Danavan
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Whiskey knot. Hope it dose the the job coz it looks pissed:001_tt2:
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I take each tree & branch + union on it's own merit. I tend to reduce trees by removing the longer branches from the extremity's of a limb & work my way inwards by removal of branch work as I would a crown clean. I reduce load on branches that may need it due to a potentially weak union by significant weight reduction to what I would see as a conventional reduction point. Generally a symbiosis of thinning & weight reduction work on individual limbs to appease possible structural defects with no real viable reduction of the size & shape of the tree along with a balanced reactive growth response in the future is my aim. In short, a bit of both on most trees dose the job. Their will be times a tree needs a reduction to reduce risk of failure & to keep it in our urban environment. as long as we keep in mind management plans ect on the things we cut, no prob's eh:lol:
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Thanks for all the input. Interesting all this stuff to me & others I hope, as it is all new ground from the just tree climb out of vans & into the trees then back into van world
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I feel a vid to show in action the tec's could be the way to get the message out to the wider world. pics speak 1000's of words an all that. Anyone? One handed, cut & hold, common practice in all the places I work. Try competing & making £ in time without these forms of chainsaw use.
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nerves are good imo. not too many though. do your job to the best of your ability each time & be honest. thats what I do as a subi climber & seems to fit well with my life space..
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Lots of options out their I was wondering what works best for different people.
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If it saves the twist on groundy backs & complaints of the drag is to long then the £ is worth it imo:lol: Just needs a clip on full body get up to make the whole horse drawn effect complete. I would defo get hold of one if my life was spent on the ground.
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Don't look shifty, barn doors, open the guv on the tipper, keep the springs the for after mot if you want &....shooosh keep it under yours hat fella:lol:
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Nfu local branch. But shop about with them for your best deal. £512 fc on 53 plate iveco 3.5 tipper.
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Good thread Dean. About time someone shone the light on our 'cowboy' ways! If we didn't use 200's safely with one hand then I expect their would be far less comp from others
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I hope the hse are taking note of the stat's put out on this thread! As pointed out by some one I wrk with if the hse had a true coralation of % of us that use 200's one handed & the hits we get taking into account the time, position & other factors in the use of the saws then maybe we would have a stronger case to carry on using top handled saws in a safe manor with one hand. I do think that most of the time with the right training using a 020 one handed is a safe operation. My worst cut from one was use in a mewp & not taking into consideration the lack of space for escape from an over weight branch I cut & held! had I been in a rope & belt I would not have cut my wrist! Again training mite have helped a little, but the only person I can blame is myself in this instance!
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Hey dude, howz your head after that wrk eve out I saw you at?
I had a fat lip from Frank & he said I gave him one too! Lucky I didn't get a good hiding from him! he a big boy! Was funny though. nothing like a good play fight to bring people together.
Was your xmas & new yr good?
Hope to see & wrk with u in the new yr.
Take care mate..
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Yes & have some scars to prove it! Not big not cleaver & still use it one handed! Will I ever learn?! Was lucky on my last hit not to hit major things in my wrist! & I was in a mewp! I can see a place for one handed use providing people understand the risks & are not as careless as I have been at not paying attention to them! Training is a step towards this but I'm not sure that this will help with an already frowned at operation! Better to teach better work positioning & more time on some jobs.
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pully & a knot is a good cheap way of one hand tending a side strop. I have found that the art gadget can sometimes let your lanyard run a little if you are in tight spots. Not really much of a prob though as I have been in close proxi to other branches, but this may be a prob to some. In general simple is best & build up on tec if that is your thing imo.
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not got one, would love one. 1st mog i worked was a u900. used many since but the 900 has to have been the most fun
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Have wood burner in my van & lots of hangers. even when I am in bricks I like to get home dry as I can. I expect like you after a long time of living in it we would like to feel times are moving on for the next generation of out door workers & clothing has moved on. As you say it ain't cool sitting in wet clothes in a van on the way home from a job
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Zubat is the one for me the 330. you can get sharpening kit for it too if you are real keen. mine still cuts well after two years. sheath has lost it's hold but high powered magnet gaffa taped to the side dose the trick.
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Tis the season to see Fungi, fa la la la la....
Danavan replied to David Humphries's topic in Fungi Pictures
Ramaria decurrens? could have been under the sea if I was in the right state:001_rolleyes: -
Climbing self tend lowering? due to bad grounds people!
Danavan replied to Danavan's topic in Rigging and roping
Cheers Andy. I have a vast interest in my job, hence the post. I work with meany teams & have come across some who just don't! want to change..I am happy that you live in a world where all you come acrose are able to listen, understand & want to learn people..some people just don't give a f about the forces involved in lowering & skill of workin as a team with good comunication to people who want to take it in..again..nag to h2o... -
Climbing self tend lowering? due to bad grounds people!
Danavan replied to Danavan's topic in Rigging and roping
Can you name some for me. Just being lazy & not looking for my self. & I am thinking of advanced rigging tec's with more up to date equip such as the grcs ect, & the loads that they can impose on wood that may be unstable due to defects detected from reports done on such trees & not respected by a sound thinkin persons..This dose digress from my orig point of self tend, but hey what the heck it is a big part of what I wanted to say. just not good at this type & put my point across stuff as I get my muickin wurdz fuddled:lol: -
Sounds like a good bit of kit. Will look it up. Dry time is defo important if you ain't got full central heat room to put em in.
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bucks country side veiw
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Climbing self tend lowering? due to bad grounds people!
Danavan replied to Danavan's topic in Rigging and roping
Age old saying for some people I work for/with..You can take a horse to water but can't make it drink. No matter how much you talk to some one the hand & brain just don't comunicate. -
Fair point. But the vid's do give an insight on what good crane work can achive. My pride is my shame is a great one to see how crane work should not be done & the bloke who made it is man enough to post it on youtube. Nothing will ever replace the expirence of being taught on the job by someone who knows.
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Mite be new opinions out their?
