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  1. Dan Curtis
    It doesn't require disconnection or having another branch to stand on, so will usually work for the majority of redirects
  2. Dan Curtis
    Keep your chest loop clipped in, use both arms to push your body away from the fork and lift yourself through with the pantin
  3. Dan Curtis
    15" on my 550, really nice balance and size combo
  4. Dan Curtis
    Does that mean you don't need to wear trousers either then? Can't see the sense in non ppe work gear personally.
  5. Dan Curtis
    It was reminiscent of "The Road" if you've ever seen it?
  6. Dan Curtis
    Came across a wood falling into the sea this morning. The beach is fairly strewn with stumps, some of which still have felling cuts visible in them
  7. Dan Curtis
    Wouldn't entirely agree there, my bfg at's don't want to let go on the ice, even if you try to make them. Stopping can be interesting but I'm far happier on bfgs than I am with general grabbers
  8. Dan Curtis
    There's not a huge amount you can do unfortunately. You could try reducing some of the end weight of the remaining branches, but be aware that it will not flush new growth from bare wood. Live foliage needs to be retained to keep the branch alive and functioning. You may also lose the spiky habit of the tree if you prune the ends of the branches unsympathetically
  9. Dan Curtis
    I'd say almost certainly it's due to increased, altered wind loading caused by the other side being stripped bare. The coincidence being wet is the water held by the foliage is increasing the weight. Looking at your photo, the majority of the foliage left on the branches is at the tip end of a long branch, which creates excessive leverage and increases the chance of limb failure.
  10. Dan Curtis
    Good luck with that should the proverbial ever hit the fan.
  11. Dan Curtis
    Cheers. If you're lucky you might get a pink rubber band:rolleyes:
  12. Dan Curtis
    The first part is good now. Going in for another op on the same shoulder in the next month or so. Bloody tree work
  13. Dan Curtis
    I can't say for your particular op, but I had my shoulder socket put back together earlier in the year. Surgeon said 3 months off, when I got to see the physio I ended up with 5 and a half months off. Take your recovery day by day and don't push it. They do know what they're talking about so however long they say is how long you need. I know lots of people go back earlier than their told but a little short term gain isn't worth a long term problem. Best of luck with it
  14. Dan Curtis
    Ash pollard, finished by 1. Cup of tea with the inlaws on the way home then washed and hoovered the land rover for it's week off
  15. Dan Curtis
    Today's customer "the reason trees have deadwood is because squirrels run along branches and wear out the bark"
  16. Dan Curtis
    The other firm's insurance
  17. Dan Curtis
    How come you're using the Stein bollard over the treeworker?
  18. Dan Curtis
    No, keep the retrieval ball on the end of your rope, but also add a throw line onto the end of your rope, so your cambium saver can be lowered to the ground. Pretty much the reverse of how you set a cambium saver from the ground
  19. Dan Curtis
    Why not retrieve it with a throw line? Virtually eliminates both scenarios and saves you going to get it
  20. Dan Curtis
    Open window, buy proper boots, but shares in oil companies. Sorted
  21. Dan Curtis
    But then you'll moan about fuel consumption:rolleyes:
  22. Dan Curtis
    I've got a 2.4 tdci, it goes well and having a sixth gear is great. But I don't want to be getting into diagnostics software, and the parts can be expensive. For a work horse I'd want something you can fix with a hammer and duct tape, hence the 300tdi suggestion.
  23. Dan Curtis
    Mine gets the passenger seat and sulks if I have a human passenger.
  24. Dan Curtis
    If you've got £25k to play with.... 300tdi 130 Ali Tipper 300tdi/td5 90 hardtop with tool lockers internally. Ifor TT126 Assuming your work requires two people or more daily, one driver per vehicle, passenger in the 90 first if needed. Tools in the 90, chipper on the 90. This'll keep you more legal payload on the back of the 130, with the Ifor behind. 7t train weight for the 130. I reckon you could get all that for 25k
  25. Dan Curtis
    Yes!!

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