Ian Flatters

You should! I just let it run for around 10 minutes and i must say WOW reg some big wood being lifted off some big trees My Public Album - Pixum Slideshow

Norfolk, Im gutted i can't make it not just because of the awesome bbq on a circular saw. I remember waking up at dawn on one of those giant hay bails last year.

haven't had a chance to look at one of these close up and i think its a good idea that someone has thought of. Chris will you be at the Three counties show? So i can have a closer look. I won't be at Woodfest this year so you'll have to make sure Alex and Paul (Oregon shop) have a lovely hangover.

Na done quite a few over the years (was quite nice just grounding tho). Yeah James did really well, also the crane operator was great as he put the timber as instructed, always on the ball for when we needed stuff re-lifted and was very good at using the speaker system to re create the sound of a falling bomb:laugh1:.

I think the hitchclimber has made this system kind of not really required anymore. Unless you don't own a hitchclimber pulley or Stein pulley.

Whilst some rise to lop others came to conker. Classic line,

I agree. The only times in my arb career i've used cranes have been when rigging wasn't the safest option or, the tree was in a stupid open space inside a stupid 60's designed block of flats and the doors were all key fob open thingys. Or when working for the council and the drag was uphill:lol:

Yeah, at least mine was in rings big enough to whack an axe through. Reckon i split and moved 6 tonne of it already.

Told you he didn't mind losing channel 5:lol:. £17.50 bargin! I spent all of today splitting up the sweet chestnut we did last week to make room for any other timber that i need to dump up the yard.

Did it take long to finish up today?

How did that sneak past me:thumbdown: Nice vid, did the small camecorder get anything good?

I imagine James will post it up asap.

The last lift was at 2.3 T which set off all the alrams as it was on the limit. Took the last lift very slowly as it was hanging less than an inch off the building. The crane operator was gold really good and a nice chap too. Glad i didn't have those last lumps up my yard as we cut them to 1T-ish blocks and lifted them onto the trucks rather than cut them up. I must say again James did a fine job being his 1st solo crane job.

Working for James Hoddy today (testcricket01). Nice day a wee bit windy. James worked well and you can see he obviously took lots of note off Reg. My highlight of the day was getting to sit in the crane operators seat and use the built in speaker system. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqX00Kof4rc]YouTube - Tree Removal Using a 25 Tonne Crane Time Lapse[/ame]

I finally have somewhere to add this picture:thumbup1: Guys and Girls awesome pictures really like the Beatle one.

Yeah and Posion ivy (incase anyone else asks).

I did an evening course at the local art school. In fairness it was aimed at arty/fixed position photos which is kind of a waste to me but i did learn all about depth of field and what all the functions do. The hardest thing i've found is getting the right angle to shoot from, i have a thousand odd photos of the same task from most angles to see which looks best. Best thing i was told was never delete a photo you've taken (whilst looking at the cameras small lcd screen) as on a computer screen it might look amazing. Oh and always take 2 shots minimum. Dave D, cheers for the comment although im still only doing the stuff i percieve as easy.

Its really good, haven't once wanted to change back to a hitch yet. The slack tending/feeding is awesome. Really happy i parted with the cash.

Blimey, i try expalining why he was asking about them having there own PL because he asked them to have so which, with a guess from me would mean he doesn't have EL which would require any addditional contaractors to have their own PL. The fence panel was my way of discribing the climber to have a better mentality on site rather than 'his insurance should cover it' attitude. I've seen climbers who have the i can't be bothered to lower it might fit attitude and think making them have their own insurance is a great idea. If something unseen goes wrong then fair play but if they drop a limb they know the should of rigged off then thats just being lazy at the cost of the guy thats employing thems reputation. So am i right in my uderstanding??? Public Liability covers you for damages to property and people. Professional Indemnity covers you for negligence from recommendations/advice. Employees Liability covers people employed from negligece/injury from failure on the employers side. I know it reads badly but i can't think how to word it better as i've had a really rubbish day, so apologies if it comes across as me being a bit blunt.

Depends if the company took out EL? Im guessing not as they have asked for climbers to have their own. I know some in my neck of the woods ask for climbers to have their own and don't have EL as they say it gets them a focused climber not one that thinks meh, stuff the fence.

Awesome, I was lucky enough to get to fly a Harris Hawk and an Eagle Owl a few years back. A client who was kind enough to invite me over to have a go. I was quite scared when they were bearing down on my hand.

Very Nice. I found the best impacts were hiv-iz tops, saw and hard hat.

You know when i used the handsaw to cut to bone on my finger? One of those things were quite useful once i dropped all the other useful bits to earth.

Cheers, I know what you mean if it was the climber one. Too much climber overlap causing the image to look messy and cluttered.

What kind of Hawk? I would guess a Goshawk but i don't really know that much about birds of prey