armchairarborist

whats the carving? looks like a couple of race cars on a truck/trailer out of fallen log? or are my eyes going funny?

bad news rob,

is that a bit similar to my idea of building a replica chipper filled with explosives..:thumbup:

man seriously u guys have way to much time on ure hands well guess thats what u get been a tree surgeon, mind u are all a bit part time try doin production fellin then u might know what a days work is and unlike u lot sorry dont have time 2 take pritty little pics of stumps baddley felled

whot yoo meen is yu cut as badas yu rite eh? an they bestest left in tha woods, bet yu wear hafmast dungarees int wuds too? an it dunt mata if ya drops em backwads cos int nowt urt int wuds..

mines getting paid for in firewood..

to be fair i was giving it the beans..[[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSn7k_zKzGg&feature=player_profilepage]]YouTube - stihl boot vs ms460[/ame]

we had a demo lastyear at myerscough, with a log in trousers, one snagged without cutting the log while the other one cut right through.. that was on a seam though

having the chain going round is way cool..

not a laboratory test but tried cutting an old stihl groundy boot with a saw, ms460, willow log inside it, first cut the ankle and saw went straight through, then cut toes off just back from toecap and again saw went straight through, no blocking material made it to the sprocket at all, the saw struggled a bit with the sole as the stump wasnt level.. i'll pop a vid up if i manage later, next weeks test on the other boot will be done at lower rpm to try and clog the sprocket..

mines exempt from tax and seatbelts..

already got mine, just waiting for a quiet spell to push it through its first mot in many years..

i'll be there the day after friday, unless i re-top some conifers really fast friday morning:001_tt2:

i was standing a board in there but everytime i look away it falls down, oh well due to staffing malfunction (day off) tomorrow i might look into a solution.

how about a remote controlled tree climbing robot that grips the stem like a harvester head, and drives up until it gets to a branch, then grips the branch and cuts/ lowers it down on a rope, or just cuts and drops if you press a button..

was well impressed when i invented a hole in the chipbox with a chainsaw for the ladders to poke through.. i wish someone would invent some way of stopping the chip coming through when the ladders aren't in there..

last few while theres still interest in them.. they are meant to be trippy and poisonous i think -wahay donk..!

im sooooo jelous of those aminita muscarias, very healthy fine samples, i want those so bad, got em, but not like this quality.

seen plenty in the last couple of years but never as brightly coloured as these, at first i thought 'no way- they must be ornaments!' the biggest was like a dinnerplate and the smallest undeveloped ones were like a spiny puffball type,

ah haha:blushing:, feel free to use any of the pics, i just shoot em.. do you want me to email you the set? (theres a few more) Ed.

Fantastic

 

 

So much mycorr fruiting on such a small root plate.

 

 

 

have no flys emerging yet.

 

 

 

 

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didn't see any, the fb nearest the waterfall was an old one- all split open but i get nervous around water with my beloved camera so didnt nip over there..

couple more, the last pic just for the smell of it..

it was 6ft dia at nipple height, about 8/9ft at ground level, a biggie for me.. heres todays little treat..

i nipped into the garage for tyres today, hopefully they will last longer than that, but they were for the womans car so who knows.. sweet vid, i love watching a car being mercilessly thrashed..

the kretschmaria took out a large limb which took out half the crown on its way down.. looked like a bombsite, just got to figure out what to do with the dbh 6ft stem now.. client wants it cut to 3ft high as a feature.

first one found lurking in the yard followed by the others all in one garden surrounding a monster beech that failed.

strop in man, strop in.. aarrgh

just change all the fluids/filters, check everything, especially bootfloor area, sills, innerwings, check when timingbelt was done and it should last for years.. what am i saying? its scrap man, i'll give you £100 for it..