Bolt
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Fair play to you. Always good to come across someone who has turned up with the gear, and the knowledge to use it. :-)
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anyway (I got distracted with my yew confession). If you cut of the sunny side first (to encourage regeneration) and cut the shadow side a few years later, wouldn't the shadow side be even more likely to fail (as there is loads of lovely high-quality growth already established soaking up all that lovely sunshine) (This is a genuine question, rather than a hole-picking argument)
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A utility team I was managing hacked off a whole side of a yew tree along an LV cable in a Churchyard. They must of taken of about 200 years growth. Village up in arms (Devon village in bloom runner up 1994 or such like). It looked awful and I was deeply shamed to be involved. Anyway, 11 years os so later, its not looking so sad, almost ready for a recut (now then boys, steady).
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after all, what finer sound is there, than a near silent summer woodland, and the rythmic tapping of a pair of hi lifts, and a sledge.... :-)
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And that would be GOOD advice, as its a whole load easier to get a dogs tooth right, and the tree, when it falls if far more likely to hit the ground (unless the tree wasn't forward leaning, in which case you done the wrong cut foooool, and you deserve to fail----er, I mean you are not yet competent ) Anyway. Wedging trees over is not part of the 31 assessment, but I don't think it hurts to drop a little wedging in on 31 training. It dosn't ALL have to be simply about passing an assessment.
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A very intersting tale-and-all, but unless I am mistaken, a criminal offence was committed. Maybe you should have posted :- "My Uncle Ed climbed a horse chestnut on monday. 3 different nests all jackdaw eggs 11 in all. all of them were stone cold. so he carried on"
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Made. Made by growing up before them video game things were invented. Made by living on the edge of Dartmoor with nothing much else to do but mess about with my mates up trees to see who could climb the highest, the furthest out, the hardest (or the longest before going to A+E). TBH though, of all the trips i've ever had to A+E, i've never gone due to falling out of a tree.
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Not a 101. Looks like the kind of thing the Belgium army would run about in. You would think it was Handy thou. (well, turns out to be as handy as a swimming pool in the garden )
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Great work. If often feels like heading up a tree gang is like running a "playskool" operation.
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...now then, where did I leave that woodchip pelleting machine...
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Nah. I only do a few windups on the side, part time like. Don't bother with the insurance (bit of a cowboy, see). D' you reckon watchdog might be interested?
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I can think of some "climbers" who are far lower in skill than you average groundsmen, and therefore make the groundys job A) more dangerous and B) far harder. Why are they climbers then? I hear you ask. Mainly because if they wanted to get on in the industry, and earn more, the career plan requires them to climb. Gimme a skilled groundy anyday.
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if you really are going to get a 4x4, go for one with a proper low box. Currently driving about in a freelander 2 and an X-trail. Both have got 6 gears, but neither have a low box which I reckon is a total flaw. I would go for something a little bigger (disco / isuzu) with a proper box and proper ground clearance. Depending on how you drive, you won't loose much in MPG.
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I'm stuck in the office at present..... .....Got to have some sport
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Hi Chris, If you feel the need to have insurance to kick a ball about in the park, or fly a kite, then I suppose you will feel the need to insure youself if you climb a tree. Otherwise, I would bother
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Its simply down to supply and demand. Its a job that ticks all the boxes for a certain type of person... Outdoor job.. Bit of excitment.. Bit of "danger".. Bit "glam".. Gets you out and about.. Basically, its just old fashoned fun. Once you have got a basic set of qualifications, you will basically work for nothing in order to get some experiance (look through some of the posts of starters on here for proof). How many new pumbers would say that (after all, I wouldn't do plumming for £30K).
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Mucho sorry's Mr Mikedrums69... Turns out I was looking at pictures on bobbysm's post. Ah well, that will teach you both to put similar subjects on at the same time:sneaky2: Anyways, hopefully the advice will hold good for you
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Yeh, well done Sherlock, you smoked me out. Only been cutting trees since the late 80's. Ha Ha
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I remember seeing somthing similar at the arb show at Exeter years back. I think the company was called something like tech-norton. Anyone know if they are still around?
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I knew I would pick up some tips, excelllent. The most important one is - If you think you may get accosted by a prime -time TV camera crew, and you may wish you could just disapear through a crack in the ground, DON'T get dressed up from head to foot in Hi Vis.
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sorry. but that whole semi-skilled / skilled thing seemed to go on and on. I'd rather be content then wish I was regarded as skilled.
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(on a slightly more useful note, couldn't you mow it in a figure-of-8 shape, with the dishcharge (for the most part) going onto the prevoiusly cut swathe? A bit like they do when silaging?)
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sorry mate, you are totally on the wrong forum this is for highly skilled arb types. everyone here will feel you need a semi-skilled grass cutting forum :lol:
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Never considered a running bowline. Not a bad idea that, cheers.
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'ello 'ello ' ello, Is anyone aware whether the little Red / Black "Highly Flammable" / "Flammable liquid" diamonds are a legal requirement. If so, can they point me to the relivant leglislation. The word on the street (or at least at the filling station down the road) is that the boys in blue have found this to be the latest exciting topic of choice (now they are bored of seeing what type of diesel is in the mogs). Looking for fact rather than hearsay If not, why do peeps have them stuck on the back of their arbtrucks? questions / questions / questions!
