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  1. Dan Curtis
    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
  2. Dan Curtis
    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
  3. Dan Curtis
    Ahh, you've got it. Well done, pretty good considering the nature of the shot:thumbup: Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  4. Dan Curtis
    I'm good for August, didn't know there are two bank holidays though:confused: Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  5. Dan Curtis
    Nope, not salix:D Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  6. Dan Curtis
    Maybe, I'll let you know how it goes if I do.
  7. Dan Curtis
    No need to apologise, all makes sense. I doubt that that particular piece would take a cut or sand though:001_tongue:
  8. Dan Curtis
    No camera trickery, this walnut really has this colouring, due to lichen and moss on the stems. I think it's pretty cool
  9. Dan Curtis
    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.
  10. Dan Curtis
    Try this one then Rob:001_smile: It's gonna go one of two ways
  11. Dan Curtis
    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.
  12. Dan Curtis
    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
  13. Dan Curtis
    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
  14. Dan Curtis
    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
  15. Dan Curtis
    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
  16. Dan Curtis
    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
  17. Dan Curtis
    Ok mate, I'll keep it short and sweet. Unicender. It's awesome. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  18. Dan Curtis
    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
  19. Dan Curtis
    As I said rich, they aren't ce marked on their own, so cannot be sold individually Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  20. Dan Curtis
    Would mallions be of any use? Cheap and easy to get hold of Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  21. Dan Curtis
    Woohoo! Nice one Steve:thumbup: Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  22. Dan Curtis

    Hi everyone

    Dan Curtis replied to Richsark's topic in Chainsaws

    Dogs or bumper spike I'd guess? Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  23. Dan Curtis
    You can't buy them. Individually, they have no ce mark, only as a whole harness, so its not possible to sell them in the UK. You can replace them if you send the whole harness off to Lyon, through a dealer ie jonsies. So for your use, it doesn't look viable Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  24. Dan Curtis
    Yeah, it doesn't look an ideal match to me, like Geoff said. It would be better to have something between them like a mallion. I used to use a ring to ring saver with a pulley and mallion attached to the little ring, worked a treat but wasn't adjustable length.
  25. Dan Curtis
    Not unless he's got Arran bound and gagged. I can verify Arran's existence as a separate entity to tuttle:001_tt2:

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