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Just picked up my saw from having a new pot & piston put in. Fella told me to run 20 tanks in it & after that it may perform differently. Not sure how that works except a bedding in time? Anyway was told to bring it back if she lacks power after this period. Looking fwd to 2nd run with it.

Cheers for clearing that up Tom:thumbup1: . Hope to make it & have some laughs whilst respecting the delicate eco system. One thing I have thought of is this ash die back & maybe a good idea to implement some bio control measures prior to & after the event to minimize contamination from our transport, clothing & climbing equipment.

Thought Top climber posting this may work their & didn't think that old vet's were on the menu. Just some magnificent park land climb. Apologies for any ignorance on reply to both party's. Never been their before though so a visit is well worth it anyway. Cheers David & Top climber. Also I should have read title to the thread properly:blushing: Also would like to reiterate David's point.

Tony posted this thread on a forum hear & not sure which one, but the title was.. Saving the old growth-you must see this! I remember watching this & it raising some questions in me. It mite do the same for you & give you some fuel for your project.

:thumbup:Nice vid's. Good to gain info like this & look for more on the subject. Hopefully We won't get a knee jerk reaction to this spread & fell everything in site before we gain a better understanding for its spread. As was said in one of the vid's this is infecting young stock as well as older but the older trees will take a while longer to die completely. I wonder how many trees will develop some type of resistance to this in the future & seed stock that is let to run its course in un touched natural areas may become the future pockets of ash. As also pointed out in the video the time scale on which trees & we exist is vastly different & hard for us to comprehend. Am I right in understanding that alot of the ash in Denmark has been felled premature to full infection to salvage some timber value? If this is hear to stay & we are in for the same treatment as Denmark, would the bio diversity from older dying ash in low target areas not be worth just letting it run it's course & maybe gaining some spp specific colonization that we may not see otherwise? Just thoughts going around my head. Will keep reading & listening for more info.

Just put mine in for repair under warranty. Took it in a week ago & fella said he tuned it to 14,000 rpm that is recommended by stihl. But it kept reving up to over 14,000 which he said it should not do. Any way few hours into work the next day & I think piston & pot will need replacing. I have been running the saw for around 5 months I think & it's not been a patch on the 200's but run better than others I know of. Hope they have sorted this glitch out with new carb ect.

Nice vid mog, ta for remaking. never saw the last one. will show my kids as i like the music flow that complements the climbing skills & gives a sense of the freedom that can be felt.

Do you mean scapula? Thats in your back! I would go & get some proper information before you climb again!!

I used to use a buntline once I had reached tip. Bowline was always the one for getting up to tip though for change over(also never had one undo once dressed) . I terminate my side strop with a fishermans though. I use fisherman for termination on my friction hitch too.

Some photo's Tony of a few pollards I have worked on in the past. Will make some effort to find out any recordings of associated reactive response & colonization of fungi & bugs that I hope are being recorded in some form.

Hoping for above 0.3 t/r & some soft filling then. Yea interesting to correlate the data found as well & hopefully negate the need to fell.

I find using the middle hole on the hitch climber works well for lots.

:thumbup:Nice one for posting. Well put & informative vid for me.

Do you retrive your natural redirects by chucking enough slack down so you can pull the whole system back through it once back under it? Is their another method you use? Interesting to find other ways as I am new to this whole redirect method let alone srt. I have also found that installing redirects & pre loading them a little on angles that may cause problems with excessive pull & isolating them before I work off of it has enabled me to share the load & utilize smaller points than I would on ddrt. I will give Kevin's vid another look too on the horse tie knot & give that a go soon. Cheers for any feed back

Cheers Tony. Not sure the clients would go for a picus as the tree is nothing to do with me apart from I am an inquisitive subi who likes to learn. I will talk to the company I was subbing for as I know they are a very pro active lot who may follow it up if the client is receptive. I will keep you posted to any new finds.

T/R ratios? Is that something to do with picus graph reading or the like? Apologies if this is a daft question. Live & learn.. Looking around the ground on the side the compression appears to be taking place I saw alot of other smaller fruiting bodys that looked like smaller versions of S.c. I did take some photo's but they are very poor so not worth a look. Is this typical of S.c or is it confined to being close to the trunk? As you can see in the picture a drive has been put in, although I am not sure how long ago. The tree also has alot more crown on the pic profile side that may be due to the loss of a neighbor some time ago. Would you think that some of these factors would also contribute to the trunks body language more strongly than the fungi?

I removed a cedar a few years back that I was told had S,c. Didn't see the fungi to get a proper look at & i.d though. But it's neighbor had stem failure that missed the school building & apparently the same fungi so quite rightly the t.o wanted the other removed asap as it was close by. I recall the tree looked in good health & as my knowledge served me at the time had no other indicators as to any other problems internally or externally. I climbed & rigged it down as any other tree. I was shocked at the time to find massive extensive rot set into the trunk several meters up. If this was S.c I thought I would keep an eye on this fungi if I came by it again. The bits that I have read suggest brown rot sets in at later stages of the fungi being present. I was wondering if their is a rough time scale on any of these things or is it the length of string thing? Also would find it interesting as David said if anyone else has had experience of stem or root failure due to this fungi.

Up for it date depending. Will keep an eye on this post.

Found this fungi at the base of a Cedar tree the other day. I have worked on this tree some years ago for a company I sub too & was working next door to it this week when I saw this. Am I right in thinking it is Sparassis crispa (cauliflower fungi) ? I have read that it is a root pathogen & it can cause brown rot in the lower trunk. Is this the usual case & would reduction be an option or are it's days numbered in the not to distant future, i.e 10 or less years? I also read that it is quite a sort after & tasty bite, any one eaten it & is it worth the time to clean it which I gather is considerable. Apologies for poor quality pic's.

After David brought his work to my attention from a missed AA meet in which he was a speaker I had to have a look. Question is though has anyone ever given this a go on a smaller scale with less kit & more guess work on the weights & angles? An inspiring fella & pusher of bounders in the world of rigging

Take your whole hat full of magic & pull out the tricks they ask about & touch on a few more if they seem receptive & able to digest it in one sitting.

Did a slinger signaler course some years back for crane work (may have moved on from back then), but were shown a bunch of generically recognized hand signals that are form memory much the same as those in that doc. I also recall the fella instructing us saying that as long as everyone around is familiar with certain signs for specific opp's then all is ok. So I guess common sense prevails in most situations and good team communication is key. Good idea to have such an info sheet put together though for the basics. Rules made to be bent.

Nice vid. Liked the different angles. Liked the top out at 1.16.

Great watch. Feel every cut & move in some sense. Gritty climb & well performed. That's some proper care taken to alleviate lower canopy damage on foliage that was asked to be maintained. A vid that all the people who tell us that we are gits for killing trees some times with no idea of what some of us are up to to keep trees alive & managed in our urban environment.