Ian Flatters

The best bit is all the cuts seemed correct..ish,

Last year myself and Dave (guy in picture) turned up to remove a tree that had been felled by the homeowners friend but he couldn't work out how to get it down after felling it. Confused we were so off we went and this is what we found. Great opportunity for a picture we thought.

Just remember trees are the most dangerous plant in the world! (idiot 'mr no b sack' 2002)

Poor guy, sad news, RIP. Hits home a little bit of what can happen.

Were you using the chippers winch to tension the speedline? Oh yeah good jobs and nice presentation much better to watch than 'Nosack's' stuff........:lol:

Stealth climb, i hope one was dressed in a ninja suit:laugh1:

Tech cert is a good solid block to learn from if you want to be able to write reports and 5837 surveys. I found it more geared towards the law with trees and less geared on other things like woodland managment. (i did do the twice a month course). But its good for sending you in any direction really, foreman, surveyer, consultant, own boss. Then you can top it up with the degree and its so close to it theres less chance of it feeling overwhelming. Also as i plan to do is get the isa cert arborist, just as soething else to show to the customer to make me stand out from the other company's around my way. I can't comment on the rfs as i've never done it. im sure someone will be able to shed light on that one in more detail.

Very nice looking website. Some of those action pics a very cool.

No only if you have a flame within 10m of the source leak the guy said, something to do with oxygen watering it down like. And that was a good 50m + away from me. Im sure if i was closer to the leak itself they wouldn't of let me on the site or even had the tip open for that, but dust carts were coming in and out all day so i guess the risk wasn't too great. The wind was blowing my way and if it think about it the methane alarm probably is set to go off at any low reading so people get out of there. Still made me panic a lot when it did go off.

Nice truck, What was the chipper you had on the back?

Camera phones galore i'll see if i can get one of them to blue tooth it to me when i finish tomorrow, well its worth a share.

Agreed if it wasn't me i would find it funny too.

I wonder what the reserve is?

Well...went to do a what was supposed to be a simple 5837 survey of a proposed roadway for a landfill site in north Norfolk. Hmm rained all day Sunday and i didn't think it was going to be an issue. Arrive on site today and the survey area was like a bog of churned up clay and water. Go to sign in on site and get handed a respirator, oxygen backpack tank thing to wear plus a methane alarm and a quick induction. This is when the site supervisor tells me one of the dozers has ripped the membrane and methane is leaking across the site. Not a risk to you just put the mask on if the alarm sounds, you'll be fine buh he said. This point i was thinking of going home but thought you've traveled all the way here so just get on with it. First half of the survey went without a hitch other than getting my weather writer, compass and clinometer caught up i the respirators clips. Second half Alarm sounds so on goes the mask turn of the valve, nice stale tasting oxygen, so i turn round to walk back wellie comes off, sock slips in bog and i face plant the ground! covered from head to toe in clay mud. With the added bonus of hardly being able to see out of my respirator now! Sod the wellie i thought and tried to walk back to the site office. Get back to the office to the obvious amusement of the staff. Get in truck go home, arriving at home i realize that the muddy water went into my weather writer and turned most of the survey into mush. So as i write this they are currently drying on a radiator. Oh i wish i would id sub contracted this one out.

Just been looking at your website, your carvings are great:thumbup:

Classic fasciation that is. Its cell division within the growth pionts at the tip of the shoots become orientated in two oppersite directions. Can be caused by, random genetic mutation, Virus, insects, chemicals and even frost and sometimes mainly in shrubs and flowers by bacterium Rhodococcus fascians. just stuck in my head when i was doing my tech cert as i found it interesting and very artistic.

JEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESUS man you good at carving! Im sure i will never ever be close to your level top notch work tommy,

Something different but cool.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxi6QDwQyLU]YouTube - Cassetteboy vs The Bloody Apprentice[/ame]

Theres always the 3 cut felling i mean rescue technique........ I would say that we all should spend some time being prepaired for such a incident but realisticly we all put it off to get on with the job to get home. Most companys don't want to spend time and money getting you to refresh a rescue, although they should. At the end of the day its one of those things you should do but never get round to it often or at all, like checking tyres, oil, rear lights. Thats just my opinion tho and im sure some companys have allocated time frames for this. But i have worked for 2 Arb approved contractors 5 years at each and they never set aside time for this.

Maybe its a holly? or a cork oak? :bandit:

:lol:http://www.alaskanmill.co.uk or just buy a full chisel chain and file it to 10 degrees.

i use a 395xp with a 36" mill but im currently working with a 30" bar works well with alder, western red but can take time to mill ash and oak. Get a ripping chain too. Once you start you look a timber in a different way. Firewood no more its hmm maybe i can make a bench or coffee table out of that ash tree.

The clues in the thread name:001_tt2: Looking at buying the petzl sequioa form nods site but reading through found there is a sequoia srt well whats the difference? i can't tell? help?? :confused1:

My first paid milling and construction job:thumbup: