he always clip it short at the back? I have mine attached in the middle then clip it short on my side for moving about, easy to reach when you want it Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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It should do, as should the attachment ring on the saw and the attachment point on the harness. Its all about redundancy really. You could be in the situation one day where you get a back handle stuck in dropping timber, so you don't have the breakable attachment to the saw. I know people, including myself, who don't always use proper breakaway saw strops, another option lost. Add a back handle and non breakaway strop and you could be reliant on that harness attachment giving way. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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Walking, talking pr man me. Ok then, is there enough to talk about with it to justify a thread of its own? What would you like to know? Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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Too early to have gained that special place in my heart yet. All my tools have to show their full personality for me to love them. Is that weird? 200t and 575 with 20/25" bars for me Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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Ok mate, I'll keep it short and sweet. Unicender. It's awesome. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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One thing I would say to go with this, the chainsaw attachments on a harness are designed to break away. If you cobble something together that doesn't break at the intended load, you could be in the brown stuff one day... Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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As I said rich, they aren't ce marked on their own, so cannot be sold individually Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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Would mallions be of any use? Cheap and easy to get hold of Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
