Ian Flatters

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Im thinking of buying said model and just wondered who if any of you use it and how you get on with it? Also whats the best diameter lowering rope you found as im thinking that 16mm is prob going to be what im buying as that will do everything i'll prob ever do. Thanks.

They told me they were industrial spec fire lighters.....

Just been going through the act and i think he got nailed for reduction in air quality/pollution. You have to be quite close to get ash all over a car? right. copy for the link for act Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43)

Simple! As a boy i used to climb trees. So thought why not do it as a job!

Nice work! were you using the helmet cam reviewed on here? I really like the redirect on the lowering pulley:thumbup1:

I just looked at two TPO works consent forms from two diff councils. It ain't on any of them? can you scan a picture?

It wasn't meant to be taken in a 'underhand cutting way' i was wondering if it was ok why don't a lot of people do it top reduce/eliminate hire/running costs. Not do it for the sake of cutting out the competition. Im sorry if it sounded that way but i do for most jobs factor in hire costs for a chipper but on smaller jobs was wondering if burning was the way forward as you can prob understand if you do a job that involves mainly hedge cutting and 1 tree to fell, do you hire in a chipper that could run for 20mins all day? Dice the brash up in the back of the truck and take away and burn? Or have a small fire on site and take nothing away? Or stack the brash in the drive and tell the customer you'll be back in a week with a chipper? Hope this clarifys why i posted the topic.

Quality just what i was looking for will print a copy of the Environment Protection Act to have as a copy to show if required.:thumbup: Not that i plan to burn unless its safe and wont pea anyone off.

Your Kung Fu looks powerful.

Just tree brash. A small fire is my idea of what i plan to do, 1m by 1m ish

Its just a couple of clients asked me if i wanted to burn the brash on site. Its not a built up area but wasn't sure if it was ok to do that. So i removed it to my yard to burn later. Was just wondering as that means less trips in the truck and less cost with no chipper which may mean i get the job.

People keep telling me that you can't have a controlled burn in certain areas. Is this true? is there a law or is it just some old wives tale. No one has then been able to give me any evidence that says you cant burn where you like?? :confused1: Help?

Is the blue pulley block only there to gain tension? if so i guess it gets removed before lowering?

Thanks for the pics it makes a bit more sense to me now. I'll have to find someone my way who uses a SRT system and have a play.

Could you record some of the key points and post it on here?

I like the idea but myself i get a bit lost with the whole term of SRT's have you got any photos of how you do it?? Please.

I like wearing glasses with my hard hat more so than a mesh visor but find noise is able to reach my ears quite easily where the frame storks go between the ear defender and my ears. I like ear defenders over plugs because their comfortable and keep them warm in the cold winter winds:lol:. Has anyone also found this happens? Or how did you get round it? I looked at the stein hat and kind of thought if i wanted to look like i was a pilot maybe i would of joined the air force....

That sucks! i would say bad things happen in three's but clearly not in this case.

All dressed in their finest underwear.

just to clarify this is a made up scenario like an examy type with no wrong answer thing, so if you want the client to be an blue alien or the base to be huge and made of gold that's OK.

North, south, east and west.

Ok, so you have a tree which you could raise or reduce. Light is the key here and i know you can thin the crown but for this hypothetical question you cant thin it. The tree is: 1) 70ft Eucalyptus tree. 2) 20ft spread to all cardinal points. 3) Medium density or foliage in the crown. 4) In a short narrow garden. So, do you raise the tree thus not messing with its natural shape (less than a reduction) and aesthetics but still run the risk of creating a lever arm with the stem and crown sail. Or, Do you reduce the crown by X amount to reduce crown sail but changes the original trees shape? Also you then recommend to the client that it needs maintenance in X amount of years time. Reason i ask this is i went to a Claus Mattheck seminar a few years back and he was saying that he thinks you should reduce trees rather than raise them. As from a structural point of view. There are pictures of raising equations/reductions + pictures in his book i think its the one with the hedgehog or Paulie the bear????

Always a handy thing to have especially after lunch.

:thumbup:I can't see it? some kid sprayed over your photo.....:lol: